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In the case of young people. the cause is often simply łąck of control or devclopment of the breathing muscles. It is then sufficient to learn how to exhale completely. and the attacks will not occur again.

It is recommended to study ” My Breathing System.”

Atrophy.

Auto-intoxication. The human body can be " self-poisoned " in rarious ways.

Thcre is a certain amount of poison in most of what wc cat and drink, and. if the wantę matters are not quickly eliminated, they will soon become " poisonous.” The poisons will pass into the blood, be circnlated through the body, atfect the heart and irritate the ncr\^rcs, and attack any wcak part of the body. Ali feelings of tiredness, both local and generał, giddiness, brain-fag, many headaches and " rheumatic ” pains, much insomnia and depression are due to sucli poisons. The best way to get rid of them is to ensure perfect action of the main eliminating organs. viz. : lungs, skin. bowels and kidneys, and to effect this, all the cighteen exer-cises are necessary. ”Auto-intoxication ” follows in the wake of all the various digestive troubles, sluggish liver, wrongly-acting gali bladder and bad teeth, but worry, angor, fear and sorrow, are also liable to producc Chemical poisons inside the human body.

Backaciie.

Biliousness. See the foregoing chapter.

Blood Pkessurk, faulty.

Blushing.

Boils, if not caused by poisons from outside. See the foregoing chapter.

Bow Legs. Whcn the digestion, assiimlation, metabolism and circula-tion are perfcctcd and the blood purińed by performing the eighteen exercises for some time, the following spccial exercises can be performed :

Stand upright with hands on hips, and feet as much apart as possible, toes pointing outwards. Now drag the feet close together by little shuffling movements of each foot altemately, each move-ment being only a few inches in length. The soles of the feet while bcing dragged shoukl be pressed hard against the floor. keeping the knees rigid the whole time. Then stand astride again and repeat the cxercise several times, until tired.

Here is another excellcnt cxercise for strengthening and straightening the legs. Lie down on the floor, having the assistance of a friend. The legs are opened as far as possible, sideways, and again closed under mutual and powerful resistance. You should have the feet outside. Repeat it until tired. Do not forget to breathe steadily and fully. If you havc no friend to give you assistance, you can perform the second half of the third degree of exercise No. 6 (with the legs pressed together in the downward movement) an extra number of times, say fifty times each day with pauses of rest, of course, but pressing as hard as possible and trying to get the knees together. You ougłit to have spccial heels madę for your boots, the heels being higher on the outside than the inner. When lying in bed on the back and sleeping, you may have a broad elastic band round your knees, so that there is a constant pressure inwards.