They must persevere. They must be thorough. They must not expect miraculous results in a few days. Their diseased condition is the growth of months, perhaps years, and it is the height of unreasoning folly to expect to be cured in a few weeks. A merchant whose business has been crippled and who starts in to rebuild it, will consider himself an extremely fortunate man if, by watchful and untiring endeavor, he can restore it to a sound and healthy condition in a few years. Growth is necessarily slow--and this is especially the case with the human system. Nature will not be hurried. But of one thing they may rest assured, and that is that if they conscientiously and persistently practise this simple hygienic treatment they will find Nature a responsive and willing coadjutor.
“Heaven fights on the side of the strongest battalions,” is a military aphorism, and Nature ranges herself on the side of the individual who co-operates with her most faithfully, who, in the struggle for the regaining of health, brings the greatest amount of determination and perseverence to the encounter.
What these irresolute dabblers in “medical fads” need most of all is to be inoculated with good, sound common sense, but until some method is discovered for the accomplishment of that psychological feat, they will continue to run hither and thither after every new remedy, dallying with all, and deriving benefit from none.
Perseverance in the treatment will achieve results that seem little short of miraculous to those accustomed to the “hit or miss” methods that have so long been in use. And, best of all, the benefit attained will be permanent, for the system being thoroughly cleansed, and kept so, nothing but fresh, firm, healthy tissue is formed, so that after a year’s conscientious treatment the person practising it will be practically a new being.
In dealing with the subject of constipation, which is the most prevalent of all disorders of the body, and is, in fact, the fundamental cause of ninety per cent. of human ills: the importance of drinking freely of water, from one to two hours after eating a meal, cannot be over-estimated, and most essential of all is the glass of water, half an hour before breakfast. If the digestion is faulty, the morning glass should be hot and sipped slowly.