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Have you heard of Wilhem Hoff the "Iceman"? He walks around barefoot and summits mountains. Nearly naked.
From the linked pdf...
This information is literally priceless.
"It is a well-known fact that those who have overcome their fear of colds, or who are too poor to buy many clothes and shoes, etc., very rarely or never are visited by acute diseases. But may I now hope by these explanations to have dispelled the fear of colds in anyone ? No! I am not presumptuous enough to think that I could in the least shake the fear of colds in its dreadful stronghold. You may adduce every proof, show men how others expose themselves fearlessly and with impunity to wind and weather, to wet and cold, and they will only advance every possible objection: he is still young, this one has a particularly strong constitution, that one has become hardened, therefore he can stand it. Such are some of the many palisades with which the fear of colds strongly fortifies itself. We are so ready to have confidence in a physician, and expect to regain our health through him even if he himself is afflicted with disease and suffering. We so readily and blindly trust in every remedy that comes from the apothecary's shop, even if it is a poison, and consequently always detrimental and ruinous to health, and through some oversight of the apothecary may even cause instant death. People put their trust in these dangerous remedies, if they are only written in Latin on on a prescription blank, so that they cannot understand them."
"One need not be afraid of freezing in one of these open light and-air cottages during low temperature. In the open, in the woods one can sleep very comfortably in a light-and-air cottage during the coldest winter, if one has only a few feather beds or quilts, because the body develops more heat when breathing pure, fresh air than it does when breathing the foul and stuffy air in houses.The light-and-air cottage protects the sleeper and his clothing during the night against rain. During fair weather it is advisable to place the bed outside the cottage and sleep entirely in the open. To this end take a straw tick or a quilt (woollen or cotton) covered with coarse linen or thick burlap for mattress, and a quilt for covering, so that the whole outfit can be easily transported, and place the mattress on the ground. "
"but they can at once begin going barefooted all day long, excepting a few very cold weeks in Winter, even in our climate, without ever feeling the custom as a torture or a burden, but rather as the greatest delight and pleasure. "
"I am firmly convinced of the actual occurrence of cases in which delirious fever patients have passed some time outdoors, in the severest cold, almost naked, with the happiest results.I have been positively"
"and as draughts and cold air are the most fruitful source of colds we see that they are the most favorable and best means for curing diseases. "
"L. in B. was ill with pneumonia, and had for six weeks, during which he was treated with medicines, been suffering great pain. Of course, L. had been anxiously confined in a room until his arrival at the Jungborn. After I had talked his fear of catching a deadly cold out of him, he at once, after his arrival, went about naked for hours. On the evening of the first day L. was already quite happy. In his opinion he had gained more in one afternoon, by the simplest means, than six weeks of vain endeavor had done for him. L. continued the treatments only for a few days, and was then cured and very happy. "
"On the third day G. could walk again, on the fourth he could run. In the second week the wounds on the legs were healed, and G. could then already makerapid walking tours into the mountains, lasting from three to four hours. This rapid, incredible success caused great excitement at the Jungborn. G. left us after two weeks without a trace of his former severe suffering about him.I must here call attention to the fact that this brilliant success was achieved at the end of September in the cooler season, otherwise the result would have not been so rapid."
Lots more...
So once again, your circulation is improved due to the charge. Red blood cells no longer clump together. Capillary function is improved and a warm feeling envelopes a person that is grounded for a significant period of time.
