The benefits of fresh organic wheatgrass

(excerpts from "The Wheatgrass Book"

by Ann Wigmore)

Wheat grass...
Increases red blood cell count, lowers blood pressure...It cleanses the blood, organs
and gastrointestinal tract of debris. It stimulates metabolism and bodily enzyme
systems in enriching the blood by increasing red blood cell count, and in dilating the
blood pathways throughout the body, reducing blood pressure.
Stimulates the thyroid, correcting obesity, indigestion, etc. The thyroid gland is also
stimulated and normalized by the use of wheat grass juice - an important step
toward the correction of obesity, indigestion and a host of other complaints.
Restores alkalinity to the blood...Wheat grass has an alkalising effect on the blood.
Its abundance of alkaline minerals helps reduce over acidity in the blood. It can be
used to relieve many internal pains. It has been used successfully to treat peptic
ulcers, ulcerative colitis, constipation, diarrhoea, and other complaints of the
gastrointestinal tract.
How to drink it...Ann Wigmore suggests drinking Wheat grass juice in small amounts
throughout the course of the day, always on an empty or nearly empty stomach. In
general, two to four ounces every day or every other day is sufficient. Slowly sipping
small quantities of the juice gives your body an opportunity to get used to its taste
and effect. Taking one to two-ounce drinks straight or mixed with other juices (fruit &
vegetable) and sipping slowly, will help prevent nausea or stomach upset. On a
healing regime, Ann suggests you drink one or two oz up to 3 or 4 x a day. And to
take one day of rest.
Powerful detoxifier and liver and blood protector...The enzymes and amino acids
found in Wheat grass can protect us from carcinogens like no other food or medicine
can. It strengthens our cells, detoxifies the liver, bloodstream, and chemically
neutralizes environmental pollutants.
Fights tumours and neutralizes toxins....Recent studies show that Wheat grass juice
has a powerful ability to fight tumours without the usual toxicity of drugs that also
inhibit cell-destroying agents. The many active compounds found in grass juice can
cleanse the blood and neutralize and digest toxins in our cells.
Whether you have a cut finger you want to heal or you desire to lose five
pounds...enzymes must do the actual work. The life and abilities of the enzymes
found naturally in our bodies can be extended if we help them from the outside by
adding exogenous enzymes, like the ones found in Wheat grass juice.
Remarkable similarity to our own blood...The 2nd important nutritional aspect of
chlorophyll is its remarkable similarity' to haemoglobin, the compound that carries
oxygen in the blood. Dr. Hagiwara a Japanese science and health educator, is a
leading advocate for the use of grass as food and medicine. He reasons that since
chlorophyll is soluble in fat particles, and since fat particles are absorbed directly in
to the blood via the lymphatic system, that chlorophyll can also be absorbed in this
way. In other words, when the "blood" of plants is absorbed in humans it is
transformed into human blood, which transports nutrients to every cell of the body.
Wheat grass implants reverse damage from inside the lower bowel...In the case of

illness, they stimulate a rapid cleansing of the lower bowel and draw out
accumulations of debris. Hold for 20 minutes.
Externally eliminates itching almost immediately...Wheat grass juice externally
applied to the skin can help eliminate itching almost immediately.
It will soothe sunburned skin...and also acts as a disinfectant. Rubbed into the scalp
before a shampoo, it will help mend damaged hair and alleviate itchy, scaly scalp
conditions.
Wheat grass juice is soothing and healing for...cuts, burns, scrapes, rashes, poison
ivy, athlete's foot, insect bites, boils, sores , open ulcers, tumours & so on.
As a sleep aid...merely place a tray of living Wheat grass near the head of your bed.
It will enhance the oxygen in the air and generate healthful negative ions to help you
sleep more soundly. Use as a poultice and replace every two to four hours.
Add some to your bath water...and settle in for a nice, long soak.
Gargle with wheat grass...to sweeten the breath and firm up and tighten gums.
Don't cook it...We can only get the benefits of the many enzymes found in grass by
eating it uncooked. Cooking destroys 100 percent of the enzymes in food.
Neutralizes toxins...Wheat grass neutralizes toxic substances like cadmium, nicotine,
strontium, mercury and polyvinyl chloride.
The benefits of a liquid oxygen transfusion...Wheat grass juice contains liquid
oxygen. Oxygen is vital to many body processes: it stimulates digestion (the
oxidation of food), clearer thinking (the brain utilizes 25 percent of the bodily oxygen
supply), and protective oxygenation of the blood (a defence against anaerobic
bacteria). Cancer cells cannot exist in the presence of oxygen.
Turns grey hair to its natural colour again, raises energy levels...Daily consumption of
Wheat grass and sprouts can turn grey hair to its natural colour again, and give you
a limitless energy level.
Beauty treatment that slows down the aging process...Wheat grass will cleanse your
blood and help rejuvenate aging cells, slowing the aging process down, way down,
making you feel more alive now. It will help tighten loose and sagging skin.
Lessens effect of radiation...One enzyme found in wheat grass, SOD, lessens the
effects of radiation and acts as an anti-inflammatory compound that may prevent
cellular damage following heart attacks or exposure to irritants.
Restores fertility...Wheat grass restores fertility and promotes youthfulness.
Just soaking in it can double your red blood cell count...Dr. Bernard Jensen, found
that none of the blood builders are superior to green juices and wheat grass. In his
book Chlorophyll Magic from Living Plant Life, he mentions several cases where he
was able to double the red blood cell count in a matter of days merely by having
patients soak in a chlorophyll-water bath. Blood building results occur even more
rapidly when patients drink green juices and Wheat grass regularly.

Ann Wigmore on her own experience with wheat grass...At fifty years of age my hair
was gray, I had a terrible case of colitis and other colon problems, I suffered from
low energy and had no clear direction in life. Out of desperation I turned to nature
for relief. ...In wheat grass, raw foods and exercise, I found what I feel is as close to
the fountain of youth as we are going to get. Twenty-five years after my discovery,
my hair was turned fully natural brown again. My weight has been a stable 119 and
my energy level is limitless...

What's So Great About Wheat Grass Juice?

1. Wheat grass juice is 70% chlorophyll.
2. Chlorophyll is the first product of light and contains more light energy than any other element.
3. Wheat grass juice is a crude chlorophyll and can be taken orally and as a colon implant without toxic side
effects.
4. Chlorophyll is the basis of all plant life.
5. Wheat grass is high in oxygen like all green plants that contain chlorophyll. The brain and all body tissues
function at an optimal level in a highly-oxygenated environment.
6. Chlorophyll is anti-bacterial and can be used inside and outside the body as a healer.
7. Dr. Bernard Jensen says that it only takes minutes to digest Wheat grass juice and uses up very little body
energy.
8. Science has proven that chlorophyll arrests growth and development of unfriendly bacteria.
9. Chlorophyll (wheat grass) rebuilds the bloodstream. Studies of various animals have shown chlorophyll to be
free of any toxic reaction. The red cell count was returned to normal with 4 to 5 days of the administration of
chlorophyll, even in those animals which were known to be extremely anaemic or low in red cell count.
10. Farmers in the Midwest who have sterile cows and bulls put them on Wheat grass to restore fertility. (The
high magnesium content in chlorophyll builds enzymes that restore the sex hormones.)
11. Chlorophyll can be extracted from many plants, but Wheat grass is superior because it has been found to
have over 100 elements needed by man. If grown in organic soil, it absorbs 92 of the known 102 minerals from
the soil.
12. Wheat grass has what is called the grass juice factor, which has been shown to keep herbivorous animals
alive indefinitely.
13. Dr. Ann Wigmore has been helping people get well from chronic disorders for 30 years using wheat grass.
14. Liquid chlorophyll gets into the tissues, refines them, and makes them over.
15. Wheat grass juice is a superior detoxification agent compared to carrot juice and other fruits and vegetables.
Dr. Earp Thomas, associate of Ann Wigmore, says that 15 pounds of Wheat grass is the equivalent of 350 pounds
of carrots, lettuce, celery and so on.
16. Liquid chlorophyll washes drug deposits from the body.
17. Chlorophyll neutralizes toxins in the body.
18. Chlorophyll helps purify the liver.
19. Chlorophyll improves blood sugar problems.
20. Wheat grass juice cures acne and even removes scars after it has been ingested for seven to eight months.
The diet must be improved at the same time.
21. In The American Journal of Surgery (1940), Benjamin Cruskin. M.D. recommended chlorophyll: to clear up

foul-smelling odours, neutralize strep infections, heal wounds, hasten skin grafting, cure chronic sinusitis, overcome chronic inner-ear inflammation and infections, reduce varicose veins and heal leg ulcers, eliminate impetigo
and other scabby eruptions, heal rectal sores, successfully treat inflammation of the uterine cervix, get rid of
parasitic vaginal infections, reduce typhoid fever, and cure advanced pyorrhoea in many cases.
22. Wheat grass juice acts as a detergent in the body and is used as a body deodorant.
23. A small amount of Wheat grass juice in the human diet prevents tooth decay.
24. Wheat grass juice held in the mouth for 5 minutes will eliminate toothaches and poisons from gums.
25. Gargle with Wheat grass juice for a sore throat.
26. Pyorrhoea of the mouth: lay pulp of Wheat grass soaked in juice on diseased area in mouth or chew wheat
grass. Spit out out pulp.
27. Drink Wheat grass juice for skin problems such as eczema or psoriasis.
28. Wheat grass juice keeps the hair from greying.
29. By taking Wheat grass juice, one may feel a difference in strength, endurance, health, and spirituality and
experience a sense of well-being.
30. Wheat grass juice improves the digestion.
31. It is great for blood disorders of all kinds. 32. Wheat grass juice is high in enzymes.
33. Wheat grass juice is an excellent skin cleanser and can be absorbed through the skin for nutrition. Pour green
juice over your body in a tub of warm water and soak for 15 to 20 minutes. Rinse off with cool water.
34. Wheat grass implants (enemas) are great for healing and detoxifying the colon walls. The implants also heal
and cleanse the internal organs. After an enema, wait 20 minutes, then implant 4-ounces of Wheat grass juice.
Retain or 20 minutes.
35. Wheat grass juice is great for constipation and keeping the bowels open. It is high in magnesium.
36. Dr. Birscher a research scientist, called chlorophyll "concentrated sun power." He said, Chlorophyll increases
the function of the heart, affects the vascular system, the intestines, the uterus and the lungs."
37. According to Dr. Birscher, nature uses chlorophyll (wheat grass) as a body cleanser, re-builder and neutralizer
of toxins.
38. Wheat grass juice can dissolve the scars that are formed in the lungs from breathing acid gasses. The effect
of carbon monoxide is minimized since chlorophyll increases haemoglobin production.
39. Wheat grass juice reduces high blood pressure as it enhances the capillaries.
40. Wheat grass juice can remove heavy metals from the body.