Olive Oil The Benefits of Liquid Gold

We have featured articles on castor oil and peanut oil; however,

another frequently mentioned oil is olive oil, occurring in nearly
1,400 readings. Like both castor and peanut oil, olive oil also has
many beneficial effects and multiple uses, some of which may
surprise you. Aside from its common usage as a dressing for salads
or as a lubricant for massages, the oil, in some instances, was also
recommended for a flannel cloth pack, plus an ingredient in an
enema and a fume for a steam bath.
A prime component of the Mediterranean Diet, olive oil is a natural
juice and the only vegetable oil that can be consumed as is, freshly
pressed from the fruit. The olive tree, which has been cultivated for
centuries for its oil-bearing fruit, is a small evergreen native to the
Mediterranean area (except for Egypt). It has lance-shaped leaves
and is mentioned a number of times in the Bible; an olive branch is
considered a symbol of peace. The oil can be applied both internally
and externally.
INTERNAL APPLICATIONS
LAXATIVE
In the Cayce readings olive oil, taken orally, is a laxative from which
anyone may benefit. Just how to take it is described in this typical
excerpt, which emphasizes the readings principle of consistency:
Be well for everybody to take olive oiltaken occasionally, that is
consistently two or three days, and then leave it off. Dont take it
one day with only one dose and then be three or four days before
taking another dose! Take it every two or three hours, the small
quantities, for two or three days, then leave it off altogether for
two or three days! (Cayce)

Small amounts (ranging from a few drops or sips to one-fourth, onethird, or one half a teaspoon up to two teaspoons), taken often
(every few hours or four to five times a day), are more effective
than one large dose (one or two tablespoons or half a teacup) taken
at once. A possible explanation for this advice? Not sufficient that
this becomes rancid in the system, see, but that acts as a lubricant
and as a food for the digestive system (Cayce) As a laxative, it
was to be taken no more or less than what ones body could
assimilate. Belching or feeling nauseous would indicate that too
much has been consumed; in that case, reduce the quantity. Usually
the person was told to continue the small doses until there is good
evacuation from the alimentary canal. (Cayce)
Numerous other references in the readings mention the use of olive
oil as a food, its easily assimilated quality,
and its helpfulness to any intestinal disturbance. (Cayce) As a
cathartic (a medicine to stimulate or increase the frequency of
bowel evacuation; a purgative or laxative), it was considered the
least irritating and most effective remedy in improving ones
eliminations, as noted in this reading:
For, as we have oft indicated, the Olive Oil is a real food value for
the whole of the digestive system, as well
as an assistant to the better eliminations or activities of the
peristaltic movement of the bowels themselves. (Cayce) The
peristaltic movement refers to the wavelike motions, alternating
between muscular contraction and relaxation, by which the food
content is moved throughout the alimentary canal. Olive oil, taken
periodically then in small quantities, assists this process and is good
medicine for improving eliminations.
WITH CASTOR OIL PACKS
Anyone doing a series of castor oil packs is usually advised to ingest
a one-time dose of olive oil after the final pack of the series. (Only
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a few readings mention taking it on the same days as the packs.)

The purpose of the oil is to purify or to drain the colon, as well as
the gall duct. (Cayce) Other readings note that it will cleanse the
alimentary canal (Cayce), make for the coordinating of that
produced by the absorption of the Castor Oil (Cayce), and
eliminate the poisons and accumulations. (Cayce)
While amounts of the oil ranged from one or two teaspoons, several
tablespoons, or one-fourth to one-half a
teacup, it was generally a portion that one could absorb
comfortably. Those with a history of gallbladder or liver trouble,
according to Dr. Harold Reilly, are advised to ingest the minimum
amount.
AFTER THE APPLE DIET
On the last day of the three-day apple diet (eating only raw apples
and drinking lots of water), that evening, at bedtime, one was to
drink a big dose of Olive Oil (Cayce) or half a cup (teacup) of
Pure Olive Oil. (Cayce)
Three days of raw apples followed by the olive oil will cleanse all
toxic forces from any system! (Cayce)
ON SALADS
(Q) How much olive oil on a salad at a meal? (A) Teaspoonful.
(Cayce) The olive oil seasoning on a salad
is a food, and not a fat (Cayce) and gives proper toning of the
digestive system. (Cayce)
AS AN ENEMA
Enemas administered with an olive oil base, for one individual,
would relieve pressure and irritation from the kidneys and bladder
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(Cayce). Another was advised to have a gentle enema, placing olive

oil (about half a pint) in the first enema so that there may be the
relaxing. (Cayce) One reading states: We would also give enemas
of olive oil to relieve the distress as is seen in the muscular forces in
the descending colon. (Cayce)
EXTERNAL APPLICATIONS
SHAMPOO
An olive oil hair tonic or any olive oil-based shampoo, according to
the readings, was preferable to other products
on the market. For an itchy scalp, one woman was advised to rub
into her scalp some olive oil placed on the tips of her fingers
(504-2). One sixty-year-old woman, who received a reading in 1931
regarding her hair tonic preparation, asked about the use of olive oil
and was offered this suggestion: Do not have too much of the olive
oil, or too much of the coconut oil, or too much of any of the oils
but sufficient that they give their lustre in their proper
relationships. (Cayce)
Several more readings extracts follow:(Q) What shampoo should be
used for hair?(A) Any that carries sufficient of the olive oils
(Cayce)(Q) How can I best care for my hair and keep it light, and
from turning dark at the roots?
(A) Use an Olive Oil Shampoo. This as we find would be the better
way. Shampoo it at least once each week. (Cayce)
PACKS
Four instances of flannel cloth packs saturated in hot olive oil were
mentioned. For one seventy-year-old woman, suffering from colitis,
the cloth was to be placed on abdomen and side to assist more
in breaking up these attacks and give more stimulation to the walls
of the intestinal tract, by increasing the circulation. (Cayce) In an
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earlier reading she was told to place the pack across the intestine
and lower bowel, where these troubles show in the walls of
intestine (Cayce)
A two-year-old girl, also suffering from colitis along with fever,
received her fifth reading on June 3, 1928. It noted that whenever
she had pain or a hardening of the region about this portion where
trouble occurs; that is, in the right side, in the ascending colon,
she was to apply hot packs, or very warm packs, just so it will not
burn the body (Cayce) The mother later reported that her
daughter was much improved.
Another woman was told to mix equal amounts of olive and peanut
oil and apply the heated heavy flannel or toweling pack to areas
on her back that needed relaxation; she was advised to do this each
time prior to her osteopathic adjustments (Cayce).
In the last case drops of spirits of camphor were added to the
heated oil, and the pack placed across the lower end of stomach,
liver, and the right side, changing the pack every twenty to
twenty-five minutes, until a reaction is produced in the liver
(Cayce). This case was an eight-year-old girl, suffering with a fever
and cold, whose parents obtained this emergency physical reading;
coincidentally it was obtained on June 11, just eight days after
[608]s reading mentioned above. Three days later her mother
reported that [4611] was getting along very nicely now.
STEAM BATHS
For a forty-year-old man, suffering from toxemia and past physical
problems, the reading advised a cabinet sweat bath in which a little
olive oil mixed with witch hazel was added to the boiling water to
create a fume for a moist heat bath. This is the only occurrence of
olive oil being used in such a way.

MASSAGE
The most common suggestion for external applications of olive oil is
as a lubricant for massage. One reading states succinctly: As given,
as known and held by the ancients more than the present modes of
medication, olive
oilproperly prepared (hence pure olive oil should always be used)
is one of the most effective agents for stimulating muscular activity,
or mucus-membrane activity, that may be applied to a body.
(Cayce)
Another reading adds: for few oils there be that are as much food
for the tissue and muscular forces of the body as of the olive oil.
(Cayce)
Considered a skin food (noted in several readings), olive oil can
also be combined with other substances (tincture of myrrh, castor
oil, or peanut oil; equal parts) and rubbed into the body, as much as
the body can absorb. Its absorption makes for greater elasticity (in
the abdominal walls, when massaged into the abdomen), prevents
adhesions from forming, relieves soreness, stimulates blood and
lymph circulation, and is very strengthening to the body (Cayce)
ADDITIONAL NOTES
Although the adjective pure was mentioned a little over one
hundred times andvirgin mentioned just once, it can be generally
assumed that the readings meant the type of oil is to be of high
quality, less refined, and the least processed. Contrary to some
misconceptions, the following oils are not mentioned in the Cayce
readings: almond, canola, grape seed, safflower, and sesame.
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