Miracle Cure Organic Germanium by Dr Asai
Dr. Kazuhiko Asai published this famous book on Germanium in 1980, it was published by Japan Publications and was out of print by 1989.
Preface
Arthur Kestler in his book entitled The Intrinsic nature of Change offers this conclusion. It is futile to try to arrive at an understanding or solution of the “intrinsic nature of chance” by conventional scientific common sense. The thing to do is to postulate that chance, which is of a higher dimension than the four dimensional world exists and to think that the postulate is an actuality. In short, chance is beyond understanding by conventional scientific common sense but it really does exist. Inevitability of chance may be an apt description. With regard to procreation and genesis of living things, particularly of human beings, for instance, the probability of the births of males and females should mathematically be 100 to 100. Actually, however, the ratio is 106 males to 100 females. Therein lies the inevitability arising from the mysterious rationality of nature. My connection with germanium started by chance, certainly, but I cannot help perceiving there’s a working of some supernormal inevitability. If I may be permitted to express unhesitatingly my sensibility and fidelity to my thinking, I believe that my life is inextricably linked with germanium and that my germanium compound was divinely conferred on mankind through an actual being; that being happened to be I. It may have been presumptuous of me, but I have endeavoured, from beginning to end, ultimately to suggest some unknown laws existing in the universe by interweaving emotional expressions among the intellectual contents presented as the main body of this book. When I review the seventy odd years of my life, I seem to find a consistent thread or a command from some outside source that transcends my own will which has determined my continued research of this amazing compound. Though I have not received a formal education in the field of modern medicine, I believe I have ample reverence for human life. The very essence of the healing arts must find its basis in the great premise of life itself. In other words, its substance must be religious like concept of saving the sick. Through germanium I have come to know the thrill of living. I want to experience that by forgetting myself and saving other. My encounter with germanium was indeed by chance but it is a substance understandable only through high level meditative deliberations with a highly sharpened mind. All my years of study with germanium have led me to know the wonderful action the germanium compound can have among all people. To disseminate this precious knowledge, without hesitation or timidity I raise my voice in praise of germanium. I hope that this small voice can reach the hearts of all my fellowmen. I have written in narrative style of my experience with germanium, and in order to penetrate the hearts and minds of men I have made use of some fables and parables, but all is genuine and based solely on fact. When I gaze upon the single crystal of germanium with its silver gray sheen, I have the illusion of seeing my whole life crystallized in this substance; I also feel, on the palm of my hand the touch of a substance I am tempted to describe as the fountain of life that fills the universe.
Kazuhiko Asai, Ph.D.
A Biographical Sketch of Kazuhiko Asia
Dr. Kazuhiko Asai was born on the 30th of March, 1908 as the eldest son of Masajiro Asai who was working at that time as an educator of Chinese pupils in Dairen, Manchuria, the north eastern province of China. He stayed there until he was 10 years old; after that the family moved to Tokyo, where he graduated from the Imperial University of Tokyo, Faculty Jurisprudence, in 1932. In the spring of 1934 he was sent to Berlin as the representative of Okura trading Co., Ltd. He matriculated at the polytechnium in Charlottenburg, Berlin, in 1940, where he studied mining and metallurgy, for four yeas. He stayed in Berlin till its fall to the Russian army in 1945. He returned to Japan in July 1945 and established the Coal Research Institute, where he studied with several assistants the nature of coal in Japan. The institute has been instrumental in introducing steel beams and columns to replace wooden beams and columns in coal mines in this country. His research at the institute led to the discovery of germanium in coal and the extraction of germanium from coal gas waste liquid. In 1953 he represented Japan at the International Congress on the Study of Coal Structure. The same year he was appointed to teach the subject of coal petrology at the Second Engineering Department at Tokyo University and at the Science Faculty of Kyushu
University. In 1957, he was awarded the Purple Order of Merit for his various achievements in the field of technical development. In 1962 a doctorate for technology by the University of Kyoto was conferred on him. In 1967 he received an award by the fuel Association. In 1969 the Asai Germanium Research Institute was established. In January 1975 he was elected a member of the New York Academy of Science. At present he continues his research and directs the Organic Germanium Clinic. Dr. Asai is married to Erika (nee Hoelterhof) and has a son and three daughters.
Introduction
The tradition of Western medicine is now strong in Japan, and because I promulgate the theory of a common cause for all disease, I have incurred much opposition. Some doctors have even gone so far as to call for the eradication of this “amateur with no medical training who puts forth such irregular ideas.”So, while hoping that germanium will bring about a radical change in the fundamental philosophy of life in the medical world, I am also aware that I am likely to be exposed to violent denunciations. In the Germanium Clinic which I supervise, no pharmaceuticals are used, only my organic germanium. Therefore, when a patient comes to the Clinic he receives a medical examination and the appropriate prescription of germanium is given. In spite of the fact that no additional medicine is given, people come daily from all over Japan, and close to twenty per cent of them become so-called “germanium believers,” continuing to take the compound over a long period. Of course, the purpose of the treatment has already been achieved, but repeated use has not once caused any side effects or any other complaint up to the present time, nor do I expect any in the future. On the other hand, requests from practicing physicians have greatly increased. Some of these doctors say that thanks to germanium, their patients are extremely grateful, and now without germanium they would be unable to continue their practice. The effect of the compound is so unlike that of any medicine heretofore discovered that I hesitate to call germanium a medicine. I would rather call it a health-giving substance - i.e., a substance which restores a condition of health to those afflicted with disease, and which sustains a condition of health in those who are healthy. The basis for this, first, is its seemingly universal applicability and beneficial effect in the treatment of apparently any disease in adults and children. Secondly, it is without the adverse effects associated with medicines as we know them. To my way of thinking there are three conditions for the treatment of disease which greatly affect recovery. These factors are supported by the latest advances in medical theory and endorsed by doctors working with the organic germanium compound.
The principles of natural law form the basis for my thoughts and medical techniques, such as biorhythm, as well as acupuncture and natural herb therapy may be used in conjunction with them. The first condition for insuring the recovery of a person afflicted with disease is that he must have a firm conviction that he will recover. The expression “Heaven helps those who help themselves,” should not be taken lightly. To a certain extent, the patient must become his own doctor in order to give full play to the healing powers of the body by personal involvement in the treatment. Underscoring this idea is the theory of electric potentials of as diseased organ as it related to stress as a cause of disease. Just as stress can be said to cause cancer, ulcers, and other diseases, the stress or strain developed in these particles cannot be reversed if the strain is not eliminated by restoring harmony of the mind. Biorhythm healing methods rely on just this sort of harmony. The second condition is the maintenance of proper diet. As mentioned previously, maximum effort should be made to maintain a balanced diet to prevent the blood from acidity, which happens if there is an excessive intake of hydrogen ions which consume the body oxygen and literally pollute the blood. The only way we can keep our blood clean and guarantee good health is by maintaining a proper acid-base balance. The third condition, a synthesis of the above two, is not a continuous combustion process to develop an oxygen deficiency. We remain alive because there is a continuous combustion process within the body to supply life sustaining energy, a process in which oxygen plays the main role. If no effort is made to maintain a healthy mind and body by avoiding stress and an imbalance diet, an oxygen deficiency will result. The main factor involved in the curative effect of germanium is the life style of the individual. Thus, on an individual basis success of treatment can be interpreted to be anywhere from 100% to 0, depending on how well the patient follows the conditions of treatment. Usually, disease is the result of an unbalanced diet or excessive mental stress, which may result from excessive worrying, lack of spiritual direction, among other factors. For successful treatment such adverse conditions must be eliminated. After all, what is the use of giving a person medicine if he insists on poisoning his system? If these conditions are met, I have no doubt that the germanium compound will cure the majority of cases of diseases which heretofore have been classified as showing poor response to medical treatment. Considering the nature of the substance - one which heals by instituting a condition of health throughout the whole body, (as opposed to substances which are used in specific treatments) every effort must be made to give full play to the body’s own healing powers. Jules Henri Poincare has said that truth was no more than a hypothesis by which the greatest number of facts were explained under the simplest principles and without contradictions. My organic germanium compound has proved effective against all sorts of diseases, including cancers of the lung, bladder, larynx and breast, neurosis, asthma, diabetes, hypertension, cardiac insufficiency, inflammation of maxillary sinus, neuralgia, leukaemia, softening of the brain, myoma of the uterus and hepatic cirrhosis. If a line that runs through the many cases of cure taken as isolated points should be found and an hypothesis known to be true should be set up, I should say that all diseases are attributable to deficiency of oxygen. The dangers of an oxygen deficiency in the human body cannot be over-emphasized. I am not particularly trying to take a leaf out of a wise man’s book by saying that “a balanced diet is an iron rule for staying healthy.” This has been the cardinal principle of Oriental medicine and has been well recognized by modern Western medicine. Germanium greatly enriches oxygen in the living body. Everyone knows that oxygen is absolutely essential for sustaining life.
I. Biological Significance of Germanium
1. The Element Germanium: Historical
Background
Since its discovery, the history of germanium (atomic number 32, atomic weight 72.60, and density 5.36) has been full of interesting epodes. The existence of the germanium element was foreseen about 100 years ago by the Russian chemist, Omitri Mendeleev. Mendeleev, the proponent of the periodic law (A chemical law which states that the properties of the elements are periodic functions of their atomic weights) not only listed the properties of the then known elements but also theorized the existence of several undiscovered elements. In his periodic table, which he used to illustrate the law, he left certain gaps for the yet to be discovered elements the 32nd column was for an element whose properties he predicted referred to as “ekasilicon.” Mendeleev’s theory of new elements proved correct. They began to appear with qualities remarkable similar to those which he predicted: Two appeared soon after he announced the law gallium in 1875 and scandium in 1879.
In 1886, a German chemist, Clemens Winkler, while making a chemical analysis of the ore argyrodite, noticed on completion of his analysis that the sum of all the ingredients did not add up to the original quantity. At first he attributed this to some substance that escaped in the vapor produced with the ore which was being heated with chlorine ions in an acid solution. In efforts to locate the missing substance, he developed and experimented with several assays until he eventually succeeded in isolating it. In subsequent analyses he discovered that it fitted the description of the element Mendeleev had earlier called “ekasilicon.” Winkler decided to name the new element germanium, in tribute to his fatherland.
2. Germanium: A Semiconductor
For the next 60 years germanium received little attention remaining a subject of scientific study merely as a rare element. In 1948, however, it came to be utilized for its semi conducting characteristics by Brattain. Bardeen, and Shockley of the U.S. Bell Telephone Laboratories in the development of transistors and diodes, both of which came to play a leading role in modern electronics transistors by replacing vacuum tubes as amplifiers, and diodes by becoming excellent rectifiers. With the advent of these solid-state devices, germanium came to play a major role in the development of modern civilization from within the field of electronics. With worldwide attention centered on the characteristics of germanium as a semiconductor, its potential role in the field of biochemistry went virtually unnoticed. Research conducted on its possible applications in other fields brought few results and gained little momentum.
In appearance germanium is a metal, but it is completely without metallic properties. Many scientists in various countries refer to it as a non-metal, while in Japan we tend to classify it as a semi metal. Usually, it is referred to merely as a semi conducting substance. In the classical school of physics, the characteristics of semiconductors were not clearly defined, and an adequate explanation for them was not given until the advent of quantum physics which is centered on the phenomena of effects produced by atomic and molecular electrons. Electronics engineers have since come to marvel at the whimsical and magic like behavior of semiconductor electrons, and the quantum revolution soon spread to other fields. In the field of biochemistry, quantum biology and electrobiology emerged. Whilst reading about these new fields of science, the thought of the characteristics of germanium, always in the back of my mind, flashed before me. Germanium electrons had been known to exhibit an uncommon behavior and I started thinking. Germanium, atomic number 32, has 32 electrons, four of which are constantly moving unsteadily along the outermost shell of the atom. These four electrons are negative electrical charge carriers and if approached by a foreign substance one will be ejected out of its orbit. This famous phenomenon is known in electronics as the positive hole effect which is so ingeniously utilized in forming transistors and diodes. When one of these four electrons is ejected, a positive charge hole is created and the remaining three seize electrons from other atoms in order to maintain balance. The thought came to me almost intuitively, but one day when I was dwelling on the fact that living organisms also come under the physical laws of matter, I was led to make a hypothetical supposition as to the effects that the semiconductor phenomenon would have on a living body. Since there exists in physiology a phenomenon known as the dehydrogenating effect by which the negative ion of hydrogen (which may be viewed as an electron) is discharged from the body, I was led to the assumption that germanium might have interesting biological applications as well (Dr. Asai discusses the relationship of living organisms and physics in a subsequent section, “Man-An Aggregate of Ultra Microscopic Electricity.” The concept of dehydrogenation will also become apparent in subsequent sections. Briefly stated. It refers to the action of organic germanium in seizing and combining with hydrogen ions which have accumulated in the body to remove them)
3. The Existence of Germanium in Coal
My discovery of the biochemical significance of germanium occurred as follows. Towards the end of 1945 I was granted a permit to establish the Coal Research Center Foundation. My young researchers and I were motivated by the belief that the rebuilding of Japan’s industries after the war depended on coal. Since we were working in the public interest naturally we felt that we should operate as a non-profit foundation. This research center provided the womb that gave birth to my organic germanium. Conditions at the time were very confused, and even if there had been money there could be no research. Not only then but over many years there were periods of great hardship and it was only through great self sacrifice on the part of myself, my family and loyal colleagues that the organic germanium compound came into existence. I had gained the knowledge that coal contains germanium from Russian literature on the subject. Furthermore, when I was called to serve as an interpreter in the Scientific Resources Bureau set up by the American occupation forces I chanced to hear an American officer tell how there was a report on the rare element germanium in a document confiscated in Germany (the PB report) and how it declared this element would rule the future. There is still some doubt as to whether this was contained in the P B report, but it did serve to create an interest in the subject. An opportunity had opened up, and the fact that such an interest developed leads one to wonder whether or not it was after all an inevitability rather than mere chance. Or, may not the fact that this led to an unusual interest in the element germanium be the action of a dimension far above the ordinary? At once, I had the staff investigate the amount of germanium to be found in coal. The microanalysis of a rare element demands superior knowledge and precision instruments. The staff and I worked unsparingly for nearly a year to establish a quantitative analysis of germanium. As we did not have funds to acquire the necessary instruments, we utilized those of other research centers. Right after the war, about the only amusement was the movies and at that time the film “Madam Curie” was being shown, and I took the time to see it. Even today I cannot forget the excitement I felt at the end of that film. It was the impressive story of how Madam Curie with a crude store room for a laboratory, and with kettles, buckets, tubs, and the like, had succeeded in separating radium from pitchblende, and with the radium she had extracted, produced a strange light on a fluorescent screen. The film was pure inspiration. My staff also saw it and I pointed out to them that research involved more than material things; it demands much in the spiritual realm. Coal is formed from the remains of ancient vegetation carbonized in an air-tight state as a result of complete immersion in sea water when swamp lands subsided millions of years ago. In coal petrography, a black lump of coal is classified and measured in three sections for the purposes of quantitative analyses: (1) Vitrit the basically woody tissue. (2) Clarit: a hardened mixture of bark, leaves and twigs and (3) Durit: a hardened mass of seeds and spores. It became clear that germanium was to be found in Japanese coal, about 5 to 10 parts per million (ppm). I learned that germanium is especially abundant in the vitrit or woody section. It occurs in comparatively small quantities in the older coals of the Coal Age mainly the European and American varieties, of which the original plants were of the fern family while coals of the younger Tertiary Period, such as those formed principally of the Sequois-dendron giganteum (a tree of the redwood family) commonly found in Japan and East Asia, contain a considerable amount of germanium.
4. Germanium and Plants
During the course of my analysis. I became curious as to why the wood section of the coal contained such particularly large quantities of germanium. On further examination of various coals, I detected the existence of medullary tubes, which are the vessels that plants use to draw nutrients from the soil. In short, I reasoned, the germanium in coal was first of all in the plants which were the source of the coal. In other words, it was primarily in living matter, and in my judgment, did not enter the coal later from the surrounding soil or mud. New discoveries engender doubts and opposing views. As might be expected, the
scholarly experts violently ridiculed my theory. For my part, however, the connection between germanium and plant life was too clear to be doubted. I saw a definite need to further clarify the relationship between plants and germanium. I turned to an acquaintance of mine in the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry who assisted me in obtaining nearly 40 varieties of different species of bamboo from various parts of the country. I conducted a microanalysis of each of the samples and, as such advanced analytical equipment as an atomic absorption photometer was not available in those days, the time involved in this work was incredibly long. My efforts were fruitful, however. Analysis showed that several varieties of bamboo grass contained 15 to 20 ppm of germanium. This is a significant amount in the light of the critical amounts of such pollutants as small as one ppm of organic mercury in foodstuff or one ppm of sulfurous acid in the atmosphere considered fatal to living things. Viewed from this perspective I could not help thinking that the particularly large amounts of germanium in the bamboo grass must be of importance to its existence. Continuing my analysis with other plants, I detected considerable amounts of germanium in tea leaves, oak leaves, chlorella, and so forth. I soon began to suspect that the existence of germanium in these plants has some connection with chlorophyll, with germanium perhaps acting as a catalyst with chlorophyll. Again, to consider the semiconductor characteristics of germanium, there is also the recently discovered Honda-Fujishima effect whereby a semiconductor placed in water and exposed to sunlight acts as a photo electrochemical cell electrolyzing water into oxygen and hydrogen.(”Electrochemical photolysis of Water at a Semiconductor Electrode” Nature. Vol. 238, July 7, 1972, 37. ) In terms of plant biology, when water is broken down into oxygen and hydrogen by this method, oxygen is discharged from the plant and hydrogen combines with the carbon of carbon dioxide absorbed by the plant to form carbohydrate. In effect, this means that in the process of assimilation plants produce starch sugar electrochemically from water only, a fact which seems to verify that germanium or some other semi conducting substance is essential to the growth of plants. In fact, although in quantities which vary a great deal from plant to plant, all plants seem to contain germanium. Observing such phenomena, I was astonished at how the laws of nature seemed to support the hypothesis that germanium plays a very important role in relation to biochemical life. Discoveries lending verification, however, followed in rapid succession. I was further surprised to find that the plants containing unusually large quantities of germanium were without exception those valued as Chinese medicinal herbs. This discovery renewed my admiration for the accumulated wisdom and experience of Oriental medicine with its 2,OOO-year history, and added to my incentive to uncover the biochemical effects of germanium. My first steps were to measure the germanium content of those plants reputed to have beneficial effects in the treatment of malignant tumors. I obtained the following results.
Shelf fungus, heading the list above, for centuries has been reputed to be effective in the treatment of cancer, and Nobel Prize winner Alexander Solzhenitsyn has even referred to this remarkable herb in his book, Cancer Ward. Another plant reported to be effective in the treatment of cancer is a moss found in a small area of the Japanese countryside. I obtained some and was moved rather strangely to find that it also contained a rather large amount (250 ppm) of germanium. It should be pointed out, however, as later research revealed, 250 ppm is far from being an effective dosage against cancer. Next, I analyzed those plants which are generally regarded as conducive to good health and found that they also contain fairly large quantities of germanium:
Note: The germanium content of the plants analyzed in both of the above lists is not distributed evenly throughout the plant body. With ginseng, for example, even ginseng grown in Chinshan, Korea, where the world’s most fertile crops of ginseng are produced, germanium is concentrated in the area extending from the center of the roots to the stems of the leaves; while the heavily concentrated area registers as much as 4,000 ppm, the peripheral root hairs contain no germanium at all. Results of the above analyses and subsequent experiments eventually enabled me to give a plausible explanation for the presence of germanium in plants. Ginseng, for example, will not grow freely but requires soil of a particular consistency. Even then, from ancient times it has been known that after one good crop it takes up to 30 years to produce another crop of harvestable quality in the same soil. I conducted an experiment by obtaining ginseng sprouts approximately 8 cm in length and planted them in separate boxes. One box was sprinkled with a solution of germanium acetate and the other was left untreated. Six months later, the sprouts to which the germanium acetate was given had grown to a height of 30 cm and gave off the distinct aroma of ginseng. In contrast, the sprouts in the second box had grown to about 10 cm and gave off only a faint scent of ginseng. Obviously, germanium played an important role in the growth of this plant. (*Ginseng is the common term for either of two herbs from the family Araliaceas, Panax quinquefolium and Panax schinseng The former is the North American ginseng while the latter is common to Northeast Asia. Noted for its soothing properties, from time immemorial the Chinese have considered ginseng a cure for most illnesses, and the generic term “Panax” itself originates from a Greek word meaning “Panacea.”)
5. A Weapon for Self-defense
For a more exact clue to the role germanium plays in plant life, it is interesting to note the wisteria plant. When attacked by germs and viruses, wisteria forms a knob (mentioned in the first list as containing a high concentration of germanium) in self-defense. This is a strong indication that the plant is using germanium to fight off the invading viruses. Further evidence that germanium serves to combat viruses in plants is a species of bamboo grass common to Yakushima (An island located in the southern part of Kyushu, Japan) which received wide notice a number of years ago for its effectiveness in treating cancer. I obtained some and confirmed the presence of germanium in this plant. After a number of people had plucked the leaves, however, the roots began to weaken. What became apparent, in line with my theories was that the plant’s ability to resist bacteria was lowered due to a disruption of the germanium cycle. The germanium existing in the soil, which is normally absorbed by the roots and returned to the soil when the leaves die and fall, was no longer present in adequate supply. Consequently, the plant became defenseless against bacteria and decayed. The same theory holds for ginseng also, which would be just as susceptible to the thousands of viruses and bacteria existing in the soil and would soon rot if it were not for its extremely high germanium content. One reason why, until recently, it has taken so long to cultivate regular crops of ginseng is that when one crop is harvested the germanium content is removed from the soil. A recent report says that success has been attained in harvesting an annual crop of ginseng by thoroughly disinfecting the soil. Although the beneficial effects of ginseng grown without germanium may be rather dubious, I believe the report re-emphasizes the role of germanium.
In addition to the plants mentioned above, germanium is also present in the structure of various mushrooms such as Cortinellus shiitake, champignon, and kawaradake. All these mushrooms are susceptible to various diseases and could not exist without sufficient resistance to bacteria. Interested in finding out more about the antibiotic properties of germanium, I conducted the following two experiments.
Experiment I. A gelatin commonly used for the cultivation of bacteria was stained with methylene blue and put into five test tubes. Ten varieties of bacteria were then introduced into the gelatine at random and a solution of germanium complex salt was poured into two of the five tubes. Since various bacteria require oxygen from the methyene blue to propagate themselves, the methylene blue takes on a transparent gray after the oxygen has been used. In the tubes containing germanium, however, the methylene blue maintained its original color, indicating that the bacteria died, being unable to utilize the oxygen.
Experiment 2. Using another method for cultivating bacteria, gelatin was put on two test plates, one containing germanium and one without it. Various microorganisms were introduced and molds of various colors began to grow on the surface of the gelatin without germanium. No change occurred, however, on the plate containing germanium. However, about a week later, dark spots appeared on the surface of the test plates of gelatin containing germanium used in Experiment 2. In no time the spots, appearing to be miniature aegagropilas in form and color, developed into well rounded spheres about 7mm in diameter. Nonetheless, when viewed from a different angle, the above phenomenon, rather than indicating failure, merely re-emphasized the effectiveness of the germanium solution. The bacteria used in the first experiment died because their molecular structure was destroyed by the dehydrogenating effect, or oxidizing action of germanium. The mold which grew on the test plate containing germanium used in Experiment 2, however, grew principally due to the presence of germanium - a large mold resembling aegagropilas could not have grown without germanium because the microorganisms present would have destroyed it before it was established. The mold made use of the germanium to fight harmful bacteria as well as to facilitate its own growth. In an experiment with rice plants I discovered another effect of germanium: it increases their resistance to cold. In a greenhouse, rice was grown at a temperature of about 20°C having first been immersed in a germanium solution for two days. When the rice grew to a height of about 30cm, the temperature of the greenhouse was lowered to 5°C. As a result, the rice plants grown from the unhulled rice which had not been immersed in the germanium solution soon withered and rotted from the cold. The plants grown from the unhulled rice treated with germanium, however, were unharmed by the cold and steadily continued their healthy growth.
Various other experiments led to the observation of other interesting phenomena. When only a small quantity of the germanium solution was used, the growth of various plants was greatly accelerated and their flowering period was advanced. Germanium was also found to have positive effects on plant cuttings. Improved assimilation was noted when water drawn by the plants was electrolyzed by sunlight with germanium acting as a catalyst. All these experiments pointed to a very interesting relationship existing between living substances and metals. In nature there is a transmigrational phenomenon whereby metallic elements existing in the soil play an important part in plant growth when absorbed by plants. Animals absorb these elements after feeding on the plants and return them to the soil through evacuation or upon death. Naturally, the metallic elements involved in this cycle move in organic form from the plant to animal bodies, and I became extremely interested in determining what form of organic compound is present in living organisms. If this organic compound could be found and synthesized. a substance could be created which would surely have beneficial effects on all forms of life. The physicist Schrodinger said, “Life is a supreme work of art created by the hands of God through quantum mechanics.” Since I was setting out to create a substance of vital importance to life which this great scientist referred to as God’s work of art, I had to adopt the proper frame of mind. The physical laws of nature are complicated so that the creation of a new substance is the most difficult of problems. To this end, in a spirit of prayer to God, I have undergone extreme hardship and devoted thirty years of my life.
6. Synthesis of Organic Germanium Compound
To invent is not the conquest of nature. Man creates nothing, he merely uncovers things which were heretofore unknown. The synthesis of organic germanium has fulfilled a vision I have had since youth of doing something good for mankind. However, it was not an easy task. Research on the organic germanium compound progressed smoothly at first. Working with germanium in organic form was not entirely new to me for I had previously met with considerable Success by extracting germanium from coal in the early 1950’s. I had also succeeded in obtaining large quantities from liquefied coal gas. Previous research activities had been directed primarily at obtaining an inorganic ~ germanium of a high purity for use by the electronics industry. To extract germanium from coal, I developed a process whereby the organic germanium in coal is removed at high temperature in a carbonization furnace. It is then liquefied by adjusting the pH and burned to eliminate miscellaneous organics. Afterwards, it is chlorinated and this chlorinated organic germanium is converted by hydrolysis into germanium oxide, a white powder, further reduced by hydrogen. Increased purity is achieved by zone melting, and finally a lump of cylindrical shaped silver-gray single crystals is produced.
The principal object of my research with germanium until that point had been to convert the organic germanium obtained from coal into an inorganic substance for the electronics industry I was now faced with doing the reverse in converting inorganic germanium into an organic substance if it was to be of use in the field of biochemistry. I first thought that in order to obtain a germanium compound which is biochemically active, the synthetic germanium must be made with an affinity to living cells. My research staff and I studied the possibility of compounding germanium with either amino acid or nucleic acid. We attacked these and other possibilities from every angle, but our attempts failed. At the time, publications on germanium in Japanese or any other language were virtually nonexistent and ten years went by almost completely unnoticed while we were groping in the dark. In the meantime, the once flourishing coal industry had reached its zenith and began to decline from around 1959. With the decline, the royalties and research grants which I had been receiving from coal mining companies for my discoveries decreased sharply. My personal finances were also nearly exhausted, and it became increasingly difficult to run a research laboratory I often say, “Poverty and affliction are the mother of invention.” Once I discussed this matter with Dr. Reppe, a German scientist who had been awarded the Nobel prize for his work in the chemistry of acetylene. He said, ” Invention is made up of 90 % perspiration and 10 % gray matter. Whilst trying to combat and resolve these difficulties I realized the danger of losing my creative spirit. I began to read fervently From Religion to Science by Bertrand Russell ; Einstein and the Order of Space; Zen and the Art of Archery by Eugen Herrigel; Dogen (about a Zen work), and several other books by Japanese authors. I made notes of the thoughts of great men and these supplied the thread that kept me from succumbing completely. The saying which sticks uppermost in mind, however, is “God may give you a chestnut but won’t crack it and take it out of the shell for you.”
In November, 1967, a member of my research staff who stayed on, walked into the room holding a test tube of white powder. Raising it slowly, and with an expression on his face which radiated the whole room, he uttered the words I had been waiting ten years to hear. “Dr. Asai, the water-soluble organic germanium compound has at last been synthesized.” For the first time in my life I shed tears of joy in deep silence as a man in ecstasy. They were tears of almost religious exaltation. The event proved to me that all of man’s struggles are not in vain. The organic germanium compound synthesized on that day has changed my life, and as I hope you shall see, has done something good for everyone who has come in contact with it.
7. Myself as the Living Body Test
The newly synthesized water-soluble germanium compound has been a blessing in every sense of the word. Technically termed car boxy ethyl sesquioxide of germanium (GeCH2CH- “C00H)202 (Refer to Appendix 1 The Organo Germanium Sesqujoxide) it features three oxygen atoms affixed to each germanium atom as indicated in the figure below. Germanium has four electrons available for sharing: one is a free radical (not shown in the figure ). while the other three are affixed alternately to an oxygen atom. The oxygen atoms, in turn, a bed combine with germanium atoms in a manner resembling of flowers or a regularly expanding gymnastic formation. Each time I view this substance which so magnificently illustrates the laws of nature and contains the potential to alter the course of life, Einstein’s words “The perception of mystery is the: source of every learning and discovery,” come to mind. Till the discovery of the compound, I had managed to keep myself in fairly good spirits by reading, but my physical condition had deteriorated, and I was in a state of virtual disability. Doctors had diagnosed my illness as a severe case of polvrheumatism complicated by arthritis and had given little hope of . Improvement. True, the organic germanium compound had just been synthesized, but it was still in the experimental stage. Usually with a new medicine, extensive toxicity tests are made before it is used on people. I decided that my own illness would be its first real test. My decision was not entirely based on blind faith, however. Prior to the discovery, my years of research with plants and animals had indicated that its overall effect would be beneficial, or harmless at least. Furthermore, some scientific data from the Soviet Union indicated that germanium was non-toxic. I took some of the white, powdery organic germanium with water. Improvement was slow at first, but I continued to take the solution in large dosages for several days. Gradually, I began to feel better and in ten days I was up and walking around the house-at times feeling robustly healthy.
Since the rheumatic affliction I was suffering from is generally regarded as incurable by modern medicine, I had been visiting an acupuncturist in the neighbourhood in an attempt to relieve my pains. Upon examination after only a few visits, the acupuncturist was astounded to find that my body had already healed to an unbelievable extent. Moreover, on a subsequent visit he requested some of the compound for his other patients, convinced that it would help them. After taking it for several more weeks until 1 was assured that it was completely non-toxic, and that there was no sign of its accumulation in my body, however, I gave him some. Again, he was astounded as patients who had been suffering from a variety of diseases, heretofore regarded as virtually incurable- Cancer, epilepsy, cirrhosis of the liver and a list of others - all showed marked improvement when administered the compound. Developments were indeed encouraging. Unfortunately, however, the acupuncturist was forced to discontinue treatment with germanium because it was pointed out to him that the use of germanium at this stage constituted an act against laws governing the use of medicine in Japan.
8. Effects on Animals
Before describing its effects in the human body I will mention a few examples of my germanium compound used in animals. It seems to have an almost miraculous efficacy in these cases. A Siamese cat at Our home had been in the fangs of a dog during a wild fight. The wounds were so serious, we began fearing for its life. We started applying dressings to the wounds with a water solution of the organic germanium, at the same time forcing him to drink this solution. This was done in the presence of the veterinarian we had called. On calling again a few days later, he was almost dumbfounded at the rapid recovery of the cat, saying that he could now believe in miracles. The large Japanese carp specially bred for decorative purposes, being artificially raised, are liable to contract diseases easily. An acquaintance who was keeping such carp reported to me that several had contracted a disease. Some of their scales were peeling off. Lying on their sides, they were gasping for air apparently on the verge of death. On my advice he put a pinch of the organic germanium compound into the water in which they were swimming, and to his utmost delight the fish soon began swimming vigorously, biting greedily at the feed in which they had showed no interest only a short while previously. The owner of the carp now claims that the organic germanium compound is indispensable for breeding carp. Germanium showed the same curative effects on cats, dogs and horses where diseases withstood treatment in the conventional manner, so that many veterinarians have strongly requested that the organic germanium compound be made available for general use as soon as possible. Bird lovers who used germanium on their ailing birds have also expressed their delight at its efficacy. A female Dobermann imported from England was mated seven times within 5 years but did not conceive once. The Owner became worried that the dog would age without giving him a litter. As a last resort he turned to intravenous and subcutaneous injections of organic germanium one month before the dog came into heat. These injections were continued all through the mating season. This time the dog conceived, delivering a litter of five males and six females, and children doing well to the utmost delight of their Owner. No matter how much is given to animals, there is no lethal level to report. The more they get, the more active they become. In the Drugs, Cosmetics, and Medical instruments Act, the lethal amount is reached if half the animals die. With germanium there is no lethal amount. Therefore, it is not a medicine.
9. Germanium as an Experimental Medicine
Having virtually recovered from my own disease. and witnessed the mysterious healing action of the organic germanium compound, I became anxious to see it put to use for medical treatment. I wasted no time in initiating toxicity tests with animals at an authoritative research institute. The tests they ran included those for acute, subacute, and chronic toxicity, as well as deformity - producing effects. The results of all the tests showed the compound to be completely non-toxic and harmless. (Refer to Appendix 2-1, 2-2, Toxicity of Organo Germanium.) With thorough assurance that the compound was non-toxic, I was able to obtain financial backing and opened a clinic on the outskirts of Tokyo. My doctor friends agreed to rely on germanium as much as possible in their treatment, and together we witnessed the remarkable recovery of patients with diseases that had hardly responded to medical treatment. Thorough records of the patients’ reactions to treatment and course of recovery were maintained to develop an adequate explanation of the mechanism by which the compound heals. People taking my organic germanium continued to do so in increasing numbers when they saw its remarkable results. I gave it to them at cost, just enough for research expense, and laid down the following two provisions: First of all, my organic germanium should never be considered a medicine. It enriches the body’s oxygen supply, and one is cured from disease by his own powers. One must put great trust in germanium, and pay close attention to his diet in order to avoid constitutional acidity. Secondly , I have labored earnestly for more than 20 years, motivated always by a vision that the organic germanium I was producing was a godsend form heaven to alleviate human suffering and to save humanity from disease. That means that the sick must take only germanium, add prayer to it and use no medicine in addition. If used in conjunction with other medicines its effectiveness is diminished.
The great surgeon and scientist, Alexis Carrell, has said: “Although man has been fascinated by the remarkable progress that science has made in dealing with unliving things and inanimate objects, he has as yet failed to realize that the flesh and minds of human beings are also governed by laws which are as precise as the world of stars and many times as mysterious. Moreover, he is ignorant of the danger inherent in the violation of such laws.” (Alexis Carell: Man, the Unknown)
Watching the effect of the compound on the patients at our clinic, these words came to mind. It seemed as if germanium were a substance springing from a yet unknown dimension with a direct link to the vital forces of life. I am a scientist, however, and well aware of the dangers of non empirical thinking and soon set about to define the mechanism of the compound in scientific terms. By watching all the changes that took place with patients following the administration of the compound, I was able to conclude that its healing powers m ay be attributed to the fact that it brings about a sharp increase in the body’s supply of oxygen: A patient will feel a certain warmth surging throughout his body within 10 minutes of so after taking the compound - some people actually feel as if they have been given a mixture that included alcohol. yawning soon ceases, blood becomes less viscous and complexions take on a healthy glow. Carbon monoxide poisoning is quickly cured, and people feel cheerful, sleep soundly and wake in good humor. They also show evidence of increased mental powers, along with numerous other overall positive effects which will be described in more detail in later sections.
10. Mechanism of Action
Morbid tissues are generally characterized by oxygen deficiency. Accumulation of H- radicals tends to destroy cells and tissues which gradually accumulate to cause disorders which in turn deteriorate in a morbid condition generated for various reasons. If oxygen could be selectively and locally, fed to this lesion, oxygen would combine with the accumulated H+ radicals to restore the deteriorated tissues, thereby cutting the vicious circle of accumulation of deteriorated tissues and disorders, restoring the normal functions of the tissues. The basis of the theory of the mechanism of the compound is that germanium takes the form of a sesquioxide. Oxygen readily combines with hydrogen, so it becomes apparent that hydrogen will strongly bind with the oxygen atoms of the compound, consequently bringing about a dehydrogenating reaction which is the mechanism by which germanium eliminates harmful substances causing disease in the body. Consider for a moment the basic fact of the life process whereby food is burned by the body to give energy, while carbon dioxide (C02) and hydrogen (H2) are created. CO2 is discharged from the lungs when we exhale, and H2 combines with oxygen to form water which is discharged in the urine and sweat. As mentioned previously, hydrogen may be referred to as a positive ion, which is as useless to the body as dust clogging the workings of a machine. To insure that the body functions normally, hydrogen must be removed, but for complete removal a large quantity of oxygen is needed. The germanium compound with its strong dehydrogenating effect takes the place of oxygen in combining with hydrogen to eliminate the latter from the body. In fact, all traces of germanium are discharged from the body through the digestive tract within 20 to 30 hours.
As part of another experiment, tests were conducted on the effect of the germanium compound on the respiratory tissues of a group of mice using the Warburg method. Results obtained showed a remarkable decrease of oxygen consumption in the diaphragm and liver clear indication that the compound acted as a substitute for oxygen in combining with hydrogen. By the dehydrogenating or oxidizing action of the compound, not only hydrogen ions are removed from the blood, but abnormal proteins and other foreign matter are also removed. The oxidizing effect of the compound thus serves to purify the blood.
11. A Substitute for Oxygen
The organic germanium compound increases the oxygen supply in a living body. The compound leads to the cure of various diseases and produces health sustaining effects by serving as a substitute for oxygen in combining with hydrogen ions and other waste substances in the body. In the following experiment, for example, the germanium compound was given orally to a rat in amounts calculated at 30 mg per kilogram of its body weight. When the rat was examined 1 1;2 hrs later, the distribution of germanium in its body was found to be as follows:
Distribution of Organic Germanium in Parts Per Million - (Male Wistar Rat 180g receiving 30mg/kg body weight) lung 22.5 ppm, heart 2.5 ppm, stomach 188.0 ppm, liver 12.0 ppm, kidney 15.0 ppm, spleen 27.5 ppm, testicles 8.0 ppm, urine 90.0 ppm, small intestine 522.0 ppm, mucous membrane of small intestine 788.0 ppm, contents of small intestine 507.6 ppm, caecum and large intestine mucous membrane of caecum and large intestine 15.5 ppm, contents of caecum and large intestine 21.5 ppm, cerebral bone 21.5 ppm, blood 43.2 ppm
As is shown in the table. only 1 1/2 hrs after administration, a large amount of the compound still remains in the stomach as it has not yet been absorbed. It is also evident, however, that the germanium content in the blood is still relatively high. In the blood, it is believed that germanium combines mostly with red blood cells a theory which can be deduced from the fact that red blood cells, which are negative charge carriers and have properties permitting penetration by negative ions. have an electrochemical structure closely akin to the germanium compound. Thus, it appears that germanium combines with the red blood cells together with haemoglobin. In the ensuing pages of this book I propose to develop the concept of my organic germanium compound as a health giving substance rather than a medicine and through the weight of personal evidence provide a more complete way of life.
II. Germanium and Health
1. Well Balanced Diet, Prerequisite to Good Health
As will be seen later. the organic germanium compound can be regarded without exaggeration as an effective means of combating almost any disease. Nonetheless, for assuring its efficacy and the health of the body, the following two conditions have to be met. One is to keep a well balanced diet in order to maintain the acid alkali equilibrium of the body fluids. The other is to relieve stress to keep a stable mental state for maintaining the equilibrium of the autonomic nervous system. If any one of these equilibrium is broken, a morbid change is likely to occur somewhere in the body. The oxygen needed for the human body is supplied through respiration, and observing the necessities for the maintenance of human life, the first thought is the need for oxygen supplied to the body through respiration, while the need for nourishment in the form of water and food and sleep follow a close second. If oxygen supply to the brain is suspended for more than three minutes, the brain fails to recover consciousness. If water intake is suspended for about a week, dehydration causes death. If no sleep is obtained for a week, mental disorder caused by lack of sleep results in complete mental derangement. Only if the three foregoing conditions are met, can a healthy person go without food for one month. With these conditions in mind, it is up to man to choose the proper type of food. For this reason, it is important to keep a well balanced diet. For maintaining health or curing a disease, it is of utmost importance to adhere to a diet that includes food which will keep the pH of the body fluids slightly alkaline at 7.2 to 7 4. To facilitate a judicious selection, the following classification points out types of food that are termed either as acid or alkali forming:
HIGHLY ACID FOODS: egg yolk, cheese, sweets in which white sugar is used. dried bonito, oyster, and herring roe.
MODERATELY ACID FOODS: ham, bacon, horse meat, chicken, tuna, pork, white bread, beef, wheat, butter, and eel.
SLIGHTLY ACID FOODS: rice, peanuts, octopus, clams, liver, fried bean curd, and beer.
SLIGHTLY ALKALINE FOODS: red beans, onions, cabbage, Japanese radishes, apples, a kind of Chinese cabbage, and bean curd.
MODERATELY ALKALINE FOODS: raisins, soybeans, cucumbers, carrots, tomatoes, spinach, banana, tangerines, pumpkins, strawberries, honeywort, white of egg, pickled plums, and lemon.
HIGHLY ALKALINE FOODS: seaweed, grapes, tea, and wine.
Acid foods when absorbed into the body tend to acidify the blood, while alkaline foods reverse this tendency toward acidosis. Lemon juice will turn the blue litmus paper red as a test for it acidity reaction will show, but once it is absorbed into the body, acts to turn the blood alkaline. Thus, lemon is classified as an alkaline food. Aside from those who are still growing, people should avoid excessive intake of animal protein and fats. They would do better to take soybeans and processed foods thereof, as well as vegetables. Vegetable fats are also better than animal fats. If people maintain a well balanced diet centered on natural vegetable foods, they will be able to sustain good health since these increase resistance against diseases and reinforce natural curing ability should they fall victim to some ailment. Any diet partial to acid foods like meat and fatty fish meat, especially to anima] foods, is tantamount to shortening one’s life.
2. Pregnancy
The food ‘fads’ of pregnant women are of interest. My daughter began no longer to care for fatty foodstuffs or meats, while definitely preferring vegetables, fruit and picked ume (a Japanese fruit similar to apricot and plum). All these foods are in the alkali group of foods. In traditional Chinese medicine, acid and salt are described as the negative and the positive, respectively. The Chinese principle calls for maintaining equilibrium of the positive and the negative in diet. Chinese medicine classifies umeboshi in the negative, that is, the alkali group of foods. As I mentioned earlier, I was struck by the Chinese wisdom that listed pickled plums as a negative food despite its acidity which tends to mislead people to think of them as an acid forming food. This change of pattern in diet during pregnancy conforms to the need of the foetus in the womb of the mother. Oxygen is the most important substance for the growth of the foetus. If the mother has acidosis, there is sure to be oxygen deficiency which will adversely affect the foetus. I find a special providence in the natural] change in the pattern of likes and dislikes in the diet of women in pregnancy. The oriental antenatal training of expectant mothers in this connection should be interpreted in the light of the need for stabilizing their mental state, which keeps a well balanced physical condition. My daughters took organic germanium daily during their pregnancy to maintain abundant oxygen supply to the body. Consequently, they experienced only very slight morning sickness during the first few months of pregnancy and gave birth to strong, healthy babies in easy deliveries. Thus, I am endowed with six healthy grandchildren. Many similar cases are found in letters of appreciation I have received. In one case, an expectant mother was diagnosed as having leukaemia and had been advised by her doctor to arrange for an abortion. As she turned to germanium therapy which had an excellent effect on her leukaemia, she was able to give birth to a fine boy. This is only one of many examples of the beneficial effect of germanium therapy in pregnancy. Invariably they have an easy delivery and their babies are healthy and vigorous. I am sure the tragedy of giving birth to defective infants could be a voided if all pregnant women would take organic germanium.
3. Birth of Healthy Life
Here is a case reported in the newspapers. Parents of a premature baby, who lost its eyesight because of a retinal disorder whilst in an incubator. brought a lawsuit against the hospital for the damage caused to the child, only to lose the case. Prevention of retinal disorders in premature babies appears to be possible by applying the latest technology, but it seems that cases of this nature are not yet recognized as being attributable to hospital error. Medical journals report an increasing number of premature births. That the health of prospective mothers is markedly deteriorating is undeniable when aggravation of environmental conditions due to food and pollution is taken into account. Imperfect physical conditions of prospective mothers are probably leading to an increased number of premature births. In support of this statement, I would like to point out that pregnant women taking organic germanium all have smooth deliveries and that not one premature or physically handicapped baby has been born to such a mother. The reason is very simple. Germanium enriches the body with oxygen, and as the mother’s womb remains in a wonderfully healthy condition, the fetus grows unimpeded. While more about this matter is presented in another chapter, I would like to introduce the summary of a report submitted by Dr.Mieko Okazawa who is a member of the Infant Protection Association.
Report submitted October 15, 1977 Eight examples of perfectly healthy babies born to women taking organic germanium during pregnancy Note: Ge stands for organic Germanium.
Case I. As both the eldest and the second daughter were sickly and the mother herself of weak constitution and as her urine was showing sugar (+ +) at the beginning of pregnancy, she began to take germanium (Ge) from the second month of pregnancy. She gave birth to a healthy boy. (She took 500cc Ge a month.)
Case 2. The woman began an intake of 200mg/day Ge because of a threatened abortion at 7 months. After her condition stabilized, the daily amount was reduced to 80mg.
Case 3. As all three of her children contracted German measles early in her fourth pregnancy, the mother began to take Ge. The intake was 80mg a day. In the eighth month of pregnancy she contracted influenza accompanied by coughing fits. She therefore was advised to increase the intake to 400mg to 500mg per day, later returning to 80mg a day till delivery.
Case 4. The woman suffered from toxaemia of pregnancy and albumen in her urine while pregnant with her first child. When the second child was on the way, from the fifth month she began Ge intake until delivery which was smooth and she gave birth to a healthy baby.
Case 5. The woman was allergic to medication. She contracted influenza in the fourth month of pregnancy, accompanied by coughing fits. She began to take Ge only. As she suffered from coughing fits during the ninth month of pregnancy too, she was administered Ge injections in addition to oral Ge doses till delivery. She gave birth to a healthy baby.
Case 6. As the mother was in her mid thirties by the time she conceived her third child, she began to take 100 mg of Ge per day from the initial period of pregnancy.
Case 7. The woman began to take 400 mg/day Ge from the ninth month of pregnancy because of albumen (o) in her urine, and dropsical swelling. While pregnant with her first child, she had fallen into pregnancy phobia. She received a blood transfusion for profuse bleeding and experienced a difficult delivery. but this time she had an easy delivery probably as a result of taking Ge.
Case 8. The woman took Ge before her pregnancy on account of delicate health and autonomic ataxia. Serious vomiting, anaemia during the latter part of pregnancy and a rise in blood pressure prompted her to have additional Ge injections while also orally taking Ge till delivery which went smoothly.
I cannot help thinking that premature births and births of physically handicapped children result from some violation of the workings of nature. Nature fills the universe with rational equations and steadily flows with time. It should, therefore, be natural that perfectly normal babies be born. Yet, that this is not the case probably stems from the existence of something which is not in accord with the principles of nature. That a life comes into this world is a profound mystery, originating from the time of conception and developing through the growth of the fetus over a ] period. What is most needed during this period is oxygen obtained through the mother’s respiration. If the mother’s blood is acid, the oxygen carrying capacity of haemoglobin in the red blood cells markedly declines and this may lead to a failure to supply the interior of the womb with an adequate amount of oxygen. This creates a dangerous situation. There are two causes of acidic blood. One is mental instability. The importance attached to the prospective mother’s mental state since early days in the name of antenatal education is perfectly correct. The other cause is diet. Preferences for food change when a woman becomes pregnant, and dislike of acid forming foods such as meat and fatty foods often develops. This is an admirable and marvellous example of the working of nature. Nature thus is doing her utmost to prevent a shortage of oxygen in the mother’s womb, but if the womb becomes acidic through stress and polluted food- stuffs caused by the unhealthy habits of modern life, the child is liable to abort, be born prematurely or with physical defects. It is, therefore, by no means an exaggeration to say that the use of germanium is absolutely necessary for a pregnant woman to assure the birth of a healthy child.
4. Reasons for Oxygen Deficit in the Body
Although I shall refer to the reason for ill health together with the conditions for treatment of disease on many occasions. perhaps it would be useful to summarize the causes for an oxygen deficiency in the body at this point since this seems to be the root of all body disorders.
(i) Though acidity has long been recognized as a problem, perhaps one reason why ill health is so rampant is that most people do not bother to find an adequate explanation as to why this condition is detrimental to health. Although it may sound complicated, the scientific answer is rather simple. An acid constitution means that the blood contains an excess of positive hydrogen ions (H + ) which use up the oxygen in a living body by combining with it to form an hydroxyl group. When an excess of (H + ) accumulates in the body, there is insufficient oxygen to consume them. As a consequence the blood will acidify and an oxygen deficiency will be created. The problem of oxygen deficiency has also become a controversy in recent years. An acid constitution should be averted by all means. An acid constitution leads to an oxygen deficiency which results in various diseases, including cancer.
(ii) The intake of foods which contain an excess of unsaturated chemical compounds can be noted as another major cause of oxygen deficiency. Unsaturated compounds have a surplus of molecular “hands” which combine with oxygen in the body to produce oxonium compounds, thereby depleting the body’s supply of oxygen. In an experiment we conducted with dogs, one of the animals died from cancer induced by means of the above method. The chemical nature of substance is to move from an unsaturated state. at which they can establish their existence. In this context, it is important for those who want to stay healthy to note that natural foods contain the fewest unsaturated compounds, while these compounds are conspicuously abundant in refined foods. In my mind, carcinogenic or , cancer producing substances and unsaturated compounds with their excess of molecular “hands” to use up the available oxygen in the body are one and the same.
(iii) The other major cause of oxygen deficiency. v in the body, perhaps that to which we should pay the most attention, is the mind. A theory of Professor Hans Selye of the University of Montreal, Canada, is that not only humans but animals develop an unbalanced secretion of hormones, particularly adrenal hormones, if subjected to prolonged stress. An imbalance hormone secretion will also lead to acidification of the blood and thereby create a condition for oxygen deficiency which ultimately, v results in disease. In an experiment we conducted in our laboratory, v, mice were encased and poked with a stick to irritate and provoke them. Not surprisingly, upon dissection, it was found that all had developed stomach ulcers, some of which had haemorrhaged. An examination of their blood revealed the pH value had dropped by 0.2 on average, clearly indicating that the blood had become highly acidified With the recent remarkable progress in biochemistry, many warnings have been issued on the relationship between health and diet. Moreover. stress is fast becoming recognized as a major cause of disease. Again, I wish to re-emphasize the necessity of maintaining a constitution that will not produce an oxygen deficiency. This is a conclusion reached after several years of laboratory work with the organic germanium compound and, to date, all the facts have supported it without exception.
5. Stress
In order adequately to explain the interrelationship of germanium and health, particularly as regards the mind, it is necessary to draw together several fields of knowledge. By examination of some theories from the field of physics we may note that physics is a science dealing basically with the clarification of various phenomena which constitute the basis of matter. Human beings, by the very nature of the fact that they are composed of matter, are also governed by the theories of the properties of matter as expounded by physics. In terms of physics, as quantum theory has revealed, a human being is an aggregate of ultra minute electrically charged particles. y may wonder what all this has to do with disease. This does so precisely because the physical composition and behavior of matter is known to accord with the laws of nature, Although you may choose to agree or disagree with the hypothesis, scientific evidence has indicated it is important to man in terms of mental and ph, health, to have some basic direction in life. Professor Selye maintains that disease develops from mental stress. Stress is “strain,” and may be interpreted in terms of minute electrical particles which constitute the body. In effect, the occurrence of a disease means that one portion of the universe’s equation has become incompatible with the rest. The simplest way to detect stress (strain) is to measure the electrical potential of the various parts of the body. Each mass of electrical particles naturally, has its own electrical potential. Brain troubles are diagnosed by brain waves. The principle involved in this type of examination is to ]locate the affected area of the brain by measuring the electrical potentials at various points. The same principle applies to the internal organs. There is an appropriate potential for the stomach, liver. heart, kidneys, pancreas and other organs. Once affected by disease, the potential of an organ, the source of which are the electrons, will either increase or fall. It is important to note that in the living body, the hydrogen ion, which is the source of an electrical potential, serves as this electron As an interesting side note on the relationship of germanium and electrical potentials, we conducted an experiment whereby a solution containing the organic germanium compound was poured into the battery of an automobile which had failed to start due to battery failure. The immediate result was that the car started without difficulty. Furthermore, batteries have been recharged without difficulty in a few minutes by adding a small quantity of the germanium compound. It is difficult to explain such phenomena scientifically, but it seems obvious that electrical potentials have been increased. The state of a human body, in which no electrical potentials may be detected, is death.
In recent years much more time has been devoted to the study of stress in connection with personality and profession. In this connection some interesting facts have come to light. First of all, the artist, working in an atmosphere of pure art apparently is not subject to undue stress. Their blood does not become acid, whereas the broker class seems always to be under irritation, worrying, and always in an uneasy state which results in blood acidity. an oxygen deficiency, and which finally ends in stomach ulcers. I have a friend who is head of the research laboratory in the National Police Agency. Once I inadvertently heard him say something that made me slap my knee and nod in agreement. “When a criminal commits murder in connection with a robbery, he knows that if caught he faces execution, therefore he invariably looks for a chance to run away and hide. The police send notices to every city, town, and village office, but on the average. only about 60% of such culprits are caught. However, strangely enough. after four or five years, those not apprehended develop some incurable disease, very often cancer, and die. Along with the doctor’s certificate of death, a report of the person’s personal history is sent to the local office, and we know he is on the wanted list of criminals.” The criminal in hiding lives with fear and a guilty conscience day and night, and his body is under fearful stress. His body state becomes highly acid, an oxygen deficiency brings on an incurable disease, and he dies. According to a physician connected with a prison, newly arrived inmates in general show high blood acidity, but interestingly, in the monthly physical examinations, they find that those who repent and become model prisoners lose that acidity. When I make a careful observation of such facts, I begin to wonder just what is sickness?
6. Elixir of Life
In the book Tales From a Western Castle by Yasushi lnoue, there is a very interesting conversation between Genghis Khah and an invited Chinese scholar, regarding long life. Genghis Khan: “You come from far off, do you have medicine for long life?” Scholar: “There is a way of healthful living, there is no medicine.” Genghis Khan: “Then there is really no medicine for long life?” Scholar. “There is a way of healthful living, there is no medicine.”
Germanium regulates the amount of cholesterol] in the blood, and by animal experimentation, it has been proven that it prevents amyloidosis, the ring leader in causing the phenomenon of aging. At the 64th Conference of the Japan athological Society held in April 1975. the results of the following experiment were presented : “In ICR mice two years old, spontaneous development of amyloidosis was widely observed in various organs of 12/14 cases, including the kidneys, digestive organs, liver. spleen, heart and adrenal glands. No relationship of myloidosis with chronic inflammation was established. Mice of the same strain were used as an experimental group. These animals were fed organic germanium from five weeks of age for a period of 22 months. In the 30 mglkg administration groups. amyloidosis was induced in 3!6 cases. On the other hand, in the 300 mglkg administration groups, 12/14 cases presented no sign of its development.” Perusal of this report reveals its amazing significance. Amyloidosis, also known as amyloid degeneration. as any medical encyclopaedia will tell you, is a disease which occurs when amyloid degeneration, appears in the body. In plain words, it is the principal cause of aging. Since organic germanium completely inhibits the development of amyloidosis, it would be no exaggeration to call organic germanium an “elixir of life.” The impotence of modern medicine against incurable diseases is simply flagrant. The root of impotence lies in the absence of philosophical background in modern medicine. As a result. it easily falls into an attitude of local or microscopic research; the methods of treatment become symptomatic. For this reason, when cure of cancer or Behcet’s disease, for example. by prescription of organic germanium compound is reported. the doctors laugh me off saying, “Are you a magician?” My reply is, “No, on the contrary. the god cast a spell on me to synthesize organic germanium compound from elemental germanium and to use it to treat incurable disease: the magic is in the hand of the god.”
III. Germanium in the Treatment of Disease in General
1. Methods of Treatment at the Clinic
What distinguishes the germanium clinic from other clinics and hospitals is its methods of treatment. our Clinic is located in a suburb of Tokyo, where a physician and three other internists work for internal medicine, internal neurology and physiotherapy. In addition, consultations are conducted for geriatrics and general health. Such demarcations of clinical treatment are not essential, but are of some convenience and thus are retained even in our clinic. I am convinced that only the patient has the power to heal himself through his own efforts, while the doctor merely passes on to the patient his acquired knowledge and the technicalities pertaining to the cure. Therefore, I took pains to stress this point not only to the doctors, but also to the pharmacists and nurses. The doctors in our clinic thus take ample time for consultations, determining the mental attitude of the patients, talking with them about ways and means to overcome their disease, and collaborating with them to find a method of cure. The use of conventional pharmaceuticals hitherto employed in hospitals has been minimized, while the mainstay of treatment has been the administration of germanium. In my view, based on Oriental medicine, any disease is basically due to the constitutional characteristics of the patient. Of the constitutional characteristics, the blood plays the principal role. The cause of disease probably lies in oxygen deficiency of the body, for the supply of oxygen throughout the body depends on the haemoglobin in the blood; besides, antibodies that grapple with the pathogenic bacteria also exist in the blood. For this reason, we should aim at the blood as a means to cure or prevent disease. Now, hydrogen of positive ions may be regarded as dust in the blood. This is generated with carbon dioxide after the combustion of food taken into the body system for energy. Carbon dioxide is exhaled. The hydrogen ions combine with oxygen to become water excreted in the form of urine and sweat. An acid blood means an excess of hydrogen ions in the blood, which deprives the blood of large quantities of oxygen, causing oxygen deficiency in the body system. For this reason, acidosis or acid blood is considered the very cause of various diseases. The two important causes of acidosis are food and mental stress. No genuine recovery can be obtained unless these important factors are kept in mind in consultation and treatment. Therefore, the treatments in our clinic have as their integral parts dietary guidance and efforts to remove the stress of the patient. However When our clinic was opened, few patients visited us. However, with the growing achievements through our constant efforts, which have been conveyed to the public by word of mouth. a considerable number of visitors now come to our clinic. I am proud that there has not been a single complaint regarding treatment by germanium alone by those treated who now total several thousands. All those who have cured themselves of their disease are grateful for our method of treatment and continue to take germanium for the maintenance of health.
2. Excerpt from the Director’s File of the Clinic By Dr. Shigeru Makiuchi
Many of the patients visiting the organic germanium clinic have undergone length. v treatment at university hospitals or national, public or private hospitals, without experiencing any improvement in their condition. In general. they are people who have heard of germanium from friends or relatives: who themselves have experienced cures or remissions, or at least an improvement in their respective diseases by the intake of organic germanium. Gradually, the effects of the organic germanium, sometimes almost bordering on the miraculous, are becoming widely known and recognized, and the number of doctors favoring an “organic germanium treatment” has increased throughout Japan. Accordingly, the number of patients calling on the Organic Germanium Clinic by recommendation of such doctors constantly increases. Unfortunately, however, not a few patients have distorted ideas about this compound. Hence, I wish to clarify some points as a doctor at the organic germanium clinic. To begin with. organic germanium is now available in different preparations to facilitate its administration in various disorders: (I ) in capsules, (2) in granules packed in alluvial, (3) in injection solution (for hypodermic, intramuscular and intravenous injection), (4) in suppositories, (5) in cream form, (6) in solution contained in vials as a drip for eye, ear and nose.
Regarding the toxicity of organic germanium, the results of tests have shown organic germanium to be non-toxic and completely harmless. These tests on acute and subacute toxicity, deformity and accumulation were carried out by a professor and his research staff at the laboratory of a renowned university and by an authoritative research institute entrusted to undertake this task. A large number of patients entertain erroneous ideas with regard to the side effects of organic germanium. While it has been prescribed by many doctors to a large number of patients during the last eight years as a test treatment agent, no side effects have been observed either clinically or biochemical. When viewed from the patients’ viewpoint, however. symptoms that may be suspected as being side effects, do appear. Such symptoms are especially liable to appear in patients with liver and kidney disorders, in allergic people, in those who are susceptible to bronchial asthma and hives and in patients suffering from stomach and intestinal disorders, constipation, chronic articular rheumatism and gout.
This is one of the characteristic actions of organic germanium. Toxic elements, products of decomposition, waste matter and, foreign matter generated in the body, which are injurious to health or which obstruct disease curing processes, are discharged with the, urine, faeces and also through the pores of the skin. In such cases, the volume of urine may increase, the faeces may become softer and even watery and the frequency of discharge may increase to several times the usual amount. Unlike the effects generally known as diarrhoea, however, no abdominal pains accompany this process. Furthermore, when such matters are discharged through the skin by insensible perspiration, rash accompanied by itching appears. This symptom differs according to constitution, age, diet, duration of the disorder, existing condition of disorder and the dosage of organic germanium. Such phenomena are observed more frequently in patients with larger amounts of internal toxic elements. However, since these are the effects of organic germanium, the symptoms disappear within three days to two weeks when administration is in progress or when the dosage is controlled under instruction of the, doctor in charge. Having overcome these effects, the patient will feel fine. For example, when a patient suffering from gout or chronic arthritis takes organic germanium, the pain may intensify when the pain causing substance (uric acid in the case of gout) is removed from the joint, but when administration is continued, the pain will be reduced within a few days to a few weeks. If treatment is suspended because of the pain the administration up to this point will become meaningless. People with all sorts of ailments visit the organic Germanium Clinic. Thus, data on countless cases accumulate, a few of which, should be cited:
Atopic dermatitis (8-year-old boy, weighing 21 kg) : Typical symptoms appeared all over his body a few months after birth. He was examined by specialists at different hospitals, underwent many sorts of treatment, including adrenocortical steroid treatment, without any effect. As later severe itching occurred, he was continually scratching himself. This had given rise to a complication in the form of acute inflammation and rash, swellings, local feverishness and pain became prominent. Organic germanium was prescribed four times a day after each meal and before going to bed at the rate of 20 mg per 1 kg body weight. In addition, germanium cream was rubbed on the affected areas once immediately after rising in the morning and once before retiring at night. After two months of treatment his condition improved around the elbows and knees, and he stopped scratching himself. Administration of germanium is being continued.
Retrobulbar neuritis (state of total blindness) (32-year-old woman, weighing 50 kg): Her eyesight began to decline about a year ago, and gradually she became almost totally blind so that she could not distinguish between day and night. She underwent treatment at well known ophthalmic hospitals without any effect. The patient accompanied by her father was told at the Organic Germanium Clinic that it was doubtful whether any effect could be expected, since all the physicians attending her had given up the idea of Cure. On the insistence of father and daughter, who refused to give up, treatment was started orally twice a day, once after breakfast and once after supper, at the rate of 40 mg per I kg body weight. In addition, she was told to use one drop of the eye lotion eight times and more per day. The result was that the patient became able to distinguish between day and night within one month. Her visual acuity improved to 0.1. in two months, to 0.4 in three months and after six months to 1.0. Needless to say, the patient and her family were delighted, saying the improvement was miraculous.
Sub acute myelo-optico-neuropathy (SMON) (50-year-old woman, weighing 48 kg): Acute sensory impediment appeared about 15 years ago, and because of a severe motor impediment in both lower legs, she began to experience difficulty in standing upright, walking becoming impossible. Obstruction of visual acuity gradually increased, her left eye becoming virtually blind. She had to use a wheelchair when she came for examination. The sensory impediment in her lower legs was deep, muscular atrophy and decline of muscular strength became conspicuous and she showed the syndrome of the pyramidal tract. She also experienced urinary incontinence occasionally. On instruction, she twice daily took organic germanium capsules, once after breakfast and once after supper, at the rate of 40 mg per 1 kg body weight. In addition, she was told to use germanium eye drops five times or more daily. She started to walk again with the aid of crutches in about two months. When she visited the clinic three months later, she was able to walk with only the help of a stick.
Case of Nephrosis Syndrome (80-year-old man, weighing- 9 55 kg): Edema appeared in the lower legs about a year ago, and he was treated at a public hospital for several months with adrenocortical steroid preparation, immunization depressors and others. but the edema grew worse expanding up to the abdomen and chest. It ultimately became an anasarca. Lasic and other diuretics were used, but the edema persisted. When he was brought to the Organic Germanium Clinic he was unable to walk. Examination showed his total serum protein content to be 5.8 g/dl, serum albumen content 2.7 g/dl, total cholesterol value 310 mg/dl and the urea
nitrogen content 24 mg/dl (others omitted). As the 24 hour value of urine protein could not be measured, the first early morning discharge was measured and showed 300-500 mg/dl. Blood pressure was 190- 120. Organic germanium in capsules was prescribed three times daily to be taken after each meal, in a dosage of 30 mg per 1 kg body weight. However, as the decline in edema was too slow even after two weeks, the dosage was increased to 40 mg per 1 kg body weight, with the same frequency of administration. As a result, the edema began to disappear first from the chest and then from the abdomen, and three weeks later it was only apparent in the lower part of the legs. His weight decreased to 51 kg, and after another two weeks the edema in both legs disappeared completely, while his weight decreased to 49 kg. Examination of the patient at this stage showed a total serum protein content of 6. I g/dl, serum albumen content of 4.2 gg/dl and urea nitrogen content of 21 mg/dl. The blood pressure was found to be normal. In addition to administration of germanium, the patient remains under observation as to his daily habits and diet.
Case of Cerebellar Degeneration (25-year-old woman, weighing 48 kg): Difficulty in walking and speech impediment gradually developed about three years ago until she was no longer able to walk. Furthermore, she lost the ability to write. She had nystagmus, tinnitus and trembling limbs. Over a period of eight months she went from one specialist to another, to be told at last that she suffered from cerebellar degeneration. However, as the cause for this condition remained unclear she was told that there was no way to help her. When she at last came to our clinic, carried by her father and brother, she was a virtual cripple. Organic germanium was prescribed orally at a dosage of 40 mg per 1 kg body weight, to be taken twice daily before breakfast and before supper. Within one month her speech impediment gradually declined and after five months her writing impediment, nystagmus and trembling of the limbs decreased. After ten months not only did her speech and writing impediments further decline, but she became capable of rising on her own and was even able to walk a short distance. Tinnitus and trembling had completely disappeared. She continues germanium intake.
Case of Hepatoma (56-year-old man, weighing 66 kg): Symptoms such as loss of appetite, loss of weight, general weariness and abdominal inflation began to appear from early June, 1977. He went for treatment at a hospital, but examination revealed liver cancer which was certified by liver puncture. liver scientigraphy, etc. He came to the Organic Germanium Clinic by recommendation of the hospital doctor in charge of his case. The result of the examination was a clear case of cancer of the liver and spleen, which could be felt at a distance of about six fingers from the costal bow. Abdominal dropsy and anaemia were observed, but not jaundice. Organic germanium, at 35 mg per I kg body weight, was prescribed three times daily before each meal. On August 3, the patient carried a letter from his attending physician requesting the doctor at the Organic Germanium Clinic to give the patient a daily intra-venous drip injection adding 5 % glucose to the germanium solution. In addition to this daily intravenous injection (10 ml injection solution containing 200 mg organic germanium), germanium in capsules in a dosage of 60 mg per I kg body weight was prescribed to be taken three times daily before each meal. In addition, one suppository a day was used after evacuation. From September 2, intravenous injection solution was increased to 320 mg per day. According to a report from the doctor in charge, the patient had been making good progress, when he caught a cold in mid November accompanied by fever. In early December an estimated 2,500 ml of abdominal dropsy was observed. Under these circumstances the daily injections were increased to 600 mg from December 15, accompanied by an oral intake and the use of suppositories in the same amount as before. When the patient was again hospitalized on January 13, 1978, abdominal dropsy had disappeared and neither the liver tumor nor the spleen tumor could be tactically perceived. Examination on March 28 showed his condition to be almost normal. The doctor in charge conceded “no medicine that treats cancer so effectively has yet been developed. Moreover, the absence of side effects is amazing. I am now wondering if it really has been cancer.” The followings are the results of the biochemical serum tests ( excerpt ):
3. Cases Taken from Clinic Records
The following examples are selected from the case histories recorded at the Clinic to illustrate the efficacy of the organic germanium on diseases generally considered incurable.
Case I (Behcet’s 42 years old, male, farmer) : The patient had been suffering for about five months from failing eyesight and difficulty in walking when he was admitted to a public hospital, where he was diagnosed as having Behcet’s disease. The treatment at the hospital did not bring relief, and his condition steadily deteriorated. He had to be helped by two persons when he was brought to our clinic in a desperate condition. We had had several previous cases of that disease which could be healed by the administration of massive doses of germanium. The doctor sent him home with a 20 day supply, instructing him to take 1.5 g daily. He was also given careful instructions emphasizing the importance of a correct diet and mental attitude. Ten days later he telephoned the clinic, reporting that his eyesight had begun to return and that his general condition has been improving daily. On the 20th day he came for an additional supply of the germanium compound. He was a completely different person. There are three other cases of Behcet’s disease where the compound showed a marked, or at least some efficacy.
Case 2 (Hepatic dysfunction, male, 30 years old) . The organic germanium has a remarkable efficacy on liver troubles as shown in the subjoined figure. The patient had been suffering for more than three years from serum hepatitis caused by blood transfusion. He was constantly returning to hospitals. The ineffective treatment caused severe depression. Treatment with the organic germanium has completely cured his ailment as attested by a doctor recently, although it took 2 years. As shown in the thin horizontal line in the figure, the normal values of GOT and GPT are within 30 units (10 to 40 units for GOT). In S’s case, these values rose in May, 1972 despite the treatment with germanium, probably due to the fatigue caused by the transfer of his place of work. The percentage of recovery among patients with cirrhosis when treated by administering germanium is considerable. This is particularly noteworthy in view of the fact that this disease is regarded as one of the most difficult hepatic troubles to cure. Let us note here that more than 10 patients with cirrhosis have already escaped death through our germanium therapy.
4. Two Examples Using Organic Germanium
(i) Apoplexy. One day an elderly man about my age who lived just behind me, was suddenly stricken with apoplexy and was unconscious. Immediately a physician practicing in the neighborhood was called but since there was no way for him to administer oxygen, he could only stand there with his arms folded. The man’s son came running to me for help, and I gave him a solution of my germanium and showed him how to give it by mouth or through a tube inserted in the nostril. After a few hours the man regained consciousness and was able to talk. The next day he could get up and go to the bathroom by himself. To every one’s amusement, that very day the same physician saw him and cried out. “It’s a ghost.” In those days I told everyone that in case a person suffered a stroke of apoplexy or had softening of the brain, he should be given my germanium within six hours by mouth if possible or through a tube in the nose. By this means two firemen were saved from carbon monoxide poisoning just short of death. A construction worker at the point of asphyxiation was also restored to life. Whenever things like this happen, the doctors are amazed and wonder if 1 am not using some kind of magic. Because of all these things, I urge old men with a fear of apoplexy always to carry germanium on them when they go out.
(ii) Raynaud’s Disease. One day I had a visit from a lady who once was a popular movie star and is now active as an instructress of traditional Japanese dance. The lady began telling me of the severe pains in her fingers and toes she had been experiencing for quite some time. She had been consulting a number of physicians who invariable told her that a cure could hardly be achieved. Hearing that her illness was diagnosed as Raynaud’s Disease, I could understand the physicians’ reactions, for with this disease limbs get befallen by gangrene and in its advanced stage it requires the amputation of the affected limb. Fortunately I could tell her that there had already been 4 patients in our Clinic with this particular disease who could be cured with germanium in a relatively short time. I followed up this information by offering her a water solution of germanium in a whisky glass while explaining that germanium increases the oxygen supply to the body which would help to cure the disease. Suddenly I found myself being eyed very angrily by that lady who insisted that what I had just given her to drink was nothing but an alcoholic drink. In spite of my refutation and assurance that it was germanium, she insisted that it must have been alcohol, for she had begun to feel warm all over just as would be the case when she would have had some liquor. 1 replied “That is only an evidence that germanium has already started showing its effect. I am only surprised at the surprisingly quick response.” Only a few minutes after this incident she suddenly exclaimed “Look at my hands, Dr. Asai! They have turned pink. While sitting opposite her it was the color of her hands that first caught my eye which were of wax like paleness. Now the overall feeling of warmth and well-being seemed to have spilled over into her hands, for they showed a very intensive pink and one had difficulty thinking of them as belonging to the same person who just a short time ago had these s