A New Medical Discovery

"I discovered the healing power of water in a peculiar situation. When Iranian Revolution broke out in 1979, I was placed in the infamous as a political prisoner.  One late night, I followed a howl, a shrieking groan in the corridor.  I found a young man doubled up in agony. He told me "My ulcer is killing me." I asked, "What have you done for it?" He said, "I've taken three Tagamet and a whole bottle of antacid and it hasn't done any good." I asked "When did it start?" He said "At one o'clock in the afternoon."  For 10 hours he was in that position and no one could help. I examined his abdomen to see whether he had perforated. Fortunately, he had not. I gave him two glasses of water and sat next to him and observe him for ten minutes. I went back and came back in another seven minutes. He was no longer groaning anymore. He opened his eyes, sat up and was pain-free. Three glasses of water removed his pain in 20 minutes whereas the best, strongest medication couldn't do anything."

"During two and half years of my imprisonment, I successfully I treated over 3,000 people with peptic ulcer disease with only water and I came away with understanding that these people were really and only thirsty. They were presenting their dehydration in the form of a painful crisis situation that we in the medical profession had labeled as 'disease condition.'"

"After twenty three months, the prison warden told me the authorities were considering releasing me. I thank him, but said I wanted to stay on in prison a while longer. I was in the middle of clinical observation on the effect of water as a treatment of various stress-induced health problems, including bleeding peptic ulcer conditions. I stay in prison another four months.  During my prison time, I gained much new understanding about physiological effect of water and its relationship to many disease conditions. I discovered that human body had sophisticated crisis calls for water when it is stressed and becomes dehydrated.  I published the first announcement of my discovery in the Iranian Medical Association while I was still in prison. A translation of the article was sent to America and was eventually restructured for publication as a guest editorial in the Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology in June 1983. The New York Times Science Watch reported this discovery on June 21, 1983."

F. Batmanghelidj, M.D. -  A New Medical Discovery