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SAGITTARIUS
& HEALTH
November 23 to December 21
Ruling Planet: Jupiter-***Element: Fire***Modality: Mutable***Sign: Masculine
As a Sagittarius, you must guard against speed and adventure which can result in reckless driving and daredevil sport. You are by nature accident-prone because of your impulsive nature. When injuries occur, they usually involve the pelvis, legs, sacral bones, buttocks, and muscles of the hips and thighs.
Parts of the body ruled by Sagittarius include the hips, hamstrings, thighs, pelvis, liver, sciatic nerve, and gall bladder. Its ruling planet Jupiter governs the pituitary gland and the liver. Ailments include obesity (especially around the hips), lower back problems, fractured hips, gallstones, sciatica, leg problems, alcoholism, liver ailments including cirrhosis, hepatitis, and jaundice.
This sign is one of what the astrologers call the Mutable Cross, the other three being Gemini, Virgo, and Pisces. Planetary afflictions in your birth chart to any of these related signs, tend to influence you. This is especially true of Gemini, your opposite sign. By reflex action, Sagittarians may suffer pulmonary troubles, bronchitis, and other ailments common for Gemini.
Generally speaking the Archer enjoys good health most if not all of his life. The complaints he does have commonly originate in the liver, the arterial system, or with nervous strain. An adversely afflicted Jupiter should alert you to exercise care in the amount of sugar and fats you consume. When afflicted, Sagittarians suffer the following pathological conditions: sciatica, rheumatism in hips and thighs, respiratory troubles, and fatty degeneration of the liver. Exercise restraint in the consumption of rich foods and condiments.
In order to insure that your liver is performing well, see that it is adequately supplied with Vitamin C and the B-Complex vitamins. Milk thistle and turmeric have proven to be very effective in the livers healing process. Milk thistle and its extracts are still used to treat hepatitis and cirrhosis. Turmeric, a very hot spice used in Indian curries, contains the active ingredient curcumin which researchers think may actually protect the liver by increasing the secretion of bile.
Chicory, a noncaffeinated coffee substitute, has healing capacities for strengthening the liver and alleviating the aches and pains caused by gout and rheumatism. It also is reputed to dissolve gallstones and eliminate excess mucus.
Dandelion root, a blood purifier, mild laxative and digestive aid has been used by herbalists to treat liver, gall bladder, and spleen dysfunction. It also has been used to treat obesity, gout, hypertension, arteriosclerosis, and kidney stones. The leaves are also used for facials and herbal baths.
Other good supplements for a damaged liver is choline and lecithin which also help to prevent gallstones.
The underlying emotion of the Archer is anger--anger at not being able to find perfection and the organ effected is the liver. He tends also to be a gourmand and goes for the good life. The rich foods disturb his liver.
The cell salt of Sagittarius is silica, occurring naturally in crystallized form as common quartz. You may well suspect a deficiency in your zodiacal cell-salt if your hair lacks luster, your fingernails are weak and brittle, your eyelids inflamed and your gums sore or abscessed. Dietary source of silica are edible skins of fruits and vegetables, figs, strawberries, prunes, scotch oats, parsnips, unpolished rice and ripe cherries. It is also found in herbs such as marjoram, mallows, agrimony and sage which are Sagittarian herbs.
Sagittarians take in poison whenever they smoke, drink alcohol, work with solvents and paints or take pain medications. It's the liver that keeps this poison from overwhelming the body for it is a great detoxifier. If you are taking a lot of medications, your liver may not be fully functional.
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