Book on Body Clocks

The Mercury Retrograde must be doing this. Library books keep jumping off the shelf at me. Yesterday a book called The Body Clock: Guide to Better Health by Michael Smolensky and Lynne Lamberg was flailing from its perch.

All kinds of cool info here. A really great ADD read because you can jump around from section to section. And there are a couple of cool Clock pictures on Pages 196 and 197 that look and act a lot like an Astrological Wheel. Page 196 is called "The Worst of Times" and shows various ailments that tend to flair up most during certain times of the the day. Page 197 is called "Health Around the Year" and shows various ailments that tend to flair up around the year.

Don't know how much I can write out here without violating some kind of copyright. They both show a lack of ailments flaring up in the bottoms of the chart. This corresponds to Noon, or the Midheaven (Sun highest) in the Times of Day chart. The only noontime problem seems to be Stomach ulcers. That makes sense because of lunch. In the chapter it says that people get sick soon after waking up.

The least amount of complaints in the Time of Year chart corresponds to the Sign of Cancer/IC. Basically, people have less flare-ups I guess when the weather is warming and there's more light. That makes sense. Maybe it helps that people are moody and crabby. Definitely it helps if the kids are out of school which is germ central. Don't know if vacations bring more or less stress or disease. Getting used to a new location always brings problems, as does flying on airplanes.

Interesting to study times of day that pain is worse for various parts of body. Inflamation would be related to Mars and Probably Sun and maybe Jupiter because they rule Fire. Maybe Water Signs are related due to Water Retention, especially Cancer.

Interesting that Heart Attacks seem related to Uranus/Aquarius, the sign opposite Leo which rules the Heart. Sexuality is spot on for when the Sun is in Scorpio. Diagnosis seems to be related to Cardinal Signs.

Cold & Flu:
Worst at 7 am
Most Common in January-February

Hayfever:
Worsens in March
Worsens at 7 am

Children:

• Growing pains peak 8-9 pm
• SIDS deaths:peak in January
• SIDS deaths peak: 3 am
• Colic: most frequest 7 pm
• Childhood diabetes onset highest in November
  

Diet:

• Bulimic purging peaks in January
• Snacking adds most weight: 10 pm
• post-lunch dip in alertness & arousal: 3 pm
• Winter weight gain begins December
• Spring weight loss begins March
  

Gallbladders:
attacks flare: 12:00 am - 1 am

Gout:
Attacks worst at Midnight
Flare-Ups highest in April

Fibromyalgia:
Pain Intense: 6 pm

Diabetes: Control is easiest in June.
Childhood diabetes onset is highest in November

Blood pressure and cholesterol
Blood pressure and cholesterol are highest in December
Blood pressure highest 6-7 pm
Cholesterol levels increase 6 pm

Back Ache pain worse: 8 pm

Heart Attacks and Strokes:
Peak in February
Congestive heart failure symptoms peak: 2 am
Heart attacks & stroke peak: 9-10 am
Angina pectoris & sudden heart deaths peak: 9-10 am

Hormones:

• Male testosterone & sexual activity peak in Oct-Nov.
• Male sperm count peaks in Feb.-Mar.
• First menstruation most common in October
• Menopausal hot flashes most frequent: 9-10 pm
• Testicular & cervical cancer diagnosis: most frequent in January
• Premenopausal breast cancer diagnoses: peak in April
• Postmenopausal breast cancer diagnoses: peak in October
  

Multiple Sclerosis:
symptons flare in June-July
Multiple Sclerosis fatique worst at 6 pm

Birth peak in U.S.: August

Asthma attacks:
most frequent in September
asthma attacks peak: 5 am
Highest reactivity to asthma triggers: 10 pm

Backaches:
Pain is worst at 8 pm

Ulcer:

• perferated ulcer risk highest in December
• Intestinal ulcer rupture most frequest: 5 pm
• Heartburn & peptic ulcer attacks flare: 2 am
• Stomach ulcer rupture most frequent: 12:00 pm (noon)
  

Depression:
worst at 8 am
Winter Depression begins November
Suicide peaks in April

Auto & Truck Accidents: Peak around 5 am

Headaches:
Tension headaches peak: 4-5 pm
Cluster/Migraine headaches start: 4 am

Nosebleeds:
most frequent in February
most common at 8 am

Skin:
Melanoma skin cancer peaks in September
Skin irritability & itching peaks: 11 pm

Toothaches:
start 5-6 am

Bone Breakdown: Peaks at 3-4 am

Arthritis:
Rheumatoid arthritis pain peaks at 8 am
Osteoarthritis pain worst 5-6 pm

Restless Leg Syndrome worst at 11 pm

Greatest likelihood of dying from anything: 6 am - Sun Up over the Ascendant (Body), also represents the Head and Brain (H1) and Getting Lost (H12)