Pusormucusisseenasthenegativeby-productofanabundanceofUkheduinthe
body.Ahealthybodyshouldnotproduceanabundanceofpurulent 75 material,but
itdoessowhenthereisanimbalanceintheintestinaltrackduetoexcesswasteor
anobstructionintheprocessingofwaste.Thus,whilethereisanormalamountof
mucus,whitebloodcellsandothermaterialsinthevariouspartsofthebody,the
diseasedstatecausesanabundanceofmucusandpustoemergeoutofthebody.
Theemergenceofpusandmucusinthebodyisaresultofthebody’sattemptsto
cleanseitselfofthedis-easeprocess,suchaswhenonehasacold.Thus,mucusand
pusareexpressionsofthesamedis-easeprocess.Whenfoodorunnaturalmedicines
areingested,thedis-easecleansingprocessisimpaired,therebyexacerbatingthe
conditionorperpetuatingitindefinitely,becausethebody’snaturalmechanismto
repairtheimbalancehasbeenshutdowninordertodevotetheenergytowardspro-
cessingthenewmaterialsthathavecomein.Thisiswhythereisaneedtopractice
fastingalongwiththechangeineatinghabits.Ukheducanemergeinawoundinthe
formofaninfectionaswell.Oneinstructionreads:“Anotherremedytohealthe
wound in which the Ukhedu has risen.”
Mucus,aslippery,viscousfluidcontainingmucinproducedbymucousliningsof
thebody.Itservesforlubricationandprotection:nasalmucustrapsairborne
particles;mucusofthestomachprotectstheliningfromirritationbysecretedhy-
drochloric acid during digestion. 76Thehieroglyphicsign,Í,referstoa“discharge”ofthemattercontainedinthepar-