FOUR
LOWS PATTERN ON A HAIR MINERAL ANALYSIS
by Dr. Lawrence Wilson
© April 2021, LD Wilson Consultants, Inc.
All
information in this article is for educational purposes only. It is not for the diagnosis, treatment,
prescription or cure of any disease or health condition.
Update 4/2021. We
no longer recommend tarragon for those in a four lows
pattern. It is not needed and is
somewhat toxic.
Table Of Contents
Definition
Two Distinct Situations
Increasing Prevalence of Four Lows
II. Four Lows On An Initial
Hair Analysis
Analogies To Help Understand This Pattern
Ways To Understand This Pattern
Physiology
Symptoms
The Four Lows Personality
Sabotaging The Program
Causes
Correction
Emerging From A Four Lows Pattern
How Long Does It Take To Come Out Of A Four Lows
Pattern?
Children With A Four Lows Pattern
Variants Of Four Lows
Children May Assist Others With A Four Lows
Pattern
III. Four Lows Pattern Only On
A Retest Mineral Analysis – A Healing Pattern
IV. Four Lows Pattern On An
Initial Test And On Subsequent Tests – Three Possibilities
Working Out Of Four Lows
Digging Deeper
Deep Anger Pattern
The Basic Program
The Full Program
Only One Lab Recognizes Four Lows
Most People With Four Lows Have Been To Numerous
Doctors
Blood And Urine Tests
Hair Washing At The Laboratory
High Four Highs Pattern
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UPDATE
1/1/20. A
replacement pattern.
Very rarely, a four low pattern on a hair mineral retest is a replacement pattern. This means that the mineral levels are low because the body
is retaining the macrominerals temporarily and not
allowing them to be deposited in the hair. This is not the same as a standard four lows pattern.
Fortunately,
this pattern is rare. We are
researching how to identify this pattern easily, which so far is not possible.
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Main Article
One of the most
important and interesting patterns on a hair mineral analysis is four low electrolytes or
four lows. Its discovery and
how to handle it is one of the most important contributions to modern health
science by Dr. Paul C. Eck.
We
do not understand all the physiology of the four lows pattern, as yet. For this reason, this article is more
empirical or clinical than it is theoretical.
Definition. A four lows
pattern is present on a hair mineral test when the hair levels are the
following:
1. Calcium
less than 40 mg% or 400 ppm.
2. Magnesium
less than 6 mg% or 60 ppm.
3. Sodium
less than 25 mg% or 250 ppm.
4. Potassium
less than 10 mg% or 100 ppm.
5. If the
calcium, magnesium, sodium and/or potassium readings are at their ideal levels
(40 mg%, 6 mg%, 25 mg% and 10 mg%), a person may or may not be in a four lows
pattern.
NOTES:
1. For accurate assessment, the hair
sample must not be washed at the laboratory. Washing the hair at the
laboratory always lowers the sodium and potassium readings. This makes it difficult, and usually
impossible, to discern this important pattern. Most hair analysis laboratories wash the hair at the
laboratory.
2. All four of the macromineral
readings must be in the ranges shown above. If even one of the minerals is outside this range, then it is
not a four lows pattern! In that
case, the material in this article does not apply.
The accuracy
of the pattern is quite amazing.
These ideals, so far, apply to people of any age, both sexes, and all of
the races of humanity. It is as if
his ideal mineral values are part of the design
specifications of a human being.
TWO DISTINCT SITUATIONS
These are:
1. Four lows
pattern on an initial hair mineral
analysis.
2. Four lows
pattern on a retest if a person has
been following a complete development program.
These have a
completely different significance.
For this reason, they are discussed in separate sections of this
article. Here are more details:
Four lows on an initial hair test. This indicates a collapse and
exhaustion, as explained later in this article. It is often a chronic pattern that can last for years if not
corrected.
Four lows on a retest only when a
person follows a complete development program. This is a healing or retracing
process. It is not a negative
situation.
Healing
certain issues, especially issues or conflicts involving parents,
may require that a person go into a four lows pattern for a time.
This only
applies if a person follows a development program correctly. Otherwise, it may not be a retracing
process.
INCREASING
PREVALENCE OF FOUR LOWS PATTERN
Forty years ago,
when we began using hair mineral analysis, four lows was less common than it is
today.
Now, it is fairly
common. This article will help
explain this trend.
WARNING:
If a woman becomes pregnant when she has
a four lows pattern, she needs to take 1 Megapan tablet daily unless she is taking another pre-natal
vitamin-mineral supplement.
II. FOUR LOWS ON AN
INITIAL HAIR MINERAL TEST
ANALOGIES THAT MAY HELP TO UNDERSTAND FOUR LOWS PATTERN ON A FIRST HAIR ANALYSIS
Analogies
to help understand a four lows pattern:
A. A
condition of stasis. This means that the body is stuck in a
way and not moving ahead very fast.
This is vague, and so are the other analogies because we are told the
biochemistry is somewhat complex and we donÕt completely understand it.
B. A
car that is spinning the wheels in a
ditch and getting nowhere.
Indeed, one is just wearing out the motor. People in a four lows pattern on an initial hair analysis
may even say they feel like they are spinning their wheels.
Another way to say
this is that the car is in neutral and not connected to the wheels and one is
racing the engine but getting nowhere.
C. A
disconnect in the h-p-a axis. This is the
hypothalamus, pituitary, adrenal axis.
This idea is similar to the Òspinning the wheelsÓ idea above.
D. A shut-down sequence.
This is a set of changes that take place as one is preparing to
slowly die. It is analogous to
shutting down your automobile when you arrive at your destination. You might close the windows, turn off
the lights, and shift into park to get ready to leave the car.
In the same way, we go through a disassembly process as
life in the body begins to end.
Systems are shut down to prepare one for one to move out of the physical
world. Note that a four lows
pattern can go on for years. In
other words, it is not a quick death pattern.
E. Somewhat in the tunnel of death. In advanced acupuncture, the four lows pattern is called
Òentering the tunnel of deathÓ.
This is similar to the idea of the shut-down
sequence. (Some people report moving through a tunnel during a
near-death experience.)
F. A state
of collapse. The visual
appearance of a four lows pattern on a calibrated hair mineral chart from
Analytical Research Labs is that of a collapse of the first four minerals. This is also one way to understand the
pattern.
G. Out in the cold without shelter.
Normally, when the body is under a lot of chronic stress, the sodium and
potassium levels eventually decrease and the calcium and magnesium levels
rise. This increase in the level
of calcium and magnesium acts like a form of protection or shelter that reduces
the personÕs stress. It literally
suppresses alarm reactions in the body.
However, with four
lows pattern, the ÔshelterÕ does not arise, meaning that the calcium and
magnesium levels remain low. The
effect is that one is out in the cold
without shelter and this has implications for the stress level and how to
correct the pattern.
The correction is to
protect the body with calcium, magnesium, zinc and perhaps other nutrients,
just as you would protect a person who was out in the cold without shelter.
H.
Hiding. In some cases, a
person in four lows does not want to emerge from it because it is a state of
brain fog that is masking other problems or concerns.
I.
Paralleling. Some babies and
children go into a four lows pattern in order to parallel with a parent.
This means they take on a similar mineral pattern because they can be of
more help to a parent who is in the same pattern. For details, read Paralleling.
J. The
boat is in dry dock and not able to handle sailing in the ocean. This is not a bad analogy. Somehow the body is restricted in what
it can do.
It sounds odd but
the correction for four lows is like propping up a sailboat that is beached and
lying on its side. You must put
certain supports in place to right the boat. Then you can clean it up and refloat
it.
K. A
type of discouragement in which a person doesnÕt care much for living or are
very hard on themselves and others.
This is part of the psychology of four lows.
The high tunnel,
discussed at the end of this article, has some of the same qualities.
L. Many electrical ÔshortsÕ in the body. This is at least part of the reason for
the stasis associated with this mineral pattern. The shorts are due, at least in part, to excessive copper in
the body, which is a quality of the four lows pattern. It is often a hidden copper, meaning that the hair copper level is often within a
normal range.
WAYS TO UNDERSTAND A
FOUR LOWS PATTERN ON AN INITIAL HAIR MINERAL ANALYSIS
1. At times, an attitude or lifestyle
pattern. Some cases of four lows on a first hair
analysis are related to lifestyle.
These factors include working too much or too hard, being much too
hard on oneself or others, being in an oppressed or very stressful situation of
some kind, or compulsive or obsessive tendencies that wear out the body.
Attitudes
that could drive a person into a four lows pattern and/or keep one there
include anger, intense fear, even intense guilt
or some other emotion that wears down or depletes the body.
While improving the
attitudes and lifestyle are important for all healing, they are most important for this
pattern when it occurs on a first hair analysis. Recall that if the pattern only occurs
on a retest, it is not important.
2. A
yin pattern. This means the body
is quite yin in macrobiotic terminology.
Yin means cold, expanded, and often quite ill. In fact, four lows can be a death pattern, or end-of-life
pattern.
3. An
autonomic nervous system imbalance.
Four lows always reflects an imbalance in the autonomic nervous
system. This is the automatic and
regulatory nervous system of the body.
Using the analogy of
the car stuck in the ice or mud, the person just keeps spinning the wheels
instead of realizing he is not getting anywhere and should try a different way
of living, thinking or acting.
4. A
type of stalled transition pattern
from fast to slow oxidation. This means that the
person was formerly in fast oxidation, but the body cannot sustain the fast
oxidation. As a result, the sodium
and potassium levels have fallen below the ideal levels.
However, the person is
not yet in full slow oxidation with elevated calcium and magnesium levels. This is the meaning of a stalled
transition pattern. Others
are four highs, sympathetic dominance and fast oxidation with a very low
sodium/potassium ratio.
This also means that
the resolution or outcome as one exits four lows is usually for the person to
become a slow oxidizer. This may
involve a psychological transition one must make, not just a biochemical one.
5. A
possible H-P-A Axis Disconnect or ÒDisengagement Of the GearshiftÓ
Pattern. The four lows
pattern can represent a type of imbalance that affects what is called the
hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis or H-P-A axis.
This means the
normal feedback mechanisms that control the adrenal and thyroid glandular
activity are not working quite right.
This may be related to excessive copper, mercury or perhaps other toxins
that affect the glands and the feedback system involving them.
6. A
separate metabolic type. While it is true
that a person with four lows on the initial hair analysis can be a fast, mixed
or slow metabolic type, Dr. Eck believed that four lows is actually a separate
metabolic type. This means that it
has qualities and supplement requirements all its own, independent of whether
the calcium, magnesium, sodium and potassium levels indicate a state of fast,
mixed or slow oxidation.
Another stressor has
been superimposed upon the basic system of fast, slow or mixed oxidation. This has important implications for the
diet, supplements and lifestyle recommendations for this pattern, as explained
later in this article.
7. People
with four-lows do not respond well to most all healing
programs. Often, those with a
four lows pattern have consulted many doctors with poor results. Figuring out the meaning of four lows
and how to help these individuals took a lot of effort and was a tremendous
breakthrough for Dr. Eck that took 11 years of research.
8. A
calcium dysregulation pattern. Four lows has to do
with calcium dysregulation, causing the hair calcium
to remain very low for some reason.
Vitamin D, however, does not, by itself, correct the problem.
THERAPEUTIC
CONSIDERATIONS AND OTHER OBSERVATIONS
1. An interesting observation is that
rapes, in general, even severe ones, do not tend to put a person into a four
low pattern. This seems unusual
because rapes are severe assaults on the body, but so far it tends to be true.
2. We
always look for and address this pattern first when interpreting
a hair mineral analysis.
An analogy is to
first get the car out of the ditch where it is stuck, or first refloat the boat, before trying to
fix most other problems with it.
3. When handled properly, so far we have
been able to correct all cases of four lows. In
most instances, with a properly designed development pattern, the pattern goes
away within about six months.
Occasionally, it takes up to a few years.
4. Highly developed people do not show a four lows
pattern. For details, read Introduction To Development.
PHYSIOLOGY OF FOUR
LOWS ON A FIRST MINERAL ANALYSIS
Two high and two low electrolytes are most
common on hair analyses. Normally, on a hair mineral analysis,
one may see elevated sodium and potassium levels with low calcium and magnesium
levels. This tends to correspond
to an alarm stage of stress, also
called a fast oxidation rate.
One also may see the
reverse - elevated calcium and magnesium levels with low sodium and potassium
levels. This is generally an exhaustion stage of stress, also called slow oxidation.
Thus we find that
calcium and magnesium levels tend to move in opposite directions to the sodium
and potassium levels. In other
words, they have an inverse relationship.
As one set (calcium and magnesium) increases in the hair (not the blood
or urine), the other set (sodium and potassium) goes down.
While the reasons
for this are complex, one simple chemical way to understand it is that sodium
and potassium tend to solubilize or dissolve
out calcium and magnesium from the body, lowering the levels in the tissues. Sodium
and potassium are monovalent elements that are highly water soluble.
Calcium and
magnesium are divalent elements that are more like metals – forming hard,
solid compounds. The two oppose
each other as complementary opposites in our bodies in a unique balance of yin
(sodium and potassium) and yang (calcium and magnesium). The normal tendency is that when less
sodium and potassium are present, calcium and magnesium rise, and vice versa.
Four
lows pattern on an initial hair mineral analysis is an exception to the
principle above. In the case of four
lows on a first tissue mineral
analysis, we do not see two high and two low electrolytes. Sodium and potassium levels are
decreased, indicating a state of adrenal exhaustion.
However, calcium and
magnesium are low, indicating an alarm reaction or a kind of sympathetic state
of body chemistry. (This is not
the same as a sympathetic dominance pattern.) So this pattern represents a combination or mix-up of the
stages of stress to some degree.
An ineffective alarm response in stress theory. One is exhausted, but keeps pushing oneself to try to produce an
alarm response. However, it does
not work and one just becomes tired out.
The adrenal and thyroid glands just do not respond
as they normally should. This is a
way to understand the pattern from a stress theory perspective.
The reason could be,
in part, due to a mental/emotional factor or a lifestyle or attitude, but toxic
metals and other chemical imbalances may also play a role.
Why
standard nutritional and medical approaches donÕt work as well with a
first-test four lows pattern. Standard nutrition
programs and many medical interventions often do not work as well because most
seek to increase the personÕs energy by enhancing the oxidation rate. However, this does not work if one is
in a four lows pattern.
If a person with a
four lows pattern tries to raise the sodium and potassium levels, the body
tends to lower the calcium and magnesium levels further. However, since this would be very
dangerous, it does not happen and the person does not respond or may get worse.
For example, medical
and even holistic doctors often give these clients adrenal support, herbs for the adrenals, B-vitamins, vitamin C, vitamin
E, potassium or thyroid
hormones. They may do this to
improve their energy level and perhaps if the serum thyroid hormone levels are
low. This approach will fail with
these people, are the person may become more ill.
SYMPTOMS OF FOUR LOWS
ON A FIRST TISSUE MINERAL ANALYSIS
Although one can
have many symptoms, the most common ones are:
Fatigue: This is usually
present. However, those who have
not been in a four lows pattern for too long may not be in touch with their
fatigue and may function very well with few complaints. They may continue to push themselves
and use stimulants, activities, worry or other mental habits to drive
themselves.
Allergies:
This is common and probably due to a combination of exhausted adrenal glands,
low adrenal reserves, possibly increased cell permeability, and perhaps other
physiological imbalances and nutrient deficiencies.
Anxiety,
irritability, insomnia, muscle tightness and muscle cramps: All of
these symptoms are often due to low levels of available tissue calcium and
magnesium.
Hidden
copper toxicity or imbalance.
In our experience, everyone with four lows has a copper imbalance,
regardless of whether they have other indicators of hidden or overt copper
imbalance and usually toxicity.
Hidden lead toxicity: Other common
symptoms include a tendency for lead toxicity because lead will replace calcium
as calcium becomes more deficient.
The elevated lead will not be revealed on the first several hair mineral
analyses due to an inability to mobilize lead from tissue storage. Only later, as the bodyÕs energy
improves with therapy will the lead often be revealed. Toxicity with other metals such as
copper is also very common.
Impaired
digestion and often food intolerances: This is due to stress, low
digestive enzyme secretion and perhaps copper toxicity. Deficient amounts of
gastric hydrochloric acid is associated with low levels of sodium and
potassium. Food allergies are also
often present.
Thus attention to
diet and digestion is important.
It is also one reason that pancreatin and perhaps
hydrochloric acid are important supplements for them.
To
assist digestion, excellent eating habits are important. These include quiet, regular, sit-down
meals, thorough chewing and eating slowly. Others are avoiding overeating and complicated food
combinations, and resting 15 minutes after eating before resuming activities.
Degenerative diseases: If one remains in the pattern for
several years, heart, transient ischemic attacks or TIAs,
and cancer may increase. Other
symptoms develop as a result of chronic fatigue, chronic inflammation, chronic
allergies and digestive difficulties.
Early and late symptoms.
People often spend years in a four lows pattern. It is usually difficult to assess on an
initial hair analysis how long a person has been in a four lows pattern.
Early on, there may
be few symptoms, although fatigue and allergies are rather common. However, after the pattern has been
present for years, almost any symptom can occur because the body is in an
advanced state of burnout.
THE FOUR LOWS PERSONALITY (ONLY WHEN THE PATTERN
IS ON AN INITIAL HAIR ANALYSIS)
There
may be a definite personality tendency associated with the four-low-electrolyte
pattern when it appears on a first mineral analysis and is due to stress,
mainly, rather than due mainly to toxic metals and nutrient deficiencies or to
an illness. The four lows
personality characteristics seem to include:
á
Intense, productive, driven and often self-critical and/or
critical of others.
á
Often the adults work very hard and do not know how to relax.
á
They enjoy the intense drama of life, although
they may not admit it. It is as
though they enjoy the sound of the spinning of the car tires stuck in the
ditch.
á
They are often quite unaware of their
personality pattern and how it affects them and others around them.
á
Many are frustrated, negative and cynical. They have all given up at some level,
perhaps because they have sought help without result.
á
They have a definite death wish. They are not happy people, as a general
rule.
á
They are usually fast oxidizer personalities or
stress seekers, whether or not they are aware of it. However, they are tired and unable to maintain this
lifestyle and keep up their health.
á
They may also have somewhat of a compulsive and perfectionistic tendency in their personality.
á
Many are good people who have given up at some
level and just Ôhanging in thereÕ, but are not too open to changing themselves
at deep levels.
Addressing
the personality issue can be important to correct a four-lows pattern when it appears
on a first mineral test. One who
becomes aware of the personality pattern and makes lifestyle and attitudinal
changes will respond much faster.
SABOTAGING THE PROGRAM
Some people with
four lows on the first tissue mineral analysis are actually running away from
life with their activities, worries, etc.
For these people, slowing down is indeed frightening and perhaps painful
as old memories and traumas may surface.
These people need
large doses of self-love and compassion for oneself. These can help one face whatever comes up and realize that
one can get through it, and it is best to let go of old traumas rather than
keep them bottled up inside.
Sabotage. Some people with four low electrolytes
believe their condition is just getting worse if they slow down, and may
consciously or unconsciously fight the program. This just slows their progress.
Perhaps you know
people who believe the only way to get a car out of the ice is to spin the
wheels fast. Any other approach
feels like giving up. Understanding the pattern thoroughly is helpful so that one
realizes that slowing down is needed, even if one is unsure what that entails.
If
one does not understand this, one is likely to sabotage the program when the
feeling of fatigue and relaxation occurs.
One may begin using stimulants like caffeine, thyroid or adrenal
hormones, stimulant herbs, or taking high-dose B complex vitamins "just to
get a boost". This can seem
harmless enough, but it is not. I
attempt to explain that these may be okay once one is out of the pattern, but
until then it only slows down progress.
It is as though, if
the car is stuck in the ice, one tells the driver to slow down the wheels, so
that one can place a piece of wood or other material under the wheels to
improve traction. Just as you are
placing the wood, the driver decides to step on the gas again.
A CASE HISTORY OF
FOUR LOWS
An attorney consulted us who had the
four-lows pattern on his first hair mineral analysis. He began a nutritional correction program and he felt better
within a month.
However, instead of
listening to the advice about slowing down, this client took on more work, and,
in fact, proudly reported he could now work seven days a week. One day he called, concerned because he
felt dependent on the supplements.
I again explained
the personality connection.
However, he refused to slow down.
We realized we were unable to do more for him as long as he stubbornly
maintained his breakneck, compulsive lifestyle. We consider this case a failure on my part because we could
not educate the client sufficiently for him to change his lifestyle. At the time of this case, this article
had not been written. Perhaps it
will help others like him, of which there are many today.
COMMON CAUSES FOR FOUR LOWS ON A FIRST HAIR TEST (excerpted from Nutritional Balancing And Hair Mineral
Analysis, 4th edition, 2010, 2014 and 2016)
To help reverse a
four lows pattern, it is helpful to know how and why a person may move into the
pattern. Some reasons are described
below:
1. END OF LIFE PATTERN.
Causes. A combination of nutritional depletion, fatigue, perhaps, and mental decay.
In particular, the presence of excessive yeast in the body and the buildup of aldehydes (toxins produced by yeasts) can push a person into a four lows pattern.
A mental cause is that doctors may subtly communicate to older people that they are needing to die soon. This happens because the medical doctor cannot really rebuild an older personÕs body using drugs, so the only alternative is to let the patient die.
The habit of drugging the elderly just speeds the process along. We all this Ômedical diseaseÕ, and it is very prevalent today. As a result of all the above, the seventh center that brings life energy into the body begins to close and life comes to an end.
Whom. Millions over the age of 55-70, or very ill people at any age.
What they need and how to help them. Development is fabulous to help reverse the death wish and revive a desire to live.
2.
LIFESTYLE CAVE IN.
Causes. Feeling overwhelmed, such as from a job loss, becoming ill or disabled, or some other stress such as a divorce. The person is also often toxic from unhealthy diets and other reasons. This adds to the problem, but is not the total cause. All the stress causes a Òcave inÓ.
Whom. This is the most common cause of four lows in America. It occurs in men, as much or more than in women. Most are hard-working, white-collar or blue-collar workers.
How to help them: They can do well on a development program. The problem is getting them to stay with the program, as it requires more discipline, especially dietary discipline, than most are accustomed to.
3.
EXHAUSTED AND DEPLETED.
Causes. Collapse occurs due mainly to nutritional depletion. Many are vegetarians or
have followed raw food or other extreme or deficient diets for years. Other types of stress add to the problem, but are not the major cause.
Whom. Affects men, women and children equally, mainly in Western societies where the diets are mainly refined foods, and the bodies are further weakened by chlorinated and fluoridated water, medical drugs, vaccines, air pollution and other insults to the bodies.
What they need and how to help them. They absolutely require the correct nutrition, along with a few supplements, but not too many, and often they require much more rest.
4.
HYSTERICAL.
Causes. A delicate nervous system, along with neurosis, a faulty attitude or excessive stress of another kind, causes extreme anxiety and finally a collapse. Copper imbalance is often prominent, contributing to anxiety, fears and emotionality.
Whom. Mainly women over 25 with delicate nervous systems. However, it could be anyone who cannot
relax because they worry constantly, even though they may sleep a lot.
What they need and how to help them. In addition to development, these people need the Roy Masters meditation and relaxation methods such as breathing, gentle walking or other methods to calm the mind.
5. SEXUAL ADDICTION AND DEPLETION.
Causes. Collapse is caused by overdoing on sexual activity.
Whom: Less common, and occurs mainly in men and a few women.
What they need and how to help them. They are easy to help with development if they will reduce their sexual activity.
6.
BLOWN OUT OR STRUNG OUT.
Causes. Collapse is caused by a combination of factors. However, the main one is being Ôstrung outÕ on a drug. It is most often sugar or caffeine, but it could be due to marijuana, methamphetamines or others. This leads to extra stress, confused thinking and poor quality lifestyle decisions. After a few years of living this way, the nervous system is ÔfriedÕ or becomes overwhelmed, causing one to collapse into four lows.
Whom. Common among some groups of Americans and Europeans, in particular.
What they need and how to help them. They need a new lifestyle, a clean diet, no stimulants or drugs, and a four lows development program. Progress will be slow if the body is loaded with drugs. Sauna therapy is most helpful to remove some of them. Advanced cases are more difficult to heal due to the poisoning of the nervous system with drugs.
7. DISEASED, OPPRESSED AND VICTIMIZED.
Causes. Collapse is due to inner stress from fear, starvation, disease and working too hard to survive. This is aggravated by stress from outside the body such as frequent wars, political unrest and often outright oppression by vampire-like governments. This results in epidemics of serious illnesses such as AIDS that further weaken the body until it collapses, often at a young age. Most do not live long lives.
Whom. Very common in developing nations, but it is not seen much in Western capitalist societies that are more prosperous and respect the rights of individuals and women, in particular.
What they need and how to help them. They are quite easy to help if they could afford good food, and if they could rest, which most cannot as they are kept poor and almost in slavery by their corrupt governments.
8. MENTALLY EXHAUSTED.
Causes. This occurs in some cases of multiple sclerosis, Lou GehrigÕs disease and others. The person is mentally very intense, and not mentally balanced. Eventually the nervous system ÔcrashesÕ due to overwork, lack of rest, nutritional depletion and lack of mental control.
This is very different from a lack of emotional control. Mental control has to do with resting the mind during the day instead of running it full bore all the time. In a few cases, the personÕs mentality could be described as ÒloopyÓ meaning going in circles and without direction or much clear intent.
Whom. Relatively rare, and seen in cases of multiple sclerosis and perhaps other mercury toxicity syndromes.
What they need and how to help them. This pattern may be difficult to help with development, especially in long-standing cases. One must help the person to slow down mentally, which they do not like and/or have great difficulty with, thanks to mercury or other metal toxicity and perhaps mental problems. The Pulling Down Exercise is most helpful.
(end of excerpt from the text of Development And Hair Mineral Analysis,
2010, 2014 and 2016 editions.)
9. Possibly hiding from life in
some way.
VARIATIONS WITHIN
FOUR LOWS
DEGREES OF FOUR
LOWS
A four lows pattern can be quite
mild, with the mineral values close to the ideal. However, it can also be what we call a low four lows,
meaning the numbers are very low.
One
can also have four lows with a normal or high sodium/potassium ratio. However, a more severe state is a four
lows pattern with a low sodium/potassium ratio – and the ratio can vary
from slightly low to extremely low.
The
calcium/magnesium ratio can also be within the normal range (4 to 9.5) or it
can be out of range.
Toxic
metals can be present or may not show up.
Nutrient mineral levels can also vary.
EMERGING FROM A
FOUR LOWS PATTERN
Adults
should exit a four lows pattern into a slow oxidizer pattern. Rarely, a person exits into a fast
oxidizer pattern. This is called backing out of four lows or coming out backwards. It occurs during some development
programs and is okay.
However, at times,
if this occurs, the person will soon go back into four lows, perhaps bouncing
in and out of the pattern several times, until they finally exit into slow
oxidation.
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE
TO EXIT FROM A FOUR LOWS PATTERN ON A FIRST TEST?
The time required to
come out of a four lows pattern varies from several months to several
years. Taking TMG and sprinkling
tarragon on oneÕs food will help speed a person through the four lows
experience.
CHILDREN WITH
FOUR-LOWS ON A FIRST TEST
Possible
causes for four-lows on the first mineral analysis of a young child are:
1. A parent or
someone else has a four lows pattern and the child is helping the other person
(usually a parent) by Paralleling them (see below
for more details).
2. A parent has the
four-lows pattern and the child picks up the personality tendency from a
stressed parent. Usually the
parent is demanding of the child, and the child responds with the four-lows
type of stress response.
3. The child is very
depleted, and was born that way.
The same principles
of correction apply: to reduce stress of every kind, rest more, and give only a
small supplement program.
For children under
age 4, we only need calcium, magnesium, and either zinc or Limcomin
if the Na/K ratio is low.
Children over age
3-4 may also need taurine.
Children older than
5 or 6 also need a little supplementary fish oil and perhaps supplementary
vitamin D.
VARIANTS ON THE
FOUR LOWS PATTERN
Recent research
indicates there are variants on the four lows pattern. They include:
1. Low
four lows. This is a four lows
pattern with extremely low levels of at least two of the four
macromineral numbers. One might call it deep in the tunnel of death. Dr. Eck realized that the lower the
hair analysis numbers in a four lows pattern, the more severe the pattern, in
general. It can be handled with
the same type of development program, but it indicates even less vitality, more
toxicity, and it may take longer to emerge from.
2.
Four lows with a low sodium/potassium ratio.
This is also a more severe four lows pattern that may take longer to
emerge from and usually indicates a lower vitality level.
3.
Four lows may also be seen with a very low phosphorus reading or more than 3 or
4 poor eliminator patterns. This also tends to
indicate a more severe situation.
Combinations. A four lows pattern often combines with
other hair analysis patterns, such as fast or slow oxidation, a bowl pattern, a
double low ratio, a double high ratio, a hill (rarely), sympathetic dominance
pattern, or others.
SOME CHILDREN
ASSIST THEIR PARENTS OR SOMEONE ELSE BY GOING INTO A FOUR LOWS PATTERN
This is rather
unusual, but now and then we see a baby or young child in a four lows
pattern. This is unusual, since it is usually an end of life pattern, and the
child may not be that ill.
In these cases, the
child may be assisting another person, and to this the child must be in a four
lows pattern. This is the best way
for the young child to establish good rapport or resonance with the other
person. This is always a temporary
situation.
III. FOUR LOWS ON A
RETEST ONLY
(In other words,
the first test or tests did not show a four low pattern, and it only shows up
on a retest).
A celebration pattern. If a four lows pattern shows up only on
a retest hair mineral analysis when a person is following a development
program, most often it has a very different meaning.
The meaning seems to
be that the body goes back into the tunnel or the Òrepair facilityÓ for a
process of re-planning oneÕs life because life is going to be extended, and
life is going to be a lot healthier as well. It is truly a celebration of life and restoration of life.
An intervention. Four lows on a retest only is always an
intervention pattern. I am told
this is rather special and means that certain beings work with the person to
re-plan the rest of the earth life of the person. For more on the subject of interventions, please read Interventions on this website.
Resolving relationship difficulties. Often, when a person goes into a four
lows pattern on a retest only, it is to help resolve
relationship issues. Often they
are with a parent, but not always.
Some of these issues are simple and can be resolved
within a few months or even less.
Other issues are old and deep, and their resolution can take six months
or more. The duration does not
matter. One must not think that
something is wrong if it takes months or a year or more to come out of a four
lows pattern on a retest.
Uncommon, except with a development program. Four lows pattern
on a retest only occurs regularly on a development program, but not often
otherwise. In other words, it
occurs very rarely if a person follows medical or other natural healing
programs.
Analogies to help understand four lows
on a retest only. The following analogies may seem corny, but they convey the
meaning of four lows pattern on a retest very well.
1. Back in the tunnel. One does apparently re-enter the
tunnel of death, but not to die.
Instead, a new life planning process takes place. It is as though the person is
reconfigured, in some ways, and prepared to live a longer, more full life when
a person goes into a four lows pattern on a retest. I know this may sound strange, but that is what people
sometimes report.
2. The
dog is resting in the dog house. This pattern reminds me of a dog who
comes in after a hard day or a fight, and just curls up in the corner to heal
for a week or a month, or longer.
This is accurate, in that it is a low energy state, and requires mostly
rest to move through it in the fastest and easiest way.
3. The
car in the repair shop for an overhaul.
Retracing a four lows pattern is also analogous to leaving your car at
the repair shop for a major overhaul because you have decided to keep the old
car, and you have told the mechanic to go over every inch of the car and attend
to every possible problem and fix everything for the future.
4. The
boat is in dry dock for repairs.
This analogy is one of the best.
Your boat or ship is taken out of the ocean and placed in dry dock for
repairs. The unusual four lows
supplement program apparently Òshores up the boat while it is in dry
dockÓ. This is like the boards and
beams used to keep a boat upright while it is in dry dock, so it can be worked
on.
The supplements
literally give certain souls the opportunity to refurbish the body and soul to
a degree, so it can be once again released into the ocean of life. This is called a spiritual
intervention, and it is a wonderful thing.
An elimination of lead. When the body eliminates a significant
quantity of lead, one may temporarily move into a four lows pattern.
Diet
and supplements for four lows on a retest.
These are generally the same as the supplement program required for a
four lows on an initial hair mineral analysis. Be sure to avoid all adrenal and thyroid hormones or support
products, all vitamins B, C, E, and stimulating herbs.
Re-entering
a four lows pattern several times.
This is possible. In other
words, one may enter a four lows pattern, emerge for a while, and then go back
into the pattern once again. This
is perfectly okay, and apparently is just what is needed at a particular
time. Be sure to adjust the diet,
lifestyle and supplement programs accordingly.
Other
celebration patterns are the hill pattern, and the step-down pattern or stepping into life pattern. Another one is the coming alive pattern and the up elevator pattern on retests. Others that are usually celebration
patterns include any major increase in the oxidation rate on a retest, and, in
some cases, any major improvement in the sodium/potassium ratio. A settling down pattern may also be a
celebration pattern.
IV. FOUR LOWS ON AN INITIAL TEST AND ON SUBSEQUENT TESTS –
THREE COMMON SCENARIOS
1. WORKING OUT OF
FOUR LOWS
In these cases,
there are improvements on the hair mineral chart, although they may be
subtle. Healing is taking place,
but the person is not yet out of the four lows pattern.
The program is
working perfectly, but more time is needed to emerge from the four lows pattern. So please do not be discouraged if it
takes a while to emerge from the pattern as long as you are following your
development program.
2. DIGGING DEEPER
At times, on a
retest a four lows pattern will become an even lower four lows pattern. This means that the one or more of the macromineral levels (calcium, magnesium, sodium and
potassium) will decline further on a retest.
We call this digging
deeper pattern. It indicates that a person is delving more deeply into traumas or
other blockages that caused or contributed to the four lows pattern.
This is not a
problem at all. It usually
resolves on its own on the next hair tissue mineral retest.
In this common
situation, a four lows pattern that is present on an initial hair test persists
for several years. This occurs
even though the person follows a development program.
So far, in all cases
the person is quite negative and cynical.
This seems to hold them in the four lows pattern. The program assists them to resolve these
issues. Then this is done, the
person will come out of the four lows pattern.
CORRECTION OF A FOUR
LOWS PATTERN ON A FIRST TEST
Analogies
to understand correction of a four lows pattern are:
1. Rebooting the computer. One shuts the machine down and start it
up again, and for whatever reason, it works.
2. Putting the adrenals to bed.
3. Slowing down the wheels of the car to get it
out of the ditch.
4. Reversing the shut-down
sequence and backing out of the tunnel of death.
5. Repairing the boat so the captain can pilot
it safely.
Principles
of correction.
1. DO
NOT USE foods, supplements, drugs, herbs or other measures that tend to
increase the sodium and potassium levels.
Most people in four lows on a first test are tired, so the obvious
principle would be to give them foods and/or supplemental nutrients to support
their glandular activity.
However, when sodium
and potassium increase, calcium and magnesium levels tend to decrease. In those in a four lows pattern, calcium
and magnesium are already low. The
body does not permit further decreases, as this would be harmful.
For this reason,
programs designed to boost thyroid and adrenal glandular activity, or other
ways to increase energy production, usually do not work. The person may feel better for a time,
and then crashes or just does not respond well.
Do not use thyroid replacement hormones, thyroid
glandular, adrenal glandular, B-complex, vitamin C, vitamin E, or herbs to
boost these glands.
2. Put
the adrenals, and perhaps the thyroid gland, to bed. The correction of
four-lows depends on suppressing or turning off the sympathetic nervous system
enough so that the adrenal and thyroid glands can rest and rebuild. This is analogous to slowing down the
wheels of a car that are spinning out of control.
Another analogy is
rebooting or restarting a computer because it is stuck in a loop. It is like pushing the reset button on
an electrical appliance. This is a
very crude analogy, but it may be helpful.
3.
Lifestyle alone may be enough in a few cases. Resting a lot more,
sleeping more, slowing down oneÕs life and adopting a positive, relaxed
attitude could alone take a person out of the four lows pattern, theoretically,
though it rarely seems to be enough.
4.
More precise nutritional correction, however, is most helpful in most cases. Most of the time
lifestyle changes are not enough, in our experience. Otherwise, the pattern tends to persist and can be quite
intractable. Dr. Eck figured out
how to do this, as follows:
DIET, SUPPLEMENT
AND LIFESTYLE PROGRAM OUTLINE
We do not like to
provide supplement recommendations without a hair mineral analysis, because at
times, programs must be altered.
However, we can give the broad outline of the approach to use with supplements.
1. It
involves fewer supplements. These always include
calcium, magnesium, zinc, a powerful digestive aid, L-taurine,
fish oil, vitamin D and kelp. At
times, one may need added copper.
Since 2013, we have
also added trimethylglycine (TMG) with excellent
results. Since 2014, we have added
lysine, but only for some people.
In 2015, we added
tarragon. However, as of 2020, we no longer recommend it. We donÕt need it and it is a little
toxic.
The role of taurine. Taurine in a
four lows program seems to assist cell membrane function. It is known that as we age, unmethylated phospholipids build up in the cell
membranes. These inhibit proper
functioning of the cell membranes.
L-taurine (1500 milligrams daily for adults and less for
children) can help reverse some of this and perhaps this helps move a person
out of the four lows pattern.
Taurine may have other
roles as well, such as a sedative action.
For more, please read Taurine
on this website.
Role of lysine. This helps in some
cases of four lows pattern. It may
lower copper, which is always elevated when a four lows pattern is
present. For more details, read Lysine on this site.
2.
Certain supplements are needed in larger quantity. These are calcium, magnesium, zinc and Limcomin. The
others are used at standard doses.
Some
people worry about giving large amounts of these supplements. However, we find that when one is in a four lows pattern, they are well
tolerated. As soon as one
emerges from the four lows pattern, however, one will feel ill on large doses
and the doses need to be reduced.
3.
Equally important is to AVOID all other supplements. This includes the optional development products selenium
and Endo-veggies (dried vegetable capsules). We currently allow Renamide only
up to 1-1-1 in most instances.
Warning:
Taking stimulating supplements, or those that boost the adrenal or thyroid
glands such as B-complex, a lot of vitamin C or E, adrenal or thyroid glandulars, stimulating herbs such as ginseng or others, or
extra iodine other than kelp, is harmful for a four lows program.
This is why most of
our clients with a four lows pattern have had little success visiting
conventional and holistic doctors.
Taking
thyroid hormones when one is in a four lows pattern is generally harmful. This is difficult to explain to
physicians who rely upon blood tests to assess thyroid activity. It is often true that the thyroid gland
is not working properly when one is in a four lows pattern, but taking
replacement thyroid hormones will not solve the underlying four lows condition,
and actually
makes it worse.
We
observe that many people are driven into a four lows pattern by taking thyroid
replacement hormones or supplements that enhance adrenal and thyroid glandular
activity.
People
can also be driven into a four lows pattern from taking stimulating supplements
or herbs.
4. For
children, one must modify the dosages according to weight and age.
5. The
diet for a four lows pattern is the same as for other development
programs. However, it is even
more important with four lows to eliminate all sugars, fruit, sweets, fruit and
other juices except for carrot juice, yin foods, and stimulants such as
caffeine and hot, spicy foods. One
needs the diet that is correct for the oxidation type.
The
procedures. These can be very helpful.
The more of the basic program one does, the faster one is likely to
emerge from a four lows pattern.
THE FULL PROGRAM
Lifestyle
modification is also very helpful. This includes more rest and sleep, slowing one's pace of life,
relaxation, slow walking, deep breathing, and doing the pushing down exercise
daily.
Mental/emotional
correction. Some people with a
four lows pattern need to reduce worry, fear, compulsiveness, anger, cynicism
and other negative emotions that stimulate the sympathetic system and block
healing.
The attitude of
being a victim is often present when a four lows pattern exists, especially if
the sodium and potassium levels are very low. In these instances, the articles entitled Victimhood and I Choose
are most helpful.
Humor
most helpful. Those in a four lows
pattern are often too intense in a way that blocks their healing. It is a Ònegative intensityÓ that needs
to be stopped. An excellent way to
do this is to read, listen or watch a humorous movie, discussion, monologue or
something else. We strongly
recommend a daily dose of humor for anyone in a four lows
pattern.
Other
relaxing therapies that may help inhibit excessive sympathetic or fight-or-flight
nervous system activity include massage, gentle chiropractic, or other bodywork
such as Rolfing or structural integration.
Relaxing
and happy music can also be very helpful.
One example is a song on Youtube called Chick Corea and
Gary Burton – ArmandoÕs Rumba.
Play it over and over, as it has a happy, relaxed feeling about it.
TROUBLE-SHOOTING
CORRECTIVE PROGRAMS
Adverse
effects of four lows programs. At
times, high doses to calcium, magnesium and zinc can make the four-lows
individual more tired for a while.
It is wise to warn clients of this possibility. If the fatigue is very annoying, the
dosages may be reduced slightly.
However, slowing down is often needed to come out of a four lows
pattern.
Rarely, someone gets
diarrhea from all the magnesium in a four lows supplement program. In this case, reduce the magnesium
component of the program only.
This is surprisingly rare, however, indicating that these individuals
must require enormous amounts of magnesium when in this metabolic
condition.
MOST PEOPLE WITH A FOUR LOWS PATTERN HAVE BEEN TO NUMEROUS
DOCTORS
Most have
also had many tests, and followed several healing programs without
success. The reason for this is
that a four lows pattern requires a special program, and it is a reversal of
what is required for slow oxidation, for example.
OTHER TESTING FOR
A FOUR LOWS PATTERN
I am often asked if
one can identify a four lows pattern from blood or urine tests. So far, this has not been possible.
HAIR WASHING
As mentioned at the
beginning of this article, one cannot identify a four lows pattern from a hair
mineral test performed by a laboratory that washes the hair at the lab. Most hair testing labs in America and
around the world wash the hair before measuring its
mineral content.
Washing the hair
always washes out some of the water soluble minerals,
including sodium and potassium.
The amount removed tends to be erratic, so assessing a four lows pattern
becomes very difficult. For more,
read Introduction To Hair Mineral Analysis and Effect Of Washing On The Trace Element Content Of
Human Hair on this site.
VERY HIGH FOUR
HIGHS PATTERN – THE HIGH TUNNEL PATTERN
A hair analysis
pattern that is related to a four lows pattern is a high Four Highs Pattern. This pattern is present when all four
of the macrominerals – calcium, magnesium,
sodium and potassium – are well above their idea values.
Calcium must be
greater than about 320 mg%, magnesium greater than about 30 mg%, sodium greater
than about 125 mg%, and potassium is greater than about 50 mg%. These values are not perfectly precise,
as are the criteria for four lows.
This pattern is
similar to a four lows pattern in that:
1. Both patterns
cause a tentative soul connection with director souls or other souls in the
brain. That is, the soul is unable
to communicate well with certain souls and therefore unable to conduct its life
properly.
2. Both involve an
intervention by other beings that assist the soul.
3. Both are evidence
of significant damage to the director and mental souls that live in the
brain. They may be captured, removed
or just very ill.
4. Both are the
beginnings of shut-down sequences, although both can
go on for years and are not immediate death patterns.
The differences
between the high tunnel and the four lows patterns are:
1. High tunnel (high
four highs) is less severe than a four lows pattern.
2. High tunnel is
easier to come out of.
3. High tunnel does
not require a special program, as does four lows. It tends to disappear, on its own,
if one just follows the regular development program that is set up for you.
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