Sinuses

Every time food is cooked, the minerals in that food are cauterized into metallic, crusty, plaque-like compounds. These forms cannot be utilized by cells and instead tend to accumulate in the brain and nervous system, because the nervous system requires metallic minerals to transmit information through light and those same cauterized minerals get routed there rather than being passed out through the feces. Over a lifetime of eating cooked food, the brain and nervous system accumulate substantial deposits of these altered minerals, which Aajonus consistently referred to as heavy metals and free radicals.

When the body begins moving those accumulated deposits out, it routes them preferentially through the mucous membranes. The sinuses, tear ducts, earwax, salivary glands, gums, and tongue are all used for this discharge. The sinuses handle a particularly large share of this brain detoxification traffic. A head cold, in Aajonus's framework, is the brain cleaning itself. The voluminous mucus discharge from the sinuses during a cold is exactly that cleaned material being expelled.

Because the metals coming out of the brain are caustic in their concentrated form, they can burn the tissues through which they pass. Aajonus described his own experience of this directly, noting that he had a burned, crusty, bleeding hole in his ear that had appeared when his sinuses were dumping continuously. He described the discharge as burning the sinuses and eyes, because the heavy metals try to exit through the mucous membranes and tear ducts and are chemically harsh enough to damage those tissues in the process. He framed this as something to endure and support rather than halt, because stopping the drainage leaves the metals inside.

The metals that come out through the sinuses include compounds like thimerosal from vaccines, cobalt and cadmium from industrial dyes, and other heavy metal deposits from occupational or dietary exposure. Aajonus told a person who used colored dyes professionally that cobalt and cadmium would vaporize during use and that his brain and sinus accumulations were likely traceable to that exposure. He recommended thick gloves and an industrial-grade mask for continued dye work.

Mucus is not waste in Aajonus's framework. It is an active biological material built from protein fibers that form a cloth-like weave capable of capturing and encapsulating particles and toxins before they reach sensitive tissues. The body makes mucus from raw dairy, especially raw milk, combined with eggs and a little honey. When those raw materials are available, the mucus produced is dense, well-structured, and protective.

When mucus binds with toxins exiting through the throat and sinuses, it prevents direct damage and scarring to the mucous membranes. The mucus essentially wraps the harmful material and carries it out, which is why producing abundant mucus during a detoxification episode is a good outcome rather than a problem to be managed. Aajonus stated that the brain does most of its detoxification through the mouth and sinuses, and that without adequate mucus drainage, those toxins have nowhere to go.

Antihistamines stop mucus production and mucus flow. In Aajonus's framework this is straightforwardly harmful because it prevents the brain from completing its detoxification cycle. People who take antihistamines to dry up sinus discharge are not resolving anything; they are sealing the drainage route and leaving the toxic material inside.

After illness, whether cold or flu, eating lots of eggs and producing abundant mucus is the recovery protocol. The eggs digest quickly and provide the raw protein the body needs to construct new mucus. The mucus then carries the remaining toxic material out, and discarding that mucus is discarding the poison itself. Aajonus was explicit that people who have been on a cooked diet for most of their lives need large quantities of mucus to discharge the accumulated toxins from that diet, and that needing mucus is therefore a sign of a body actively engaged in repair.

If the green color in mucus is iridescent, Aajonus identified that as fungal. Yellow mucus is bacterial. Green that is not iridescent may be from a different source. He used these visual indicators to identify what biological process was driving the discharge.

When a person moves to a cold climate, the sinuses require approximately ten times more fat than they do in temperate conditions to produce enough mucus to protect themselves. Aajonus stated this directly in correspondence with a patient who had persistent bilateral nasal congestion after relocating north. The problem, as he explained it, is not simply a shortage of dietary fat but a shortage of living cells capable of absorbing and utilizing that fat. If the mucous membranes are severely scarred from years of toxic exposure, the cellular population is insufficient to do the work regardless of how much fat the person consumes.

Aajonus told this patient plainly: "It does not matter how much fat you eat." The scarring had reduced the number of viable cells to a point where recovery of full sinus function in a cold environment was not possible through dietary intervention alone. His conclusion was that cold climate itself is a legitimate health factor, not a defeatist position, and that relocating to a warmer climate is sometimes the only practical option. He noted that "cold is a major factor in many conditions and sinuses is one."

For the same patient, practical observations from his own dietary adjustments showed that switching from cow's milk to kefir, goat milk, sour cream, butter, and coconut cream improved the condition from both nostrils being completely blocked to at least partial function. Ice cream, which the patient had been consuming heavily after the move north, appeared to worsen the situation, possibly because of the cold temperature of the food itself. Elimination of the ice cream corresponded with some improvement. Cow's milk had appeared to worsen the congestion compared to fermented dairy.

Aajonus defined sinusitis explicitly as a mild detoxification of the sinus passages. The symptoms it produces, including mucus congestion and discharge, earache, headache, pain in or around the eyes, fatigue, cough, and low fever, are all the results of the body moving toxic material through and out of the sinus tissues. The detoxification is described as mild precisely because the sinuses are an accessible exit route, meaning the body is succeeding in moving the material outward.

The detoxification process during sinusitis can be accelerated and supported with specific foods. Aajonus recommended eating plenty of raw fish, plenty of fresh raw lemon juice, and three to six raw eggs daily. He specified not drinking much milk until the condition clears, because milk can contribute material the body then routes through the sinuses during that period. Eating equal portions of grated raw horseradish root, fresh raw lemon juice, and unheated honey helps thin the mucus, which eases the discharge. Avoiding coffee, teas, and all caffeine-containing substances eliminates approximately half of the toxins being discharged during sinusitis, because caffeine-based compounds account for a large portion of what is being cleared in many cases. Sunshine helps heal the condition.

Rhinitis, which Aajonus described as a detoxification of the nasal mucosa causing increased mucous secretions and nasal congestion, is related specifically to brain toxicity and a lack of enzyme-mutations needed to process cooked red fruits, vegetables, and sometimes cooked yellow foods. The cooked resins and residues from those foods that the body cannot fully process build up and are then discharged through the nasal passages. Avoiding cooked red and yellow fruits and vegetables stops the accumulation of those residues and reduces the damage caused by their detoxification through the nasal passages. The mucus flow itself is necessary and should not be suppressed. Eating smoothies and raw red and yellow fruits and vegetables, including their juices, helps soothe the nasal passages. Poor thyroid function frequently accompanies rhinitis.

Hay fever is, in Aajonus's framework, an extreme sensitivity to airborne substances that irritate the mucous membranes of the air passages and eyes. He identified two underlying situations that produce allergic responses of this kind: first, the blood is poisoned by an airborne toxin the body cannot neutralize; second, the person has accumulated one or more constituents in the sinuses or blood to such a toxic level that any additional exposure triggers a severe reaction.

In both cases the body attempts to eliminate the constituent through mucus in the respiratory system. Aajonus observed that people in this situation should eat foods that are easily digestible, meaning raw food, and should understand that they may continue to experience allergic symptoms for years as stored toxins detoxify gradually. He stated that he had always seen allergy symptoms mitigate over time, with most cases becoming insignificant within three years.

Immediate relief from hay fever symptoms can be obtained by eating a little honeycomb. Eating plenty of raw fat daily, especially eggs, combined with red and orange fresh raw foods eventually resolves the underlying condition. He specified a fresh raw orange, carrot, or tomato smoothie as something that soothes and creates conditions for healing the sinuses. Fresh raw meat, particularly tuna and swordfish, helps heal and strengthen the sinus tissues.

Eating fresh local bee pollen can help reverse hay fever. The starting dose Aajonus recommended was one quarter to one half teaspoon of unheated bee pollen at a time, six times daily. Beginning at that dose keeps the chance of the rare anaphylactic shock reaction to a remote possibility. For severe hay fever, working up to one half cup of unheated bee pollen daily with at least one third teaspoon per dose supports the reversal process.

The allergic mechanism involving protein-deficient mucus is central to understanding why some people react to airborne particles while others do not. When mucus fibers are too widely spaced because the body lacks sufficient protein to build dense fibrous webs, airborne particles pass through the mucus and contact the sinus membranes directly. This contact causes irritation, and the body responds by producing solvents to create a runny, flowing discharge. That discharge is a good thing, a protective biological response, even though it feels like a problem.

When metals are lodged in the brain and sinuses, the signs are often persistent. Aajonus described finding metals spread throughout the sinuses and brain when doing body readings, and noted to one patient that a constant open sore inside the nose corresponded directly to metal deposits throughout that region. He asked what chemicals the patient had been exposed to and found that the metals were lodged more deeply and broadly than typical dental amalgam exposure alone would produce.

Metal toxicity in the sinuses may also show up as frontal headaches. Aajonus observed to one patient that his headache pattern was moving forward toward the sinuses rather than downward, and described that as a favorable route because the metals were exiting through the sinuses rather than through the gums or other routes, which he considered harder on the body. He said it was rare to see metals take that forward route and commented "that's a better way than going down."

In cases of extensive metal poisoning in the brain, the sinuses become the long-term drainage route and the discharge can continue for years or decades. Aajonus told one patient with severe metal poisoning that it could take twenty-three years to clear the metals, and that the sinuses were simply functioning as the drain for that process. He recommended accepting that reality, eating large quantities of eggs and fat to allow the metals to flow more easily through the mucus, and viewing the continuous sinus discharge as a positive indicator of ongoing detoxification. The alternative exits, the gums and teeth, carry more structural cost because metal discharge through the gums can damage teeth and cause bone deterioration. Sinuses, in his assessment, are somewhat more durable for this purpose.

When the metal poisoning is going at the skin rather than through the throat and sinuses, as he observed in one thin patient with adhesions throughout the body and thickened facial skin, the skin bears the burden instead. He described this as the metals taking the skin route because the throat and sinus route was not functioning normally.

For patients with metal toxicity concentrated in the sinuses and brain, Aajonus mentioned guacamole as a relevant protocol, calling it "a little unusual." The avocado-based preparation was suggested in the context of helping move metal toxicity out of the sinus and brain region, though the specific composition was not fully detailed in the passages beyond identifying it as a sauce made from avocado.

The quality of mucus is directly determined by protein availability. Protein-deficient individuals produce mucus with fibers that are too widely spaced to function as an effective filtration barrier. This is the foundational mechanism behind many chronic sinus and allergy conditions. Particles that should be caught in the mucus web instead pass through and hit the sinus membranes, causing irritation, and the body then produces chemical solvents to flush the irritant, which creates the runny, reactive sinus response.

To rebuild mucus fiber density and quality, the central recommendation is eggs, because eggs are digested quickly and provide the protein substrate the body uses to construct new mucus. For people with dryness and irritation in the throat and sinuses, or who are not producing enough mucus, Aajonus prescribed a milkshake formula of milk, eggs, cream, and honey, sometimes with a small amount of grated ginger root to stimulate digestion and circulation and to help digest the cream. The formula for a larger person was two eggs, one ounce of cream, three ounces of milk, and one tablespoon of honey, blended together, with half consumed before sleep and half during the night.

Pasteurized milk creates a specific sinus problem because the heat processing cauterizes the casein and lactose, producing damaged compounds that the body then attempts to expel through the sinuses and mucous membranes. Aajonus distinguished sharply between this situation and the sinus activity that occurs when a person drinks raw milk. When raw milk is consumed, the mucus it helps produce carries old, stored toxins out. When pasteurized milk is consumed, the body is trying to get rid of the cauterized casein and lactose itself, routing it through the sinuses. He acknowledged that this discharge process can persist for a long time and told one patient who asked when it would stop: "I did it. I had it for 15 years. And then finally it stopped."

Ginger thins mucus. In small amounts this supports discharge and eases flow. However, when ginger is consumed in large amounts over long periods, it can thin mucus so much that the mucous membranes become damaged. When a person who has been taking large quantities of ginger for extended periods stops suddenly, the mucus will become abnormally thick for approximately ten days before settling into normal consistency. If it does not normalize after that period, Aajonus recommended adding a small amount of ginger rather than returning to large quantities.

Aajonus was clear that steam baths and saunas damage the sinuses and should not be used as detoxification methods. At 110 degrees Fahrenheit, enzymes in the sinuses and skin begin to be destroyed. The lowest temperature achievable in infrared saunas is 137 degrees, which is already above that threshold. Steam baths operate at 212 degrees. He described steam as damaging mucous membranes, destroying vitamins and enzymes in the skin, and burning the sinuses and lungs. He observed that cultures with long traditions of steam bathing age and wrinkle rapidly in old age because they progressively dry out their mucous membranes.

Sauna use also destroys bacteria in the body, which causes depression and disrupts the biological cleaning processes that bacteria carry out. The sinuses are cleaned by bacteria; a steam or sauna environment hot enough to damage sinus enzymes is also hot enough to damage or destroy the bacterial populations doing that cleaning work.

Infrared heat in any form Aajonus considered damaging because it is an isolated ray. The BioMat, even though lower in temperature than conventional saunas, was identified as harmful to sinuses and the respiratory system by gradually destroying bacteria and mucous membranes through its radiation. Hot baths in water were the endorsed alternative because water conducts heat evenly without air pockets, allows lower temperatures to penetrate more deeply into tissues, and does not carry the isolated-ray problem of infrared technology.

The tonsils are part of the lymphatic system and guard the brain. Any poisons absorbed through the gums or tongue are sent directly to the tonsils to be neutralized and then dumped into the mucus for secretion out through either the sinuses or the throat. This makes the tonsils part of the same drainage network that the sinuses participate in. When the tonsils are removed surgically, the brain loses a primary neutralization and routing station, and the discharge that would have been managed through the tonsil-to-sinus pathway must find other exits, often the gums, lymph glands, or mucous membranes elsewhere in the head.

In Aajonus's early training material, he located the sinuses on the hand in specific zones used for body reading. The mound area at the base of each finger corresponds to the respiratory system, while the sinuses are located slightly higher, at approximately the last joint of the finger. The bronchial system and tracheal structures are in the base mound area, and the sinuses in the joint just above. Swelling and inflammation in those zones on the hand indicate infection or irritation in the corresponding sinus or bronchial regions. White, swollen tissue in the lung zone on the hand could indicate emphysema or poor circulation.

Aajonus engaged with the topic of nose picking and eating nasal mucus in one newsletter, beginning from a claim by an Australian physician that picking the nose with fingers cleans the nostrils more effectively than handkerchiefs and that eating the material boosts immunity through intestinal exposure to neutralized bacteria. Aajonus's position was more cautious. He acknowledged that cleaner nostrils improve breathing and oxygen intake but warned that most of the material discharged into the nostrils represents the most contaminated free radicals from the brain, already processed by the body through an arduous neutralization process and encapsulated in mucus. Re-ingesting that material re-poisons the system. He recommended discarding the material rather than eating it.

He also noted that the habit of eating nasal mucus in children is usually caused by mineral or protein deficiency rather than instinct. His remedy for children with that habit was one tablespoon of raw no-salt-added cheese mixed with one to one and a half teaspoons of unheated honey, taken twice daily, to address the underlying mineral and protein deficiency driving the behavior.

Aajonus described his own sinuses as a continuous dump site during certain detoxification episodes. He had a burned, crusty, bleeding hole in his ear at the time of one workshop, and described his sinuses as "dumping and dumping and dumping," which he framed as exactly what he wanted to continue happening because each discharge made him healthier.

He also documented a specific cold-flu detoxification episode in December 2009 in his newsletter. Cold and flu symptoms began in his sinuses with burning, soreness, swelling, and near-constant nasal drip. Within three days, symptoms progressed to voluminous sinus, nasal, and throat mucus discharges. After three more days, the detoxification moved into his lungs with infrequent deep mucosal coughs. Some mornings brought thick brown or greenish mucus from coughs lasting several minutes. During that same episode he observed increased eye pressure and redness fluctuating throughout.

He also described having had spinal and cerebral meningitis four times in his life, during which he used bath towels that filled with green mucus containing gangrenous tissue because the brain was discharging its poisons through the mucous membranes in massive volumes. He described this as the brain cleaning itself and presented it as an extreme version of the same process operating during ordinary sinus discharge.

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