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APR class A (first version)

Also called: APR class A, APR A

APR class A, first version, is the Neurotherapy (LMNT) abdominal-pain-releasing treatment for belly pain with up to four or five loose motions a day. It calms inflammation, slows the gut, and then treats the abdominal organs in reversed order with the Ulta Normal formula.

Overview

What is APR class A (first version)?

APR stands for the abdominal-pain-releasing treatments. 'Releasing' is the key word: not covering the pain over, but removing the reason the belly is holding it. APR is a group, not one formula. Guruji split it into three classes, chosen by one plain question — how many loose motions a day?

Class A is for the lighter picture: pain with up to four or five loose motions a day. It brings together anti-inflammatory work at the neck and back, gut-slowing work beside the spine, and then the abdominal organs through the Ulta Normal formula. A strengthened form leans more on the anti-inflammatory pair when more is wanted.

This first version was later revised: Gal and Spl were taken out of an inflamed belly. Today the revised class is the one in use; this page records the first version so its history and reasoning are clear.

APR for loose motions calms the inflammation first, then slows the gut, and only then treats the abdominal organs.

What it is for

What is it used for?

  • Belly pain with up to four or five loose motions a day.
  • To calm inflammation in the food canal and slow a gut that is running too fast.
  • To let food be digested and water taken back, so the stool firms.

Points it works through

Which points does it work through?

The points below are listed as a set, with what each contributes. The exact method, including the order, is taught hands-on in the Neurotherapy (LMNT) course.

(30) Medulla

(30) Medulla, at the nape, seated — said to stop inflammation at once; in LMNT teaching it acts through the prostaglandins.

(6) Swt

(6) Swt, beside the spine in the mid-back, face down — rouses the adrenal medulla to slow the gut.

(6) Adr

(6) Adr, on the mid-back, face down — the adrenal glands, which calm inflammation.

(8) Pan

(8) Pan, on both thighs — the pancreas, for digestive enzymes.

Spl

Spl, the spleen point. (Later removed from an inflamed belly, because the spleen makes white cells and antibodies.)

Gal

Gal, the gall bladder point. (Later removed from an inflamed belly, because bile is antiseptic.)

Mu

Mu, the large-intestine point — given in reversed order with Liv, to slow the gut.

Liv

Liv, the liver point — paired with Mu in reversed order.

Position: Seated for the neck work, face down for the back, and lying on the back for the abdominal organs.

The exact technique is taught hands-on in the Neurotherapy (LMNT) course. See the course →

How it works

How does it work?

The reasoning behind APR is laid out in four steps. An old infection in the food canal turns into inflammation (swelling and irritation), which causes the pain. The pain also shows that the stomach and intestines are short of blood, so food passes through without being digested or absorbed. The large intestine, short of blood too, cannot take the water back out of the waste — and that watery waste is diarrhoea. So the movement of the gut has to be slowed.

Two findings of the therapy supply the tools. (30) Medulla and (6) Adr calm inflammation, and the pain at the Mu point eases. (6) Swt rouses the adrenal medulla, through which the body's 'slow down' nerves calm the gut. And giving the abdominal organs in reversed order — as in the Ulta Normal formula — slows the gut's movement rather than speeding it.

The abdominal organs are given through the Ulta Normal formula — the reversed-order form of the Normal formula — so that the gut is slowed, not sped up.

Its family

Which formulas are related?

The APR group grew in generations: a first version, three classes, and a revision.

  • APR, the first version — APR, the first version — one treatment for the greatest number, before the split into classes.
  • APR class A, revised — Class A, revised — Gal and Spl taken out.
  • APR class B (first version) — Class B, first version — more than five or six loose motions a day.
  • APR class C — Class C — belly pain with no loose motions at all, built the other way round.
  • Ulta Normal — Ulta Normal — the reversed-order digestive formula used inside the first versions.
  • NAN — NAN or FAN — the closing step once the motions are completely normal.

What it is used for

Which conditions is it used for?

The class is chosen by counting loose motions, not by the name of the illness.

Belly pain with loose motions

Inflammation and fluid loss

Safety: when it is held back

  • Some bellies are a doctor's question before they are a treatment question: blood or mucus in the stool with fever, black tarry stool, sudden severe or worsening pain, a hard swollen belly, vomiting that will not stop, or a patient who is drowsy or cannot keep fluids down. Send the patient to a doctor; do not press the abdomen. How to tell a patient to see a doctor
  • Diarrhoea harms mainly by the water it takes out. A quiet small child, a frail elder passing little urine, a dry mouth or dizziness on standing need oral rehydration (sugar-and-salt solution) early — treatment by hand never replaces or delays it. Diarrhoea (loose motions)
  • Gal is not given in leukaemia (blood cancer) or other diseases with a raised white cell count, nor in asthma, nor to people passing very little urine. Gal
  • Spl rouses lymphocytes, so it is checked with a senior teacher in autoimmune disorders. Spl
  • (6) Adr lowers immunity, so it is not given where immunity is already low — septicaemia, HIV/AIDS or cancer — and it raises alkali, so it is not given in high blood pressure. (6) Adr
  • (30) Medulla is never given in cancer, and is not given in heart disease. (30) Medulla
  • Swt is on the LMNT blocking list for heart patients. SWT
  • In cancer, these are never given: (10) Pan, Thymus, Pit, Lu + Sh, Rt. Ov. or Lt. Ov., and (30) Medulla. Cancer care: Neurotherapy (LMNT) support
  • Pan raises alkali, so it is not given in fits, convulsions or seizures, and never to people with schizophrenia. Pan
  • Liv is not given if there is cancer in the liver. Liv
  • When the motions become completely normal, the slowing work stops and NAN or FAN is given for at least a day, to give the bowel its normal speed back. Forgetting this step can end a week of good work in constipation. NAN
  • Relief of pain is not proof that nothing is wrong. A belly that eases on the mat still needs a diagnosis if the pain keeps coming back.
  • Children are given only light treatment, by a trained therapist. Lighter formulas for children, the elderly and the weak
  • No treatment is given without first examining that day's pain points — not even 'the same as yesterday'.
  • Keep taking the medicines your doctor prescribed. Neurotherapy (LMNT) works alongside your medical care, never instead of it.

Common questions

Is this the version used today?

The revised class A, which leaves out Gal and Spl, is the later form. This first version is recorded for its reasoning and history.

Why does my therapist ask about my stool every day?

Because the stool is how the treatment reports. How many motions and what form decide whether to continue, repeat, or stop and switch to the closing step.

My motions are normal now. Can I just stop?

Come for one more step. The treatment slowed your bowel on purpose; NAN or FAN for at least a day gives it its normal speed back. Then you are examined again from the beginning.

Should I still drink ORS?

Yes. Sugar-and-salt solution replaces the water and salt that loose motions take out. It comes first, and the treatment works alongside it.

Surprising facts

1Bile really does kill bacteria

Bile acids act like a detergent that breaks open the outer coat of many bacteria. That sound fact is why LMNT later removed Gal from an inflamed belly — rousing bile and the spleen's defence cells could stir the inflammation further.

Source: Begley M, Gahan CGM, Hill C. The interaction between bacteria and bile. FEMS Microbiology Reviews. 2005;29(4):625–651.

2The gut has its own nervous system

The wall of the gut holds a web of hundreds of millions of nerve cells — the enteric nervous system — that runs the squeezing waves of digestion. The 'fight or flight' nerves slow it down; the 'rest and digest' nerves speed it up.

Source: Furness JB. The enteric nervous system and neurogastroenterology. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2012;9:286–294; Guyton & Hall, 14th ed.

3A kitchen drink made diarrhoea survivable

The gut has a doorway that illness does not close: it takes up sugar and salt together, and water follows. So a drink of sugar and salt in the right balance is absorbed even by a bowel that is pouring fluid out. This oral rehydration has saved millions of lives.

Source: Guyton & Hall, 14th ed. — sodium-glucose co-transport; WHO oral rehydration salts guidance.

4The colon is a water-saver

About one and a half litres of fluid reach the large intestine each day, and it takes back almost all of it, leaving only a small amount in the stool. When it cannot, the stool turns watery.

Source: Guyton & Hall, Textbook of Medical Physiology, 14th ed. — absorption in the large intestine.

Test yourself

1. What chooses the APR class?

2. Which formula treats the abdominal organs in this first version?

3. What is given once the motions are completely normal?

Research

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This page explains what a Neurotherapy (LMNT) treatment is for; it is not a self-treatment guide and does not diagnose. Neurotherapy (LMNT) works alongside your medical care — keep taking the medicines your doctor prescribed.

By the Neurotherapy.Life team, from the teachings of Dr. Lajpatrai Mehra

Reviewed by Dr. Diwakar Shukla, Senior Neurotherapist

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