 Gerson therapy is not designed to work with a lump or a bump. It is not designed to work with a specific symptom. It is not intended to relieve only symptoms. The whole idea and the whole philosophy is to first of all understand the underlying problem and secondly, deal with that problem so that all of the body systems can be restored. The body can be restored to function and with that to healing. Because as Dr. Gerson put it, in everybody there is a healing mechanism. In chronic degenerative disease this healing mechanism is weakened, is damaged, sometimes is poisoned, simply no longer works properly. And it should be and it is the duty of the doctor to reactivate, restore this healing mechanism. And that's what the whole Gerson therapy is about.