Thus then, according to Cyril, the Eucharistic Body and Blood of Christ are distributed to all our members; His Flesh and Blood pass by a change into our blood and flesh, and we thereby become “of the same body and the same blood with Him Mystag. iv. §§ 1, 3.:”  and “this Bread does not pass into the belly, and is not cast out into the draught Ib. v. § 15.,” but wastes away as the body itself wastes See Pusey, R. P. p. 151, note 3:  “Dr. Gaisford, on my applying to him, kindly answered me,—῾συναναλίσκεσθαι.  It appears to me that this word can only be explained by a periphrasis.  The writer appears to me to mean that the elements are not thrown off like ordinary food, but that they become blended or assimilated to the body, and waste away as the body wastes away.’  Mr. Field gives the same meaning..