General Internal cleansing, bowel cleansing and body cleansing detox tips.
Balance during internal cleansing
Sensitivities when bowel
cleansing
Cleansing Environment
Cleansing Symptoms when body
cleansing
Cleansing Results
Related cleansing Links
While internal cleanses can be extremely
healing, it is important to balance the cleansing
detox techniques with
periods of rebuilding and strengthening using other techniques (e.g., healthy diet,
supplements, yoga, support network, etc.). Cleansing
without rebuilding and strengthening will eventually weaken
your system, including your immune system. Therefore,
after each cleanse, take a period of time to concentrate
non-cleansing healing techniques.
Most people should perform no more than three (3) digestive system cleanses per year. Once you are
on your road to healing, you can reduce the number of yearly
digestive system cleanses to two or one.
After a
digestive system cleanse take *at
least* three months to work on strengthening your digestion,
assimilation, and elimination
abilities.
After performing any other cleanse,
take *at least* a few weeks to strengthen the area that was
cleansed using ideas presented below as well as ideas
presented throughout this guide.
If you are very sensitive to some
item or items that are suggested for the cleanse (i.e.,
strong allergic reaction), then you will obviously have to stay
away from that item.
Please keep in mind that many of
these cleanses can be adjusted to suit your needs. A
healthcare practitioner experienced with cleansing techniques
can help you with this.
I might be able to provide ideas or
suggestions that can help you in this area as well.
Persons with immune system-related disorders should always begin
taking new supplements in tiny amounts *before the
cleanse* in order to determine if they are sensitive
to the supplement.
Cleansing Environment
When you perform a cleanse, please
try to keep the body warm, comfortable, and feeling as nurtured
as much as possible. The more difficult cleanses, are
therefore *much* easier to perform in warmer weather. Some people
prefer to perform a cleanse during vacation from work so that the
work stress doesn't affect the results of the cleanse.
When the body is cleansing, whether
through a cleanse technique or simply a positive change in
lifestyle, you may experience what is called a "healing crises."
The healing crises can last as long as a few days (sometimes
longer in rare instances). Some of the symptoms you may
experience are:
1. Fever
2. Headaches and other aches
and pains
3. Fatigue
4. Skin eruptions
5. Emotional irritability
6. Gas
7. Temporary constipation or
diarrhoea
8. Temporary stopping of
menstruation
9. Yawning
10. Tight muscles
If almost all cases, it is important
to not use drugs to suppress these cleansing symptoms,
but instead, to encourage the release of toxins from the body
(and the expression of emotions to release pent up emotions
when necessary). If you are working closely with a holistic
health practitioner, as you should be, the practitioner can help
you monitor any cleansing symptoms you have to be certain that
they are not more than you can handle in your condition.
In cases where the cleansing symptoms
need to be reduced and/or toxins are being dumped into
the intestines at a large rate (in persons who have had
chemical poisoning, for example), it can be helpful to take
an action to avoid having toxins reabsorbed into the
bloodstream.
I will list some ideas below that may
be helpful in very uncomfortable cleansing reactions.
Please realize, however, that it is counterproductive to rely
regularly on these techniques, except during a cleanse.
Most of the time, acute symptoms should be handled with other
natural remedies (e.g., Digestease or peppermint tea for
stomach upset, etc.)
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Colonic or Thorough Enema
This
technique has been used for hundreds of years in acute
conditions to remove toxins from the intestines. Instructions
for performing a thorough enema can be found
in the book, "Prevent
disease with colon cleansing"
In some cases
it can be extremely helpful to perform a
coffee enema to encourage the liver to dump toxins.
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Activated Charcoal
Activated
charcoal is renowned for its ability to adsorb toxins in the
GI Tract. It is sometimes used at poison
centres for
this ability. Here is how it works.
i.
The charcoal adsorbs unabsorbed poison still present
in the gut.
ii. The
charcoal adsorbs chemicals that are secreted in
bile, thereby preventing their enterohepatic
recirculation.
iii. The
charcoal binds any drug that diffuses from the
circulation into the gut lumen.
(NOTE:
Adsorption is not the same as absorption.
Adsorption is the process by which a solid
attracts and concentrates upon its surface,
in a thin layer, molecules of a gas, liquid or
dissolved substance by adhesion.)
You can
purchase activated charcoal from your local
natural food
store.
Dosage
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More than 2
hours Less than 2 hours
since last
meal
since last meal
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1 Tablespoons
powder* 4 Tablespoons
powder*
4 Capsules**
16 Capsules**
8 Tablets***
32 Tablets***
*
Mix into a bit of spring water. Follow with 1-2 full
glasses of spring water.
**
Empty capsules into spring water. Follow with 1-2
full glasses of spring water.
*** Crush
tablets and add to spring water. Follow with
1-2 full glasses of spring water.
Repeat dosage
in 30 minutes if symptoms haven't subsided.
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Bentonite Clay
Bentonite
clay works the same way as activated charcoal, but it is not
quite as effective. You can purchase bentonite
clay from your local natural foods store or from
Arise &
Shine.
Dosage
------
If you buy
powder, first mix with spring water so it is the
consistency
of paint.
More than 2
hours
Less than 2 hours
since last
meal
since last meal
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2 Tablespoons
powder* 8 Tablespoons
powder*
*Mix into a bit of spring water. Follow with 1-2 full
glasses of spring water.
Repeat dosage
in 30 minutes if symptoms haven't subsided.
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Supplementation
I find the following
supplements are
appropriate while cleansing:
i. Mineral
supplement from sea
vegetables (chelated and
colloidal)
before, during and after the cleanse.
ii. One of the comprehensive food
supplements -- Herbal
Nutrition,
Bernard Jensen's Food Blend, Green Radiance,
Plant Power
before and after the cleanse.
Then add other
supplements (e.g., acerola cherries for Vitamin C) before and after the cleanse as
needed.
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Liquids
I wanted to include an extra reminder
here that it is important to get *plenty* of liquids
during the detoxification procedures so that you
do not become dehydrated. Also
important to check your ph levels
before cleansing.
You may or may not notice sudden,
major health improvements immediately after the cleanse is
finished. In some cases there have been total elimination of
symptoms with just one cleanse. Just remember that
internal healing can be taking place even if there is no apparent
reduction in symptoms. The reduction in symptoms will come as you slowly build
your health using holistic healing techniques.
Also keep in mind that cleansing is a long term process.
Yearly cleansing is important and will give you great benefits in the
long run. Looking and feeling younger naturally, when everybody else is
going for plastic surgery and start complaining about old age symptoms,
is a sign that you did something right.
If you have any doubts about the self-healing power of your body,
consult your naturopath or health practitioner for advise!
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