THE BASIC CLEANSE
By Walter Last
This is recommended at the
start of any health improvement program and also from time to time thereafter,
say once a year. It is designed to clean out and sanitize especially the gastrointestinal
tract, the liver and the gall bladder. Eat apples only for the first three
days, as many as you like. Granny Smith apples are usually preferable, but if
you feel that they are too acid for you then use a sweeter variety. If organic
apples are not available, you may remove the skin and core of commercial
apples.
In the evening have a hot
castor oil pack on the liver and upper abdomen: Coat the area liberally with
castor oil, cover with a woolen cloth folded in several layers and keep warm for
one to two hours with a hot-water bottle. This greatly increases the blood
supply to these areas and stimulates liver and bowel activities. At bedtime
take one or two tablespoons of olive oil. Shake the oil in a jar together with
some lecithin granules, a teaspoon of Epsom salts to relax the gall bladder,
and some fresh citrus juice.
However, on the evening of the
third day take half a cupful of olive oil in this way. Then lie down
immediately on your back or right side. The next morning take a tablespoon of
Epsom salts and after the first bowel movement look in the toilet bowl for
gallstones. There may be hundreds of little greenish wax balls of different
sizes floating on top of the water. However, sometimes gallstones appear only
after repeated cleanses.
First thing in the morning of
the first to fourth day take a glass of water with a crushed clove of garlic
and about 1 tablespoon of Epsom salt (more or less to cause a good bowel
clean-out within a few hours). If you cannot take Epsom salts then try another
strong herbal laxative instead. If you have trouble taking raw garlic, you may
fill it into empty gelatin capsules.
Half to one hour after the
Epsom salt and garlic take a large dose of acidophilus-bifido,
either as high-potency capsules or powder or as a self-made ferment such as
Kefir or fermented sauerkraut.
If you do not have the time or
energy for the full cleanse, then you may now return to your normal diet and do
the rest at another time. However, continue for several weeks taking
acidophilus culture before meals. Otherwise, from the fourth day on do a five-day
Psyllium Cleanse.
The Psyllium Cleanse: Either as a separate 5-day cleanse or as part of the
Basic Cleanse, from day four to eight replace the apples with freshly pressed
vegetable juices but possibly flavoured with apple. Dilute the juice with pure
water for a total diluted juice intake of about 2 liters. Stop using the magnesium and garlic flush in the
morning.
Drink
the juice spaced out and very slowly. At least half the juice should be from
celery, grass and green leaves. In addition or instead of using juice you may puree
a handful of fresh leaves at high speed in a blender and drink without
straining. If you cannot make juice or obtain fresh green leaves you may eat,
spaced out, some green or tart apples or some raw vegetable salads.
Every
3 hours, or 5 times daily, take a teaspoon of psyllium hulls with a microbicide
and sodium bicarbonate. Dissolve half a teaspoon of sodium bicarbonate in a
large glass of water, add the microbicide, and finally a teaspoon of psyllium
hulls. Stir and drink immediately, followed by some more water.
The
microbicide is recommended because presently most individuals are affected by
Candida, parasites and other intestinal infestations. As microbicide I prefer
one that has the ability to penetrate biofilms, such as chopped garlic, or about
5 drops of Lugol's solution or non-acidified MMS (sodium chlorite).
On
the morning after the last juice day and at bedtime the night before, take a
tablespoon of magnesium salts in water, or enough laxative to produce a strong
bowel cleanout in the morning.
You
may sit on a bucket to investigate what has come out; often there are long
strings, heavy mucus, and parts of compacted matter looking like sections of
bowel. These are the hiding places of Candida, parasites and bacteria causing
inflammatory bowel conditions. It is advisable to increase the variety of food
very gradually and possibly doing allergy testing at the same time.
If
there is discomfort during the cleanse from bloating or other intestinal
problems, and it becomes too uncomfortable, then just take a laxative or enema
to flush it all out and try again at a later time. Continue for a long time
with moderate amounts of antimicrobial remedies to prevent the fungi that live
within the bowel wall to become re-established.
Additions and Alternatives
There are many possible
variations of this Basic Cleanse. For instance if you do not have a juice
extractor, you may either continue longer with apples or have a few small raw
salads instead. If you cannot get organic apples but have plenty of good grass
and vegetables for juicing, then you may extend the juice and blended green
leaf schedule from 5 to 8 days, but also have the castor oil packs, olive oil,
garlic, Epsom salts and acidophilus during the first 3 or 4 days.
Another possibility,
especially good for those with raised blood pressure and insensitive skin, is
to use freshly pressed and diluted lemon juice instead of the vegetable juice,
and possibly instead of the apple days as well. Use psyllium
hulls and ground linseed as for the last 5 days of the Basic Cleanse but
instead of vegetable juices drink the juice of several lemons diluted to about 3
liters with pure water. Make the strength of the lemon juice about 10%, and
preferably add some spirulina powder and possibly
cinnamon . You may do this for the full 8 days or just instead of the vegetable
juice for the last 5 days. If doing this for the full 8 days, then use castor
oil packs, olive oil, Epsom salts, garlic and acidophilus as described for the
apples days.
Another alternative is to use
an isotonic saltwater flush instead of the Epsom salt flush. This may not be
suitable if you are rather constipated and overweight or with high blood
pressure and weak kidneys. To one liter of warm water add 9 g or 1-heaped
teaspoonful of sea salt and a crushed clove of garlic and drink this within 5
minutes. If this does not produce a good bowel flush within a few hours, then
you may have to use the Epsom salts the next time.
Another often recommended
additive is Bentonite, powdered absorbent clay. This
helps to remove plaque or old coating from colon walls and also absorbs toxins.
Each time you use the ground linseed and psyllium add
either 1 teaspoon of powdered or 1 tablespoon of liquid Bentonite.
Allergy Testing
It is advisable to increase
the variety of food very gradually while doing some allergy testing at the same
time. Start with foods that are not likely to cause allergy such as cooked and
raw vegetables, rice and other non-gluten grains. Leave any processed food,
wheat, oats, rye, barley, citrus fruit, tomatoes, egg, yeast products and cows'
milk products for later testing.
Keep a diary of the tested
foods and any reactions, such as nausea, pain or discomfort and also record
your pulse rate before and after eating a test food or meal. Usually the pulse
rate rises slightly 30 to 60 minutes after food intake. If it rises much more
than after eating just unflavored rice or steamed vegetables, then there may be
an allergy. The stronger the rise in the pulse rate, the stronger the allergy.
Allergy testing may not work if you are exposed to tobacco smoke or use coffee,
tea or other drugs. For more information on food allergies and allergy testing
see also Addictions & Allergies.