Garnet-
I am reading this book called 'Folk Medicine' by DC Jarvis. It has to do with
natural healthcare. The individual who wrote the book was a doctor. He grew
up on the farms in Vermont and he used to study animals and watch what they did
when they got sick. He said he noticed that when a certain animal was sick
with a fever or something, it would find a comfortably place to rest near a
water supply and just rest and drink water until it was better. I really don't
know how he studied this, but I think the power of a juice fast is remarkable.
A water fast takes more dedication because your body will probably be very
hungry. Below is a cut and paste from the herbal remedies yahoo group about a
juice fast. It has a pretty good explanation on what it does. I found it
interesting and I hope you do too. I know it is a little off topic, but I feel
it is well woth while...
Rob
This cleansing program purifies the body so it can heal more easily. If you are
overweight, this program will take you down to your normal weight; if you are
underweight, it will bring you up to normal. The entire purpose of the program
is to eliminate mucus from the body, which will simplify healing.
Dr. Christopher always said that there are no incurable diseases, but only
people who think they are incurable. He offered this cleansing program as an
essential part of healing virtually any infirmity.
The cleansing program will:
*Clean the mucus out of the body; mucus is the source of polyps, tumors,
cysts, etc. and also the cause of allergies, disease, pain, and death.
*Give you foods that are alive, nutritious and healthful, foods which can
rebuild your body.
*Provide you with herbal formulas and corrective aids to facilitate
healing and regeneration of the body.
*Release static electricity from the body to eliminate frustrations and
confusions.
The Three Day Juice Cleanse
Detoxification:
To begin, you will have three days detoxification (body purification)
thereapy, and then proceed with the diet outlined hereafter. This three-day
cleanse is taken in part from Dr. N. W. Walker's book, Raw Vegetable
Juices, "To Detoxicate," Phoenix, AZ: Norwalk press, Publishers, P.O. Box
13206.
Supreme cleanliness is the first step towards a healthy body. Any toxins
within us will retard our progress towards recovery. The natural eliminative
channels are the lungs, the pores of the skin, the kidneys, and the bowels.
When we perspire, our sweat glands throuw off toxins which would be toxic to
us if retained. The kidneys excrete the end products of food and body
metabolism from the liver. The bowels eliminate not only the food waste but
also matter known as body waste, in the form of used-up cells and tissues,
the result of our physical and mental activities, which if retained can
cause protein putrefaction, resulting in toxemia or acidosis.
Retaining such body waste is much more damaging to our helath than is
generally suspected, and when we begin to cleanse it, we experience perceptible
progress. One efficient method to eliminate it quickly, particularly for
adults, is the following procedure:
First thing in the morning upon arising, drink 16 ounces or more of prune
juice. The purpose of this is not primarily to empty the bowels, which it will
do anyway, but rather to draw into the intestines from every part of the body
such toxic matter as may be there, and eliminate it through the bowels.
Take one or two tablespoons of olive oil three times a day, to aid in
lubricating bile and liver ducts.
To prevent dehydration, and to alkalinize the body as it cleanses, drink
at least two quarts of fruit juices, preferably freshly made. You might choose
apple, carrot, grape, citrus, tomato, etc. but for the one chosen, use it
exclusively for the three days, and chew each mouthful thoroughly.
CARROT JUICE
Use this without diluting as directed below.
CITRUS JUICE
If you live where citrus is grown, make a combination. Use four to six
grapefruit, two to three lemons, and enough oranges to make two quarts. Dilute
with two quarts of water, making one gallon. Proceed as below.
GRAPE JUICE
Use unsweetened juice without additives or preservatives. Bottled juice is
better than frozen, which often contains sugar and usually contains additives
not listed on the label. The best juice would be homemade, unsweetened, but you
can buy organic grape juice at the health food store which is excellent. People
have had good results using grape juice from the grocery, such as Welch's,
Church, Tea Garden, Queen Isabell--just check the label to be sure it has no
additives. Dilute half and half with water.
APPLE JUICE
Use freshly pressed apple juice if available, from unsprayed, organic
apples if possible. Making your own apple juice is ideal. You can also use
bottled apple juice, if it contains no preservatives or chemicals of any kind.
Do not use frozen juice, which can contain preservatives without being labelled.
Drink one 8-ounce glassful, beginning half an hour after having taken the
prune juice, being sure to swish or "chew" each mouthful thoroughly. This is
very important, so that the juices can mix with the saliva for easy digestion.
If you are hypoglycemic, "chewing" the juice will prevent an unpleasant sugar
reaction. You can drink a glass of plain water, preferably distilled, a half
hour after that. Follow this with a glass of juice every thirty minutes or so,
alternating with water every half hour, throughout the day. You can follow this
outline, but take more or less as your case requires; it is a rule of thumb and
not a specific rule. However, many people have followed it this way, with
excellent results.
Do not eat anything all day, although if very hungry towards evening, take
an apple if your are using apple juice, an orange with citrus, grapes with
grape, carrot or celery with carrot juice, etc. Chew it thoroughly.
As you detoxify, you may likely experience constipation. If you do, use more
prune juice, or take some of our lower bowel formula, two or more capsules
three times a day.
Continue this program for three consecutive days. Approximately three
gallons of toxic lymph will have been eliminated from the body and will have
been replaced by three gallons of alkaline juices. As your system becomes more
alkaline, you will experience healing of your particular complaints.
On the fourth and subsequent days, begin taking vegetable juices and
begetables and fruit, preferably all raw. For breakfast, for example, eat
threee or four fruits in season, sliced, chopped or grated, with some honey
for sweetening and one or two tablespoonfuls of finely grated unsalted almonds
spinkled over them. Alkso drink one or two glasses of fresh fruit or begetable
juices. For lunch, eat more fruit and one pint of fresh raw begetable juices,
thirty minutes before or after eating the fruit. For dinner add any of the
salads given hereafter, or as in The Mild Food Cookbook by Michael Tracy,
Springville, UT: Christopher Publications.
You will probably feel somewhat weak during or after this detoxication.
Don't let this alarm you. Nature uses our energies for a housecleaning within
us, and we soon regain greater energy and vitality as a result of a cleaner and
healhier body. You can do the three-day cleanse monthly or several times a year.
If there is the slightest tendency toward appendicitis, take high enemas,
using catnip tea or a tea of three parts red raspberry leaf and one part
lobelia. Do this two, three or more times a day as needed. Only use enemas in
the case of possible appendicitis. If you are experiencing trouble with
constipation, use more prune juice or the lower bowel tonic.
Continued Fast:
Once you have completed several three day juice cleanses, you can, if you
want to try, and feel up to it, fast one to three more days using only
distilled water, then a day of juice, before returning to salads and other
regular foods. Do not eat any heavy foods immmediately after a cleansing period
or a fast, but add these to your diet gradually. This is the best and smoothest
way to get back onto solid foods. Such a continued fast will greatly
accelerate the cleansing and healing process.
Cleansing Symptoms:
As your body begins to cleanse, you will probably experience periodic aches
and pains in the areas where the cleaning action is most acute and the wastage
is loading the elimination system; there are times when you will feel very,
very rough! Do not panic on the days after cleansing or during your periods of
healing.
In fact, the cleaning action may produce all symptoms and effects of severe
illness, but don't blame the temporary problem onto the cleansing. Be comforted
that the healing process is well underway, and the sooner such discomforts
come, the better, for this means that the toxins and poisons are being
eliminated --and the faster the cleansing, the quicker the healing.
But this cleansing will not be instantaneous; do not expect the toxic
accumulations of a lifetime to be miraculously flushed out of the tissues and
organs in some colonic fashion. This will all take time working with the bosy's
normal cyclic functions. You will have high days and low days, usually in
cycles. These "cleansing sicknesses" come in cycles of seven days, seven weeks,
seven months, and seven years in most cases. As the toxic poisons break loose
and are dumped into the bloodstream so they can be eliminated, you will feel
pretty rough; and quite frequently druing a crisis, you may feel worse than you
did before you ever started the program. But do not panic! The bad days will
become fewer and fewer and the good days greater and greater, if you are
faithful to the program. Professor Arnold Ehret's book, Mucusless Diet Healing
System (which can be pruchased from any health food store) may help you to
understand some of the reactions you might experience while ridding the body
of toxins, waste and mucus.
-----Original Message-----
From: Garnet [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2003 11:21 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: CS>Fasting with CS
Another health list I am frequently discusses their experiences with
fasting. I am curious if anyone here has used CS water and fasting to
overcome a health issue. I suppose when we are sick and can not eat but
merely drink fluids this is a form of enforced fasting.
Garnet
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