When the blood is toxic, the whole body suffers. Progressively the body and its organs deteriorate owed to toxic and pollution in the blood. The excess in the body can generate depletion by impeding minerals, vitamins, and physical energy. Further in extreme cases, coldness, dampness, body dryness and heat can dominate. Beacause of the blockage, people will sense the deficiency and over-nourish thus developing further excess or obesity. The innocent will select to chemical medicines consequently straining the liver further. This exacerbates the toxicity due to the liver becoming extended and not able to clear as fast in comparison to a build-up in toxicity and continued excess ingested. In order to correct the underlying imbalance in the blood, focus needs to be given to blood purification.
Below is a list of foods that will help purify the blood while improving normal blood function.
FOODS THAT ENHANCE BLOOD PURIFICATION:
Beets: While purifying the blood, this food strengthens the heart, circulation, liver, improves constipation. While beets moisten the blood, it also uncongests by unstacking blood components, thus supporting normal blood flow which results in calming nervousness and the spirit.
Celery: This cooling, blood purifying food improves key digestive organs – stomach, spleen, pancreas, liver. Because of its cooling nature, the following ailments are benefitted – nervousness, vertigo, eye inflammation, burning urine, blood in the urine, acne, cankor sores, excessive appetite, menopause, headache, high blood pressure, damp body type, diabetes, acidosis, rheumatism, arthritis, gout, nerve inflammation and high blood pressure.
Cucumber: Blood detoxifier, cooling, diuretic, anti-toxic, Improves, bladder and kidney infections, stomach inflammation and ulcers, sore throat, conjunctivitis, acne, skin imbalances. Great topical for skin inflammation.
Grape: Blood purifier, diuretic, increases energy, benefits glands, liver and kidneys, bones, connective tissues and muscles, rheumatism, arthritis, cold constitution, urinary pain, liver imbalances (hepatitis, jaundice), red grapes for anemia and strength. 8 ounces per day for chronic conditions. 16 oz. for acute episodes.
Lemon/Lime: Blood cleanser, particularly valuable for Excess body types who have dieted on a high fat protein regimen. Its anti-microbial, antiseptic itch, clear the alimentary canal from mouth to rectum. Supports liver functions and digestive absorption. Benefits: colds, flus, dysentery, bad coughs, parasites, weight loss, high blood pressure, sluggish and congealed blood, deteriorating blood vessels, flatulence, indigestion, diabetes, spasms, nervousness, excess thirst, topical for itch, sores, corns, eye wash. Avoid if one has weak blood (insomnia, pale complexion, irritability, thinness). Lime is stronger than lemon.
Raspberry: Blood cleanser, neutral effect on body temperature, enhances the liver and kidneys, enriches the blood. Benefits: anemia, excessive/frequent urination,
Raspberry leaf improves the uterus, normalizes excessive menstrual flow, supports premature ejaculation, pregnancy hormone balance, curtails bleeding.
Dried unripe raspberry fruit is stronger than mature fruit. The fruit improves one’s core thus boosts libido, counters impotence, involuntary seminal emission and spermatorrhea. Improve eye visual functions.
Salt (Himalayan, Sea): Blood purifier, softens masses, moistens dryness. This recovers hardened lymph nodes, cataracts, muscle and glandular hardness, constipation, abdominal inflammation and pain, epidermal inflammation and sore, sore throat, nurtures the heart and mind, improves focus and concentration, moistens dryness, calms the nervous, slender constitution type. Steer clear, if your physical type is moist, with excessive weight, sluggishness, hypertension
Tomato: Blood purifier, detoxifies the whole body, nourishes the stomach, clears the liver, stimulates appetite, indigestion, food retention, anorexia, constipation, high blood pressure, red eyes, headaches, rheumatism, gout
Vinegar: Blood purifier, stimulates body energy and circulation, decongests the blood and liver, improves mood, food poisoning, nausea, edema, overweight, mucus, topical-athletes foot and insect stings, digestive parasites and worms, ceases bleeding-nose, spitting blood, fainting, post childbirth anemia. Avoid if you have poor digestion energy, soft stools, persistent exhaustion, overall weakness, muscular damage, arthritis.
Watercress: Blood purifier and builder, diuretic, improves the lung, stomach, bladder and kidney energy, lubricates the lungs and throat, reduces cancerous growths, improves night vision, clears facial sores, stimulates gland secretions, benefits jaundice, urinary tract problems, yellow lung mucus, sore throat, mumps, gas, bad breath.
You can also juice these foods 3-4 cups a day for a 160 lb. person. This can be increased for heavier people. You can mix or drink individually. When designing your diet, allow for 3/5 of your plate to hold the above items while 2/5 needs to hold the secondary items below. Preferred blood detox herbs offering natural chelation are listed at Herb Medicine - Ailments Reference .
Additional secondary foods to support the primary purification foods above:
Vegetables: Asparagus, Avocados, Alfalfa sprouts, Broccoli, Brussels sprouts, Cabbage, Carrots, Vegetable juices, Cauliflower, Celery, Collard greens, Cucumbers, Fennel, Garlic, Green beans, Green peas, Kale, Leeks, Micro-algae (chlorella, spirulina, wild blue-green), Seaweeds (irish moss, kelp, etc.), Turnip, Scallion, Saltless sauerkraut, Mushrooms (Ganoderm, Maitake, Shiitake, YunZhi), Pumpkin & seed
Meat: Cod, Halibut, Salmon, Scallops, Tuna (from non-toxic sources, small portions-10-15% of plate, 1 time per day)
Fruit: Apples, Apricot, Bananas, Bitter melon, Blueberries, Cantaloupe, Cherry, Cranberries, Figs, Grapefruit, Grapes, Kiwifruit, Lemon/Limes, Oranges, Papaya, Pears, Pineapple, Plums, Prunes, Raisins, Raspberries, Strawberries, Watermelon
Legumes: Black beans, Dried peas, Garbanzo beans (chickpeas), Kidney beans, Lentils, Lima beans, Miso, Navy beans, Pinto beans, Soybeans
Whole grains: Amaranth, Barley, Brown rice, Buckwheat, Corn, Millet, Oats, Quinoa, Spelt, Whole wheat, Whole rice
Nuts & Seeds: Fox nut, Chestnut, Sesame seed, Flax seed, Walnut, Rye
Sweeteners: Royal Jelley, Stevia, Agave Nectar, Bee pollen
Healthy oils: Sunflower seed, sesame oil, ghee & coconut oil
The above healthy foods will go a long way to purify your blood, elongate and bring quality of life. You can liberate yourself from sickness however selecting deteriorating foods will earn an agonizing, limited span and constrained life. Now that you know, what’s left, but to find the fortitude for 90-180 days and discover your healthy body.
Mark Hammer C.M.H. Master Herbalist- Chinese Medicine Longevity Mountain
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A clean colon is very necessary for the cleanliness of the overall body. Colon is a part of the body that is responsible for flushing out all the wastes from the body. Hence, we can deduce that colon deals with the waste material of the body and gets to do all the dirty work in the digestive system. It is due to this body part that we are able to function well and stay healthy. To keep our body fit and functioning, we need to take care of this body part as well. We need to ensure the cleanliness and the health of the colon in our body. For this reason, there are many products available in the market that claim to keep your colon clean and healthy. However, there is one among those which is quite effective as per user’s testimony. And it is the Dual Action Cleanse
Dual Action Cleanse not only cleans your colon but also ensures the overall health of your body. Many users of Dual Action Cleanse talk about their experiences with the product. They confirm that the claims that the Dual Action Cleanse makes are real. Dual Action Cleanse ensures a quality of service that no other product has been able to deliver to its users. Many people, who tried the Dual Action Cleanse, say that the procedure of using the product is easier than other products. Most of the products in the market are very complex to use. However, in case of the Dual Action Cleanse, you can just forget about those lengthy procedures.
Dual Action Cleanse is a herbal product. Unlike some of the products which are chemically produced, Dual Action Cleanse is a natural formula. With the help of Dual Action Cleanse you not only clean your body but also strengthen your body system. The Dual Action Cleanse is known to be one of the best solutions for cleaning of the colon. Dual Action Cleanse eliminates all the toxic substances from the body. Dual Action Cleanse cleans the colon of all the accumulated waste and the mucous that develops in the process of its functioning in the body.
When your colon is cleaned of all the wastes with the help of the Dual Action Cleanse, it can work very efficiently. You will find your digestive system perform better with the help of Dual Action Cleanse. You will encounter reduced stomach ailments, almost none, if you are regular in the cleaning process. There would be a lesser number of issues like bloating and gas. You will feel that with the regular use of the Dual Action Cleanse, the working of your digestive system has improved and you can feel a flat tummy. You will automatically feel lighter and healthier. And not only this, other parts of your body will also become healthy. Your skin will get a glow and will get softer. So Dual Action Cleanse is not only required for the inner health but for outer glow as well!
Filed under Health by on Feb 28th, 2010.
By smoking, you know you’re creating disease and harming yourself, but did you know smoking can actaully damage DNA? That’s right, smoking cigarettes has even been shown to damage and alter our DNA, which passes the effect of this highly toxic habit to our children, grandchildren and so on down the line.
In light of this new knowledge, don’t you think it’s time you gave some serious thought to quitting smoking. When your children and grandchildren are born with genetic defects and looking at you for the answers, however much joy you think smoking is giving you now, won’t be more than the shame you’ll feel when you look in their eyes and know the truth.
It’s common knowledge that smoking fills your body with dangerous poisons with each and every puff. But perhaps the roadblock for you is in how to quit smoking. Quitting smoking can be much easier than you think, if you make an effort to remove that chemical contamination that you’ve been putting into your body regularly with smoking. You know, removing those same chemicals that are responsible for causing your cravings.
By removing those craving causing chemicals with deep body cleansing, you can reduce those cravings to almost non-existent levels to really make quitting easy. In addition, cleansing your body can start reversing process of creating disease that has been excellerated with each cigarette you’ve smoked.
If a body cleanse is new to you, do some research, but start thinking about eating only fresh foods from nature and while drinking fresh squeezed fruit and vegetable juices. You can also do liver cleansing and colon cleansing to really show those chemicals to the outside of your body. By removing those addictive chemicals, you may be amazed at how simple kicking the habit can be. You’ll be glad you did…
Filed under Health by on Nov 18th, 2009.
It has been found that the Candida parasite can affect various parts of a person’s body from the intestine, to the colon, to the liver, the mouth, the genitalia, the hands as well as the skin.But there remain a key question by many on whether cleansing can really cure Candida?Below we hope to give some good answers to the question.
Certainly an intestinal cleanse is very valuable especially if you are suffering from candida.The primary objective of this method of cleansing is that it removes the debris, putrefied food and feces as well as the solidified mucus from a person’s intestine.
Another way of cleansing in order to cure Candida is by taking some sort of anti-fungal treatment.Some of the natural remedy includes Grapefruit Seed Extract, Oregano Oil, Caprylic Acid or Colloidal Silver.It is important that you give the cleasning treatment 1 to 2 months before you can fully see the effects.
However when taking grapefruit seed extract it should be taken between meals and if you find that irritates your digestive tract then you can take it with meals or use the capsule versions instead.For the first 3 days you should be taking 10 drops diluted 50/50 with either vegetable or fruit juice.Then you should increase the drops dose to 15, 2 times a day for the next 4 to 10 days.Now from days 11 to 28 you keep close to the 15 drops dosage but now 3 times daily.Many found that they recover well from the lower dosage and thus need not move on to the higher dosage.The grapefruit seed extract dosage can gradually be reduced once they notice some improvement to their condition.But, if the symptoms appear again then you need to move back to high dosage treatment.A 4 week course of such treatment is usually enough to cure Candida. More about this at Colon Liver Cleanse
Filed under Health by on Sep 10th, 2009.
What is constipation?
There are 4 basic types of constipation described are:
- infrequent stools
- hard stools
- difficulty passing stools (straining)
- sense of incomplete emptying after a bowel movement.
The reason behind each of these “types” of constipation is different, and the strategy for each needs to be customized. Constipation can be followed by diarrhea. This pattern has been associated with the more serious condition of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). And the most serious case of constipation is complete impaction, where stool hardens in the rectum and no passage of stool results.
As we age, our bowel movement reduce. While most people have a bowel movement once a day, slightly less than 50% of the adult population seem to enjoy the regular pattern. The other half are irregular and do not have bowel movements every day.
Quick Constipation Assessment
- Healthy bowell movement: regular daily bowel movement.
- Constipation is considered a real problem when there are fewer than three bowel movements per week.
- When constipation is serious, people will experience less than one bowel movement per week.
Medical experts hold the position that there is no medical reason to have a bowel movement every day. Additionally, they have determined not having a bowel movement for 2-3 days does not cause discomfort, only mental concern for some people. Medical researchers and doctors support there is no evidence that “toxins” accumulate when bowel movements are infrequent or that constipation leads to cancer. This statement is contrary to natural and traditional Chinese herbs practitioner(s).
It is important to discern acute (recent onset) constipation from chronic (long duration) constipation. You need to approach your health practitioner with your constipation concerns regarding the following:
- Acute constipation needs immediate assessment because a serious medical illness may be the underlying cause (e.g., tumors of the colon).
- Additionally, constipation needs to be assessed if it occurs with serious symptoms such as rectal bleeding, abdominal pain and cramps, nausea and vomiting, and involuntary weight loss.
- In comparison, the assessment of chronic constipation may not need attention, especially, if simple aid brings relief.
OK! THE NATURAL MEDICINE EXPLANATION
WHAT IS THE UNDERLYING CAUSE OF CONSTIPATION & WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO CORRECT THE IMBALANCE?
While the medical model describes and defines the condition of constipation, it is not clear the underlying causation. To say there is an inflammation or infection behind constipation may fall short for our purposes. Though there may be inflammation, its important to understand the precondItion and unseen phenomena creating this toxic condition.
The anology of weather and environment will serve us to understand what is happening with constipation. When its hot and dry, we have dessert conditions. What happens is that everything dries up. When the environment is cold and damp then the condtions are boggy-everything is moist. When these conditions occur in the elimination tracts, then our fecal matter is transformed. If our descending colon and rectum are too hot then its dries our elimination. The result is that it becomes dry and hardened. It also slows down due to excess friction and lack of lubricating mucous.
FOOD THERAPY FOR CONSTIPATION
To counter this drying process, eat cooling foods such as: salads, green beans, spinach, etc. and cooling fruit like melons,pineapple, etc.
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Cooling Veggies |
Cooling Fruit |
Cooling Protein |
Cooling Addl. Foods |
COOLING HERBS FOR CONSTIPATION
Additionally cooling herbs will quickly cool and soften stools such as rhubarb rt. and cascara sagrada. Though these herbs, by themselves, are not balanced, when you combine them with toxic countering herbs, you will have an excellent formula for your descending colon. If your stomach is weak and/or lacking energy then cold herbs alone have to be counter-balanced with qi increasing or energizing herbs. This is where a herbalist specialized in Traditional Chinese Herbs will be of optimal benefit to your health.
COOLING NORTH AMERICAN HERBS
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Comfrey *External Use |
Golden Seal |
Fumitory Figwort |
WHY AREN’T ALL FORMULATIONS WORKING?
Yes, all these herbs work and I have seen many of them included in Constipation or Colon Cleansing products. But with almost 50% of the people from 50 years or older their digestion tracts are weak and bloated due to the toxic American diet. If they were to take these cooling herbs, they would experience pain or think they were in an inflamed state but it is quite the opposite. Their colon is is cold and therefore feels pain. I have seen 100s of people who come asking can you do something for my inflamed colon.
The latest natural medicine propaganda is, you need these cooling herbs to reduce the inflamed toxic heat state. I promise you it is not the case. It is essential that middle and senior agers need warming, energizing herbs and food for the fatigued stomach and colon areas while providing cooling in the descending colon and rectum. In essence, both strategies need to be employed, at least, for a constipation formula to work for the prior mentioned populations. There are more items to add but this is enough to deliver the essential concepts around constipation.
NATURAL MEDICINE: WHAT REALLY WORKS?
STIMULATING and Energizing Herb Formula that WorkS OVERNIGHT!
CASCALIN
CASCALIN provides overnight constipation relief. Cascalin, quickly balances the elimination tract by directly feeding the deficient tissues of the colon. One spoonful and the digestive tract naturally, softens the blockages due to excessive heat in the region.
The herbs in this formula cool and lubricate the tract thus releasing impacted matter. Additionally, the fomula nourishes and re-establishes peristalsis. CASCALIN provides for natural healthy elimination flow.
Mark Hammer, C.M.H. Master Herbalist Longevity Mountain 5/09
Disclaimer: These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA. This reference is a list of dietary supplements and is not intended to diagnose, cure, prevent or treat any diseases. The information here is not provided by medical (allopathic) professionals and is not intended as a substitute for medical advice. Please consult your physician before beginning any course of treatment. However, billions of people have used these products without complication. These traditional Chinese herbs & formula have been used in conjunction with allopathic medical regimen, successfully without interference in the restorative process. Complications in the use of herbal remedies has occurred when manufacturers unkowledgeable in the practice of herbalism but more focussed on the profit aspect have provided product too high in concentration. Hopefully, more master herbalists trained in Chinese, Ayurvedic, Tibetan, North and South American herbology can share the more subtle rather than gross practice of herbalism. Appreciatively, more allopathic physicians and institutions are embracing the wonders of natural herbal medicine in their practices.
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