Re Laxative herbs

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Candace Podratz wrote:

> Aha! See, I thought the large intestine came first and then passed

> everything into the small intestine. So if it's all jumbled and goofy

> looking, why doesn't the SMALL intestine get clogged? I only hear

> about having an impacted colon, so what about the small intestines? If

> the colon is what takes nutrients out of food, what on earth does the

> small intestine do? Just pass it all along?

>

> I thought the rectum and the anus were the same thing. See, I learn

> something new every day.

>

> Candace

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Hi Candace,

Actually almost all digestion and absorption of nutrients occurs in the

small intestines collectively known as the Duodenum, Jejunum and Ileum

which comprise approximately 23 feet of your alimentary canal. The colon

is only about 6 feet long max. Very little absorption happens in the

colon with the exception of absorption of water and salts. Otherwise,

this is where the bacteria work their wonder on processing what is left

after leaving the small intestines into feces for elimination and where

your body dumps its toxins to be added to the feces for elimination. The

anus is the ummm... well hole if you will. The rectum is the small part

of the colon from the Sigmoid section to the anus. Yes, your small

intestines can get plugged up too. When the small intestines are plugged

you don't get the nutrition your body needs. When the colon is clogged

you stay in perpetual autotoxicity (your body cannot get rid of toxins

due to the fact that the colon is clogged up and more toxins just keep

getting added into the blood stream along with the toxins your body is

trying to get rid of and getting recirculated throughout the body to be

deposited in tissues and organs.

Always good to learn something new every day. Keeps you young that way.

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Peace, love and light,

Don Quai

" Spirit sleeps in the mineral, breathes in the vegetable, dreams in the animal

and wakes in man. "