Fw: Coffee enemas and detoxing

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I've posted this before....here it is again, about the importance of coffee

enemas

> http://www.gerson.org/healing/articles/nl_detoxingliver.htm

>

> Detoxing and the Flagging Liver

> (part 2 of 3)

> (From Gerson Healing Newsletter Vol. 15, No. 3, May-June, 2000)

>

> by

>

> [This is Part 2 of a 3 part series of articles by Ms. ]

>

> I've come to the conclusion that nowadays treatment follows the premise

" the

> more that is wrong with you, the more you put in. " Many clients come with

> bags full of nutritional supplements, homeopathic remedies and herbal

> preparations and have been following a diet that I couldn't fault on a

> scientific nutritional basis and yet they have seen no significant impact

on

> health or real reversal of their condition. Why? - they ask. The answer is

> simple - if you don't address the toxicity then you can expect no

long-term

> results. In fact, with detoxification - the more that is wrong with you,

the

> less you put in.

>

> There are three questions that need to be answered: how great is the toxic

> load, how well can it be eliminated and how fast can we safely do this?

For

> although a person may come with specific problems in reality these only

> reflect varying degrees of toxicity. The more toxic, the lower the

vitality

> and the more severe the illness. In any case history you see a gradual

> deterioration on all levels; the impairment of the digestive system which

> may have started with simple food intolerances leading to severe allergies

> and chemical sensitivities; the gradual impairment of the immune system

> giving rise to recurrent infection, candidiasis and later parasites; the

> gradual decline of thyroid activity (closely connected with immune

function)

> where the slight drop in body temperature allows persistent activation of

> viruses including HIV; poor blood sugar control leading to addictions and

> later depression and last, but not least, the general decline in

fertility.

>

> So how do we handle toxicity and remove it? Detoxification involves

firstly

> getting the tissues to release toxicity and secondly, ensuring its

> elimination to the outside. The second part of the equation is the most

> important of all, for you may be unleashing years of accumulated toxins

that

> have been " safely " tucked away (albeit lowering the vitality of the

tissues)

> into the blood stream at one go. This can be a greater toxic insult to the

> tissues and organs than the small doses received on a daily basis leaving

> the body in a more weakened condition than before. Unfortunately this is

the

> first mistake that people make. They feel that the greater the toxicity,

the

> more aggressive the treatment should be. The strongest impetus is fasting,

> next is fruit juice fasting, then fruit and vegetable juices, then just

> vegetable juices. Next comes foods - first fruits, then vegetables, first

> raw and then cooked. A recent case I had provides a fine example of the

> famous saying by the late Dr. who said " Fasting is like fire -

> it can either gently warm you or it can kill you. "

>

> A 47 year old man suffering with chronic fatigue over the last four years

> sold his business and decided to take a six week holiday and go on a water

> fast. His previous history showed that he suffered tonsillitis as a child,

> later developed food intolerances, hay fever, and recently had gallstones.

> There was a very strong family history of heart conditions and cancer.

> Almost immediately following the fast the man was diagnosed with bacterial

> endocarditis, which carries 30% mortality. He underwent treatment but is

> left with a permanently compromised heart valve where he may require a

valve

> replacement within the next 2 years.

>

> When we unlock such poisons in our system unless we ensure their removal

to

> the outside they will damage the body and leave it vulnerable to

infection.

> We assume that the body detoxifies as it goes along- including toxins from

> drugs. Yet it becomes apparent, for example, when a patient who has

> undergone chemotherapy starts to detox that the bone marrow may become

> depressed in the initial stages as the chemotherapy residue is shifted

into

> the circulation: thus the patient effectively gets a second dose. If this

is

> managed properly no ill effects occur. It is obvious from the case history

> of the example above that this man was not able to complete the second

stage

> of the equation - elimination to the outside because his liver, a major

> route of detoxification, was blocked (gall stones).

>

> The more toxic we become, the more " stuck " we are and the treatment must

be

> more carefully managed. The liver is like an exit from a congested

freeway.

> If the exit is blocked, the traffic will jam. If we then decide to send in

a

> bulldozer to shift the traffic you will have a pile up. This is exactly

what

> happens when you detoxify too aggressively without ensuring that the liver

> can cope with the amount of toxicity released. The liver is like a filter,

> which can clog and become weakened. This is especially true if you have

> suffered from glandular fever, Ross River Fever, hepatitis, digestive

> problems and gallstones.

>

> We need to support the liver in its task of detoxification and there are

> various ways to do this. You can take specific herbs, which promote the

> production and flow of bile by the liver (major route of detoxification of

> drugs and chemicals), but this may not be totally efficient as a good

> proportion of the toxic bile is reabsorbed from the gastro-intestinal

tract.

> Or there's the coffee enema! Gerson's genius lay in the fact that he

> recognized the dangers of toxic release into the system and he found a way

> to deal with it. He was working against time with many of his terminally

ill

> patients and it was vital that he secured maximum detoxification right

from

> the beginning. Gerson found that if he matched the rate of elimination of

> toxicity from the tissues with its rate of removal to the outside then

over

> a period of time total healing occurred. It was the coffee enema that made

> this possible.

>

> Gerson knew that the coffee enema dilated the bile ducts and caused a

> flushing of toxic bile from the liver. (Drinking coffee constricts the

bile

> ducts). He also knew that this was the most effective method for

> detoxification. Since Gerson's time various active ingredients in coffee

> have been identified and most interestingly, the palmitates present in

> coffee increase the binding of toxic elements by the bile 7-fold and this

> enzyme-enhancing ability in the liver and small intestine does not allow

> reabsorption of the toxic bile. Most cholerectic herbs do not ensure this

> complete removal of toxins but only an increase in bile flow.

>

> In order to assist detoxification I often recommend the coffee enema. They

> guard against a toxic build-up that can make you feel so dreadful and in

> this way help the body to heal. It is important to remember that the

coffee

> enemas go hand-in-hand with the juices: no enemas - no juices and no

> juices - no enemas. The juices will remove toxicity from the tissues and

the

> coffee enema ensures its removal to the outside. If used without the

juices

> they will ultimately have a depleting effect on nutrients. The rule of

thumb

> is - 3 juices (3 x 250mls) per coffee enema. If you increase the juices

then

> you can safely increase the enemas.

>

> About the author

> , a dietary therapist, is author of the book " Get a Life:

> the detoxification diet made easy! " ISBN 0-646-31829-2. You may order this

> through her web site at: www.getalife.on.net. has a practice in

> Australia and holds regular workshops and lectures on the topic of

> detoxification. She also runs courses for students and practitioners of

> natural therapies. has completed phases I and II of the Gerson

> Practitioner training, and she is currently fulfilling her Phase III

> requirements. She is also a member of the Gerson Institute's board of

> directors