Been using the intestinal cleanses and improvisations

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What a difference! That number one really does a number. The

health food store didn't have some of the herbs that were in it so I

substituted poplar bark for the cascara sagrada. It still gets one

moving pretty good though I noticed a hint of griping so added some

powdered raspberry leaves. Now it's smooth. I loaded it into

capsules and put a label on it " GUT SCOUR " , don't my friends at the

health food store wince when they see that.

The second mix they really wince at. I was too cheap to buy

psyllium when my garden is full of plantain going to seed. Plantain

is in the psyllium family and the seeds are nearly the same

medicinally. Haven't dug my marshmallow root (been waiting for the

frost to kill the top growth) but even so the intestinal cleanse

formula #2 seems to work pretty good. I renamed it BOWEL TROWEL.

To get the activated charcoal for the mix, I used the a can

with a lid. Activated means made under controlled reduced oxygen

conditions. Punched a hole in the lid with a nail and filled the

can with lumps of willow snipped from the ditch. Stuck it in a fire

and watched it vent off the excess through the hole (watch carefully

to make sure the exhaust gases don't ignite, that's how you can

loose a batch). After an hour or so the billowing white vapor cut

down a lot and rolled it out, plug the hole with a stick, and let it

cool. Running it throught the coffee grinder gives you your fine

activated charcoal.

So, I am excited enough to write detailed descriptions of how

well they work but we don't know each other quite THAT much yet.

Love the postings folks, you have a great group here.