Though there's been the buzz word of
"colon cleansing" among natural health practitioners for a very long time, the real work in healing the body comes later where there is a transformation in tissue integrity resulting in a high quality body cells. This process brings on the healing criss and may take 6 to 12 months to bring on a complete elimination. This will result in cleaner, purer tissue that is able to accept the good living foods you should be feeding it.
We must prepare the body's elimination channels for housecleaning that colon cleansing provides. If we build the body up to cause a cleansing to occur, then we must make sure the elimination systems are open in order to handle this discarded material. It is common for old, toxic substances to flow not only from the bowel during a cleanse, but also from other channels such as the lungs, mouth, nose, ears, skin, kidneys, lymph, vagina; all possible channels must be ready and capable of handling the flood of toxin expulsion.
That's why one should prepare for this healing crisis and cleaning phenomenon by studying the natural healing process. One of the usual occurrences for those who have experienced this system is the extreme elimination of feces. Many people assume that they are "cleaned out" when they have one movement. Unfortunately, most of us are as many as 10 meals behind in our eliminations and are holding many meals in the ballooning, pocketed portions of the bowel.
At the risk of being too graphic, many people are mortified to have such putrid materials come out of their bodies. They can't imagine the heavy mucous lining being so foul, thick and stringy. But this is not a desirable thing to retain in the bowel as it carries seeds of disease and illness. And is full of old drugs, tissue and morbid substances. It is also the favored environment for disease-producing bacillus coli and other parasites, fungus and viruses.
As the body rises up from the old, we must support its endeavors and encourage the process. We work with this process by ingesting less food, more broths, more rest. The body responds with revitalization and regeneration in all the tissues of the organism.
That is why a true colon cleanse should be termed a tissue cleansing treatment (thanks to the research and work of Dr. Bernard Jensen). We realize now that cleansing shouldn't end with the colon - it actually begins there, though. Every tissue is fed by cleaner blood which is nourished by the bowel. When the bowel is dirty, the blood is dirty and so on to the organs, systems and cells.
Dr. Jensen recommended not impeding diarrhea should it come along, as it is part of the cleansing process. Drink plenty of liquids to avoid being dehydrated and during the healing crisis, do not eat very much. Overeating during this time will possibly shut down the process and thereby delay that which you have worked so hard to make occur.
Some better food choices are vegetable juices, broths and light liquids. If there is any fever, do not use any fruit juices, especially citrus but use potato peeling broth. A fever indicates that the body is hard at work burning up toxic substances and we do best not to interfere with it by forcing the body to divert needed cleansing energy into having to process foods.
Colon cleansing is only one part of the health puzzle. Nutrition is also vital for a clean body to regenerate and regain strength and stamina. More tips on properly formulated foods can be found here: Electrical Body.
