Liver Cleanse Guidelines
Normally cleanses are best done seasonally, Autumn and Spring. Sometimes one might have an impulse for another time of year. I suggest a time of 4-8 weeks to complete, so as not to shock the body. Be aware that as you detoxify your physical body, your emotional and mental bodies may be agitated. It is not unusual to get headaches, nausea, cramps, and become moody at times. This is good and well worth it. It will better suit you to have a healthcare provider who is experienced in nutritional cleanses meet with you and tailor the best approach for you. If you have any known medical illnesses always consult a medical provider. Any focus you are able to give yourself matters, so enter the process without expectations and observe your response.
1. Read article “Sound Nutrition” and follow for 1-2 weeks. Eliminate processed sugar, red meat (exception is wild game, buffalo ok the first few weeks, then eliminate to birds, and later to fish), and wheat. Eat only organic or biodynamic. No juice, coffee, alcohol, or soda. Only herbal teas (green/black, ok), and water. For many this step may be all that can be achieved and can have many positive effects.
2. Drink filtered H20 (half your weight = amount of ounces/day).
3. Drink Liver or Nettle leaf Tea (1cup 2-3x/day). Limbos on 39th/HolgateBv.
4. In the morning before tea or breakfast blend 1 granny smith apple, juice of one lemon, 1-2 garlic cloves, 2T flaxseed, 2T extra virgin olive oil, thin as needed with water. An hour later eat hot cereal.
5. Late afternoon or nightly applied external application of yarrow to the liver, or castor oil to abdomen.
6. Supplement with liver/gallbladder herbs, like Dandelion, Milt Thistle, Chelidonium. At New Seasons has a product called Herb Pharma Liver tincture—-take 1 dropperful with meals 3x/day.
7. Bitters 30 drops or 1tsp with meals– Uriel Pharmacy has Chicory/ginger bitters (www.urielpharmacy.com) New Seasons carries similar products
8. Supplement with high-dose digestive enzymes. Marcozymes 3-5 tabs between meals at Pohala Clinic.
9. Juicing- stay with primarily vegetables like carrot, beets, spinach,celery, etc. 2-40z twice daily.
10. Exercise low-level, especially towards the end of the cleanse. Yogic breathing and stretches are excellent choices. Make it something you enjoy.
11. Lymphatic Skin Brushing before shower.
12. Water (hydro)therapy. Sea salt,Epsom, or mock oil dispersion baths.
13. Receive some type of body work, such as Reiki, massage, cupping, acupuncture weekly.
14. Anthroposophic constitutional remedies.
15. Supplement with Ultraclear (intracellular detoxification drink by Metagenics) at Pohala Clinic This usually takes 28 days and can start after 1-2 weeks.
16. Toward the end consider colonics at least 2 back to back (like a FRI/SAT). All That’s Well Ends Well Clinic—–
(503) 230-0812. The therapists are very kind and sensitive.
17. Spiritual awareness of positivity in your environment, depending on your preference. I smudge with cedar, frankincense, sage, or sweet grass. Lighting a candle, sweeping a floor, cleaning a closet…….. Remember or write down 5 things you are grateful for each night.
18. Expose yourself to nature as much as possible; lie on the earth, dig in the dirt, put your feet in a rushing creek, go somewhere new! Let yourself be ALIVE.