I'm spring cleaning my innards.
I'll bet that got your attention! Call it spring cleaning gone inward, but last week I started a cleanse (with chelation), and this week bumped it up a notch (to parasite cleansing). There is a lot of information available about cleansing, but much of it seems to be weight-loss or "general health" focused rather than parasite focused, so I'll add to the clamor and let you discern for yourself what might work for you and your health needs.
First of all, let me state plainly that I am in great health, so I wasn't feeling the need to cleanse in order to beat a chronic illness, lay waste to allergies, re-align my digestion, improve my sleep or one of the other wonderful results of a proper cleanse. I am, however, interested in being as healthy as I can be, and the transition between seasons is the perfect time to do a cleanse. If you are living with a chronic issue I highly recommend you work with a naturopath or ayurvedic practitioner who can design a cleanse tailored to your needs. Please don't take my regimen as a "prescription", because it isn't! Only you and/or your health care provider can determine what will serve you best.
With this cleanse, my main focus is on parasites. I'll talk about the chelation another time. What parasites, you ask? We are exposed to parasites from many everyday sources, and living in a "developed country" does not put us out of risk of infestation. I have lived in two foreign countries for extended periods of time (South Korea and Saudi Arabia) where I ate a number of foods that were prepared at a...different standard...than my usual fare. While I have not had any antibiotics in a number of years, I have been treated with a chemotherapy drug which certainly affected my body long-term. Heck, just sharing my home with a dog means I am quite likely often exposed to parasites. This article has a really great description of the reasons to do a parasite cleanse. Different parasites gravitate toward different parts of the body (some especially like the spine, others are content in the intestines, for example), and different cleansing regimes/products address these different parasites.
I have chosen to use two products from Young Living Essential Oils: ParaFree and ComforTone. It is essential that the efficiency of the colon be maintained when cleansing parasites, lest their waste and detritus remain stuck in your body, making you sick(er). We have to move out the buggies that are dying off, and ComforTone facilitates that. It isn't a fiber supplement, but rather a formula of herbs and essential oils that support colon function. The ParaFree is the formula (again, of herbs and essential oils) that actually kills the parasites. The company recommends the following cycle: 21 days on, 7 days off, repeat for a total of 3 cycles. This is to ensure that you get all of the parasites at their various stages of growth (including recently hatched eggs - ew).
So, we started on Sunday evening (4/5) and are on day six as of tonight. Many of my colleagues have used these products for their own cleansing, so I have heard reactions ranging from "It makes me feel tired", to the tell-tale headaches caused by die-off, to "I love cleansing, I always feel so clear-headed and light afterward". After taking the single Parafree capsule Sunday night, I awoke Monday morning sort of expecting a headache, at the very least. So far, so good. I haven't had any flu-like symptoms and don't feel any more tired than before. Rob has had a little more difficulty, what with full-blown hay fever and helping our friend the contractor with work this week. He is definitely feeling fatigued.
One of the most over-looked aspects of a proper cleanse is the importance of high-quality nutrition during (and after, of course) the cleanse. The body is working hard to process out all of this stuff you're sloughing, which can be quite tiring. Also, on an esoteric level, parasites hold negative thought patterns and dark energy, so as that moves out of the body it can bring up a lot of "stuff" - emotional, psychic, etc. Cleansing can be tiring, so rest is very important. Hydration must be increased, along with highly nutritious foods high in fiber. We have doubled our intake of Sunrider's NuPlus as well as the cleansing beverages Calli Tea and Fortune Delight Tea. We're also eating plenty of ghee and other healthy fats, Chyawanprash and lots of raw veggies (smoothies are my new favorite thing).
I'll post about this process on Fridays, trying to be thorough but not graphic. Next week I'll talk about chelation, and why it's so important to our health!
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