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cleansing and detoxification  
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lemon juice, with a little cayenne and black pepper, for a salad dressing.  
Have a cup of barley water (see recipe in chapter 4) with your salad.  
Continue the day with more raw juices and raw foods (but in winter avoid  
raw food and especially fruit if you feel the cold). In total, you should  
drink three cups of barley water, three cups of kidney tea, and  
approximately one tablespoon of kidney tincture. Also drink plain water  
at times, aiming to drink three to four quarts of liquid in total.  
Advanced Cleansing Programs  
Before you begin advanced cleansing programs, you must be proficient in  
the shorter and less intensive cleanses. Five-day programs achieve  
cleansing at a very deep level and will make a huge difference in your  
well-being. Get plenty of help, support, and advice prior to, during, and  
after the cleanse. Make sure all the ingredients for the cleansing program  
have been obtained and prepared before you begin.  
a three-stage herbal colon cleanse  
Do not attempt when pregnant or breast-feeding. Do not attempt if  
taking prescription medication. Do not attempt this cleanse if you  
have any fragile bowel conditions, such as irritable bowel syndrome,  
spastic colon, or Crohn’s disease.  
Read through the section on the colon in chapter 9 for vital further  
information.  
Cleansing the colon is a good initial step, because efficient waste  
disposal is essential in order to prevent the accumulation of debris and  
disease. Many modern bowels are accustomed to highly processed food  
and drink. The stress of our diet can cause a variety of disorders to arise,  
from a wide range of bowel complaints to less-obvious problems in other  
parts of the body like skin disorders, general allergies, and so on. A  
common problem today is poor stomach activity with depleted digestive  
juices, which contributes to making the colon less competent and more  
prone to underactivity or overactivity. Cleansing the colon is a good  
initial step toward increased health and well-being.  
You can buy many different herbal colon cleansing programs from  
health-food stores. They all basically serve the same function. However,  
be careful to choose ones that have not been bulked out with a lot of  
psyllium husks. The program below is one that I choose to use with my  
patients and have found to be most successful over many years.  
The herbalists Dr. Richard Schulze and the late Dr. John Christopher  
have designed between them three formulas used sequentially for  


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