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DRAGONFLY DETOX TEA	A blend of medicinal herbs for helping to detoxify the skin, for those with parasites or candida, blood cleanser	100 g = $7.00
DRAGONFLY DETOX TINCTURE	A blend of herbs for helping to detoxify & rebuild the liver, lymphatic system, digestive system, to help eliminate parasites & candida.	100 ml = $30
SPIRULINA	Binds to toxic materials, helps to prevent them from being reabsorbed.	100 g = $8.75
HEMP HEARTS	Contain protein, fiber, and essential fatty acids, use 1 - 2 tbsp. per day in a shake or on food	click here
TOASTED HEMP SEEDS	Fiber to scrape the bowel of encrusted matter, use 1 tsp. 3 times a day for snacks.	150 grams = $6.00
CASCARA	Especially for those with chronic constipation, this herb retones the bowel so it will begin to work properly on it's own. This is not a harsh laxative herb.	50 grams = $5.00

Note: do not attempt detoxification if you suffer from health problems requiring medication, or if you are under a doctor's care, never use cleansing products while pregnant or nursing.. Please consult your health care provider before using these products.

DETOX & CLEANSING INFORMATION

SIGNS OF TOXCITY IN THE BODY INDICATING A NEED FOR CLEANSING THE BODY OF TOXIC WASTES

We are all exposed to toxic materials in our daily life, regardless of symptoms, I feel it is important to use antioxidants to protect the body, and herbs to cleanse the body of toxic materials.

• Headaches
• Bloating, gas, belching
• Skin problems
• Diarrhea, constipation
• Recurring colds and flu
• Mucous conditions: sinus problems, moist cough
• Bad breath
• Aching joints
• ……………………..and many many other health conditions

WHERE DOES TOXICITY IN THE BODY COME FROM?

Poisons & chemicals are present in the food we eat, the water we drink, the air we breathe, medications, products we use on our bodies & in our homes.

HOW DO I GET THESE TOXIC MATERIALS OUT OF MY BODY?

BY GENTLE DAILY CLEANSING

Cleansing & detoxification can be harsh & even harmful. Detox kits often contain harsh herbs & recommend fasting or severely limiting your diet, side effects include constipation (which increases toxicity in the body), headaches (from reabsorption of toxic materials), low blood sugar.... etc etc. After seeing the severe side effect that many people get during a cleanse, I have found that gentle daily cleansing is a safer method.

While it helps to clean up your diet during this time, there is no need to to do this. If you have never done a cleanse before or are very toxic from diet & lifestyle choices, just add the detox products to your usual routine & use a low dose over a longer period of time.

If you have already done cleanses, and eat a fairly nutritious diet, I recommend cutting out meat, alcohol, junk food & prepackaged foods for at least a week while using the cleansing the products. If you can also cut out breads, and other flour products, and sugar this will help to lower candida levels. Increase the amount of simple, whole foods you eat: vegetables (both cooked & raw), fruits, yogurt, salmon, grains & beans.

The cleansing tea & tincture can be used at the dose you can tolerate with no side effect & used for several weeks to several months.

Cleansing & Detoxifying the Body

My thoughts on cleansing the body is that it should be done gradually & gently. From my experience, severely limiting your food intake, fasting, juice fasting, etc. can be dangerous & tends to drop the blood sugar which can lead to shakiness, irritability, headaches, & feeling faint. Cleansing kits often contain strong herbal laxatives which most people do not need. None of this sounds too appealing & most people find it hard enough to want to take some time to restrict their diet to do a cleanse.

If you have health problems, or are on prescription medicine you should consult your doctor before attempting any cleansing. Do not cleanse during pregnancy or nursing.

What I recommend is gentle daily cleansing, which can be done for several months, or years at a time just through the use of a custom blended tincture to cleanse the body systems which are most toxic. This could involve candida cleansing, liver cleansing, bowel cleansing, cleansing the kidneys, lymphatics or any other major organ or body system.

If you would also like to clean up your diet for a week or so a few times a year, while using your tincture & a cleansing tea, this will work even better.

What I usually do for cleansing twice a year is to eat only
• Fruits
• Vegetables
• Grains & nuts
• Lots of filtered water (1 – 2 liters)

Here is a simple outline with some ideas of how to structure a cleanse:

You can eat as much as you want, and should eat often if your blood sugar tends to drop. Fruits should be eaten at a separate time of day from the vegetables & grains.

If you like to eat light in the morning, make a whole blenderful of a shake using:
• Pour 1 cup of water in the blender, add 1 heaping tsp. of psyllium (for fiber & bowel scraping) and let this sit for 20 minutes for the psyllium to puff up. If you don’t allow the psyllium to soak up as much water as possible, it will do this in your body, often creating “cement”.
• Fruits of your choice, but apples are a great source of fiber, bananas are filling, any other fruits: berries, melons, oranges pears. Whatever you know you can tolerate & are not allergic to.
• 1 tsp. spirulina or Greens + (or other greens product). The spirulina is detoxifying, but also balances blood sugar
• ¼ of nut – good choices are almonds or walnuts
• yogurt if you tolerate it (no milk)

Sip at this shake until you’ve had the whole thing. After you wait a bit, you can move on to veggies or grains.

If you prefer to eat something heavier in the morning, begin with grains.

Grains:
Rice, couscous, barley. Whatever appeals to you. There are many kinds of rice on the market, it’s a good idea to try several kinds. You can add ginger or veggies to your rice, and Bragg Liquid Aminos is a great choice instead of soy sauce.

Veggies:
If it is winter, eat most of your veggies cooked. Yams, potatoes, winter squash, carrots. Whatever is in season or appeals to you most.
Soups are a great idea in the winter. You can make a large pot of soup with many veggies, and barley or other grain.
A large salad is always a good idea, don’t use bottled dressing, try olive oil, hemp oil, lemon or lime juice.
Cut up raw carrots, put them in a bowl of water to snack on.

The idea here, is to be cutting out junk & processed foods so you are minimizing the toxic materials you are taking in. Eating simple whole foods: fruits, veggies, grains & nuts will fill you, increase fiber to cleanse the body, and is anti-inflammatory (which helps to clear up aches & pains in the joints among other things)

Don’t eat anything from a can or box. No processed foods. No dairy, except yogurt is usually fine (and organic is the best choice). No sugar or any kind!

Stay on your regular supplements, adding acidophilus at this time is a good idea, to reinstate good bacteria in the bowels. Just remember to not let yourself get hungry, eat as much as you need to keep your blood sugar balanced & keep your energy levels up. You are eating whole foods, so this way of eating is naturally low in fat, high in fiber.

Drink plenty of filtered water, carry water with you all day. Drinking a cleansing tea is also useful. I don’t add laxative herbs to my tea. If a client needs to do bowel cleansing, I offer a gently laxative herb separately which tones the bowels so they can work on their own more efficiently. And do the salt water flush below.

Salt Water Flush

This is to cleanse the bowels, it can be used for the first few days of cleansing.
The salt water draws toxins out of the body, and flushes out the bowels. The water is too salty for the kidneys to pick it up, so instead all the liquid moves through the bowels & flushes them out. Do not do a salt water flush if you have health problems, are pregnant or take medications.

After drinking the salt water, it takes around 20 minutes for the liquid to work through the bowels.

The recipe must be made exactly as stated for it to go through the bowels. I find it tastes horrible to drink the salt water, so I add some veggie powder, Bragg Liquid Aminos (or a bit of soy sauce), and it tastes more like a very salty soup broth. The most important thing is that you use the correct amount of water to the correct amount & type of salt.

Heat 1 quart of water in a pot. Add 2 teaspoons of mineral salt (do not use iodized salt, use himalayan salts, celtic salt, or sea salt). Add some veggie powder & Bragg Liquid Aminos if you want. Put it in glass or mug & drink it warm. Drink it all, but don't let you stomach get too full, take a little break if you need to.

DETOX TEA: Detox tea is meant for gradual cleansing of the body systems, & can be used for months at a time to neutralize & release toxic materials & alkalize the body. These herbs have traditionally been used to purify the blood, liver, digestive tract, kidneys & urinary tract, to rid the body of candida, boost the immune system Use for several months of the year for preventative cleansing, for skin diseases such as eczema, headaches, constipation, diarrhea, allergies, infections, exhaustion, joint pain, growths such a tumor or warts, urinary tract infections, poor digestion…..…. CONTAINS: BURDOCK, NETTLES, KELP, PAU D’ARCO, MARSHMALLOW, SHEEP SORREL. This formula can be customs blended if you'd like something slightly different & some herbs omitted.

DETOX TINCTURE: Milk thistle, dandelion, barberry, pau d'arco, cleavers, & black walnut. This formula can be adjusted or be made up with different herbs by request. These herbs help to cleanse & tone the liver, digestive system, help to cleanse parasites & candida from the body.

DETOX BATH: Take a detox bath at least once a week. (discontinue if you feel dizzy). Use very warm water, so that you sweat in the bath, sweating eliminates toxic materials through the skin. Use 1 - 4 tbps. of clay in the water & 1 cup of epsoms salts.

FIBER: Fiber helps to gently scrape the bowel & move the bowel. Hemps seeds work well for this, they taste good & also provide essential fats & protein. Psyllium can be used if you used correctly: soak 1 tsp. psyllium in a full glass of water for at least 15 minutes, then stir & drink or add to shake. Adding more raw vegetables & fruits to the diet will also help to provide fiber, but psyllium & hemp seeds should be used as well.

WATER: Drink plenty of water all the time, but especially during cleansing. 1 - 2 liters of good quality filtered or bottled water should be used daily.

ACIDOPHILUS & ALFALFA TABLETS: Buy a good quality bottle of acidophilus from a local health food store, keep it in the refrigerator, follow the directions on the bottle. This helps to rebuild the good bacteria in the bowel, helping digestions, the immune system, and helping with keeping candida levels low. Alfalfa tablets should also be used, taking 3 - 9 per day for several weeks, and then 3 per day as maintenance. See my article on alfalfa tablets for more information.

DOSAGE INSTRUCTIONS & INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE OF DETOX PRODUCTS:

There is not a standard dose for any of these products due to variable with each client (weight, tolerance for herbs, amount of toxicity in the body, etc). Start with the lowest dose mentioned, and increase (or decrease) as needed. It is better to use a product at a lower dose for a longer period of time to avoid side effects & to cleanse safely.

Detox tea: Use 1 tsp. per cup of tea, or 1 tbsp. for a large pot of tea. It can be steeped 20 minutes to several hours. Drink hot or cold, add other teas for flavor if you want to. Drink 1 – 3 cups per day. This can be used daily for as long as you like.

Detox tincture: Use 1 – 3 droppersful per day. Use for several weeks or months. You may find a dropperful once a day seems like enough, which is fine. If you get symptoms such as headaches (which can be a sign of too many toxins being released & reabsorbed), cut back on the dosage, or stop for a few days & restart. You can put your full daily dose of tincture in a large drink bottle & sip at it all day if this is easier for you.

Fiber: hemp seeds can be eaten as a snack. Eat 1 tsp. or more to bowel tolerance. If you are using psyllium, use 1 tsp. in a large glass of water per day, mixed as directed above.

Clay: can be used in a bath for candida symptoms or to draw toxic materials out through the skin. Use 1 tbsp. in a bath of warm water once a week. Drink lots of water. Clay can be used internally IF lots of fiber is being used at the same time. Use ¼ - ½ tsp. every 3 or 4 days. Clay can be stirred into the glass of water with your psyllium, or in lemon water.

Spirulina: Can put put into capsules, or put in a shake. It can be used daily for as long as you like. Use ¼ - 1 tsp. daily. Other alternatives are Greens+, and NuGreens, which have many other herbs & supplements added.

Any information presented here is for informational purposes only and not intended to take the place of diagnosis and treatment by a medical practitioner.