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This blog examines current ideas on alternative treatments for Crohn's disease. Although the medical community will tell you that diet doesn't matter, or that alternative treatments are worthless for treating Crohn's disease, this is only because there hasn't been as much double blind clinical testing for most alternative treatments. Therefore they cannot with certainty offer them to you. But, the truth is, many treatments can have an effect on Crohn's disease, or at least improve your general health. We attempt to examine them here.


Sunday, August 27, 2017

Blocked Detoxification Pathways - Blockade on the Path to Healing

Uni and I have both been told that our detoxification pathways are blocked, after visiting naturopaths. Our symptoms are that we are not able to tolerate various methods of healing, whether herbal antibiotics such as oregano oil, or detoxification protocols such as chlorella, citrus pectin, and things that remove heavy metals. Uni is much less sensitive than I am. For me, this is my greatest blockade toward healing, and it keeps me from being able to do so many things that I know would help me get well.

Our naturopath recently addressed this concern with the following:

Regular bowel movements, dry skin brushing, breath practice - slow, long, deep, focused breaths for 10-20 min daily, lots of water and urinating, plenty of minerals, rebounder and sweating regularly 
I think we need to do as much as possible that isn't supplements to get your excretion pathways open!! 
Binders are the next step and chlorella and charcoal are the gentlest binders. Others to consider are spirulina, citrus pectin and clay which I believe you are on.  

Uni and I both know that we have liver stones, since they have come out at various times in response to added oils in the diet and candibactin. So we have considered doing the liver/gallbladder flush that involves 1/2 cup olive oil, grapefruit juice, and espson salt. In response to questions about liver flushes our naturopath says:

Are liver flushes (olive oil/citrus) recommended? Do you have a recommended protocol? Dangerous in any way? We both know we have liver stones.


I don't think these work overly well. I think a better idea is using herbs to dissolve stones over time. 

 

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