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How to Do a Liver and Gallbladder Flush Fast

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This particular fast is based on European folk medicine and is still used in health spas and hospitals to cleanse and revitalize two of your body's most essential cleansing tools--the liver and the gall bladder. We recommend that you read "How to Understand a Liver and Gall Bladder Flush" and consult your doctor before beginning this fast.

Difficulty: Easy
Instructions

Things You'll Need:

  • Castor Oil
  • Dandelion Roots Dried
  • Epsom salt
  • Lemon Peels
  • Lemons
  • Heating pads
  • Apple Juice
  • Apples
  • Orange rinds
  • Dandelion Leaves Dried
  • Oranges
  • Enema Bags
  • Beets
  • Cleansing Enemas
  • Herbal Tea
  1. Step 1

    Abstain from all solid foods for the first 2 days of the fast and drink organic apple juice, warmed with cinnamon sticks in it. Also drink dandelion root and dried dandelion leaf tea, made by simmering the 2 ingredients in water for 20 minutes.

  2. Step 2

    Drink both drinks, 2 hours apart, for a total of 7 drinks each day.

  3. Step 3

    Follow this general schedule with your drinks: 8 a.m.: 1/2 cup warm apple juice with 1/2 cup dandelion tea, together; 10 a.m.: 2 cup plain apple juice with 1/2 cup water; 12 noon: 1 cup tea and 1 cup apple juice, together; 2 p.m.: 2 cup juice, 1/2 cup water, 1/2 cup fresh pressed beet juice; 4 p.m.: 2 cup apple juice, 1/2 cup water; 6 p.m.: 1 cup apple juice, 1 cup tea, together; 8 p.m.: 2 cup apple juice. Continue this schedule for 2 to 4 days.

  4. Step 4

    Take an internal bath on the last day of your fast before you begin the final step. This is optional, but recommended.

  5. Step 5

    Begin to end your fast about 3 hours before you go to sleep by completing the following procedure.

  6. Step 6

    Soak a 12-inch square of cloth, cotton or wool flannel fabric is best, with castor oil, and prepare either a heating pad or a hot water bottle.

  7. Step 7

    Drink 1/4 tsp. Epsom salt dissolved in 1/3 cup warm water to dilate your gall bladder and liver ducts in preparation for the olive oil cocktail. You can chew orange or lemon rind if the Epsom salt bothers you.

  8. Step 8

    Drink a blended combination of 1/3 cup cold pressed olive oil, 1/4 cup cream, 1/3 cup hot apple juice and 1 tsp. fresh lemon juice.

  9. Step 9

    Get into bed lying on your right side. Place the castor oil cloth, with the heating pad over it (use old towels to avoid a mess), over your liver and gall bladder area (on your right side, just under your rib cage). Leave it there for 1 1/2 to 2 hours.

  10. Step 10

    Remove the hot pack and castor oil cloth and drink the same Epsom salt drink that you drank earlier.

  11. Step 11

    Rest easy. Drink some fresh-squeezed orange or lemon juice. And by the next day you should notice various sized pebbles in your eliminations, ranging in color from bright green to dark brown--gall stones formed by rancid fats in your diet.

  12. Step 12

    Break your fast by avoiding fried foods, oils, and fats. Eat oranges, pineapple, grapefruit and berries in the morning; a leafy green for lunch; fresh soup, salad and steamed vegetables for dinner. Continue this general type of diet for a few days after your fast.

Tips & Warnings
  • Avoid heavy exercise during the fast. Light yoga, walking or gardening are excellent for stimulating your metabolism without straining your body.
  • It is normal to experience some discomfort and nausea. Oranges are good for relieving this, however, be sure to chew it well and don't eat too much.
  • It's best to do a colonic enema on the last day as it is the best way to completely eliminate this waste. You may want to schedule a visit with a hydro-therapist for this day.
  • For people over 40 who have not had excellent eating habits, it will probably be necessary to repeat this fast each month for a few months to break loose all their gallstones.
  • Pregnant women and children should not fast.
  • Consult your health care provider before going on this fast especially if you have diabetes, heart disease, ulcerative colitis, or epilepsy; if you are under 18 or underweight; or if you are on medication.

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blacksama said

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on 8/11/2009 does this technique work even if I have big size stones in my gallbladder??
I'm afraid the big stone might stick somewhere in my body and won't go outside.. please help me

lexy3777 said

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on 6/9/2009 I also completed a flush which was less complicated, but it had it's own specifics to it as well. Just FYI-I was told to eat "very light" during the previous week and drink as much unsweetened apple juice as I could hold. The apple juice has a chemical that was to "soften things up"...preparing your body for the flush. I only recall the oil and lemon juice, but not those quantities...No cream used. The Epsom salts are specifically used to "draw water into the intestines" for elimination purposes. I inspected the poop as required, but the biggest surprise was having more energy for weeks afterward. Warning: I am not a doctor, but would advise you to inform your medical doctor and a family member before beginning any fasting or flushing techniques.

anneg said

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on 4/18/2009 Eating Radish always works for me. It helps dissolves Kidney stones gall bladder stones and purifies the liver and so much more......

ohiochick said

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on 2/26/2009 I did one very similar to this a couple months ago and am getting ready to do another one! I had 3 gallstone attacks in less than 36 hours and thought I was going to die from the pain! At first I thought I was having a heart attack, then realized from my daughters experience with her gall stone attacks, that is what I was having myself. During the middle of the last attack, I was so desperate to make the pain stop that I looked up on the internet how to stop the pain and found the epson salt drink, which I did. GOD - talk about VILE! but, within 30 minutes, the pain stopped completely. I proceeded to do the procedures for a complete flush and passed tons of stones and nasty sticky, gooey bile the next couple days. I couldn't believe how much better I felt! my ankles had been swelling for months, my shoulder ached terribly, my neck was killing me (both were on my right side). It

shivamatt said

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on 1/15/2009 I think this "flush" is bogus. I did something very similar to this a couple years ago. The next morning when I did the "flush," I was amazed to see a bunch of "pebbles" in the toilet. I fished a couple out, because I was just curious. I examined them (after washing, of course!) and they looked various shades of green and of varying sizes. Every day they started melting a bit more. I have since read up on this on other sites and I believe that the pebbles were just congealed olive oil. My 2 cents...

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