Author: Dara Dietz

Dara D Dietz is co-founder with her Husband of H.E.A.L. Marketplace, a private Natural Healing Association. As a teacher and counselor she has been supporting the members of H.E.A.L. with Natural Healing information and herbal supports since 1998. She continues to maintain strong ties to the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Since healing her own kidney ailments she has assisted thousands of people in discovering and using natural herbal remedies. Dara has written and compiled numerous articles on a wide variety of natural healing topics. Drawing from her own healing experiences and borrowing from the vast wisdom of natural healers long departed, she continues to provide H.E.A.L.’s international membership with down to earth natural healing wisdom in H.E.A.L.’s bi-weekly newsletters. Dara and her husband currently reside in Rutherfordton, North Carolina.
Herbal Healing, Organs & Glands

Natural Support for the Glands

Dara Dietz
Dara Dietz

Learning how best to support our glandular system, what foods are needed to provide these internal factories with the needed nutrients for them to produce the hormones needed to maintain our best health.  Our glandular system supports, digestion, absorption and utilization of all food elements and the very existence of cells.  No physiological or mental activity is possible without them.  In their absence the body and its activities would cease to be.  Manifestly, the glands cannot pick their required elements form the blood unless their progenitors were previously taken in the foods eaten.

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We are going to take a good look at the best herbal supports and foods to support the Thyroid gland, Adrenal glands, and Pancreas Gland. 

There is so much I could say about the benefits of these glandular formulas.  The Support they have provided in my body and the relief and healing provided to many of our members has been great.  I cannot say enough on the healing power of these God Given Gifts.  I dare not say more. 

The Thyroid, through the hormone thyroxine determines growth, controls body temperature, regulates the metabolism or the burning of food in the body and influences, to a great extent mental and emotional balance.  The master herb for the thyroid is Kelp.  Whither the thyroid is overactive or underactive, kelp will prove helpful in healing and restoring normal function to this gland.  Our info sheet on Thyroid will provide information on how to use the M&L Salve to shrink a goiter or remove cysts from the gland itself.  

Herbal Supports for the Thyroid: Super-kelp Capsules or Powder;  M&L Salve, and the Glands formula.

Thyroid: see my updated Thyroid Ailments information sheet.

Adrenal Glands are absolutely essential to life.  The adrenals, often referred to as the suprarenal, are the Creator’s most intricate chemical factories.  “it would take acres of chemical plants” to synthetically manufacture “the 50 odd hormones or hormone like substances” produced by the adrenal glands. 

Most hypoglycemics have problems feeding themselves, for they crave protein and sugar, yet these substances are wearing on the adrenals, which are often exhausted in hypoglycemics.  You need to feed the adrenals with Licorice root and Hawthorne berries, the later being said to produce natural adrenalin.

Herbal Supports for the Adrenals: Adrenal Formula; Licorice Root extract; Hawthorne extract; Glands Formula.

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Pancreas Gland, Malfunction can manifest in one of two ways; Diabetes, which is high blood sugar or hypoglycemia, which is low blood sugar.  Though they are completely different, they both stem from the same cause, a malfunction of the pancreas, which is what must be supported so it can function normally again.  The Master herb for the Pancreas is Cedar Berries. 

Herbal Supports for the Pancreas Gland: Pancreas Aid; (ELF)Liver Flushing; (LBF #1)Bowel Cleansing.

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Cooking With Dara

Chocolate Tofu Pudding

Dara Dietz

Want something sweet and chocolatey to eat without compromising your food program. Here is your answer.

Vegan Chocolate Tofu Pudding

  • Ingredients:
  • 1 package Extra Firm Silken Tofu
  • 3 Bananas
  • 9 pitted Dates
  • 1/2 Cup Nut Milk
  • 1/2 Cup Cocoa Powder
  • 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • pinch salt

1/2 tsp Psyllium husk powder if needed.

Combine Tofu, Bananas, Dates and Nut Milk in blender. Blend until Smooth.

Add the Cocoa pwd, Salt, Vanilla Extract and Psyllium powder if needed. Continue blending until mixture is smooth. Pour into storage bowel and chill.

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Freezer Brownies

Dara Dietz

Raw Food Freezer Brownies, Yummy food without guilt.

Freezer Brownies

Combine in Food processor as directed below:

  • 1 1/2 cups walnuts
  • dash salt
  • 8 Medjool dates
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa or carob powder
  • 1/2 tsp Vanilla extract
  • 2 teaspoons water
  • 1/4 cup dried cherries

Chop 1/4 cup walnuts and set aside.

Put the remaining 1 1/4 cups in food processor with the salt and process with the “S” blade until finely ground. Add dates and process until the mixture sticks together.

Add the Cocoa powder and vanilla extract and process briefly.

Transfer to small bowel. Add the reserved walnuts and cherries, mix well using your hands.

Pack the mixture firmly into a 6 inch square glass container. Store in a sealed container. Brownies will keep for 1 week in the refrigerator or 1 month in the freezer.

Cooking With Dara

Roasted Vegetable Jumble

Dara Dietz

Here is a very tasty way to eat your veggies.

A good mix of veggies to use in this mix is:

  • 2 zucchini (sliced)
  • 2 yellow squash (Sliced)
  • 1 large parsnip (Peeled & Diced)
  • 1 large onion (diced)
  • 1 Sweet Potato (Peeled & Diced)
  • 1 Med. Rutabaga (Peeled & Diced)

Other great Veggies that can be used

  • 4 baby potatoes (diced)
  • 6-8 Mushrooms (quartered)

Once all veggies are cut to size and on cookie sheet sprinkle on:

  • 2 or more tsp. Garlic Granules
  • 2 tsp. Season Salt
  • 2 or 3 tablespoons Olive Oil

Mix to coat all veggies evenly

Optional: Sprinkle about 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese over seasoned veggies

Move to preheated oven and bake at 425 degrees for 20 minutes or until nicely toasted. When finished, Remove from hot oven, serve immediately topped with small amount of Feta Cheese.

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Cooking with Chickpea Flour

Dara Dietz

A friend introduced me to Chickpea flour several months ago.  She made a delicious vegetable patty using chickpea flour.  The most impressive part was that no binder was needed, the chickpea flour held together perfectly.  After playing with the seasonings and veggies used in the patty I shared this great find on a video. 

Chickpea Vegetable Patties

Of course I kept playing with the chickpea flour and discovered it also make a great flatbread, known as Socca or Farinata.  I found I could lighten the flavor by mixing oat flour to the mix.  The discovery of Chickpea flour pancakes really made my day.  Everything good, high protein, high fiber, and no wheat flour or eggs needed. 

Most of the recipes for Socca use water but I have found I like the flavor of the bread better if I use a nut milk, and add ½ cup of oat flour.  Once the basic ingredients are assembled any of the herbs or other seasonings can be added as desired.  Adding garlic powder or The Italian seasoning will make it a bit more savory.  Adding vanilla, cinnamon, honey and your favorite sweetener makes for a sweet treat without guilt.

Chickpeas are an excellent source of protein once ounce has 3 grams, and fiber 2 grams for the one ounce.    There is always a container of hummus in the fridge for my husbands snacks. 

For those of us who have stopped using wheat flour in all its forms here are some high protein, high fiber alternatives that taste great too.

Chickpea Flour Flat Bread

1 Cup Chickpea Flour; 1/2 Oat flour; 1/2 tsp Salt; 1/4 tsp Pepper; 1 TBL Olive oi;l 1 3/4 Cup Nut Milk; Heat oven to 450 degrees; Place 10 inch cast iron skillet into oven while heating.

Here is my second offering in my three part series on Cooking with Chickpea flour. This very simple yet tasty wrap will work well with anything you want to put in it.

Chickpea Flour Wrap

1 Cup Chick Pea Flour; 1/2 Cup Tapioca Flour (Starch); 1/2 tsp Salt; 1 Cup Water or Nut Milk; Small amount of Oil to coat frying Pan

The last of Chickpea Flour offering in my three part series on Cooking with Chickpea flour. Here is a yummy Vegan Pancake completely gluten free.

Chickpea Flour Pancakes

1 cup Chickpea Flour; 1/2 Oat flour; 2 tsp baking power; 1 Tablespoon Arrowroot Powder; 1 tsp Cinnamon; 2 Tablespoons Maple Syrup Powder;( or Honey or Maple Syrup ect..); Pinch Salt; 1 tsp Vanilla; 1 1/2 Cups Nut Milk (Almond Milk).

Heart, Blood & Circulation, Herbal Healing

Edema aka Dropsy

Dara Dietz

Definition

Abnormal and excessive accumulation or infiltration of diluted lymph serum in the interfibrillar spaces of the subcutaneous connective tissue or in the serious (peritoneal or pleural) cavities of the body which do not drain.

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Symptoms

This condition is accompanied by swelling, scanty urine, poor appetite, sluggishness, and debility. The swelling usually begins in the feet and ankles and proceeds up the legs towards the abdomen.

Cause

Heavy salt users often have edema as do diabetics. We do not pinpoint the symptoms as to locality (hydrocephalus, hydrothorax, ascites, etc.), as does orthodox medicine, but the general problem is that fluid does not eliminate properly through the kidneys and skin.

Dr. Edward Shook had the following to say about dropsy (Edema):

“When sulfuric acid is generated within the organism, it immediately unites with water and swells up. This action produces heat, which expands the capillaries. The osmotic pressure forces the serum through the walls of the blood vessels, producing inflammation and dropsy (edema).

Hence the using of inorganic matter is always poisonous to the human organism in spite of all the apparent evidence to the contrary.”

What Can be Done for Dropsy?

This was a question put to Dr. Christopher in his newsletter. His answer: For mild or beginning forms of dropsy caused by urinary malfunction, we have the following:

For a severe case let us cite a good case of how it can be handled in most cases.

A lady came into our weekly Tuesday night lecture a little late, after we had barely started. She asked if she could interrupt and tell something that had happened to her since the last lecture, a week ago. We said we’d be happy to hear her story, so she told us the reason she was a little late was because of a long distance phone call she had just received.

Just after the last lecture, the Tuesday before, she received a call from her brother-in-law in Chicago. He told her that if she wanted to see her twin sister alive she had better fly back there immediately because the doctors had said she had only a day or two to live.

Our student took a few days off from work and arrived in Chicago on the following Friday. She went in to see her sister and would not have recognized her if she hadn’t been told who it was. Her sister was so badly swollen from edema (dropsy) that she seemed to be only a bloated, unrecognizable mass of flesh. She had been under doctors’ care for a number of months, and they had been unable to give her anything but temporary aid from the water accumulation. Now they were utterly baffled and had, at the family’s request, sent her home from the hospital to die (being given a day or two or slightly more grace).

The sick and suffering twin was in a coma, not recognizing anyone, and our student cried when she saw her favorite sister lying there helpless, with little school children needing their mother so much, so she asked the husband if he would allow her to use an herbal routine she had heard about at a lecture recently. He said the family’s doctor was just waiting for her to die anyway, so go ahead!

Our lady found a little health food store nearby and bought some parsley root and glycerine (this was animal glycerine, we now use vegetable glycerine which is superior).

When she got back she made up parsley root tea (one teaspoon of herb to a cup of water, or one ounce of herb to the pint of water), making up about one gallon of the tea. (Steam distilled water is 30% more efficient than tap water and is our choice.)

One quart of the tea was used straight to give to this patient orally, and three quarts of the parsley root tea was mixed with equal parts of glycerine (making six quarts of the mixture) for fomentations.

They would give a cup of parsley tea each one half hour to the patient to drink, and the heated combination (of parsley and glycerine) was used as a fomentation over the badly swollen legs, arms and abdomen. This was done by soaking white flannel cloths and laying them over the areas. (Use cotton or wool, never use synthetic cloth.)

As the patient lay there so helpless, her sister remembered instructions given to follow the progress of the treatment. She was to lift the corner of the cloth, after the fomentation had been on for a short time, and watch to see if the pores were starting to take the water from swollen areas. She said that as she looked it was like seeing hundreds of little springs coming from the body. She had made this trip and was walking by faith, using a formula she did not know about or had ever used before. She had just heard of it at our lecture that previous Tuesday. She had to fly back to work on Monday, so she left all the instructions with the husband to continue on with the program that had been started.

After work Tuesday she rushed home to get ready for the regular Tuesday night herb lecture and the phone rang. It was her brother-in-law from Chicago. He said, “There is someone here who would like to talk to you.” He put his wife on the phone. Even though she had laid helpless for months and part of the time in a semi-conscious condition, she was on the phone now, so happy she was crying. The swelling had gone down, and she was recovering rapidly–in fact she said she got the children’s breakfast and fixed their school lunches that day and was so grateful “to be a mother again”–not a dying patient. There were not many dry eyes in the lecture room that Tuesday night when she finished her story.

Cleansing & Flushing, Getting Started, Herbal Healing

The Cleansing Programs

Dara Dietz

For those new to detoxing and cleansing programs, getting into, and doing the work can be overwhelming.   Today I want to take the time to lay out a good plan for the simple week of cleansing or the extended long term healing programs.

The “Incurables Kit”, can be divided into four parts:

Foundational items: Lower Bowel Formula #1; Lower bowel Formula #2, Superfood; Echinacea

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The Foundational items will be started and continued throughout the entire healing or cleansing program.   

Liver Flushing Items: Detox Tea; Detox Formula; LP Formula; (if included, Digestive tonic)

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Kidney Flushing Items: Kidney Bladder Tea; Kidney formula; Detox Formula; Cayenne.

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Nutritional tonics Specific to the issue you are healing: The items here are the rebuilding tonic specific to the areas needing attention in your body.  Examples would be: BF&C Formula; Female Formula; Prostate Formula; Heart Tonic; ect…

The First step when beginning any detox or healing program is to establish the Foundational programs.  The most vital being the Bowel Cleansing aids.  In most cases the bowels are not moving well, they are backed up, which will prevent the start up of any of the detoxing programs.  Until the bowels are open and moving waste out effectively it is not wise or helpful to begin any detox program.  That said, the first step in any healing or detoxing program is to ensure the bowels are open and moving well.  The Lower Bowel Formula #l (LBF #1) needs to be established starting with the first day of your program. 

Day one: Take one capsule with your dinner meal or around the dinner hour if you are on a juice fast.  Increase by one capsule each day until your bowels are open and working well.  It may take several days for you to find “your number” of capsules needed to support bowel function.  Be patient with yourself, this is an important beginning, getting the bowel supports established well will prevent any number of detoxing issues from appearing as you are doing the Flushing Programs.

During the first week while you are discovering how many LBF #1 Capsules you need to use each day you will also want to begin the herbal supports to build up your immune system.  Using an ounce of Echinacea 4 days each week (Monday-Thursday) is a great place to begin.  When the stronger programs are done it may be needed to increase the Echinacea to an ounce each day for 6 days each week.  Always rest from this formula one day each week. 

The Nutritional Supports include your food program Which will depend on the extent of detoxing or healing you are doing.  When setting up for a strong healing program or detoxing program it may be advantageous to juice fast for the first 30 days.  This will aid the body in the detoxing, healing, processes by providing massive amounts of nutrition at cellular level.  Flooding the body with the healing nutrients needed to clear whatever issues you are facing.  For the best understanding of the benefits of juicing read the article: “Health through Nutrition”.

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The Superfood Powder is a powerful nutritional supplement which can be used freely.  The Suggested use while doing your healing programs is 2 tablespoons in juice three times a day.  It is an excellent meal replacement when juice fasting.  Superfood will provide the protein support needed when doing a raw food program or Juice fast.  When the energy level droops later in the day a large dose (4 tablespoons) of Superfood will often revive the body in about 15 minutes.   

Those using a Vegan or Vegetarian food program will find 2 tablespoons of Superfood taken once a day an excellent source of the B Vitamins that can be hard to come by for those who choose not to consume  animal products.

Once the bowels are open and functioning well it is time to begin the Lower bowel formula #2 (LBF #2).

LBF #2 is taken 1 tsp every three hours throughout the day.  This will usually come to five doses a day.  ( I have found the hours of 3,6,9, 12; an easy way of staying on schedule when doing a formula that needs to be taken every three hours.  This is only a suggestion, do what will work for you.

When using the LBF #2 the bowels will tighten up a bit so you will need to increase the LBF #1 by 1 or 2 capsules daily to accommodate the use of the LBF #2.  This is the actual bowel detoxing formula.  It works as a “Bowel Vacuum” drawing toxin from the bowel walls. 

Remember with the Lower Bowel Formulas you are in control, if the bowels are too tight take an extra LBF #1 Capsule at dinner time.  If the bowels are too loose drop a capsule from your daily dose. 

Once the basic program are in place, the LBF #1 and the LBF #2 are established it is time to add the detoxing  programs.  I prefer to begin my Five Day Liver or Kidney detox on a Monday. 

The five day Liver Detox is best done juice fasting.  If this is not needed or possible a raw food program can be used.  My day begins early with my juicer humming as I make my drinks for the day.  Once all my fruits and veggies have been made into the great juice I will drink throughout the day it is time to do my first liver flush for the day.  I suggest doing three each day during the five day flush week.  See the schedule in our Liver flushing E-book for details. 

The Five day Kidney Detox can be done best with a juice fast but the raw food program will work also.  Again you will make you daily juices for each day first thing in the morning. Follow by your first Kidney flush of the day.  See the Kidney Flushing E-Book for detail instructions.

Herbal Healing, Infection, Colds & Flu, My Opinion

Impacted or Inflamed Sinuses

Dara Dietz

Herbal Suggestions for Clearing: Impacted or Inflamed Sinuses

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Today we are going to discuss a program for clearing impacted or inflamed sinuses.  This past week I realized the program I have suggested for several members over the years has never been put in writing.  The Suggestions provided have worked wonderfully to clear even impacted sinuses.

The herbal supports you will need to have on hand are:

  • Snuff
  • Herbal Antibiotic
  • Echinacea
  • Bowel Cleansing Routines: LBF #1 & LBF #2
Bowel Cleansing

When the sinuses are so blocked no air can move through them it is necessary to pry them open just a bit so the herbal Snuff can be inhaled and begin its work of softening and removing the blockage from the area.  Here are a couple suggestions that never fail to get that small opening into the sinuses which will enable to herbals to be inhaled into the blocked up sinus cavity.

Suggestion #1: Cut up several onions.  In Cases where the blockage is not too severe the vapors from the onions will be enough to get the eyes watering, the nose running.  Please do not discount this simple suggestion, it can be highly effective for a stopped up head.  Once air can be pulled through the nose begin to inhale the Herbal Snuff into the Sinuses.  Keep drawing it up until you can taste the bitter Goldenseal herb in the back of your throat.  As the herb begins to work you will need to blow your nose several times as the backed up waste is melted from the head.

Suggestion #2: Blend Fresh Horseradish Root with Apple Cider Vinegar to an apple sauce consistency.  Hold ¼ to ½ tsp between your tongue and the top of your mouth.   The oils and vapors from the horseradish are an amazingly effective for opening the air ways in the sinuses. Once air can be moved through the sinuses begin inhaling the Herbal Snuff, as described in Suggestion #1, to clear the packed up waste from the sinuses cavity.

Suggestion #3: Use your Wasabi paste, (Japanese Horseradish). It is a powerful highly effective aid for opening the sinuses.  A word of caution for those who have never experienced Wasabi, it can be painful for those not used to the effect. I would suggest starting slowly with a good Wasabi paste.  It will not physically hurt you but the effects can be uncomfortable for those new to this type of food.  Again once you are able to pull air in through your nose you can begin to inhale the Herbal Snuff into the sinus cavity.

Using the Herbal Snuff

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What to expect when snorting this herbal mix into the sinuses:  Some people will experience a warm feeling in the sinuses, along with watering of the eyes.  Shortly after the herbal powder is pulled up into the sinuses the nose will begin to drip.  To me it feels like the waste is being melted out.  The hard packed waste in the cavity will begin to soften and move with the pull of gravity to be expelled through the nose.  I heard the testimony of one woman who pulled ropes of hardened mucus from her nose, effectively clearing the sinuses in her head.

The Snuff can be used freely.  When I have needed to clear my head I have taken the time to inhale this mixture repeatedly until my head felt clear.  Please note I have never suffered from blocked sinuses beyond the effects of a bad head cold.  For those working to clear impacted sinuses the herbs will need more time to do the work of softening and clearing the waste.

Additional Aids for Clearing Congestion from the Head are:

Eye Health Class

Flushing the eyes with the Eyebright Formula:  this will bring good circulation to the areas surrounding the eyes as well as clear waste from the eyes themselves.  With the sinuses impacted or inflamed it would not be a surprise to discover the eyes are being affected and the circulation to them is also blocked up.

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Hearing Loss Routine: Following this routine as found on our Hearing Loss Info Sheet, will aid in clearing the vertigo issues that often accompany impacted sinuses.  The head can also become off balance causing occasional dizziness to occur when the sinuses are full of waste.  The hearing can also become affected, remember the entire head is impacted because of the large amount of waste being held in the sinuses.  Clearing the waste from the ears and supporting better circulation in this area of the head will also aid in clearing the sinuses.  It is all connected.

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Infection Program

Herbal Infection Support

For a full write-up on a good blood and lymph infection formula, with the herbs, proportions and how to make it at home, see Getting the Herbs to Where the Infection Lives.

Following the Herbal Infection Routines will prove helpful in aiding the body to remove the toxic waste you will be draining from your sinuses.  A good infection program would be to follow the suggestions provided in our Infection Information Sheet. Depending on how long the issues have been allowed to remain unchallenged in the body will determine how long the infection work should be continued.  There will be no harm in continuing to use the Infection formulas for several weeks to several months.  Let your body tell you when enough is enough.

Cleansing & Flushing, Digestion & Gut, Herbal Healing

How to Do a High Enema

Dara Dietz

By Breanne Fariss, written for the benefit of the H.E.A.L. members, with notes from Dara at the end.

You are what you eat, drink, breathe, and think… AND what you don’t eliminate!

If this is your first time, the idea of an enema may make you feel really uneasy and awkward, and rightfully so. You also may not be confident in the purpose of it. Truth is, it may not be something you would choose to do at a day at the spa, BUT you may feel just as good when you’re done! At first it will be awkward, but it will become more natural and easier in a very short time. It’s only water… give it a try!

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Why Do an Enema?

An enema washes the colon (large intestine) from the inside. The general American diet is made of highly processed foods that do not promote colon health. They become sticky and thick, line the colon walls, and slow the healthy wave-like contractions (peristalsis) that move waste along. Excess mucus thickens the waste and makes it move through sluggishly.

  • Constipation. If you are not going daily (ideally as many times as you eat a meal), it’s time to make some changes. Think of the bulk of food you eat in a day: about that much should leave your body. Your body is a juicer, and it spits out the fiber. Enemas help get things moving while you also drink more water, change your diet, add fiber and probiotics, and use the Lower Bowel Formula until you are going frequently and thoroughly.
  • Stomach aches and gas cramps. These are often caused by some level of constipation, a reaction to food, or the colon breaking loose old fecal matter, mucus and toxins during a cleanse. A series of enemas can give almost immediate relief.
  • Headaches. Depending on the cause, a series of enemas can help by releasing pent-up toxins and hydrating the bowel.
  • During a cleanse. When you give the body an opportunity to purge, it brings toxins up out of the places where it had them buried. If you don’t move them out quickly, they can be absorbed back through the colon wall and make you feel sick. Regular enemas keep the toxins moving out quickly and safely. Building the immune system with Echinacea is a great help at the same time. If anyone is doing any type of cleanse, they must be willing to do enemas.

Two Kinds of Enema

A regular enema only cleans out the rectum. These are the small Fleet-sized enemas you can buy. A high enema washes the whole length of the large intestine, sometimes with something added to the water for stimulation or a deeper cleanse. For your first few, use only warm, pure water.

Getting Ready

What to Buy

An enema bag system. These are often sold as a combination enema and douche kit; the bag is the same, only the nozzle differs. You will also need a lubricant. Natural oils such as pure olive oil or a water-soluble lubricant work. If you will be doing enemas daily, use BF&C Salve as your lubricant to protect the skin around the rectum.

Preparing Your Equipment

  • Clamp the tube. The bag comes with a clamp that fits over the tube near the nozzle. Clamp it shut before filling, or you will have a mess.
  • Fill with warm distilled water, about body temperature (95 to 100°F); test it on your wrist. Too hot and you cannot hold it and it is uncomfortable coming out. Too cold and the rectum will close up and won’t accept the water. Use the purest water you can, distilled is best, because you will absorb some of it through the colon.
  • Hang it up about 3 to 4 feet above the floor, where you can reach the tube easily while lying flat. A doorknob or towel rack is usually about right. The higher the bag, the stronger the flow. A permanent hook on the bathroom wall makes this easy; leave the rinsed bag hanging there, covered with a towel.
  • Clear the air from the tube. Hold the nozzle over the toilet, open the clamp for a couple of seconds until the air is out (you can hear it clear), then clamp it shut again.
  • Prepare your spot. Lay a towel on the floor where you will lie. If getting up and down from the floor is hard because of back trouble or other difficulty, you can kneel, or even sit on the toilet; just hang the bag higher and keep the hose from kinking.
  • Lubricate the nozzle and yourself so it goes in easily.

Prepare Yourself

Relax and breathe! Play some music, read your Bible or a book, or take advantage of some quiet time to think and pray.

What to expect. You will feel the water entering the colon and a slowly building pressure, perhaps some cramping. That means the water has met fecal matter or a gas bubble. Clamp the tube, relax, move side to side a little and massage, and it will often move along so more water can go in. If the pressure is too much, leave it clamped, remove the nozzle, release on the toilet, then go back and take the next bag. It is usually easier the second time, and easier still after a few days. It is not uncommon for only water to come back the first time or two; after a couple, you should start to see water mixed with fecal matter as things loosen.

Taking the High Enema

Diagram of the colon showing why to start an enema on the left side

The water enters the rectum and fills the descending colon on your left side first, then crosses under the ribs and goes down the ascending colon on your right. Simplified diagram drawn for H.E.A.L.

  • 1. Start on your LEFT side. Always begin an enema lying on your left side. From the rectum the colon runs up your left side, crosses your body under the ribs, and comes down your right side to where the small intestine joins it. Starting on the left lets the water flow along that path.
  • 2. Insert gently. Slide the nozzle straight in, usually an inch or two (the kit’s instructions will say).
  • 3. Let the water flow. Open the clamp. If it doesn’t flow well, check the hose for kinks and adjust the nozzle so it isn’t pressed against the wall of the rectum.
  • 4. Massage your abdomen gently but firmly as the water flows in. It helps break up and release waste and lets trapped air move.
  • 5. Roll with it. When about a third of the bag is in, turn onto your back. After another third, turn onto your right side. By then the water has traveled through most of the colon. Sometimes you can add more warm water to the bag and continue until you feel full.
  • 6. Wait. Learn to hold the water 10 to 15 minutes; it is washing the inside of a dirty tube. At first you may not be able to hold it that long. Your first few times, just go to the toilet when the urge is strong.
  • 7. Move and slosh. While the water is in, roll from your left side to your back to your right side, or lie on your back, raise your hips and slosh. When you stand to go, sway your belly side to side and around. The more the water sloshes, the more sludge breaks loose. Beware of sudden urges!
  • 8. Release. When the urge is strong or your 10 to 15 minutes are up, sit on the toilet and release. A second or third urge may follow as more water and waste work their way out. Massage the colon in a clockwise circle to help. If a gas bubble causes a sharp cramp, bend over and keep massaging until it passes.
  • 9. Repeat. Do the enema three times at each session for a thorough cleansing.
  • 10. Clean up. Scrub the toilet right away, before old matter dries on like cement. Empty the bag, wash the nozzle well with hot soapy water, and hang it all to dry.

Great work! You have done a great service to your body, aiding it in its constant effort to keep you clean and healthy. Keep it up with pure food and water for a healthier, more energetic life.

Instructions by Breanne Fariss, written for the benefit of the H.E.A.L. members.

Dara’s Notes for the Healing Programs

  • How often. It depends on how well the bowels are working. Three times a week (every other day) is good. Once a day takes time, but it has its benefits: done first thing in the morning, it clears the bowels so you will likely not need to go again until the afternoon. If you do it daily, use BF&C Salve as the lubricant.
  • Cleansing tea for the enema water. On the Incurables Program, a tea of equal parts chaparral, Oregon grape root and red clover in distilled water makes a good cleansing high enema.
  • Follow with an implant. After the high enema, put in a small amount to be held and absorbed. Soothing: 8 ounces of aloe vera gel with 8 ounces of distilled water. Detoxifying: 2 ounces of wheatgrass juice with 16 ounces of distilled water. Anti-bacterial, anti-viral and anti-fungal: 1 to 2 cloves of garlic blended into 8 ounces of raw apple cider vinegar and 8 ounces of distilled water; an excellent healing aid, but it can be very intense. Red clover tea for blood cleansing and Echinacea root tea for the immune system also make good implants.

The Skullcap and Catnip Liver Dump

A really good herbal mix for getting the liver to release. Put 1 rounded tablespoon of skullcap and 1 rounded tablespoon of catnip in a 32-ounce jar, fill it with boiling distilled water, set a saucer or loose lid on top, and leave it in the bathroom overnight. In the morning, strain it into your final enema bag of water: a small strainer that fits over the mouth of the enema bag works perfectly, or strain it into another glass first and then add it to the bag.

Hold it until the need to let it out is clear. It normally takes effect in 5 to 10 minutes, and the liver will release a good amount of toxic waste, so stay close to the bathroom. A wonderful way to start the day with a cleared-out liver.

I find it better than a coffee enema: it gets the liver to release without stressing the endocrine system with too much stimulation from the caffeine.

Use distilled water for all enemas, implants and teas.

When Not to Do an Enema

Don’t do an enema with severe or sudden belly pain, a fever with a hard, tender belly, rectal bleeding you can’t explain, or soon after bowel or rectal surgery without your doctor. If the bowels have not moved for several days and you are vomiting or the belly is swelling, get medical help. Stop if you feel faint or dizzy. For babies and young children, see Enema for an Infant or Young Child; they need much smaller amounts.