Wow, can I really be %# already. This just can’t be true. My heart still beats inside the body of a young girl. The years have flown in a flash. So much still I’d love to do, so much yet to know about living, loving and being me. I’m just beginning to know who I am and what I really want from this life.
I cannot remember a single day uncolored by the Love of my Heavenly Father. His care has provided comfort and hope when the evil and hurt was all around. He has been my friend and counselor as I have worked to make sense of my early years. Now I know Him as my trusted Friend who has walked every step of this life with me. I have had to make this journey alone, except for Him, but what a great Exception He is.
I want to thank each of you who have shared even a small part of my journey with me and who I have been privileged to share in yours. In sharing I have discovered the only truth of any value in this life. It is only in giving and doing for others that real joy, contentment and healing can be found.
Today I start the second week of my extended juice fast. My energy is up today, I feel great. Why am I doing an extended juice fast? It is my way of clearing the cobwebs from my life as well as kick starting my weight loss program.
The fresh juice I drink is only a part of my program. I am using two tablespoons of Superfood three times a day. Clear distilled water 32 oz. three times a day. Apple Cider Vinegar one tablespoon in 16 oz. of water twice a day. Psyllium Husk Powder 1 rounded teaspoon once a day in my evening Superfood.
My need for the LBF #1’s has gone up by three capsules a day. This was expected. The waste coming from the liver has no fiber and sits heavy in the bowel. I’ve lost 11 pounds since beginning my juice fast last Monday. I can already feel the need to do a liver flush again. Flushing my liver has been on my schedule since last Friday. Hopefully I’ll be able to do an “ELF” tonight.
One really weird item: This past month I’ve developed heavy crystals in my left foot. After setting for any length of time the first step I take feels like I’m crushing glass under my foot. The sharpness crushes away as soon as I step down. I’ve never heard of our felt this type of heavy crystals before. They went away for a couple of weeks after my last liver flush. It’s apparently time to clean this house I’m living in.
I’ve been getting a lot of questions on Eczema & Hives lately. Not sure what is going on out there.
Several of our members have called this past week with fresh outbreaks of hives. Hives must be cleared from the inside out. Topical applications will not clear this condition. The Liver has decided to detox through the skin instead of channeling the waste through the bowels. The skin was never intended for this type of detoxing. The blisters and scales caused from the caustic waste itch insufferably.
A good liver cleanse is the only fix for this unbearable condition. Several years ago a woman was brought to me covered in blisters from her neck to her knees. She had been trying for over a month to clear the hives with prescription meds but to no avail.
She had her first liver flush that afternoon followed by a warm ginger bath. We added two cups ginger powder to a bathtub of warm water. She soaked in this for about an hour. There was no need to clear the bowels before her liver flush since she was already using the LBF #1’s. By the next morning all her blisters were down to dry red patches. She continued juice fasting and liver flushing that week at home and reported the hives were completely cleared by the following weekend.
Since working with this woman I have discovered the power of the ELF (Emergency Liver Flush) for clearing hives in a day instead of the week it took doing the smaller amounts of Olive oil. These days I still suggest the ginger bath as ginger is a downward motion herb which will encourage the body to detox through the proper channels. But I have found doing an ELF at the start of the week of liver flushing when dealing with acute skin issues will often completely clear the misery in one day or at the very least greatly reduce the issue. Continue flushing the liver throughout the week ending with another ELF on day five of the liver flush.
Those who have stopped flushing the liver after the one ELF has cleared the hives have had the condition return in a few weeks. It is a good idea to finish clearing the liver so you will not have to face the itch again.
Details on how to do an ELF are available on my blog and in the member’s area on the last two pages of the Liver Flushing E-Book.
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The Cancer Poultice for the lump in your breast is only a part of the program to clear this issue. Please let me take a few minutes of your time to give you an understanding of the true issues within your body.
In the 1950’s the American Cancer Society did an extended research project on a group of bunny rabbits. The project went on for several years. Each day they swabbed the rabbit’s ears with a smear of nicotine. After a few months they cut open several of the rabbits to see what was happening inside. Here is what they found.
No tumors or cancer appeared for nearly 18 months. Before any form of cancer or tumors appeared the internal elimination organs had been greatly compromised, to the point they were unable to do the work of elimination God intended they do.
What this understanding means for you or any cancer or tumor patient is simple that before your body was in a condition to produce a tumor or lump of any kind your system had become extremely degraded. Your liver, kidneys, digestive system ect… are all in need of serious rebuilding. The lump you have in your breast is not the issue only a symptom of your degraded internal system.
You can treat the lump, cut out the lump, cut off both your breasts and the lumps will appear in other parts of your body. Why? Because you need to strengthen and rebuild your elimination organs, they are degraded to the place they cannot do their jobs and because of this are allowing waste to be pocketed around your body in the form of tumors and cancer.
One of the Late Dr. Christopher’s favorite sayings was, “cleanse & feed”. You must cleanse out the waste while you feed and rebuild your system. This is where the entire Incurables Program proves valuable.
The liver is the vacuum of the body. This is the organ for elimination of the lump in your breast. The poultice will break up the lump allowing the lymphatic system to move it out for elimination through the liver and out the bowel. Flushing the liver supports this mighty organ enabling it to do its job more effectively. Along with the cleansing you will want to flood your body with fresh juices and Superfood’s which provides the nutrition at cellular level for a rebuilding of your internal systems. (Cleanse & Feed)
You will want to begin with the foundational programs before you do a liver flush. These three programs must be established and continued throughout your healing process. They are: Boosting the system with Echinacea, Bowel Cleansing and Nutritional support. The E-books available in our member’s area will provide detailed instructions and schedules for doing the entire program. You have a major disease and need to aggressively support your body in this healing journey you have begun.
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Why do some women suffer so intensely from the hormonal shifts during menopause?
To answer this question we will need to look at more than the physical system. It is important to understand the entire process taking place during this “change of life” period. The cessation of the monthly cycle is only the outward sign of the huge rewiring of the brain occurring on the inside. The hormonal curtain has been lifted providing a clear view into the inner workings of you. It is time to make friends with yourself.
During the teenage years the young woman develops the need to nurture a family. The hormones regulating her monthly cycle also create her yearning for a home and children. The hormonal curtain lowers between her and her inner self causing her attention to be focused outward on home and family. This hormonally driven need to create a home and nurture children continues until at menopause the cycle stops, bringing an end to the desire for and ability to have children.
During the preceding ten years also known as perimenopause there is a complete rewiring of the brain. The hormonal curtain is being lifted for greater and greater periods of time until at menopause it rises never to fall again.
Herbal Suggestions for Female Complaints
How will the lifting and eventual removal of this hormonal curtain affect the woman?
The lifting of this hormonal curtain allows the woman to connect with her inner self again. We have all heard stories of the wise older woman. Menopause is a passage from one era of life to another. The woman is now free to access her creative side, free to focus inward on her own needs. This is her time to become and do. All the wisdom collected from her life experiences can now be freely accessed.
The down side to all this connecting with one’s self is the stash of emotional bills often found behind the hormonal curtain. Issues put off and out of mind will no longer be put aside. The time has come to deal with your life. Everything you had swept behind the curtain to deal with at a later time is now staring you straight in the face. Later is here, the curtain is gone, you can no longer hide from yourself.
The more unfinished emotional business lurking behind the curtain the harder and more symptomatic menopause will be. Life is giving you an opportunity to finally get it right. Do the hard work on you and become the woman you always knew you were. The flip side is not a pretty picture. That’s why antidepressants were invented. Refusing to deal with yourself is refusing to live the life you have been given. If you opt to check out on life they have developed plenty of chemical supports to smooth the way.
Herbal Supports
There are very effective herbal supports to catch those hormonal swings, easing the passage through menopause. The first and balancing herbal support is the Female Formula. This formula will support in stopping the hot flashes, night sweats, and emotional free fall which can be a part of menopause. At some point in the process the Female Formula may not be enough. The Changease Formula added to the Female Formula routine will provide the increased hormonal support needed.
Many women report heart palpitation which can be supported herbally as follows:
NF Formula
General Nervine
Cayenne extract
Hawthorne extract
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My Peri-menopause journey has included what I have termed “panic attacks”. I will wake up feeling dizzy and light-headed and my heart will be racing like a freight train. It is a frightening thing to go through on a regular and consistent basis. However, the good news is I have them mostly under control now. How, you ask? I found some herbal supports that have been a wonder to me and I don’t know what I would do without them.
Every night I make a cup of hot tea which I call my “hot totty”:
3 droppersful of Cayenne (most people have to work up to that gradually)
6 droppersful of Hawthorne
Difficulty Sleeping
I find 2 droppersful each of the General Nervine and NF formulas help with my difficulty in sleeping and staying asleep at night. These combinations work for me almost all the time.
The only exception is when I have overdone the caffeine or sugar or a combination of both.
When I wake up with palpitations I do a Cayenne/Hawthorne mixture until it stops. Usually I only have to do that once and it quits, but if I have been particularly bad that day, it may mean I have to repeat the mixture a time or two more. I do this every five minutes until relieved. –G.H. Rutherfordton NC
2013 is fast becoming the summer of the liver flush. Our local members have discovered the fun and cleansing benefit of flushing the liver. There is a whole lot of liver flushing going on. ELF parties are popping up all over. An ELF Party can be a fun end to a beneficial week of juice fasting.
Below are a few guide lines and suggestion for planning an ELF party.
First and most important find a group of like-minded family members or friends who want to do some serious cleansing work. Two or three people will do, six or seven will round out a great party.
Plan an introductory evening get together with all your party people. At this time provide everyone with details of the adventure they are beginning. A packet containing the following items would be a huge help: Juicing combination suggestions, Liver Flushing E-book, Foundational E-Book, and anything else you feel would be helpful.
The week before the juice fast everyone must make sure the Foundational programs are in place: Boosting with Echinacea and that the bowels are open and working well. Beginning use of the Superfood during this pre-fast week is also an excellent idea. Provide the party guest several good juicing combination suggestions. Provide these now before they go veggie shopping. There are many juicing recipes on line. Look around find a few that seem interesting. Below are two of my favorites.
My morning juice is a combination of:
½ Cantaloupe
¼ Honey dew Mellon
2 Apples
2 Pears
2 to 4 cups Dark Leafy Greens (Chard or Kale)
For Lunch I make the following Vegetable Juice:
4 Tomatoes
2 bunches of Parsley
¼ Red Onion
1 Large Cucumber
2 stalks Celery
1 Bell Pepper
1 Green Hot Pepper (Optional)
1 Lime
The last two days before the juice fast is to begin everyone is to eat only raw food. Some may want to plan a raw food menu for those fairly new to the idea of eating raw.
The night before the juice fast is to begin throw a raw food feast kick-off party. The night’s entertainment, if possible, must be playing the inspirational DVD, “Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead”.
During the five to seven days juice fast stay in touch with your party guests. A daily check in time for each guest would be an excellent idea. You can also use the buddy system in larger groups.
*Remember to keep those bowels open and comfortable
The last evening of the Juice Fast will be the ELF Party Night. Plan a sleep over.
You will need plenty of Castor Oil & Flannel and a package of Press & Seal Wrap for the Castor Oil packs.
Fresh Ginger, Olive Oil, and Grape Fruit juice for the Liver Flush Drink
Make a large pot of Detox tea for sipping while warming the castor oil packs.
Everyone will need to bring their own heating pad.
Plenty of Digestive Tonic & LG/AP Formula for anyone who develops an upset stomach
When dealing with nausea during a liver flush I would suggest 1 tsp. Digestive Tonic and 1 tsp. LP formula mixed together in an ounce or two of water. Knock this mix back. (Drink all in one swallow, DO NOT SIP) This will settle any system where the bowels are open and working well.
Eat Raw for two days then introduce cooked food. IF you do okay eating your cooked food proceed with a normal food plan. IF cooked food is not agreeing with you eat raw a few more days before resuming a regular food plan.
The end of December I decided it was time to push the restart button on my life. I recently discovered a couple of great documentaries showing people who had changed their lives with food.
The First was the feature film Forks over Knives which examines the profound claim that most, if not all, of the degenerative diseases that afflict us can be controlled, or even reversed, by rejecting animal-based and processed foods. http://www.forksoverknives.com/about/synopsis/
Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead, Chronicles the journey of Joe Cross, who is 100 pounds overweight, loaded up on steroids and suffering from a debilitating autoimmune disease, he is at the end of his rope and the end of his hope. In the mirror he saw a 310lb man whose gut was bigger than a beach ball and a path laid out before him that wouldn’t end well— with one foot already in the grave, the other wasn’t far behind. FAT, SICK & NEARLY DEAD is an inspiring film that chronicles Joe’s personal mission to regain his health. http://www.fatsickandnearlydead.com/
After viewing these two inspiring and informative movies my husband and I decided to make a few changes starting with an extended juice fast. He had never done one before and has always struggled to keep a healthy weight. Michael is 6 ft 4 inches and for the first 15 years of our marriage he was seriously under weight, tipping the scales around 137 pounds with his clothes on. After some serious Bowel Cleansing and Liver flushing in the late 1990’s he began putting on weight. By 2002 he was tipping the scales at 170 pounds.
We both felt the need to hit the restart button on our bodies. Michael was looking for an energy boost and I want to drop a few pounds. We began our juice fast on December 31st. Michael managed four good days and gained two pounds. This was amazing to me as I drank a lot more juice than he did and lost 14 pounds over the same four days. This only proves again that our bodies know what they need to do and will do it if we will provide the proper nutrition and then get out of the way.
I plan to continue juice fasting for an extended period. I was concerned I would not be satisfied with only juicing to continue for any length of time but have found the following routine to be very satisfying.
Each morning I begin my day with a hot cup of Echinacea tea followed by my Superfood in 16 ounces of fresh fruit juice.
My morning juice is a combination of:
½ Cantaloupe
¼ Honey dew Mellon
2 Apples
2 Pears
2 to 4 cups Dark Leafy Greens (Chard or Kale)
For Lunch I make the following Vegetable Juice:
4 Tomatoes
2 bunches of Parsley
¼ Red Onion
1 Large Cucumber
2 stalks Celery
1 Bell Pepper
1 Green Hot Pepper (Optional)
1 Lime
Throughout the day I enjoy my regular herbal teas and additional glasses of the juices above. If I feel hungry or weak I slowly sip a glass of juice for an almost instant energy pick-up.
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It is very hard for me to be the firm yet caring healer Dr. Christopher was ascribed to be. Hearing of the distress you have endured while doing a liver flush I find it hard to form the words to strengthen you on your healing journey. This is an injustice to you and I must find a way to share the knowledge I have come to understand with firmness and care. Dr. Christopher was once accredited with the saying, “a cleaner cup for the next dose”, in reference to a patient clearing the stomach while doing a flush.
Distance makes this very difficult. You cannot see the tears in my eyes or understand the compassion that fills my heart when the struggles encountered during the cleansing process are shared with me. If I could have been present with the knowledge I’ve gained over the years much of the discomfort might have been alleviated.
This is not the role the Father has given me. My role is to support, teach, and encourage from a distance. With this understanding I must find a way to apply a firm hand while still showing compassion for the discomfort that will be a part of any cleansing program.
You had an extremely disagreeable time doing the liver flush. The extended period of nausea could have been abrogated to a large degree with a little herbal experience. Knowing how to address a cleansing crisis can make all the difference. When dealing with nausea during a liver flush I would suggest 1 tsp. Digestive Tonic and 1 tsp. LP formula mixed together in an ounce or two of water. Knock this mix back. (Drink all in one swallow, DO NOT SIP) This will settle any system where the bowels are open and working well.
Understanding why the nausea happens in the first place comes with experience. Since we know your bowels are working fine. I would suggest the cause of your nausea was from the rapid detoxing backing up into the stomach. This is quickly reversed by using the method mentioned above. It is a matter of turning the detoxing flow around and sending the waste out through the bowel.
Yes, I can agree that drinking 8 to 16 ounces of oil is extremely unpleasant. Yes, liver flushing will create a bit of drama. That said, everything you have shared with me says you need to do more liver flushing. The drama you have experienced is not a negative back lash but a strong positive reaction that needs to be processed through to the end. Your body is doing exactly what you have asked it to do. The detoxing process was powerful when you did your liver flush. As Dr. Christopher says, you created “a cleaner cup for the next dose.”
Over the years many members have expressed a reluctance to do the liver flushing part of the cleansing programs. The common excuses have been:
“I can’t get the oil down.”
“I already feel so bad; I don’t want to feel worse.”
“I can’t afford to take off time from work if I get sick.”
“Way too much work. There must be an easier way to get well.”
Everyone underestimates the power of the Liver Cleanse. Failure to do all the cleansing programs rigorously and repeatedly can cause you to NOT GET WELL. Members believe they are on the Incurables program, yet they are not regularly flushing their livers. They fail to understand how critical it is to repeatedly clear the waste from the liver.
We would all like to be handed some herbs in a bottle that will reverse, in a day or a weekend, all the damage, heal our diseases, and fix 30 years of unconscious living. There is no magic herb.
No Back Lash
The truth is there is no back lash to doing a liver flush. Cleansing the liver is simply flushing the excess waste from the liver into the bowel for elimination from the body. The liver is our internal vacuum cleaner; it is the organ all the waste must process through. Clearing a major or minor issue can cause this filtering organ to become gummed up, unable to properly function.
Doing an ELF (Emergency Liver Flush) will not cause your issues to become worse or create more discomfort in the body. Liver flushing will greatly reduce the discomfort regardless the reason. Flushing the liver allows this mighty internal vacuum to begin pulling waste from every corner of the body and can break up congestion, clear hives and break-outs… as quickly as several hours.
The Healing Crisis
Any healing crisis will be brought on when the liver is too over loaded and unable to process waste out through normal channels. This is when doing an ELF would be most beneficial. Let’s look at a common issue. A body is going along doing what it does every other day when suddenly out of the blue hives develop. Large patches of hives covering the arms, legs, tummy and back. Why? Nothing was different today than yesterday.
The day may appear ordinary on the outside but on the inside the liver has become so congested it can no longer process waste properly. When this happens the liver looks toward the skin as another avenue for waste removal. The skin is not able to handle such toxicity and quickly breaks down.
Other issues that can occur are a buildup of congestion around the body over injured or weakened areas. I discovered when my liver is backed up the pain in my knee returns. Applying BF&C salve over the affected area is an excellent healing support but will only go so far in clearing this issue. Failing to flush the liver will prevent the congestion from clearing and the issue will not heal.
Flushing to Heal Damaged Joint
Over the past month or so my younger brother has been working on trying to clear the pain from his thumb joint. He works in construction which takes a toll on the hands. I’d sent him some BF&C Salve and Extract which he was using. I’d expected the issue to clear quickly but it was dragging on. Finally I suggested he do a liver flush. Within a day or two of his flush he called to share that his thumb was completely healed. He had continued to use the BF&C Salve over the area and had not put the two together. When brought to his attention he realized the pain had cleared immediately following flushing the liver.
Disease or injury in any form comes down to blockage or congestion. Clearing this blockage or congestion from the body is the only true healing. A body cannot be poisoned back to health. Massive amounts of nutrition for rebuilding a broken down system along with repeated flushing of the eliminative organs is how to truly be well.
Beginning a strong juice fast, body flushing program without the proper groundwork will prove a huge mistake. Preparing the body for the work about to be done is as important as the cleansing itself. Even the introduction of fresh juice can cause a cleansing crisis if the immune system is unable to handle the toxins released for removal. I’ve even seen people new to eating fresh fruits and vegetables suffer a detoxing crisis over a nice salad.
It’s All about Alkalinity
Think about nutrition for a minute. Our blood is in balance when we’re slightly alkaline: with a pH of 7.35. Pure nutrition is alkaline. Alkaline foods are foods that raise the amount of oxygen that your blood takes in.
How much oxygen your blood can absorb is measured on a pH scale that ranges from 0 to 14. A pH of 0 is most acidic while a pH of 14 is most alkaline. Your body functions best when the pH of your blood is 7.35. If your blood pH gets below 7 or above 7.45, your body cannot function.
The question then is what will happen in a very acidic body when massive amounts of pure alkaline are introduced? Every cell in your body jumps for joy and dumps its waste. The entire system will begin to release massive amount of acidic waste for removal. Will… Yahoo!? Right? Wrong. Unless you are into feeling like you have been run over by a mac truck.
Here is what will happen within about twenty-four hours. Mr. New to Nutrition reads something about the benefits of juicing and decides to give it a try. Instead of beginning his day with a glass of fresh juice for a start, he decides to jump right into a major juice fast. Morning of day two he wakes up with a banger of a headache and likely muscle aches from head to toe. The amount of waste up for elimination has overwhelmed his immune system. All this waste must be attached and treated by the immune cells before it can be released from the body. What the immune system is unable to treat is then reabsorbed. Not good!
The Startup Plan
No, do not take your new juicer back to the store. There is a plan. You can have all the benefits of healthy living without the cleansing crisis. Follow this simple start up program for a week or so to prepare the body for the onslaught of good you plan to do.
Bowel Cleansing; Make sure the Bowels are open and working well. Establish the bowel cleansing program before beginning any cleaning campaign.
Echinacea to Boost the Immune system. Begin boosting the week before beginning a major cleansing program or juice fast. An ounce a day for four days each week you do an cleansing program is a good place to start.
Always step up and down from a juice fast. How is this done?
Stepping Up and Down from a Juice Fast
Begin eating raw the week before you plan to start an extended juice fast, or intense healing program. This will more gradually raise the amount of alkaline being introduced into the system.
Stepping Down
For an extended juice fast or healing program you will need an extended stepping down period. This is very important. Listen to your body. Do not be in a rush to eat cooked foods. If you transition back too quickly to cooked foods you can create a healing crisis all your own.
The rule of thumb is you will spend ½ the amount of time on the juice fast transitioning back to cooked foods. If your juice fast was thirty days you will need a fifteen day period of raw food before introducing any cooked food back into your body.
Do not stop juicing. Continue with your juicing as you reintroduce one raw food the first day. You can have as much as you like but only one food. I like to break my fast with either grapes or apples. If this one food is well accepted depending on the length of the fast after a day or two you can introduce more raw food combinations. After a week or two you should be eating raw fruit or Vegetable salads, supplemented of course with Superfood and fresh juices.
Continue this raw food program until you have covered at least half the time you were juice fasting. On the day you plan to consume cooked food again I would boost with Echinacea if you are not already boosting. The best first cooked food is either brown rice or a baked potato with the skin. You must eat the skin or do not choose the potato. Introduce the cooked food after your raw salad. Enjoy, eating slowly. If you do well continue to add cooked food slowly back into your food program.
Final thoughts:
Listen to your body. You have provided an opportunity to clean house, allow your body the time to finish the effort begun. Do not allow your appetite for cooked food to destroy the good you are doing. You will enjoy cooked food again. Taking your time during this transition period will allow the work you have done to be completed.
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Wow, can I really be %# already. This just can’t be true. My heart still beats inside the body of a young girl. The years have flown in a flash. So much still I’d love to do, so much yet to know about living, loving and being me. I’m just beginning to know who I am and what I really want from this life.
Today I start the second week of my extended juice fast. My energy is up today, I feel great. Why am I doing an extended juice fast? It is my way of clearing the cobwebs from my life as well as kick starting my weight loss program.
I’ve been getting a lot of questions on Eczema & Hives lately. Not sure what is going on out there.
Over the years many members have expressed a reluctance to do the liver flushing part of the cleansing programs. The common excuses have been:
Beginning a strong juice fast, body flushing program without the proper groundwork will prove a huge mistake. Preparing the body for the work about to be done is as important as the cleansing itself. Even the introduction of fresh juice can cause a cleansing crisis if the immune system is unable to handle the toxins released for removal. I’ve even seen people new to eating fresh fruits and vegetables suffer a detoxing crisis over a nice salad.
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