mouthful with plenty of saliva. Remember, breaking your fast is a very
important part of this program. Chew your food well and eat until
satisfi ed, not full. You can always eat more later on if you are still hungry.
After 4:00 p.m. you may have a vegetable salad, and fruit again in the
evening.
Afterward
On the day after, start the same way as you did on day one, and then ease
your way back into a good diet over a few days. This schedule can be
done on a week-on, week-off basis until you feel that any deep-seated
imbalances have really changed.
Things to Do Every Day
- Skin brushing, bathing, or showering with lavender essential oil.
- Hot and cold showers.
- Thirty minutes minimum of vigorous cardiovascular exercise to get
your blood moving, preferably in fresh air. - Twenty minutes of belly breathing exercises twice daily, preferably
once in the morning and again in the afternoon. - Take one teaspoon three times daily of a detoxifi cation tincture con-
taining red clover fl ower, plantain leaf, wild yam tuber, sarsaparilla
root, bearberry leaf, gingerroot, licorice root, and myrrh resin. - It is vitally important that you seek advice on bowel cleansing during
this program.
Kidney Cleanses
a five-day cleansing and detoxification program
A kidney cleanse can be done at any time of year, but if a liver cleanse is
also contemplated, do the kidney cleanse fi rst. Very cold, damp weather is
not an ideal condition in which to clear the kidneys, but as long as you
keep warm and well wrapped up, it can be done during any season.
Emotionally, you may feel weepy, vulnerable, and watery. Those who have
felt this way have also felt that past issues were somehow accessed and
fl ushed away.
You must consume at least four and a half quarts of liquid a day, plus
three cups of barley water (see recipe in chapter 4). Keep vegetables and
fruit separate on this program.
On waking, drink at least a pint of distilled water. This fl ushes the
digestive tract.
Prepare a morning drink in a bottle: For the kidney and bladder
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