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Page 2 of 6 Liver Support Milk Thistle is also known as St Mary's Thistle, Silybum Marianum (botanical name), Marian's Thistle, Holy Thistle and Blessed Thistle. If language reflects energy one would guess that this is pretty powerful medicine. The plant's many guises all relate to an old legend. The story tells of Mary resting beneath the boughs of a thistle tree so that she may feed the baby Jesus. It is said that a drop of her milk fell on the plant's green leaves and there it stayed, thus imbuing the plant with its healing properties.The benefits of milk thistle have been known for more than two thousand years. It’s fruits and seeds protect the liver and help with various ailments associated with liver function. Silymarin (one of the active constituents) is known to protect the liver by altering and strengthening the structure of the outer cell membranes of hepatocytes (liver cells), preventing toxins from entering the liver cells, and by stimulating the regenerative ability of the liver and the formation of new hepatocytes Coffee Enemas Despite being the butt (ha!ha!) of many jokes (“milk and sugar?”) from the orthodox establishment, enemas have been a health practice known to all the ancient civilisations from pre-Columbian South American Indians to the Pharaohs of Egypt. Detoxifying the colon makes sense. Cleaning out your colon reduces the toxic waste adhering to the colon wall. As your colon acts as the sewage system for your body if it gets blocked or overloaded you can get problems with the systemic absorption of toxins. In addition, coffee administered via the rectum enters the hepatic circulation, stimulates the liver, and results in a greater flow of bile. Coffee enemas cause dilation of bile ducts, which facilitates excretion of toxic cancer breakdown products by the liver. In 1981, Dr. Lee Wattenberg and his colleagues were able to show that substances found in coffee—kahweol and cafestol palmitate—promote the activity of a key enzyme system, glutathione S-transferase. This system detoxifies a vast array of electrophiles (electron-deficient chemicals) from the bloodstream and, states Gar Hildenbrand of the Gerson Institute, "must be regarded as an important mechanism for carcinogen detoxification." Coffee enemas also seem to have an analgesic effectAnd what do patients say? Generally patients tolerate coffee enemas well and, once they have practised a few times, may quite enjoy the experience. Making time to be alone and quiet, and creating a warm bathroom space with calming music and incense, can be a relaxing therapeutic experience. A coffee enema can be administered 1 to 4 times a day. I personally feel that once a day is sufficient because people can get a bit stressed over not having enough time to do all the things they are “supposed” to do. |
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