I'm no stranger to Andreas Mortiz' Amazing Liver Cleanse (to gently flush out liver and gallstones from the body). I have done the cleanse successfully about 6 times now. It's been two years since the last time, and my body is definitely giving me signs that it would benefit from another Liver cleanse, so I'll share my process, that closely (identically) follows Andreas' process. To follow his process it is imperative to follow it exactly, especially on flush day. This is basically a 6 day process, 8 days including the rest period after, but I choose to make it a 9 day process (I call the first day Day 0 to document the book's 8 day process).
My 1st Liver Flush in
2016- April 19th – April 27th
April 19, 2016 - Drink Colosan – Day 0 – Pre-prep (Colosan is a gentle way to clean the colon by turning the undigested material into CO2, waste and water, to eliminate it effortlessly).
April 20, 2016 - April 24, 2016 – Day 1-5 - Prep with 32oz of Apple Juice daily
and eat only Warm foods and drinks (avoid anything chilled)
April 25, 2016 – Day 6 - Liver Flush Day – Pre-Flush Colonic in
afternoon
April 26, 2016 – Day 7 - Rest day to pass stones (take relaxing salt bath)
April 27, 2016 – Day 8 - Post-Flush Colonic in afternoon
Liver & Gallbladder
Cleanse – *Consume Everything WARM*
First Cleanse
Kidneys: for 1-2 weeks before the Liver Cleanse week
-Consume kidney detox drinks such as Cranberry Juice, Chanca
Piedra, dandelion root, ginger, and uva ursi daily
-Drink Apple Cider Vinegar with lemon in warm water in
the mornings
-Drink lots of
water throughout the day
-Drink Diatomaceous
Earth in water in the early hours on the day or before bed – it’s a wonderful
internal cleanser.
Kidney
Detox drinks – Drink one a day for week prior to cleanse
prep
Drink 1 - 2 cups Watermelon & 1 Lime, peeled
Drink 2 - 2 Carrots & 1 large Cucumber
Drink 3 - 1 cup Radish, 1 cup Purple Cabbage & 1 rib Celery
Day 0 - Before Prep drink Colosan (a great boost by cleansing the digestive
track)
Foods
to avoid - Follow
a low-protein diet as much as possible, avoid animal protein of any kind,
including dairy, eggs, poultry, fish, and seafood, as these foods are high in
phosphorus and encourage calcium deposition. Also avoid rhubarb, chocolate, and
all caffeinated products, as these foods increase calcium oxalate or uric acid
in the kidneys and could elicit a kidney stone attack in susceptible people.
The HOW of a Liver and
Gallbladder cleanse:
I detail the actual cleanse and prep, but I would highly
suggest you read the book if you want to do the actual cleanse, as it goes into
a lot of detail.
http://innisrecipes.blogspot.com/2010/06/liver-and-gallbladder-miracle-cleanse.html
What you need for Liver Cleans prep and Flush day:
What you need for Liver Cleans prep and Flush day:
·
Six 32oz
portions of apple juice divided for 8oz glass of apple
juic x4 per day or (1/2 tsp of malic
acid in an 8oz glass of water x4 per day)
·
4 TBSP
Epsom salt dissolved in three 24 oz of water (divided into 4 portions of ¾ cups)
·
1/2 cup
cold pressed virgin olive oil – that’s 4oz (make sure it’s high quality like California
Olive Ranch)
·
2/3 glass
of fresh squeezed grapefruit juice or lemon and orange juice combined
·
Fresh
vegetables to eat warm during the 6-day prep (only eat warm or room temp healthy
foods)
The 5 Prep Days before the
Liver Flush day (Day 6)
Day 1 – Day 5
- Drink 32 oz (one quart) split into 3-4 servings of apple juice or alternative
malic acid drink every day for the five days. I drink 3 servings of ½ tsp of
malic acid in 8oz of water daily with 2-3oz of apple juice to sweeten the drink.
The malic acid softens the stones to make them easier to pass. I found
the sugar content to be way too much for me in pure apple juice, especially on
flush day when you drink the whole 32 oz in the morning, so I buy organic pure
apple juice and pour a small amount for sweetness in 8 oz of water with ½ tsp
of Malic Acid per serving (consume this amount 3-4 times through the day…I suggest
mixing the drink at the time of consuming. You can prep the whole thing in the
morning if you choose, but can’t put it in the fridge because it needs to be
room temp. I keep the apple juice in the fridge then use warm water).
Eat as 'vegan' as possible during the cleanse and don’t overeat. Avoid taking vitamins or medicines of any kind if you can help it. If you are on prescription medication be sure to consult your doctor before stopping any medication.
Eat as 'vegan' as possible during the cleanse and don’t overeat. Avoid taking vitamins or medicines of any kind if you can help it. If you are on prescription medication be sure to consult your doctor before stopping any medication.
It may be useful to rinse your mouth
out with baking soda and/or brush your teeth after drinking the mix to prevent
the acid from damaging your teeth.
Do the actual cleanse on a weekend, or when you can be home all day, as some discomfort may occur. You also want constant access to the bathroom to relieve stones. I make sure I have the full day off on the actual liver cleanse day, and the 2 days after. You will need to book an appointment for a Colonic early in the day of the cleanse and two days after.
Do the actual cleanse on a weekend, or when you can be home all day, as some discomfort may occur. You also want constant access to the bathroom to relieve stones. I make sure I have the full day off on the actual liver cleanse day, and the 2 days after. You will need to book an appointment for a Colonic early in the day of the cleanse and two days after.
A Typical day for me during the
5-day prep time before Flush day (day 6):
6AM-8AM – 8 oz of water with
½ tsp of Malic & 4oz of apple juice
10 AM – Breakfast – Steel cut oats with 1 banana and maple syrup
12:30PM – 8 oz of water with
½ tsp of Malic & 3oz of apple juice
2:30PM – Lunch – veggie soup or steamed veggies with quinoa or basmati rice
4:30PM – 8 oz of water with ½
tsp of Malic & 3oz of apple juice
6:30PM – Dinner – veggie soup or steamed veggies with quinoa or basmati rice
8:30PM – My daily Golden milk drink)
Almond milk, turmeric, honey, ginger, betaine powder, cinnamon & pepper) I
drink this nightly, and works just fine during the cleanse as well. The only thing I omit during the cleanse is adding the coconut oil for the evening drink.
*Rest is important during this week, so during my regular gym time I do a gentle workout such as walking around 5pm.
Day 6 - Drink the full 32
oz of apple juice or alternative citric acid mix in the morning hours, eat a
light breakfast if you are hungry, and only drink water after 1:30
PM. I choose to have the colonic mid-day, and out of the 5 times I’ve
done this cleanse I’ve never felt a need to eat on this day.
If you feel hungry in the morning, eat
a light breakfast, such as a hot cereal; oatmeal is the most ideal choice.
Avoid sugar or other sweeteners, spices, milk, butter, oils, yogurt, cheese,
ham, eggs, nuts, pastries, cold cereals; etc. Fruits or fruit juices are fine.
For lunch eat plain cooked or steamed vegetables with white rice (preferably
Basmati rice) and flavor it with a little unrefined sea or rock salt. To repeat, do not eat any protein foods,
butter or oil, or you might feel ill during the actual cleanse. Do not eat or
drink anything (except water) after 1:30PM, otherwise you may not flush out
any stones! Follow the exact timing given below to receive the maximum benefit
from the liver flush.
Before 1:30PM –
It’s strongly advised that you do an enema or colonic at this point. I always
play it safe and get a professional colonic.
1:30 PM - Stop eating, and do not drink
anything except water.
6:00 PM - Prepare a jar
of 24 oz of water mixed with 4 TBSP of Epsom salt (you will divide this into 4
servings). Drink 1st ¾ cup of the Epsom salt water mix at 6PM (1st
portion). Pinch your nose and try breathing through your mouth to
help to bypass some of the nasty taste. You may take a few sips of water afterwards
to get rid of the bitter taste in the mouth or add a little lemon juice to
improve the taste. I just have a wedge of lemon that I suck on right after. One
of the main actions of Epsom salt is to dilate (widen) the bile ducts, making it
easy for the stones to pass. Moreover, it clears out waste that may obstruct
the release of the stones.
8:00 PM – Drink 2nd ¾ cup of the Epsom salt
water mix
9:30 PM – If you have not had a bowel movement until now and have not done
a colon cleanse within 24 hours, take a water enema; this will trigger a series
of bowel movements. Very important to
clear the path to release the stones. I always have a Colonic in the afternoon
of this day so this is never necessary for me.
9:45 PM - Thoroughly wash the grapefruits (or
lemons and oranges). Squeeze them by hand and remove any pulp. You will need ¾ glass
of juice. Pour the juice and ½ glass of olive oil into the pint jar. Close the
jar tightly and shake hard, about 20 times or until the solution is watery.
Ideally, you should drink this mixture at 10:00PM,
but if you feel you still need to visit the bathroom a few more times, you may
delay this step for up to10 minutes.
10:00 PM: Stand next to your
bed (do not sit down) and drink the concoction, if possible, straight. Some
people prefer to drink it through a large plastic straw. If necessary, take a
little honey between sips, which helps chase down the mixture. Most people,
though, have no problem drinking it straight. Do not take more than 5 minutes
for this.
LIE DOWN RIGHT
AWAY! This
is essential for helping to release the gallstones! Turn off the lights and lie
flat on your back with 1-2 pillows propping you up. Your head should be higher
than the abdomen. If this is uncomfortable lie on your right side with your knees
pulled towards your head. Lie perfectly still for at least 20 minutes and
try not to speak! Put your attention on your liver. You may even feel the stones
traveling along the bile ducts like marbles. You can have a cloth soaked with
warm water and apple cider vinegar to place over liver while laying down. There
won’t be any pain because the magnesium in the Epsom salts keeps the bile duct
valves wide open and relaxed, and the bile that is excreted along with the
stones keeps the bile ducts well lubricated (this is very different in the case
of a gallbladder attack where magnesium and bile are not present). Go to sleep
if you can. If at any time during the night you feel the urge to have a bowel movement,
do so. Check if there are already small gallstones (pea green or tan colored
ones) floating in the toilet. You may feel nauseous during the night and/or in
the early morning hours. This is mostly due to a strong, sudden outpouring of
gallstones and toxins from the liver and gallbladder, pushing the oil mixture
back into the stomach. The nausea will pass as the morning progresses. As described,
that was my experience as well.
Day
after Liver Flush
6:00-6:30AM:
Upon
awakening, but not before 6am, drink your 3rd
¾ cup of Epsom salt mix (if you feel very thirsty drink a glass of warm
water before taking the salts). Rest, read or meditate. If you are very sleepy,
you may go back to bed, although it is best if the body stays in the upright
position. Most people feel absolutely fine and prefer to do some light
exercises, such as Yoga, Qui Gong and Tai Chi.
8:00-8:30AM:
Drink
your fourth and 4th and last
¾ cup of Epsom salt mix.
10:00-10:30AM:
You
may drink freshly pressed fruit juice at this time. One half-hour later you may
eat one or two pieces of fresh fruit. One hour later you may eat regular (but
light) food. By the evening or the next morning, you should be back to normal,
and feel the first signs of improvement. Continue to eat light meals during the
following days. Remember, your liver and gallbladder underwent major surgery,
albeit without harmful side effects.
The
Results You Can Expect
During the morning and, perhaps,
afternoon hours after the cleanse you will have a number of watery bowel
movements. These initially consist of gallstones mixed with food residue, and
then just stones mixed with water. Most of the gallstones are pea-green and float
in the toilet because they contain bile compounds. The stones come in different shades of green
and may be bright colored and shiny like gemstones. Only bile from the liver
can cause the green color. Gallstones can come in all sizes, colors and shapes.
The light colored stones are the newest. Blackish stones are the oldest. Some
are pea-sized or smaller, and others are as big as two or three centimeters in
diameter (about 1 inch). There may be dozens and, sometimes, even hundreds of
stones (of different sizes and colors) coming out at once. Also watch out for
tan-colored and white stones. Some of the larger tan-colored or white stones
may sink to the bottom with the stool. They are calcified gallstones that were
released from the gallbladder and contain heavier toxic substances with only small
amounts of cholesterol. All the green and yellowish stones are as soft as
putty, thanks to the action of the apple juice. You may also find a layer of
white or tan-colored chaff or ‘foam’ floating in the toilet. The foam consists
of millions of tiny white, sharp-edged cholesterol crystals, which can easily
rupture small bile ducts. They are equally important to release.
Try to make a rough estimate of how
many stones you have eliminated. To permanently cure bursitis, back pain,
allergies or other health problems, and to prevent diseases from arising, you
need to remove all the stones. This may require at least six cleanses which can be
performed at two to three-week or monthly intervals (do not cleanse more
frequently than that). If you cannot cleanse this often, you may take more time
between cleanses. The important thing to remember is that once you have started
cleansing the liver, keep cleansing it until no more stones come out. Leaving
it half clean for a long period of time (three or more months) can cause
greater discomfort than not cleansing it at all.
The liver, as a whole, will begin to
function more efficiently soon after the first cleanse and you may notice
sudden improvements, sometimes within a few hours. Pains will lessen, energy
will increase and clarity of mind will improve considerably. However, within a
few days, stones from the rear of the liver will have traveled ‘forward’
towards the two main bile ducts exiting the liver, which may cause some of the previous
symptoms of discomfort to return. In fact, you might feel disappointed because
the recovery seems so short-lived. But all of this shows that there are still
stones left behind, ready to be removed with the next round of cleansing. Nevertheless,
the liver’s self-repair and cleansing responses will have increased
significantly, adding a great deal of effectiveness to this very important
organ of the body. As long as there are still a few small stones moving from
some of the thousands of small bile ducts towards the hundreds of larger bile ducts,
they may combine to form larger stones and produce previously experienced
symptoms, such as backache, headache, ear ache, digestive trouble, bloating,
irritability, anger, etc., although these may be less severe than they were before.
If a new cleanse no longer produces any stones, which usually happens after 6-8
cleanses (in severe cases it may take more than 10-12), your liver is considered
to be in excellent condition. Still, it is recommended to repeat the liver
cleanse every six months. Each cleanse will give a further boost to the liver
and take care of any toxins that may have accumulated in the meanwhile.
Note: Never cleanse when
you are a suffering an acute illness, even if it is just a simple cold. If you
suffer from a chronic illness, however, cleansing your liver may be the best
thing you can do for yourself. If you are a woman, don’t do the cleanse during menstruation,
as your body is already working hard to cleanse itself during that time.
Important!
Please read carefully:
The liver cleanse is one of the most
invaluable and effective methods to regain one’s health. There are no risks
involved if all of the directions are followed to the letter. Please take the
following instruction very seriously. There are many people who followed a liver
flush recipe that they received from friends or through the Internet, and
suffered unnecessary complications. They did not have complete knowledge of the
procedure and the way it works, and believed that just expelling the stones from
the liver and gallbladder is sufficient.
It is likely that, on their way out,
some gallstones will get caught in the colon. They can quickly be removed
through colonic irrigation. This should ideally be done on the 2nd or 3rd day after the liver
flush. If gallstones remain in the colon, they can cause irritation, infection,
headaches and abdominal discomfort, thyroid problems, etc. These stones can
eventually become a source of toxemia in the body. If colonics are not
available where you live, you can take a coffee enema followed by a water
enema. This, however, does not guarantee that all the remaining stones will be
removed. There is no real substitute for colonic irrigation. Doing a
colema-board enema, though, is the closest you can have to a professional
colonic.
