Salt water flush

[Peter]

Others I've talked to have occasionally found that the first day or two of drinking the salt water didn't produce any elimination. Usually this is true of those that eat meat or dfairy products regularly. Adjusting the salt (usually increasing it), often does the trick.

People have told me that 30 to 60 minutes after drinking the salt water they usually have an urgent and intense need to eliminate. This generally occurs several times over the next 45 to 90 minutes.

Some people gag on the taste. It's much easier to take if you use the uniodized sea salt that Burroughs says to use. My wife recommends using a straw so that the taste isn't so strong.

If all else fails, Burroughs does say on page 22, "If for some reason the salt water cannot be taken in the morning, then the herb laxative tea must be taken night and morning."

It's important to understand that there are two parts to this cleanse. Part one is the detox: mobilizing the "junk" from the part of the body where it's stored. Part two is elimination: ensuring the "junk" is washed out of the body quickly and regularly so that the toxins are not reabsorbed making you feel sick or miserable. The salt water flush is a powerful part of that elimination process.

[Guest]

I started the master cleanse on January 3 and so far so good. I have a question about the salt water flush. Can you drink the salt water flush at night say around 5:00 pm and then take the laxitive in the morning? I drive a truck for a living so I work a lot of different hours and it is nearly impossible to do the flush in the morning.

In the book it says to take the laxitive tea at night and then do the flush in the morning or drink the tea again, but I would rather include the flush.

[Peter]

Sometimes the salt water flush doesn't do anything for the first day or two, but once it works it washes everything in the system through and produces an urgent need to eliminate in about 30 - 60 minutes. At that point, it usually produces several bowel movements over the next hour. This would make it very difficult to sleep and would be washing away the lemon and cayenne rather than letting it work overnight.


What you could do is just do the laxative tea morning and evening, but it will probably make you eliminate several times during the day as well. I've never done it. My daughter-in-law has done the tea morning and evening rather than the salt water flush and it's produced 4 or 5 eliminations a day .

[joefrogcool]

Peter I have a question for you concerning the amount of salt. I did the normal amount this morning and usually I have a couple of eliminations within the first 2 hours. This morning I went 4 hours before any elimination and then it was not very much at all. ??? My question is should I increase the salt or decrease it? Thanks. Also, thanks for the bulletin board. It's fun to keep up on all of the replies. ;D

[Guest]

Like to answer joefrogcool. I think you need to use more salt. The flush should have at least the salinity of sea water. Less salty, it is not much different from soup, except for the taste, and soup does not produce elimination.

It's the salinity of the drink that gives it the laxative effect. I read about some traditional sea water enemas in some country that does the same thing, except of course the water is fed from the other end. I have used flushes from common table salt, not sea salt, and it works just as well.

It is not good to not have elimination after taking a flush because the salt will get absorbed by the body. Human body likes to keep salt. I get bloated eyes and swollen ankles if I didn't ensure elimination during a flush.

Reason why a flush don't work might be 1) due to salinity 2) amount of food in the digestive track 3) position of food in the digestive track.

If there is too much food to push to the end, one flush might not be enough. Chaser flush will be needed to overload the system.

The flush works better if food is further down the digestive track. If the flush is done too soon after the last solid meal, it won't work properly.

But of course these are only problems with the initial flush. After a more or less clean track has been laid out, subsequent flushes should be alright as long as the salinity is correct.

Years ago, I came across a Japanese fasting method that uses Japanese soy sauce instead of salt. The recipe will make a drink as salty as, u guessed it, sea water. It showed me the flexibility of the system. Now, I use a dash of soy sauce with the salt water to make the drink more appealing. Especially when hot, it can pass off as a salty soup. A good soy sauce can give good flavour.

[lynnjackson]

The following site identifies a few exercises to do in order to get the salt water flush to move along more quickly. I do the exercises after drinking the 32. oz. salt solution and it works "explosively" within 30 to 40 minutes.

PLease note that the website reference is for the EXERCISES ONLY.

http://www.lifeevents.org/salt-water-cleanse.htm

[JH]

I am no day three and I have no real BM. Minor ones, but nothing I would consider detoxing. I am using the tea at night and I can only manage 1/2 of the Salt Flush in the morning. I read that increasing the salt might help but if I can only handle 1/2 now, I don't think increasing it will help me. I feel like I am floating around I drink so much water/liquid. I an not hungry or craving anything. My only detox symptom is a sinus infection. [I was wondering if anyone had any reason, suggestions, or ideas. ???

[vulchre]

I am in highschool, I get up at 5 in the morning and leave the house at 6:10, I can't do the salt in the morning because I don't think I will have enough time to let it work. Can I do the salt flush when I come home? Either at 3:30 (usually) and on some days around 5:30. I know how you said you need to let the pepper work over night, but I don't have any of the pepper!! Don't you think the flush will work and be done at five? =(

I also wanted to know if sarsaparilla tea was good enough.

[Peter]

Hi and welcome to the cleanse and the bulletin board .

That's great that you are taking such good care of your body starting so young.

Stanley Burroughs says on page 22 of The Master Cleanser, "If for some reason the salt water cannot be taken in the morning, then the herb laxative tea must be taken night and morning."

You MUST go to the store and buy some cayenne pepper. It is sold as red pepper. It helps to dissolve the mucus and build the blood. It also opens the blood vessels to increase the flow of nutients to the body's cells. It's not the master cleanse without it. It is quite inexpensive.

Sarsaparilla tea is not a laxative. Sasparilla is good for gout and rheumatism and is very similar to testosterone in the body! It is not a laxative.

Licorice root is a mild laxative. Senna is a stronger one. Go to the health food store and buy a combination tea with both of those in it. If you don't have a health food store nearby, email me and I'll put you in touch with a store that will sell you a box for $4.20 plus shipping.

Please buy the book and read it. It sounds like you're missing the mark with no salt water, no cayenne and drinking sasparilla tea. I want you to get all the benefits you can.

[Peter]

I am no day three and I have no real BM. Minor ones, but nothing I would consider detoxing. I am using the tea at night and I can only manage 1/2 of the Salt Flush in the morning. I read that increasing the salt might help but if I can only handle 1/2 now, I don't think increasing it will help me. I feel like I am floating around I drink so much water/liquid. I an not hungry or craving anything. My only detox symptom is a sinus infection. [I was wondering if anyone had any reason, suggestions, or ideas. ???

There's hope. Don't despair.

First, be sure you're using uniodized sea salt not regular white salt. Sea salt is MUCH easier to get down. (I recommend Light Gray Celtic Sea Salt. )

Second, it is not uncommon for people who have been eating meat and dairy products not to have any solid eliminations for the first one or even two days. :-[

Third, are you drinking laxative tea morning and evening? Until you are eliminating, do both. Once you start eliminating, drink it in the evening and do the salt water in the morning.