Phil's Liver Flush
As expounded by Phil Escott
Liver flushing challenge… Long post alert…
Inspired by Andrew Scarborough's hayfever post, I thought it was time to open myself up to ridicule by introducing the subject of liver flushing. When I was in tremendous agony with psoriatic arthritis, this procedure gave me five days to a week off from inflammation, and became, sadly, the highlight of my month. I have done 36 of them to date (very few recently since low carb – maybe one per change of season since 2013 and only a couple on ZC), so I consider myself quite experienced in them. However, I'm still not even sure that they do what they are actually supposed to do in regards to cleaning the liver (a lot of people just say it's saponification from the Epsom salts and olive oil making the "stones" that are expelled), but they do have a powerful effect. I got rid of fatty liver and cysts on the liver during my time experimenting with this, and my girlfriend who is Tanzanian (black skin is prone to keyloid scarring), flattened out all her scars after about ten of them.
Okay, the originator of them, Andreas Moritz, died young at 58 years old not long ago, but I think that was because of his adherence to vegetarianism. In many other respects, he was quite the genius. For full info, check out his book, "The Amazing Liver and Gallbladder Flush".
Please, before you call me out on dreadful woo woo, I tried hundreds of things from all sorts of disreputable sources that had little or no… or negative… effect, but liver flushing stood out as something special, however it actually works… So, here is how I explain to people how to do it…
"For anyone who has been asking about trying a liver flush, here are the instructions... I have to say that although I’ve done 36, I’m still not sure they do exactly what they are supposed to, but whatever they do, I have had some great benefits, as have many people I know.
Try it at your own risk! ☺
Drink apple juice, about two litres a day for six days, or better, to avoid the sugar overload, a few tablespoonfuls of cider vinegar in water three times a day, or malic acid tabs/powder... You're just going for the malic acid (which apples and cider vinegar contain) to soften the stones. During this time, eat a light diet, not too much fat as this 'primes' the liver to store bile so it can fire more out on the main flush day. (The only excuse ever for low fat eating, but these days, I ignore Andreas's advice and still eat full carnivore but just fast for a day or two before the flush day).
On the day of the flush, don't eat after 2pm. Mix four tablespoonfuls of food grade Epsom salts in a big jar/jug so you can split 800ml into four 200ml glasses. Or just mix a tablespoonful into each 200ml glass – up to you, but it dissolves better if you leave it to soak… Take one glass at 6pm, then one at 8pm. This will open the bile ducts in the liver and gallbladder, so now you have soft stones, and the ducts are open and ready for action... Then mix half a glass of olive oil with half a glass of squeezed grapefruit juice, shake it up and drink it quickly at 10pm, while standing next to your bed. This theoretically triggers the liver and gallbladder to expel the bile, and with it the stones, through the open ducts, having softened them with the malic acid. After drinking the olive oil, lie down immediately and don't move for 20 mins, then sleep if you can. You will feel all sorts of things going on, and you might feel quite nauseous in the early hours (or you might be fine). In the morning take another glass of Epsom salts when you wake, but not earlier than 6am, then another glass two hours after that. At any time from the early hours to the morning you will start to have the runs, which will hopefully contain lots of stones, anything from 50 or so to several hundred, of all shapes and sizes. The green ones float, as they are mostly fatty deposits, but the larger tan and hideous black ones (if you have any) will probably sink. Some people poo into a sieve to see them all and count them to know how many they have got rid of, but you can get a pretty good idea without that sort of unpleasantness. ☺ Eat lightly that day, starting with a little meal a couple of hours after the last Epsom dose. Stay close to the toilet!
I must put a caveat here that “experts” generally say to have a colonic or at least an enema two days after the flush to make sure the last of the stones are expelled, as the theory goes there are a lot of toxins in them, which can be a problem if they stay in the gut. I have tried both colonics and enemas, but most times haven’t bothered and have never run into any trouble.
Repeat once a month until you have two flushes clear of stones, and then do three flushes a year or so as “maintenance”.
Have fun! ☺"
Liver flushing challenge… Long post alert…
Inspired by Andrew Scarborough's hayfever post, I thought it was time to open myself up to ridicule by introducing the subject of liver flushing. When I was in tremendous agony with psoriatic arthritis, this procedure gave me five days to a week off from inflammation, and became, sadly, the highlight of my month. I have done 36 of them to date (very few recently since low carb – maybe one per change of season since 2013 and only a couple on ZC), so I consider myself quite experienced in them. However, I'm still not even sure that they do what they are actually supposed to do in regards to cleaning the liver (a lot of people just say it's saponification from the Epsom salts and olive oil making the "stones" that are expelled), but they do have a powerful effect. I got rid of fatty liver and cysts on the liver during my time experimenting with this, and my girlfriend who is Tanzanian (black skin is prone to keyloid scarring), flattened out all her scars after about ten of them.
Okay, the originator of them, Andreas Moritz, died young at 58 years old not long ago, but I think that was because of his adherence to vegetarianism. In many other respects, he was quite the genius. For full info, check out his book, "The Amazing Liver and Gallbladder Flush".
Please, before you call me out on dreadful woo woo, I tried hundreds of things from all sorts of disreputable sources that had little or no… or negative… effect, but liver flushing stood out as something special, however it actually works… So, here is how I explain to people how to do it…
"For anyone who has been asking about trying a liver flush, here are the instructions... I have to say that although I’ve done 36, I’m still not sure they do exactly what they are supposed to, but whatever they do, I have had some great benefits, as have many people I know.
Try it at your own risk! ☺
Drink apple juice, about two litres a day for six days, or better, to avoid the sugar overload, a few tablespoonfuls of cider vinegar in water three times a day, or malic acid tabs/powder... You're just going for the malic acid (which apples and cider vinegar contain) to soften the stones. During this time, eat a light diet, not too much fat as this 'primes' the liver to store bile so it can fire more out on the main flush day. (The only excuse ever for low fat eating, but these days, I ignore Andreas's advice and still eat full carnivore but just fast for a day or two before the flush day).
On the day of the flush, don't eat after 2pm. Mix four tablespoonfuls of food grade Epsom salts in a big jar/jug so you can split 800ml into four 200ml glasses. Or just mix a tablespoonful into each 200ml glass – up to you, but it dissolves better if you leave it to soak… Take one glass at 6pm, then one at 8pm. This will open the bile ducts in the liver and gallbladder, so now you have soft stones, and the ducts are open and ready for action... Then mix half a glass of olive oil with half a glass of squeezed grapefruit juice, shake it up and drink it quickly at 10pm, while standing next to your bed. This theoretically triggers the liver and gallbladder to expel the bile, and with it the stones, through the open ducts, having softened them with the malic acid. After drinking the olive oil, lie down immediately and don't move for 20 mins, then sleep if you can. You will feel all sorts of things going on, and you might feel quite nauseous in the early hours (or you might be fine). In the morning take another glass of Epsom salts when you wake, but not earlier than 6am, then another glass two hours after that. At any time from the early hours to the morning you will start to have the runs, which will hopefully contain lots of stones, anything from 50 or so to several hundred, of all shapes and sizes. The green ones float, as they are mostly fatty deposits, but the larger tan and hideous black ones (if you have any) will probably sink. Some people poo into a sieve to see them all and count them to know how many they have got rid of, but you can get a pretty good idea without that sort of unpleasantness. ☺ Eat lightly that day, starting with a little meal a couple of hours after the last Epsom dose. Stay close to the toilet!
I must put a caveat here that “experts” generally say to have a colonic or at least an enema two days after the flush to make sure the last of the stones are expelled, as the theory goes there are a lot of toxins in them, which can be a problem if they stay in the gut. I have tried both colonics and enemas, but most times haven’t bothered and have never run into any trouble.
Repeat once a month until you have two flushes clear of stones, and then do three flushes a year or so as “maintenance”.
Have fun! ☺"
