There are many variations on the basic liver cleanse or gallbladder cleanse. These variations make little
difference to the result. Some will use coca cola, some use various purging agents such as Epsom Salts.
The essential part of the liver cleanse or gallbladder cleanse is the olive oil
(walnut oil may also be used) and lemon juice. The Olive oil acts primarily as a solvent and balsam. The lemon
juice acts to provoke the production of bile and other necessary gastric secretions. Other fruit juices will
also work well - notably apple juice - some also use grapefruit juice. But, Lemon juice is the most popular
because it works best for most.
Cleansing the liver and gallbladder is not based on taking products natural or
otherwise. In spite of what many have said and although there are many product claims - there is no
actual
herb to dissolve the congealed bile/fats in the form of "stones" - which is what a gallstone
actually is. Some might produce more bile flow, but gallstones will not be dissolved so easily by simply
taking a pill, tea or tincture alone especially with today's constant exposure to contaminants.
Herbal remedies are best used to assist in
the functions of the liver and gallbladder either during the
"
softening"
process in preparation for or leading up to the actual liver gallbladder cleanse and/or after the actual liver
cleanse to restore organ functions that have been encumbered for a long time due to the congestion and their
resulting stagnation. Also, liver toxins that have been sitting in the liver for years or even decades will
not instantly dissolve with a herbal remedy. However, the proper herbal remedy along with the liver cleanse
and a clean diet for a reasonable period of time helps greatly to accomplish this.
There are also gallstones that are the result of calcification. These are not dissolved with Olive oil and
lemon juice. There is an entirely
different yet simple
and natural procedure for this.
It should be mentioned that credit to who actually developed the liver cleanse procedure is hard to
place. Some will attribute it to Hulda Clark, others to Hanna Kroeger and to many, many other little
know natural practitioners, herbalists and healers. To many people to mention have had great benefits from
this simple cleanse - tempting some to claim it as their own - and many out of gratitude would simply like to
give credit to whomever helped them through this method.
The earliest author that we have found to historically use this combination for
the liver cleanse and gallbladder cleanse was an English Herbalist called Frank Roberts, who's books were
first published in 1952. However, we are sure that he too discovered it somewhere else, probably the
Mediterranean.
The fact remains that this ingeniously simple yet exceptionally helpful combination of Extra Virgin Olive oil
and Lemon Juice comes from the Mediterranean. There it is still used daily as a condiment over many
traditional dishes or as a salad dressing - which is all that it really is - a salad dressing.
Many from that part of the world like the taste of olive oil to the extent that they drink it for its flavour.
(after doing a liver cleanse many will agree that the taste of olive oil is the last thing they would like
to savour for a good while.) The balsamic effect of olive oil alone will explain the lower incidence of
major and minor ailments in those areas of the world in general as compared to North America.
Many are concerned about the "detoxification effect" of the olive oil and lemon juice liver cleanse,
which admittedly can sometimes be trying for some. But lets face it - this does not change the fact that
ingeniously simple combination of olive oil and lemon juice is basically a salad dressing.
If anyone should drink it and not feel good for a few hours or days it would be very understandable but, it
will not be entirely because of this benign combination - it will be because of what they had put into their
body over the years and the fact that these accumulations are finally being dissolved and being made to move
and are coming out and in the process these substances make themselves felt!
Most of us can often attest to being our own worst enemy in matters of health!
In any case we do not take credit for having created the liver cleanse or gallbladder cleanse method and no
contemporaries can or should either.
There are several variations of
the main liver
cleanse some of which are included in this article. You will find these variations in the following
books
APPLE CIDER VINEGAR by Paul Bragg,
OUR EARTH OUR CURE by Raymond Dextreit,
Old
Time Remedies for Modern Ailments by Hanna Kroeger and
Modern Herbalism for Digestive Disorders
by Frank Roberts.
