Blood Cleansing:
Cleansing Your Blood
Written By Jon Barron Or Staff Member At The Baseline Of Health Foundation
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Although widely misunderstood, cleansing the blood is probably one of the most important weapons in the alternative health arsenal for achieving optimum wellness and defeating cancer. In this report, we'll talk about what herbs work and why!
There are actually several ways to cleanse your blood. One of the most effective is to use proteolytic enzymes between meals or before bed. Within a matter of minutes, the enzymes enter the bloodstream and begin cleaning the detritus out of the blood and stimulating the immune cells to consume Circulating Immune Complexes in the blood. This can make a significant improvement in your overall health rather quickly.
What we're talking about here, though, is something different – using herbal blood cleansers to remove toxic residues from the blood so that your blood and body resist cancer and tumors. The great blood cleansing herbs are: red clover, burdock root, chaparral, poke root, and sheep sorrel. These are the herbs you will find in the famous blood cleansing formulas such as the Hoxsey formula, Essiac Tea, the Dr. Christopher and Dr. Schulze formulas, These formulas can literally "drive" bad things out of your body – or prevent them from entering in the first place.With that in mind, let's look at the "perfect" blood cleansing formula.
What Exactly Is A Blood Cleanser?
First of all, the very name "blood cleanser" is a euphemism. In fact, this formula and every herb in it is considered by herbalists to be anticancer. (Though not acknowledged as such by governmental agencies.) Variations of this formula have been used for hundreds of years by Native American tribes. More recently, versions have surfaced, as I mentioned earlier, such as the Hoxsey formula, Essiac Tea, and Jason Winters Tea, etc. The very fact that we can't talk openly about the anticancer property of herbs and herbal formulas is probably the most political topic in alternative health today.
Not surprisingly, as we go through the individual herbs in my recommended blood cleansing formula…
Chaparral, Red clover, Burdock root, Poke root, Yellow dock root, Goldenseal root, Oregon grape root, Bloodroot, Mistletoe, Periwinkle flowers, Lobelia seeds, Sheep sorrel, and Cayenne.
…you will find that many of them are on the FDA cautionary list, and virtually all of them are on the Canadian list. You will also find numbers of these herbs on the lists of European countries such as Switzerland and Germany, and even Australia for that matter.
What's going on here? Why is it that the very same herbs that the great herbalists single out as being most beneficial are banned by government authorities as useless – even toxic? How does this happen – again and again? Of course, these same authorities might have more credibility if the alternative they were pushing – surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation – had a better track record. But as we all know, it doesn't.
So, since we can't talk about the cancer preventive properties of formulas, let's just talk theoretically about several of the herbs and why they are effective. Note, most of these herbs are extremely bitter and taste really horrible, but they work!
Chaparral
Native Americans have used Chaparral for centuries as an anticancer remedy. In fact, it is the cornerstone of most anticancer herbal formulas. Exactly how it works is open to debate, but some of its main actions are:
- Chaparral is one of the most powerful anti-oxidants in nature. The primary biochemical responsible for this is NDGA (nordihydroguaiaretic acid). NDGA is so effective that it is often used as a food preservative.
- It is anti-pathogenic. In other words, it kills viruses, bacteria, and parasites.
- Chaparral has even shown much promise with herpes.
- Chaparral cleanses the lymph system.
- It cleanses the blood.
- It cleanses the liver.
- It cleanses the urinary tract.
- It's a natural chelator that clears heavy metals from the blood.
- Studies show that chaparral may also inhibit cell proliferation as well as DNA synthesis.
- University tests have indicated that chaparral can destroy and dissolve many types of tumors.
So how could such a beneficial herb be on every government's blacklist? According to the FDA, "Chaparral: sold as teas and pills to fight cancer and "purify blood," has been linked to serious liver damage. FDA has recorded two deaths and 10 cases of hepatitis or other liver abnormalities in users."
The reality, though, is that the evidence for chaparral liver toxicity is anecdotal. It's not the result of any double blind studies or clinical trials. For example, one of the cases the FDA likes to cite can be found in the Journal of the American Medical Association 1995;273 (6):489). The details of the case concern a 60-year-old woman who developed jaundice and liver failure while taking one to two capsules of chaparral each day with a pinch of garlic in a tea made from nettle and chickweed. The authors of the JAMA article concluded it was the chaparral that caused the liver problems. What is fascinating is that the patient in question was also consuming atenolol, aspirin, using a nitro patch, and occasional acetaminophen, as well as diltiazem hydrochloride - all drugs with profound hepatoxic potential. Amazingly, none of these other substances were even considered as a possible cause of the liver problems by the authors...or the FDA. What a surprise!
Nevertheless (and despite the fact that extensive studies in the 70's and 80's were unable to find any hepatotoxic properties), in December 1992, FDA Commissioner David Kessler announced, "The public should not purchase or consume chaparral."
After these allegations of liver toxicity by the FDA, manufacturers voluntarily restricted sales of chaparral for several years until the reports were investigated. Following a lengthy review, a panel of medical experts concluded "no clinical data was found... to indicate chaparral is inherently a hepatic toxin." In late 1994, this report was submitted to the FDA and chaparral was subsequently given a clean bill of health by the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA). After comparing the quantity of chaparral consumed each year (it is estimated that over 200 tons, 500 million capsules, have been sold in the U.S. in the last two decades alone) to the number of product complaints, industry regulators concluded that chaparral did not pose a significant threat to consumer safety. (Dr. Clark Watt and a group of scientists and doctors concluded that hepatoxicity was most likely due to an allergic reaction rather than "inherent liver toxicity.")
So is this remarkable herb (the cornerstone of many great formulas) now sold freely in the marketplace and used to benefit ailing people all over the world? Hardly!
Search for "chaparral toxicity" on the web and you will see numerous articles still announcing the dangers of the herb (all citing the same cases from the early 90's.) Or try to buy chaparral in Canada or much of Europe. Right! The problem is that once an herb is labeled dangerous (even if disproved at a later date), the stigma remains – and is brought up over and over and over again...acquiring truth through repetition, if not through fact.
Fortunately, despite the bad press, chaparral is at least available (for the time being) in the United States.
Even better, I have tracked down some of the highest quality chaparral to be found and then doubled its efficacy through Barron Effect® processing and Bio-energization™ frequency enhancement.
Red Clover
Red Clover is the other staple of herbal blood cleansing formulas and has a long history of use as a medicinal herb. It's an excellent blood purifier that over time gradually cleanses the bloodstream and corrects deficiencies in the circulatory system. But among classic herbalists, it is probably best known as one of the main herbs for treating all varieties of cancer -- anywhere in the body -- and is found as a central ingredient in many anticancer formulas, again including the Hoxsey formula, Jason Winters tea, and Essiac tea.
Not surprisingly, most doctors, the FDA and many “new-school” herbalists have dismissed red clover as useless in dealing with cancer. However, researchers at the National Cancer Institute have indeed found anti-tumor properties in red clover. Genistein, a biochemical in red clover has the ability to prevent tumors from developing the blood supplies they need to survive – thus starving them and killing them.
As it turns out, genistein is the same biochemical considered to be the main beneficial biochemical in soy. But red clover has a significant advantage over soy. It contains not just genistein, but significant levels (about ten times that found in soy) of all four beneficial estrogenic isoflavones (a special class of antioxidants) including daidzein. In addition to isoflavones, red clover contains another class of anticancer phytoestrogen compounds called coumestans – primarily in the form of biochanin.
Note: Soy consumption, unlike red clover consumption, does not result in any increase in biochanin in the blood. Is that important? Studies have shown that biochanin may significantly inhibit breast cancer proliferation.
Other Blood Cleansing Herbs
Burdock root is probably the most famous detoxifying agent in the herbal arsenal. It cleanses the blood by increasing the effectiveness of all the body's elimination systems. Its diuretic effect helps the kidneys filter impurities from the blood. It helps push toxins out through the skin, and it also boosts the ability of the liver to remove toxins. The bottom line is that by pushing toxins out through a variety of pathways, burdock can purify the blood with minimal side effects and with minimal stress to the body. Note: although burdock root has traditionally been used to treat diabetes, in excessive amounts, it may interfere with blood sugar medications.
Pokeroot and Yellow dock root are both powerful blood cleansers and lymph cleansers, inciting and increasing the action of lymph glands throughout the entire body. Not surprisingly, both herbs are staples of many traditional herbal anticancer formulas.
Bloodroot has been researched and found to be a potent anticancer agent. In addition to laboratory tests, it has been used to treat tens of thousands of people over the last century and a half. Many of these (according to some estimates as many as 80%, which is probably greatly exaggerated) experienced remission of malignancy and longer life expectancies than people with similar conditions who chose different treatments.
Oregon grape root is frequently used by herbalists as a blood cleanser and to stimulate the liver and gall bladder and as a mild laxative.
Mistletoe's use for treating cancer is so widespread in central Europe that it actually is estimated as many as 60 to 70 percent of cancer patients incorporate it into their therapy. Even now, the National Institutes of Health is studying mistletoe's anticancer properties. According to the details of the study, “mistletoe lectin may slow the growth of cancer cells and be an effective treatment for solid tumors.” In addition, a compelling case can be made for careful investigation of mistletoe's anti-diabetic properties. African mistletoe has long been used to treat diabetes in Nigeria. In rats with diabetes, mistletoe has been shown to reduce blood glucose levels. Another study demonstrated that mistletoe extract stimulated insulin secretion from clonal pancreatic cells.
Sheep sorrel. René Caisse, who popularized Essiac tea as a cancer cure, felt sheep sorrel was the most active cancer fighter among all the herbs present in her formula. That viewpoint was seconded by Dr. Chester Stock at Sloan-Kettering in New York. Dr. Stock studied sheep sorrel for over three years in the mid-seventies. His conclusion was that sheep sorrel was found to be responsible for the destruction of cancer cells in the body, and inhibited metastasis by actually causing cancer cells to return to the original tumor site.
Not surprisingly, this information was not made available to the public. But even better, when the Canadian Ministry of Health & Welfare saw the study, they immediately banned sheep sorrel from sale and distribution!
Conclusion
These are the key herbs found in my ideal blood cleansing formula. Although most people use this formula as part of their biannual liver and gallbladder flush, it should be considered in its own right as an important formula to be used in maintaining optimal health. When used regularly, it will work to purify and optimize your blood, cleanse your liver, kill viruses, destroy cancer, and much more.
PS: To get past the taste (very bitter, very spicy), I recommend adding it to 2 oz of thin sweet juice such as apple or pear, downing it in one gulp like a shot of liquor, and then swishing some plain juice in your mouth to clear the taste. Thick juices such as peach or orange tend to coat the mouth, which makes the taste linger – not good. And diluting it more simply means you have to drink more, rather than getting it all down in one quick gulp.
Blood Cleansing Information: Jon Barron 8/4/2003 - Blood Cleansing, Part 1, Chaparral
Blood Cleansing Information: Jon Barron 8/18/2003 - Blood Cleansing, Part 1, Red Clover
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