Natural Parasite Cleanse and Cleansers
Posted: Sunday, October 15, 2006
by Reggie Andersen
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The parasite infects cells in the intestinal wall and releases a toxin that causes a profuse, watery diarrhea and abdominal cramping. In healthy people, the disease is self-limiting; symptoms usually last a week or two, and then rapidly abate.
Besides immune-suppressed patients, others at increased risk include children, foreign travelers, homosexual men, and close contacts of infected patients, such as family members, health-care workers, and day-care workers.
1. Cleanse the intestinal tract. A number of intestinal cleansing and detoxifying herbal products are sold in health and natural foods stores. These detoxing programs include a wide variety of herbs--such as yellow dock, dandelion root, and red clover--which help to cleanse the blood and lymph of toxic byproducts generated by parasites. They also include laxative herbs--such as senna leaves--which speed elimination. In addition, you should consider following a simple, vegetable-based detoxifying diet for at least several days and up to two or three weeks. Such a diet will include mostly vegetables with small portions of grain, beans, and animal foods, little or no fruit or other sweet foods, and no refined or processed foods, caffeine, or alcohol (see "Rejuvenate Yourself in Three Weeks" in January/February 1993 Natural Health).
2. Modify the diet. The most important ongoing dietary recommendation is to eliminate sugar. Parasites thrive on sweets and simple carbohydrates, including fruit and fruit juices. Cranberries, papaya, and fresh pineapple are exceptions, since these have enzymes that are anti-parasitic. Eat unprocessed, high-fiber foods, which encourage frequent elimination. You may want to supplement your diet with a multi-vitamin and mineral formula, which may enhance your body's overall defense against parasites.
3. Take natural substances to eliminate the parasites. Parasite-fighting foods include fresh garlic (several cloves a day) and pumpkin seeds (a couple handfuls per day), which you may take until your condition is corrected. In cooking, you may use sage, cloves, fennel, and thyme, all of which act against parasites. Herbal preparations that contain any of the following will also help to eliminate parasites: black walnut, artemesia annua, senna, grapefruit seed extract, and pink root. (This latter herb should not be taken alone.)
4. Recolonize the gastrointestinal tract with friendly bacteria. Since parasites irritate the villi, or hairlike lining, of the intestinal tract, important intestinal flora that live in the villi and aid in digestion will be diminished. You can help to rebuild the populations of these flora by taking daily Lactobacillus acidophilus supplements as prescribed on the packages of these products (for further information on L. acidophilus, see article in May/June 1993 issue of Natural Health).
Only by doing some detective work can you uncover why you played host to parasites in the first place. Ask yourself: Do you frequently travel or camp out? Do you get your water from a mountain spring? Are you a sushi lover? Do you eat at salad bars? Do you like your meat extra rare?
Much prevention comes down to old-fashioned good sense: wash your hands before eating and after cleaning up, or after petting your animals; when eating out, order all dishes cooked to medium or well-done; do not dine in eating establishments where you suspect unsanitary conditions; order bottled or boiled water; consider a home water filtration unit; and make sure your child's day-care center disinfects all surfaces with an antiseptic solution.
For some a great parasite control product, see: Paratrex
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