Joe is right you have to look at the Herxheimer reaction whenever you are doing a detox program. If you use one prescription medication or one herbal supplement without having a way to PUSH the toxins DOWN and OUT you will be in a big mess.

Just know that the PROTOCOL for combating either candida or parasites is the same. In the past, I noticed this Herxheimer reaction when trying to rid myself mainly of parasites.

Now if you get your mercury fillings out without knowing how to master your body with a simple herb like the LBB (Lower Bowel Balance) you may have a hard time dealing with the mercury residue left in your body. Be careful. Get attuned to Reiki first to stabilize your nervous system and at least understand the protocol that has worked for myself and 63,000 others back in Dr. Hay's day in the 1930s.

Here is something I posted before so you can get an idea what happens. Here is my experience when the focus was basically removing excess candida. They don't teach you this upfront.

MY EXPERIENCE:

In spring of 2005 I finished my own 21 day OJ Fast. Before the fast, I started out at weighing 198 lbs and lethargic and withdrawing from life. Before I came to the Ask Barefoot Herbalist Forum, I didn't understand the correct guiding PRINCIPLES to health.

At first, I had the mindset of combating candida directly with powerful herbs. It was a good fight for the first seven days or so but after that it was a losing battle. I was happy that I had lost ten-pounds trying to destroy candida and I had assumed I was doing the right thing. However, I could NEVER really lose any more weight than that, in all my attempts.

Now I was at 188-pounds but wanted to perfect my health even further. After a certain point, because this detoxification process would occur too quickly, there was a Herxheimer reaction.

This means the rapid die-off of the candida would lead to binging on the foods that contributed to the over-growth of the fungus or yeast in the first place. After experiencing much irritability and then feeling hunger pangs, I would eat the wrong foods such as breads and chocolate and gain weight. This would repeat itself over and over. I would drop ten-pounds then gain four-pounds back. It was as if there was this BIG wall that I couldn't pass through. The wall for me was 188 pounds.

THE PROBLEM:

The consumer market has taken advantage of the population not knowing any better. You take a product to fight candida...you see yourself losing weight or your skin clearing up... and you feel better temporarily. You are happy at first but about seven to ten days later the body reacts wildly because the bacteria and parasites don't want to die. This is their defense mechanism. You stop the product and feel better. The next time you get sick you take the medicine again in an attempt to kill your candida.

It works for a few days and then the die-off rate is too fast. Your body and mind react harshly and you reach for that candy-bar. This "swing pattern" happens when you go to the extreme. You cleanse to an extreme point and then binge.

Just before you indulge on something you feel extremely irritable. Once you can't take it anymore, you impulsively reach for all the wrong foods in order to feel better. What can you do to stop this habitual process? You have to be skillful. First, you have to learn the reason why this happen then apply the right antidote to correct this pattern.

THE SOLUTION:

After learning how to do the Liver Flush the right way and deworming for 30 days in a row I was feeling healthier and down to 183 pounds. I did about six liver flushes. The first three times were done wrong. Dr. Clark told everyone that they should lay on their right side. This was also wrong. Laying on my right side would cause pain. The stones could not roll out easily due to the pressure and contraction of the body's weight against the liver.

The last three liver-flushes were done correctly because I followed the Barefoot Herbalist's protocol and dewormed prior to the liver-flush for seven days straight. I released quite a lot of gall-stones following MH's advice:

• Without deworming for seven days prior to the liver-flush you will NOT get any stones out.
• The proper way to rest after drinking the liver-flush formula is lying on the left side.

This time I felt absolutely terrific. The stones came rolling out effortlessly. Now, it felt as if there was a huge open channel between my liver and stomach. These two organs were now working in a synchronous uniion that never occurred before. With more space to digest, the flow of energy was really wonderful.

The combination of performing the liver-flush correctly, deworming for 30 days, and the LBB (Lower Bowel Balance) would PUSH the toxins down and out. I was becoming more confident as I got beneficial results.

The Barefoot Herbalist's method could be trusted. So I attempted the 21 day fast. Each day I lost weight as the mud and toxins went DOWN and OUT the body. I lost one pound per day for a total of 21 pounds. I was down to 162-pounds at the end of that fast. For nine months I kept up the proper food-combining protocols and the LBB capsules to heal and assist the digestive process.

Good Luck!
Neo