Next time try an enema ... that would be the first choice
Also, another glass with Epsom Salt could help.

There are many possible reasons - factors that could have contributed to this strong allergic reaction:


- "bad" big stone moved to wrong position - blocking important bile ducts - in this case the best is to do another Liver Flush immediately and enema.

- liver dumped toxines - but you didn't get them all out - enema would be the best cure


- Somethin you ate was very bad! again enema would be the band-aid

- you could be intollerant to coffee! Most people who drink coffee every day are more then intollerant.

- foods you ate contained some very bad ingredient - an additive
Read ingredients on all food you ate, and look for an answer on this page:Food Additives.

- specific combination of all of those previously mentioned factors, and few hundreds of other possible factors not mentioned here - (not enough place to mention them all ...) ...

Well...from a Traditional Chinese Medicine perspective this is most interesting!

Read this page on the Liver: http://www.tcmstudent.com/organfunction/functionlv.shtml

"It may become reckless or hot and cause skin problems or emotional problems."

The Lungs actually rule the skin (in TCM) and the lungs house the emotions guilt, grief, sadness...The Lungs 'control' the Liver - so you should look to your Lungs (calming them - in TCM they might say that your lungs were 'excessive' instead of 'deficient') and strengthening your Liver...so that it can't be controlled by your Lungs. hmmmmmm. I suppose that although the Liver Flushes are strengthening your liver, long-term - it's the short-term weakening of the liver that causes the outbreaks?

Hmmmm...are you taking milk thistle and dandelion tincture to help strengthen your liver/gallbladder?

How about the emotions that go with the liver/gallbladder (anger, frustration...?) Do you feel that those emotions are being released and eliminated with the flushes too?

Here is another page about the relationships between the organs and the emotions: http://lieske.com/5e-intro.htm

Glad you got the hives under control!

T

Good site on the organs (TCM)

Wondering if you were extremely dehydrated from the Epsom Salts . Histamine causes allergic responses, & histamine also controls water levels in the body, so if you are very dehydrated allergic responses are worse because the histamine goes a bit nuts trying to handle everything. I've never heard of it being this much worse, sounds like something else was going on too. So this wouldn't likely be the answer but maybe could contribute.

And don't forget - wheat and milk are common allergens, stimulate mucus, etc. Maybe not the best thing to eat after a cleanse (or in general). Next time, maybe you should start with fruit, a green salad, something like that (raw and healthy) before eating stuff like your (typical?) breakfast (which is congesting and not very healthy).

But I'd definitely go with the water thing the others mentioned. Maybe drink 3 cups upon first waking, one with lemon juice.

I have had chronic hives for 25 years, and every time I did a liver flush, ( I have done 20+ so far) I would have a worse than usual reaction, despite taking a daily dose of antihistamines. And, for the first few months of Liver Flushing every 2-3 weeks, my hives were worse than ever. This would happen every time I would do any kind of cleanse, btw, colon cleanses, kidney cleanse, colonics, green drinks, anything that would clear toxins.

The good news: All the cleansing of the last 2 years is starting to finally pay off. After the last 2 flushes, I am not getting *any* hives right after, and in general, I am hardly getting any flare ups at all anymore. I have also been able to cut my daily dose of antihistamine in half.

I am convinced now that my chronic hives came from an inability of my liver to handle an overload of toxins, and it came out through my skin in the form of hives instead. Note: I did do a complete allergy testing workup however, to rule out a true allergy, and still take daily antihistimes as a precaution. If you are suddenly getting hives, it would be prudent to *make sure* that you are not truly allergic to a food, as this is nothing to fool around with!

I recently saw an alternative MD about my chronic hives, and he said that my liver was congested, and he prescribed Chinese Bitters as well as some acupuncture over my liver. I think this helped turn the corner, in addition to the 20+ liver cleanses. I passed one huge stone a few flushes ago, and after that, I did not get anymore hives after flushing. Also, the last 3 times, I have followed the cleanse with a coffee enema, and I think this also helped.

I would say, don't eat anything that you have not eaten before for a few days after the flush, when you are more sensitive, (get tested if you are not sure) keep some good antihistamine around just in case and keep on flushing. Look into Chinese Bitters & try a coffee enema after the flush to clean out any remaining toxins. You will turn the corner eventually, Good Luck!