you have begun a journey that you may not know you have embarked upon.

there are two basic modes the body can be in. the usual mode that most americans are in is the storage mode. this is because the barrage of toxins coming into the body via the lungs, the skin and the diet are more than the body can handle so it stores these things for later metabolism/disposal. the other mode is one of expelling toxins. you have started to expel toxins in a new way. this is going to cause all sorts of changes to take place. expelling through the skin is one of these changes.

you will soon lear, if you hang out at curezone for long, that nothing should go on the skin that you would not take a big mouthful and swallow. the reason is because putting it on your skin is the same thing. it enters the body and gets circulated around via the blood and lymph. what you have experienced is normal and will pass as you continue to oil pull. i suggest you try some of the other cleanses and flushes in order to expedite your cleansing.


let my people go

All of what has been written is true and good info, but... you could very well be right. The oil in your mouth becomes toxic with swishing and if it gets on your mouth or face should be cleaned, maybe with clean coconut oil. That's what I would do.

Dear Help* --

A couple of things:

1) I remember when I first started OP a couple of months ago I was reading the older posts. Don't have time to look back through them now, but I distinctly recall that someone said to try not to get your OP oil on your skin as it has toxins and in their experience would cause a breakout. I have "dribbled" a little bit from time to time and try and wipe it up quickly, and one day I sneezed without forewarning and the oil was everywhere and nothing terrible, but it could cause a reaction. That could be happening.

2) I did have a terrible sore on the bottom of my tongue a couple of weeks into oil pulling. I had been adding a few drops of oregano oil to my olive oil. People responded, and I did a search on the Curezone engine which further suggested, that this was a healing crisis -- probably the oregano oil drawing out a virus. It was not comfortable and I did end up getting conventional medicine for it. But it was gone relatively quickly and has not come back.

(You could search for "oil pulling" or "cleanse" and "rash" and see what comes up that seems to make sense to you.)

I also had a more conventional healing crisis at the start of OP -- my skin got HORRIBLE, or even MORE horrible than it had been -- before clearing up dramatically. That experience was what I needed to go through to keep my faith in the process for the terrible sore a bit later -- there was a large part of me (larger than I would like to admit!) that said, "stop this now! look at the bad things that are going on!" -- but I feel so much better physically, and happier, than I did before oil pulling.

Good luck and Happy Thanksgiving,

Laura