Re: Day 10 and lots of questions!

Great job on 10 days!!! What a wonderful thing you are doing for your body!!

>>Are we to drink the laxitive tea every day twice a day even if our BM is looking mostly like yellow liquid with orange sediment?

The book advises to take the tea at night and the SWF (Salt-Water-Flush) in the morning. If the SWF (Salt-Water-Flush) can not be taken in the morning, then you can substitute the tea.

>>For the first 9 days my stools were about a cup or 1/2 of brown loose stools. Today, just orange "sediment" as I've come to call it. Is this is a good sign or bad one.

Detox goes in cycles, you may be in a down cycle right now where not much detox is happening. It is possible to up your cayenne intake to break up more fecal matter. I was using 1/4 tsp per drink on my last fast, and I've read posts of people that have used 1/2 tsp. You'll need to work your way up to a greater amount slowly. If you go too fast, you could put yourself into a healing crisis.

>>Should I drink the tea for the duration of the fast?

Yes.

>>And what about the SWF? Is that needed if I'm having at least 3 BMs a day?

IMO, it is necessary. It is rinsing out your bowels and getting all of the little stuck on pieces of BM that are clinging desparately to the insides of your intestines. It's washing out your insides. I sort of think of it this way - when you get to the end of the tube of toothpaste, there is still some toothpaste clinging to the insides of the tube. If you cut open the closed end and subject it to pressurized water, what little toothpaste is left is going to eventually wash out.

>>By BM I'm referring to mostly liquid at this point?

Yes, "butt-pee" is just about the only thing you'll see while on the MC.

>>How do I know when I've fasted long enough?

Only you will know! (How's that for an answer?!) You have to listen to your body and it will tell you when you're done. Many previous posts advise you not to quit on a "low". When you are feeling down, grouchy, upset then you are having detox and you should wait until that is over before you stop.

On my first cleanse, I was only going to go for 7 days. By day 5, I was feeling good enough that I decided to keep going. I ended up going 14 days.

Good luck to you!
Tiffany