Date:   11/28/2005 9:08:07 PM ( 19 y ago)
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Greetings all,

Not knowing the situation/condition of the person who felt IF #1 made her worse, I have the following thoughts & concerns...

--Products like Oxypowder that liquefy the contents of the colon, or things like Epsom Salts that flush the colon harshly (in case of ES, by drawing so much fluid into the colon),or harsh pharmaceutical laxatives...require zero peristalsis to work. The colon does not have to squeeze in any way in order for feces to be removed. So it stands to reason after using things like this, that the colon would become extremely weakened and ineffective. So for me personally, there's no way I would use them for treatment to try to truly heal a serious colon issue.

--It also stands to reason that when taking products such as Schulzes IF#1, MH's LBB and other herbal stimulant/laxatives, that while the colon is being worked & stimulated to squeeze & expel (via herbal assistance), that when immediately coming off of these products, the diet should be carefully monitored to provide foods that are easier to digest and expel...to help the colon "come back into it's own" gradually. It'd be logical that if one's body depended upon IF#1 or similar for a long time, that when reducing or eliminating it, once would see a substantial lessening of the peristalsis they were used to when taking the product.

--A HUGE concern: The people you quoted said -- I have suffered through bouts of constipation for quite sometime. BUT, since going off of IF #1 last year, I have been completely screwed up. I have NO muscle tone, NO peristalsis, and cannot go to the bathroom now without a laxative. It is horrible." And this same person, in another post, said: "took Dr. Schultz’s IF#1 for a month last year, and haven't been right since. I always had some constipations problems before that, but sine coming off of this formula, severe constipation has been a miserable problem for me. When I came off the formula, everything stopped, literally. I had lost all my muscle tone, and my bowels had become completely laxative dependant and it has been an ongoing miserable battle for me for a year now. I do not take anything with stimulants now, but for relief when I just need to have it, I have colonics"

....but I see nothing here that indicates in any way that either person ever completed the IF #2 phase of the cleanse!! The cleanse isn't complete until one has done the IF #2 phase, which involves taking the IF#2 formula for at a week (at the very least). The IF#2 contains not only psyllium & Bentonite clay & activated willow charcoal for roughage/fiber/mass/detox but ALSO apple pectin ... http://www.nutrasanus.com/apple-pectin.html ...which provides a great amount of benefits to colon health and regulation. AND IF #2 also contains Organic Flax seed WildCrafted Slippery Elm inner bark, and Organic Marshmallow root...which I don't have links for, but also support colon detox and health/healing.

It seems logical to me, that after once achieving the 2-3 bowel movements daily via herbals, that one would definitely need to recondition/assist the colon to work again. And it also seems extremely logical that a product like IF#2...with bulk, fiber, and the various support herbs...would be something that assist in that.

It ALSO seems logical to me, that if one takes IF#1, LBB or ANY such product, and doesn't follow it with IF#2, dietary changes, and/or deep bowel cleansing/ eliminating the layers of mucoid plaque that have built up for years...that the whole digestive tract would be worse off than it was before. Because now the intestines have become used to having a LOT of help...but by stopping the IF #1/similar, you've taken away the help it became used to having ---and you DIDN'T fix the problem that caused the whole problem in the first place!

Over and over and OVER again the great healers of this century have preached: it's NOT good enough to just substitute natural herbs & treatments for pharmaceutical herbs & treatments! TREATING ONLY THE SYMPTOM (AND NOT THE CAUSE) IS WHAT US GOT US INTO THIS WHOLE MEDICAL NIGHTMARE!

ONE CANNOT EXPECT TO SUBSTITUTE IF#1 FOR EX-LAX FOR A MONTH, AND EXPECT TO ACHEIVE HEALING! But one CAN expect to be just as bad off as they would have been if they took Ex-Lax for a month. (I'm not "yelling" at anyone out of anger or judgementalism, I'm yelling because this is SO important :)

-- Oxypowder and IF#1 have nothing in common... Oxypowder liquefies fecal matter/build up and requires NO peristalsis; IF#1/similar CAUSE peristalsis to happen. Until someone shows me differently, the logical fact is that Oxypowder cannot provide a true healing of the digestive tract, it can only remove clogs & eliminate build-up.

Please add your thoughts, experiences and insights, I'm here to help and to learn just like everybody else...and I feel it's EXTREMELY important that those of us that offer advice, be grounded & logically educated so that we can provide words that helps someone to achieve healing...NOT something that only makes them worse in the long run. I see yet another "newbie" with a lifetime of constipation issues getting ready to start using Oxypowder...and I don't understand how that's going to help her. If it IS going to help her to achieve strong peristalsis and daily bowel movements once it's discontinued, I/we want to know how/why...and I/we want to be able to suggest it as a cure. If it's only going to "clean her out" and leave her colon more weakened and out of shape than it was before, I/we want to know that, as well. "Product Loyalty" and personal ego have nothing to do with it....right? RIGHT!

Blessings!

Unyquity



 

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