Q: Dr. Cowden, how can someone safely & inexpensively
detoxify?
Dr Cowden's Answer: If a person is having less than 3
bowel movements per day, they are constipated, by definition,and also
bowel toxic. If the bowel is toxic, all other organs will become
toxic. Except for patients with G6PD-deficiency, I recommend
non-corn-derived ascorbic acid (such as Cardiovascular Research Tapioca C)
taken 2-3 times per day after meals, gradually increasing the dose to bowel
tolerance. When the bowels get loose, I add a tablespoon of psyllium powder or
slippery elm powder with each dose of Vitamin C. The goal is 3 large soft
bowel movements per day.
Toxins are carried away from the tissues via the lymphatics.
To clear toxins from the lymphatics, the patient would lay on their bed on
their back, flex both hips 90 degrees, then start pretending to pedal an
imaginary bicycle in the air (extending their ankles with each motion of their
foot toward the foot of the bed & flexing their ankles with every motion
toward the head of the bed). They pedal until they tire, then put their legs
both down for a brief rest, then resume pedaling, then rest again when tired,
then resume pedaling again, etc. (for a total time of 10 minutes each bedtime).
To detoxify the kidneys, liver, lymphatics &
ground matrix, there must be sufficient hydration. An adult should drink 2
ounces of purified water or spring water every 15 minutes every waking hour
(except no water or other liquids from 20 minutes before each meal until 40
minutes after each meal so as to be able to digest food optimally).
Nutramedix.com makes
3 remedies to aid detox of kidneys, liver, lymphatics & ground matrix. They
are Burbur Detox, Parsley Detox & Trace Minerals Relax/Detox and are all
interchangeable. They can be rotated to decrease the chance of developing
allergies to any one of them.
For heavy metal detox, I recommend 2 capsules daily
of Nutramedix Zeolite if the patient has mercury amalgams in their teeth.
I recommend 2 capsules daily of Nutramedix Zeolite-HP if the patient does
not have mercury amalgams in their teeth.
Far-infrared sauna, starting at 110 degrees F and
20 minutes and gradually building to 145 degrees F and 45 minutes, every other
day can help mobilize metals & various other toxins out of the body, mostly
thru the skin. If one puts a tablespoon of oil (walnut oil, almond oil or
macadamia nut oil) in the mouth to swish it around in the mouth continuously
for the last 3-5 minutes in the sauna, before spitting out the oil &
jumping into a luke-warm shower with a good glycerin soap, more toxins will be
removed in fewer days. The oil swish&spit can also be done for 3-5
minutes each AM before getting out of bed (pour the tablespoon of oil into a
small glass & keep it at the bedside all night).
All of the above can usually be done safely in an empiric fashion.
Many of these techniques & principles used by
me & other integrative medicine doctors to help patients get well, when
allopathic medicine fails, are described in video courses on the website for
the Academy (www.acimconnect.com)
