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| Cleansing Reactions |
| During detoxification, the organs of elimination work overtime. As they excrete material that the body doesn't need, they produce symptoms known as cleansing reactions. When the reactions are sufficiently dramatic, they are called a healing crisis, a term derived from the health improvements that typically follow detoxification. Beata Bishop, who recounted her Gerson Therapy experience in My Triumph Over Cancer, and Dirk Benedict, who told the story of his macrobiotic cancer cure in Confessions of a Kamikaze Cowboy, described the phenomenon well. |
| Cleansing reactions can take place-at any time, even during the pre-cleanse or preparation phase. Symptoms vary, but in most cases, the skin, kidneys and intestines eliminate unpleasant-smelling substances, like truly malodorous sweat, urine and fecal matter; the tongue grows a gray or white, coat of thick, unpleasant-tasting fuzz; the breath smells awful; the skin may break out in acne, rashes or other eruptions; the pulse may race; and symptoms like headaches, weakness, dizziness, fatigue, insomnia, nausea, sinus congestion and the intensification of previously existing conditions are common. If you have ever gone on a plain water fast, you know that these symptoms arrive in a hurry; if you switch from |
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