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| iron, calcium, potassium and magnesium, but their mineral content alone cannot explain their use as a healing agent for thousands of years. Some scientists have suggested that clay is alive, or that it has a negative electrical charge that attracts positively charged toxic material. |
| Powdered clay such as bentonite has such minute particles that its surface area is very large in proportion to its volume, allowing it to collect many times its weight in positively charged particles. Some clays are said to absorb and collect 40 times their weight in impurities. In The Healing Clay, Michael Abehsera described how contaminated water has been purified by clay, how in a famous French incident dogs that were poisoned survived after drinking clay water, how clay has prevented arsenic poisoning in people and how its external application has healed cuts, severe acne, infected wounds, eye injuries, fibrous tumors, serious burns and other conditions. |
| Clay comes in different colors, depending on its chemical composition and place of origin. One of the world's most famous clays is known as Cutler's earth, Luvos, aluminum silicate, colloidal white clay or balus. French green clay is a popular cosmetic item, and other clays are pink, red, yellow or gray. |
| The clay most useful in herbal detoxification programs is liquid or hydrated bentonite (montmorillonite) clay, but any powdered clay can be added to water and soaked overnight before using, with good results. In fact, even the thin clay water floating on the surface has impressive healing benefits. Adding thick hydrated clay to juice speeds cleansing dramatically, |
| Please Note: Michael Abehsera offers two appropriate cautions regarding the internal use of clay. |
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