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| conditions (for example, bowel inflammation is helped by soothing herbs such as slippery elm and marshmallow root). When using roots and barks, be sure to simmer for at least twenty minutes. If using leaves or flowers, steep for ten minutes. After the tea is ready, strain and dilute with 1 to 3 quarts of plain water. Let cool to body temperature and then proceed to fill the enema bag. |
| Lie on a towel on your left side with your knees drawn up to your chest and place the bag at doorknob height. Gently insert the lubricated tip and slowly let the solution enter the bowel over the next five to fifteen minutes. Roll onto your back and massage the periphery of your abdomen counterclockwise, beginning in the left corner of the lower bowel. |
| Roll onto your right side and continue gently massaging. Sometimes the contents are expelled right away, and at other times it is important to retain the contents for five to fifteen minutes. Your health practitioner will give you the appropriate instructions. |
| Coffee Enema |
| Coffee enemas are a major part of the Gerson anticancer program. The actions of coffee enemas are multiple. The caffeine in the coffee is carried to the portal vein from the rectum, where it stimulates the liver, the major organ of detoxification. Since it is crucial that people with cancer avoid constipation, enemas, particularly coffee enemas, are a safe and effective way to have a bowel movement without the use of laxatives. |
| Directions: Prepare I pint of strong organic coffee, using 3 tablespoons of coffee per pint of water. Dilute with 1 to 2 quarts of filtered/distilled water. Fill the enema bag, gently insert the lubricated tube, and retain as much of the contents as you can for fifteen minutes, if possible. |
| Music Therapy |
| Since cells vibrate dynamically and may transmit information via harmonic wave motions, it is possible that certain types of music may possess healing properties. |
| A 1996 study reported in Alternative Therapies in Clinical Practice demonstrated the effect of different sounds on the growth of human cancer-cell lines in vitro. Five tumor-cell lines (lung, colon, brain, breast, and skin) all showed |
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