112 Flushing Out The Benefits Of Coffee and Cistus Tea Enemas

<p>&quot;Chronic disease was a forest fire that burned my life to the ground. Once I stopped fighting the fire and let it burn away the things I had once thought valuable, I began to learn from it and accept where I was. The empty spaces gave me room for new growth and my life moved in a different direction.&quot; <em>--</em> <em>Gregg Kirk</em> <em>(from the book &quot;The Gratitude Curve&quot;)</em> <p> </p> <p>Key Takeaways about Enemas:</p> <p> </p> <p>I (Gregg Kirk) stumbled across information about the <a href="https://gerson.org/gerpress/">Gerson Institute</a> and their well-known <a href="https://gerson.org/gerpress/the-gerson-therapy/">Gerson Therapy</a> that had been developed for those suffering from cancer and chronic illnesses. While their juicing and dietary restrictions didn’t resonate with me, <a href="https://gerson.org/gerpress/dr-max-gerson/">Dr. Max Gerson</a>’s research on coffee enemas intrigued me a great deal. Apparently, during World War I, he was stationed in Europe in a medical unit that treated victims of the frontlines. </p> <p> </p> <p>Gerson and the staff were using enemas to treat their patients, and when they ran out of clean water one day, the unit began using coffee as an alternative measure. Within days, the medical staff began noticing an increased improvement in their patients. There was a clear difference between water enemas and coffee enemas, so Dr. Gerson studied what exactly was taking place:</p> <p>According to Gerson's research, coffee enemas stimulate the body into generating glutathione, and if a patient holds the coffee in the colon for 12-15 minutes, the body’s entire blood supply passes through the liver 4-5 times, carrying poisons picked up from the tissues. In this way, a coffee enema acts as a form of dialysis of the blood across the gut wall. So not only does the enema clear out toxic debris from the intestines, but it activates the liver for further detoxing and also acts as a blood cleanser.</p> <p>This sounded interesting to me, so I bought an enema apparat