Detoxifying the Skin
means running twenty to 30 gallons of filtered water (from a tap though a water purifier) through it. The constant water pressure will gradually eat away at the plaque and build-up. Complete irrigation on the entire large intestine is necessary to restore its function. After that, CNT and diet can help the normal process of the large intestine. Since it is very easy to rely on colonic irrigation, such reliance can interfere with the normal function of the large intestine and therefore, is only recommended as an initial cleansing. We agree with V.E. Irons, a man who has spent his life trying to educate the public about this important organ. One of his handout addresses the problems with this organ. It is slightly overstated, but effective: “To no other single cause is it possible to attribute onetenth as many various and widely diverse disorders. It may be said that almost every chronic disease known is directly or indirectly due to the influence of bacterial poisons absorbed from the large intestine. The colon may be justly looked upon as a veritable Pandora’s box, out of which comes more human misery and suffering, mental and moral, as well as physical than from any other known source. The colon is a sewage system, but by neglect and abuse it becomes a cesspool. When it is clean and normal we are well and happy; let it stagnate, and it will distill the poisons of decay, fermentation and putrefaction into the blood, poisoning the brain and nervous system so that we become mentally depressed and irritable. It will poison the heart so that we are weak and listless; poison the lungs so that the breath is foul; poison the digestive organs so that we are distressed and bloated; and poison the blood so that the skin is sallow and unhealthy. In short, every organ of the body is poisoned, and we age prematurely, look and feel old, the joints are stiff and painful, neuritis, dull eyes and a sluggish brain overtake us; the pleasure of living is gone.” The ancient Taoists, and many country doctors early in this century, knew the importance of a healthy large intestine. In fact, Taoists would fast for years to make sure this organ was clean. Many modern health experts underplay the crucial rote of this organ. In the United States colon cancer takes the lives of more people than any other cancer, except lung cancer: typically one out of every
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