Frequently Asked Questions about the Liver Cleanse 
What does the liver cleanse involve?
Do I have to do the zapping or supplement support?
Is the cleanse painful?
How do I know that these are really gallstones?
Should I do the cleanse?
How often should I do the cleanse?
Should I continue my regular vitamins and supplements during the cleanse?
Will I feel good after the cleanse?
Will the cleanse interfere with my prescription drugs?
Is it dangerous for me to take epsom salts if I have high blood pressure? Or low blood pressure?
Should I do the cleanse if I'm pregnant or nursing?
Can my mother who is 81 years old do the cleanse?
Can I do the cleanse if I've had my gall bladder removed?
I read on QuackWatch about Hulda Clark. Have you read this and what is your opinion?
Q. What does the liver cleanse involve?
A. As the simplest answer, the liver cleanse is a one-day protocol involving a brief fast followed by ingestion of epsom salts to clear the bowel and "open the bile ducts". Prior to bed, a mixture of olive oil and fresh squeezed lemon or grapefruit juice is drunk to induce the expulsion of bile from the liver (which blows the stones out). The cleanse ends the following morning with more epsom salts to flush the stones through the bowel. The entire process takes less than 24 hours.
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Q. Do I have to do the zapping or supplement support?
A. A person is free to follow any cleanse in any way they choose. My personal experience is that I have had a better cleanse (more stones, less discomfort during the cleanse, and less fatigue after the cleanse) after doing thorough zapping and supplement support than when I have done only minimal preparation. I have heard of people doing the cleanse without zapping or preparation and have had no problems and still had a good cleanse. My only advice to that is for each person to cleanse in a manner true to his/her own inner wisdom.
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A. I have not personally experienced anything worse than mild abdomenal discomfort for about an hour after the olive oil mixture and the inevitable discomfort or burning associated with liquid stool. Others have experienced nausea to include vomiting associated with drinking the epsom salts, headaches, cramping, fatigue, insomnia, or emotional discomfort. In all cases that I have investigated, the person experiencing significant discomfort had abbreviated or eliminated the preparation prior to the cleanse. One person reported passing a kidney stone associated with the liver cleanse (this was self-diagnosed based on previous experience with passing kidney stones).
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Q. How do I know that these are really gallstones?
A. I can offer the following incomplete characterization of these small green or tan stones which float. If collected and stored in liquid for long enough, the stones melt into a layer of green oily debris-laden liquid at the top of the water. The stone will crush with slight pressure revealing a concentric layered construction like a tiny onion. The stones vary widely in size from the size of a grape to a tiny beebee, sometimes occurring in the form of an aggregate of many small stones cemented together in an elongated structure the thickness of a thin pencil. This is enough evidence for me to classify them as liver/gall stones. In the clinic where I worked, there is documented evidence of a person having a congested gall bladder that is shown to be completely cleared after a cleanse. I have heard theories proposed by people who have problems with the idea that stones can be so easily ejected from the liver/gall bladder. One is that the stones are spontaneous crystallization of the olive oil, perhaps from the combination of lemon juice with bile or stomach acid. I have no scientific argument against this as I am not an expert in lipid chemistry.
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A. Only you can answer that. Use your intuition or consult with qualified health practitioners. My rule of thumb is that if you don't feel comfortable with it then don't do it. Amy did not feel comfortable with the cleanse and waited two years to get up her courage while she was preparing her body by different, more gentle approaches. Many qualified practitioners have advised me that everyone should do a liver cleanse of some kind at least twice a year just as maintenance.
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Q. How often should I do the cleanse?
A. This is an individual assessment. I intend to continue cleansing four times a year until I catch up. Many people choose a more aggressive approach of once a month. I would say it depends on how well the cleanse goes for you and how toxic you are. Hulda Clarke suggests not to cleanse any more often than every two weeks. This is too frequent for me but many have followed this recommendation.
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Q. Should I continue my regular vitamins and supplements during the cleanse?
A. Hulda Clark recommends that you stop taking your supplements for the day of the cleanse. I typically resume my supplements the next day and refine my program according to how I feel with a newly flushed liver. I consider the cleanse a good opportunity to reset my metabolism and revise my supplement regime, adding back supplements one at a time to more accurately feel their benefit to my system. I usually find that I don't need as many supplements in order to get the same results as before the cleanse.
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Q. Will I feel good after the cleanse?
A. Reports have varied as to the specific effects of the cleanse. I had immediate short term effects such as mental clarity and emotional stability with my first cleanse. I had long term benefits such as more regular bowel function and improved skin health. I have had episodes of fatigue after cleansing but this I find is alleviated with proper supplementation or a colonic after the cleanse which clears out loose stones. Some have reported increased gas after the cleanse which may be alleviated by taking probiotics.
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Q. Will the cleanse interfere with my prescription drugs?
A. I do not know. Only a doctor can advise you about prescription drugs.
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Q. Is it dangerous for me to take epsom salts if I have high blood pressure? Or low blood pressure?
A. Realizing that I am not a medical doctor, I can say that it is my understanding that magnesium sulfate (epsom salts) is a hospital treatment used specifically to lower blood pressure, especially for pregnant women experiencing high blood pressure. As such, I do not foresee problems in cases of high blood pressure; but, I would think that someone with low blood pressure might have concerns with the epsom salts associated with the cleanse. In cases of low blood pressure or someone with less body weight (a child or smaller sized adult), it seems sensible to reduce the dose of epsom salts used for the cleanse. You should consult your doctor in such cases. Relevant to this issue, I worked in a clinic where a commercially available essential oil blend is used very effectively as a first aid measure to help regulate spontaneous bouts of low blood pressure or heart irregularities. Since I cannot provide specifics in this format, you may consult the 2nd Edition Essential Oils Desk Reference, page 85. Repeated application of this oil blend 6-8 drops at a time to the left inner forearm may provide immediate results.
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Q. Should I do the cleanse if I'm pregnant or nursing?
A. Hulda Clark does not recommend the cleanse for pregnant women. I support this caution. Amy has done the cleanse while nursing and the baby goes through a cleanse at the same time. Also, Amy waited until Daniel was older (at least 6 months or when they start solid food). If you have had trouble in the past with the baby not wanting to nurse or if the nursing relationship is fragile, it may be best to wait until after weaning to do the cleanse. Another concern is that the cleanse may stress the mother such that adequate support becomes more important. One nursing mother reported getting sick after the cleanse and staying 'down' for several weeks (she admitted an inadequate preparation). The baby had no problems.
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Q. Can my mother who is 81 years old do the cleanse?
A. Hulda Clark reports that elderly persons have successfully followed the cleanse. Other than that, I do not have much to offer. The oldest person to do the cleanse that I know of personally is over seventy and he had no problems.
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Q. Can I do the cleanse if I've had my gall bladder removed?
A. If I had my gall bladder removed, I would have concerns about possible scar tissue build up that might make passage of stones difficult. I certainly would wait to do the cleanse until at least six months after gall bladder surgery and consult my doctor on the topic. At the clinic where I worked, people who have had their gall bladders removed have gone through a liver cleanse, do get stones, and report no difficulties. This is, however, done under a medical doctor's supervision. Again, consult your own intuition and inner wisdom.
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Q. What is your opinion concerning the QuackWatch report on Hulda Clark?
A. One of the reasons I wrote the Cleansing Notes booklet is to extract useful information from Hulda Clark's book, which contains a disturbing amount of inaccurate information and what I consider to be radical perspectives and advice on many topics. I feel that her ideas on the connection between pollution and parasites are sound but over-simplified. On these issues, I generally agree with various dissenting write-ups such as that presented in QuackWatch. On the other hand, I feel many people tend to be too critical and end up overlooking certain medical facts, such as the well-documented connection between certain intestinal parasites and cancer of the liver and pancreas (for example).
Amy's response to this question:
As far as the QuackWatch on Hulda Clark …I read everything with a filter — what I know to be true, my intuition, and with a scientific critique (is it good science methodology). I'd say both QuackWatch and Hulda Clark need to be filtered. What I have read from both tends to be extreme (obviously opposite extremes). Peter wrote his Cleansing Notes booklet because Hulda Clark's book is so extreme. If you want to be paranoid about parasites and toxins, read her book. She also contradicts herself in several ways throughout the book. However, I think her basic principle that disease is caused by toxins and parasites is sound. Let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater. I also think that each person will have a different way to approach this principle in their own healing journey.
As far as the information on legal issues concerning Hulda Clark, I would not give over my power to her — just as I would not give over my power to an M.D., or anyone else for that matter. Now that I know the power of health is in my hands (and I will answer to God for how I've used that power), I'm not giving it away!
As to Quack Watch, I haven't read over his entire site; however, I wonder if he holds allopathic medicine to the same standards as alternative medicine.
As to the efficacy of the Zapper (I have no experience with the Synchrometer), I can only site my own experience. I believe that since we've started using the zapper as one of our health tools, the frequency, duration and intensity of our illness (i.e. cold, flu, etc.) has decreased. We have heard of people doing experiments on a chicken leg with the zapper — they zapped the chicken leg everyday and it didn't visibly rot for 2 weeks. We have not yet replicated this or any other experiment with the Zapper.
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