Make Your Own Herbal Cleansing Formula

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Here's one you can make yourself. This cleansing formula clears layers of waste from your colon, tones and feeds your bowel, and gently stimulates your natural peristaltic muscles.

Buy these herbs and empty capsules. If the herbs are in leaf form, grind them to a powder in a clean coffee grinder or blender. Mix herbs in the ratio listed down below. Encapsulate the mixture into capsules. Start with 2 capsules a day, then regulate your personal dosage. Take as many capsules as necessary to produce bowel movements that are soft but well formed. If your stools seem too loose cut down on the herbs. Many people stay on this herbal formula for 6 to 9 months for a complete cleanse of their colons. It took years to clog your colon; change doesn't happen overnight. Use this formula with a cleansing diet and extra fiber. Combine 2 parts cascara sagrada bark with one part each of the following:

• barberry bark (or Oregon grape root)
• cayenne
• ginger
• golden seal root
• lobelia herb and/or seeds
• red raspberry leaves
• turkey rhubarb root
• fennel

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