I tried the flush last night

[Guest guest]

Hi, Ruth:

Sorry you had such a tough time with the ES. A word of advice, though, next

time try some Magnesium Citrate instead that you can get from a drug store

that's in liquid form. This is for those who can't stand the ES. I

personally found that ES worked better for me, and one way around the taste is

drinking it through a straw. But the other does work. I think they have a

couple

of flavors. I always had the cherry flavor.

Next time you might make sure that you have the grapefruit. Hide it from

your kids. I know that many people do it with lemon, and the first time I did

the cleanse I used a different recipe. I was much better off with the olive

oil, grapefruit one. To that I would occasionally 1/4 cup of organic apple

juice, then a couple of drops of peppermint that I got from the health food

store. A very little of that stuff goes a long way, and it's expensive. But

it will last for a long time. It helps cut the nausea too.

Susie

[Guest guest]

I did the flush last night- or tried to anyway. I was too hungry to

completely fast after 2:00 PM, so I ended up having bread with honey

at around 2:15.

I took the epsom salts at 6:00, and got HORRIBLE cramps and diarhea

from it. The pain was just starting to subside at 8:00 when I had to

get my kids to bed, and I couldn't bring myself to drink any more of

it. At 9:45 I discovered that one of my children ate the last

grapefruit, so I had olive oil with lime juice instead (from a

bottle.) Ugh that made me feel so nauseated!! I couldn't bring myself

to take more epsom salts in the morning, either, when I already had

loose stools and didn't want to be stuck in the bathroom at the time I

had to get my kids ready for school. (This flush would have been even

harder for me on a weekend with the kids home all day.)

I had trouble sleeping last night, and had to make several trips to

the bathroom during the night. I didn't do the " colander in the toilet

bowl " thing because I didn't want to gross out my kids! We only have

one bathroom so setting up a stone-catcher in one bathroom and having

the family use another bathroom wasn't an option. Anyway, I've been

peeking in the toilet and there's been greenish stuff floating in

there. So I guess the flush did what it was meant to!

Ruth, single mom to an 11yo girl, 9yo girl, and 4yo boy

[Guest guest]

I have a variety of essential oils in the house, but peppermint isn't

one of them. Would spearmint work as well? If not, I could pick up

some peppermint oil before I do another flush- it's just cheaper to

use what I already have in the house!

a couple of drops of peppermint that I got from the health food

> store. A very little of that stuff goes a long way, and it's

expensive. But

> it will last for a long time. It helps cut the nausea too.

>

[Guest guest]

I have a variety of essential oils in the house, but peppermint isn't

one of them. Would spearmint work as well? If not, I could pick up

some peppermint oil before I do another flush- it's just cheaper to

use what I already have in the house!

Ruth:

I'm not sure about spearmint. I do know peppermint does help nausea. You

might do some research on spearmint and see.

Susie

[Guest guest]

I got so nauseous on my first flush I vomited for at least an hour. The

second flush I did last week, I sucked on fresh ginger. This really helped with

the nausea. I get it by my bed and whenver I started feeling weird I just put

a little piece in my mouth. I sucked out the juice and spit it out. Give it a

try!

Shefy

Hi, Shefy:

Oh, I forgot about fresh ginger. When I would have it around, I'd grate up

a little bit in my stuff that I drank. It really does help.

Susie

[Guest guest]

I got so nauseous on my first flush I vomited for at least an hour. The second

flush I did last week, I sucked on fresh ginger. This really helped with the

nausea. I get it by my bed and whenver I started feeling weird I just put a

little piece in my mouth. I sucked out the juice and spit it out. Give it a try!

Shefy

Tishri7@... wrote:

I have a variety of essential oils in the house, but peppermint isn't

one of them. Would spearmint work as well? If not, I could pick up

some peppermint oil before I do another flush- it's just cheaper to

use what I already have in the house!

Ruth:

I'm not sure about spearmint. I do know peppermint does help nausea. You

might do some research on spearmint and see.

Susie