The morning liver flush and other recipes

The standard liver flush formula (boiled down to its essence) takes place in the evening and looks like this:

take no supplements on the day of the flush
eat no fat in your meals at breakfast or lunch and avoid sugar
have no food or drink after 2 PM
drink 2 cups epsom salt mix (see below for mixture) between 6:00 PM and 9:00 PM (the old-school says one cup at 6 PM and a second at 8 PM, but sipping continuously between 6 and 9 PM may be more effective)
drink 1/2 cup olive oil at 10:00 PM (mix with 1/4 to 1/2 half cup lemon or grapefruit juice if you want for taste)
immediately lie down flat on your back with your head slightly elevated for 20 minutes (massage your liver with hands or lacrosse ball if you want)
go to sleep (consider taking some charcoal capsules before bed)
wake up and drink another cup of Epsom salt water (about eight hours after the flush)
two hours later, take some psyllium fiber to push any remaining stones
after the last step, start eating again whenever you feel like it

The double flush formula

some people like me and liver flush guru Michael Handel do two flushes in a row
if I’m doing an evening flush, I would wake at 5 AM and drink 1/2 cup epsom salt water, wake again at 6 AM for another half cup Epsom salt water, followed by a second half cup of olive oil at 7 or 8 AM

The morning flush formula

take no supplements on the day of the flush
eat no fat after lunch (or dinner) the day before
drink 2 cups epsom salt mix (see below for mixture) divided into thirds at 5:00 AM, 6:00 AM and 7:00 AM (you can play around with the timing because there are probably lots of ways to make it work)
drink 1/2 cup olive oil at 8:00 AM (mix with 1/4 to 1/2 half cup lemon or grapefruit juice if you want for taste)
immediately lie down flat on your back with your head slightly elevated for 20 minutes (massage your liver with hands or lacrosse ball if you want)
take three charcoal caps if you want
around 11 AM do your second bowel flush with either Epsom salt, saltwater or vitamin C
about two hours later, take some psyllium fiber to push any remaining stones
after the last step, start eating again whenever you feel like it

Substitutions

it’s not necessary to use olive oil – any healthy oil will do, so theoretically you could use avocado, almond, hazelnut, coconut oil etc. (preferably organic)
some people use a combination of raw egg yolks and any vegetable oil in place of olive oil
some people use salt water instead of epsom salt for the last bowel flush (I found it dehydrates me terribly and I’m going to try vitamin C instead next time)

Bowel flush recipes

epsom salt flush: the old-school mixture is 4 tablespoons Epsom salt in 3 cups of water – 1 tablespoon Epsom salt per cup of water is more than enough for me
epsom salt is hard on the kidneys which is why some people prefer alternatives like the following:
salt water flush (SWF): works well for me, mixing 2 teaspoons of sea salt in 4 cups of water (but the dehydration makes me feel miserable)
vitamin C flush: powder or magnesium citrate/oxide can be mixed with water easily but you’ll need to experiment to find the amount that causes your bowels to flush because everyone has a unique tolerances. I use sodium ascorbate.

What can go wrong

bile is oily and slippery which prevent stones from getting stuck but… although it’s rare, a stone can get stuck on its way out and be very painful – just repeat the flush starting with 1 tablespoon of Epsom salt in a glass of water every 2 to 3 hours followed by your olive oil an hour after the last epsom salt – here’s a video explaining a slightly more elaborate procedure
if you’re worried about stones getting stuck, you may want to take Chanca Piedra or malic acid for several weeks before your flush
nothing might come out – try again

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