Stay Healthy During Chemo. Джо Диспенза

      Step 2: Detoxify to Promote Healing from the Inside Out

      The wound is the

       place where the Light

       enters you.

      Rumi

      Once the new mental and emotional framework has been set in place, the practical work of getting healthy begins. And it all starts with cleaning the body of both the chemo drugs and the dead cancer cells they destroyed.

      Detoxification is a kind of purification rite that acts as a gateway for all the marvelous life-enhancing changes that will take place during the healing process. It is vitally important that the toxic residue from cancer cells left behind by chemotherapy exits the body as quickly as possible. This step is about pushing the wastes of chemo out so they don't keep circulating in the body, endangering the precious environment of the immune system.

      Toxins leave the body in several ways. Here we will be concentrating on detoxification through the digestive system, the skin (the body's largest organ), and the liver and bladder.

      Cancer cells that are killed off by chemotherapy, the chemo chemicals themselves, and other toxins left behind on the chemo battlefield circulate in the body until they are processed and expelled by the eliminative organs—the liver, kidneys, bladder, lungs, lymphatic system, colon, blood, and the largest of our organs, the skin.

      The sooner the accumulated toxins leave the body, the better! In this step, I am setting out two scientifically grounded detoxification regimes that are easy to do and require little preparation or special materials. They will help you to feel better faster.

      External: Therapeutic Bathing

      These four therapeutic baths come from the work of Dr. Hazel Parcells (1889-1996), a pioneer in the field of nutrition and holistic healing; if you do the math on her dates, you will see that she lived into her 107th year. You can also find them in Live Better Longer, the book about Dr. Parcells and her methods of natural healing.

      I recommend that you take all four baths—one at a time, of course—over a two-week period. Then begin the round again, separating baths by a few days.

      Therapeutic bathing is another way of cleansing, and therefore of healing. Our skin is an organ of our bodies—the largest organ. Sixty-five percent of body cleansing is accomplished through our skin.

      The Underlying Scientific Principle

      The Parcells therapeutic baths are based on the chemical principle “the weak will draw from the strong.” The hot water bathing solution draws toxins out of the body to the surface of the skin. Then, as the water cools, the toxins are pulled from the surface of the skin by the change in temperature and go into the water. The purification is brought about by the simple principle of nature that the weak (cool water) energy draws from the strong (body heated by the hot water).

      It is important to remain in the bath until the water cools in order to receive the full effect of these detoxifying therapeutic baths. Adding cold water to speed up the cooling of the bath water will change the chemistry of the bath, so that is not advised.

      After leaving the tub, it is best to lie down covered with a blanket and allow your body to perspire freely, releasing more of the toxic build-up from the treatment process.

      A general caution: depending where you are in chemo treatment, you may have to adjust the timing of these baths to make them tolerable to your system. You may find it uncomfortable and unpleasant to stay in the baths for more than ten or fifteen minutes. In that case, it is best to work up to a full therapeutic bath over several bathing sessions.

       NOTE: it is not advisable to do a therapeutic bath on the day of chemo treatment or on the days before and after chemo.

      The Four Parcells Therapeutic Bathing Formulas

      Formula 1

      When to Do It: This formula is especially good after any kind of scan. PET Scans and CAT Scans, for instance, will greatly increase levels of radiation in our bodies. Even simple dental X-rays will leave deposits in the body that will interfere with healthy functioning.