Parasite cleansing does not have to be a traumatic experience. A person who wishes to cleanse his body of opportunistic pathogens must endure a little discomfort in order to gain long term benefits. The changes going through the body is only temporary and will only surface during treatment. As soon as the patient stops the cleansing, all the side effects will cease to manifest.
Mild but effective natural alternatives are readily available for the common consumer to use in their homes. Some folks feel that a parasite cleansing can make them temporarily incapacitated as the side effects may be too harsh for their bodies. Which is why, an herbal remedy is suggested as they work slowly giving the body time to adapt to the change and also have a milder effect in the stomach.
Herbal remedies have their own set of advantages and disadvantages. The advantages are: they are cheap, readily available and most treatments are well tolerated by the body. The biggest disadvantage with using herbal parasite cleansing is that since the treatment works slowly, they need to be taken for longer periods of time.
Listed below are some of most popular parasite cleansing treatments used by natural health practitioners:
- Wormwood (Artemisia shrub or Artemisia absinthum)
This plant is prescribed to children and the elderly who have a weakened digestive system. Sometimes, the body goes under too much stress that the rate of digestion is affected and needs a little jump start to get things going. Wormwood is also an effective exterminator of adult parasites and developing parasite cysts.
- Cloves (Eugenia caryophyllata)
The common clove is a potent remedy for getting rid of parasite eggs and larvae. On their own, cloves also have anti-fungal, antiviral and anti-inflammatory properties. The anti-inflammatory property of cloves will come in handy to soothe the anticipated inflammation which will take place once the parasite cleansing commences.
Clove capsules are readily available in most health food stores. However, if you want to make your own capsules, buy whole cloves in the supermarkets and grind them yourself using a coffee grinder. Ground cloves found in the supermarkets may have already gone stale and have lost their anti-parasitic property.
- Black walnut hulls
The active ingredients found in Black walnut hulls are juglone, tannin and iodine. These too have anti-fungal, anti-viral and anti-bacterial properties which are helpful in the parasite cleanse. Black walnut hulls must be harvested when the hulls are still green. By doing so, the nutrients and anti-parasitic properties of the plant are preserved. Black walnuts tincture is one of the best commercial preparations of this plant as it is potent and can last for a long time.
The 3 plant remedies are usually taken together. The doses for each may vary depending on a person’s weight or size but the average duration of the treatment is between 2 weeks to one month. This ensures that the whole life cycle of a parasite is covered and that the cleansing covers all phases. Parasite cleansing using herbal remedies can be effective when you know the right amount of ingredients to use and the right amount of time to use them.