Normally speaking, the liver does not initially process bentonite - it rejects it. That is probably why none of the formalized studies have picked up on this ( of course, scientific studies are quite rare to begin with on this subject ).
The liver, apparently, must first be restored to optimum health. My understanding of the dynamics come from Raymond Dextreit's Earth Cures handbook. A semi-healthy liver ( void of disease such as sclerosis, hepatitis, ect. ) takes at least 30 days of internal use, WITH home-brewed herbal teas to assist liver/kidney functions. Until that point is reached, the bentonite acts on the liver but is not processed BY the liver. However, this changes. Although I certainly cannot provide a scientific explanation, this can be practically demostrated with enough patience. Once the liver DOES start processing bentonite, in short order a fairly drastic change occurs in the blood itself. I have not had lab work done - however, the effect is quite visible, because the blood becomes so enriched that it changes several shades of color... In fact, if you were to accidently cut yourself in front of a group of people ( which is how I discovered this neat phenominon ) the response would be uniform gasps. It took me personally about six months of excessive detoxification to reach this level. Often times, external treatments of a good healing clay are necessary if a liver is in bad shape. It may not, at first, make any sense, but the results are very easily demonstratable. The PH balance is indeed affected. This goes beyond the stomach and digestive system as well. This can be demonstrated through long term use of bentonite internally on a daily basis. Unlike colloidal silver, most healing clays have very little effect on fungi itself. However, prolonged use, even without diet changes, slowly starts to eliminate fungal infections. My only explanation for this is a gradual restoration of the acid/basic system of the body. I think some of the latest formalized research was done by UCLA, and their studies were very poorly done. Perhaps this is due to the fact that they really didn't understand the nature of the substance. Keep in mind that bentonite operates to detoxify the body via sorption. So, we're not really talking about a binding agent per se. It also works when used on the outside of the body. I'll never forget one experience I had with a skin graft donor site. There were I would say about 30 staples left that were embedded in new granular tissue, and I felt it was a bit barbaric to use pliers to pull them out. Instead, we simply used a clay pack to remove the staples. Most came out within about 72 hours. The last stubborn few which were completely imbedded under the skin took about six days. None of them needed to be removed with pliers. The experiment was done without without the clay ever touching the body. A thin dressing was applied uniformly to the site, the clay was applied to this dressing, then covered with a second dressing. Bentonite is proving very EXCELLENT in the treatment of radiation poisoning. I wish I had more solid data on this, since radiation comes in many forms, but I've lost contact with the group that was shipping healing clay by the 1000's of gallons to Prussia ( if I remember correctly ), for assistance to those who had radiation poisoning from a contaminated water supply resulting from the Cheranobyl disaster. Needless to say one certainly does NOT want to use bentonite while undergoing chemotherapy or other such treatments. One day I certainly plan to do more formalized research - when I have the resources available. On a last note, while bentonite IS an aluminum silicate, it is NOT simply aluminum silicate. As far as I know, the FDA approved purified bentonites may not respond the same as a natural bentonite. I personally have only tried the FDA grade bentonite once - couldn't stand it. ----- Original Message ----- From: Duncan Crow <duncanc...@yahoo.com> To: <silver-list@eskimo.com> Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2001 12:20 PM Subject: Re: CS>Normal / bentonite > Hello A.V.R.A.; > > How does the liver process the clays? Given that the clays are aluminum > silicate and as such, unavailable to the digestive tract, their action will > be as a stabilizer and possibly a binder to toxins, right? > > How does bentonite fix oxygen into the bloodstream? I wasn't aware that > clay could change body pH or infuence oxygen directly. Let's look at this > important possibilty in more detail. > > > <<I know no better way to overcome the unpleasant side effects than the use > of bentonite/healing clays, which will also eliminate in rapid order any > herximer effect the body experiences with intense therapies. I personally > have ingested up to six grams daily of pure vitamin C powder with no > unpleasant side effects by waiting about 45 minutes and ingesting a liter or > so of clay water ( not recommended if one has not gently adjusted to > internal use of clays ). > > The clays added to the diet also help to avoid the possible pitfall of an > inbalance of free radicals in the body. Once the liver begins to process > the clays ( this can take a minimum of four weeks of usage, with a maximum > dependant directly upon the condition of the liver ), bentonite fixes free > oxygen in the blood stream>> > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.247 / Virus Database: 120 - Release Date: 4/6/01 > > > -- > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: > silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com > with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > > To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com> > >
