[Everything doTERRA] Re: Constipation

Great! Thanks for the info. Glad the lemon worked for you. I will have
to tell a friend of mine about that (might try it myself too!).
Cheers

On May 9, 3:17 am, kcoapen <kcoakleype...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Chronic constipation here too!  Tried many things over the course of
> my life, cleanses, probiotics, more fiber, more water etc, they often
> worked but not for the duration.  Extra water doesn't work for me.
> When I first started doTERRA I was taking a little more than 1 bottle
> of DigestZen a month and it was helping but not at the level I wanted.
>
> I did the GX-Pb for 3 months.  Between months 2-3, constipation got
> bad.  I read here to finish out bottle of Pb, so I did that at the
> conclusion of 3rd month.  It helped some, but constipation still
> hanging on...
>
> Been doing some type of digestive enzyme for years and I try to take
> Terrazyme with every meal -- I usually get in 2-3 a day.  I do 1/2
> dose LLV (more keeps me up at night).  I do 2 cups of coffee a day as
> well.
>
> At the recommendation of my esthetician upline, I started doing 3
> drops of lemon oil in my water, 3x a day.  Still not much movement.
>
> Upped lemon oil to 4-5 drops with every glass of water daily.  Things
> started to move regularly.  This was about 2 months ago.  I was able
> to stop DigestZen entirely, and now only use it for the occasional
> gas.
>
> The last two weeks I can honestly say I'm not sluggish anymore.
> Seriously, first time in my life this is my normal state!  I'm going
> very regularly, sometimes too much.  I'm at the point of scaling back
> the lemon (2-3 drops with each glass/bottle).
>
> Lemon stimulates bile production.  All the other things are important
> too (digesting properly, enough fiber and water, good bacteria), but
> if you aren't making the bile it ain't gonna move.
>
> Good luck!
>
> On May 7, 9:13 pm, Daniel Scheuch <daniel.sche...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Oh and first thing in the morning drink 1 liter of water before you
> > eat anything :) This will work wonders.
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> > On May 8, 11:10 am, Daniel Scheuch <daniel.sche...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > Do you eat lots of dry or concentrated foods? Things like bread and
> > > other grains can absorb lots of moisture in the colon and stop it
> > > moving. Try increasing the amount of fruit, veg and salad in your diet
> > > (think foods with moisture). Soups are great for getting things moving
> > > I think (Pumpkin is especially good), you could try just having soup
> > > for dinner for a few nights or more. If I eat rice I always add extra
> > > water and just cook it longer to get more moisture into the grains.
> > > Muesli is one of the worst things you can eat if you are constipated.
> > > Muesli needs to be soaked overnight and then cooked for ages (all day
> > > if possible) or it just sucks up heaps of water in your system (this
> > > is how the Swiss originally made it). I would stay away from this one.
> > > Keep meat consumption to only a few times (2-3) a week as well.
>
> > > Drink at least 3 liters of pure water a day (find yourself a local
> > > spring and collect your own if you can or get a good filter), chances
> > > are you are very dehydrated. Add a cleansing oil like lemon or slim/
> > > sassy to the water.
>
> > > If you need some fast relief do a sea salt water flushhttp://themastercleanse.org/salt-water-flush/
> > > Colonics and enemas are also good for flushing things out.
>
> > > Here is my lazy pumpkin soup recipe:
>
> > > 1 organic butternut pumpkin
> > > 1-2 veg stock cubes
> > > 1 tsp celtic sea salt (or other sea salt)
> > > 1 tsp curry powder
> > > 1 tsp sweet paprika
> > > Pinch cumin
> > > 1 tsp pepper
> > > 1 tsp dried oregano
> > > 1 tsp of umboshi plum vinegar (don't worry if you can't get this).
> > > boiling water
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> > > Cut up pumpkin into ~2cm cubes (if organic you can leave the skin on,
> > > makes it easy!) and put in pot. Fill pot with boiling water to just
> > > below height of pumpkin. Add other herbs and spices and bring to boil.
> > > Put on lid and simmer till pumpkin cubes are soft. Use a bamix or food
> > > processor to blend up. Add umboshi plum vinegar and blend some more.
> > > You can add some fresh coriander/parsley to bowl. Eat!
>
> > > Hope this helps!
> > > Dan
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> > > On May 5, 4:56 am, Alyssa Stebbing <acmstebb...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > > I suffer from chronic constipation. I've tried the GX Assist, Coriander PB
> > > > Assist, Digestzen, Zendocrine--and nothing. Should I try all together? I
> > > > need a cleanse--but nothing is working.

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