Digestive Path Defects

Typical Digestive Dysfunctions and How to Rebalance

1. The digestive/intestinal MUSCLES are supposed to move the food we eat along like squeezing a ball through a sock.  Muscles must contract AND relax to do this.  So what can go wrong?
   1. Contract and remain contracted .. forming an tight narrow tube eventually
      

      To move this ball along the stocking must expand AND contract. What could go wrong?

      resulting in constipation and blockages.  This type of situation can arise from chronic stress OR chronic laxative use.  To balance your intestines back to better function from this type of situation, do the Magnesium Bowel Cleanse AND do the Abdominal Massage to restore function to that musculature.   If instigated by stress, add Nerve Control (#1242-4) 2B, 2D to relax them.You will feel so much better.

   2. Cramping.  Digestive cramping can be anything from a ‘tummy ache’ to doubling you over in severe pain.  This usually accompanies mucosal inflammation (below), so those remedies may be appropriate as well.  But I would use Cramp Relief here, 3 w/each meal, reducing with symptoms.  If the cramping happens immediately after meals, there is an upper GI dysfunction and I would highly recommend following the recommendations for #4. below or beginning the Gentle Liver Cleanse.  You’ll never be sorry.  If you do NOT take care of your earth suit, where will you live?
   3. Atrophy (the muscles fail to respond appropriately to stimuli).  This situation must be addressed with all vigor.  Begin with the Abdominal Massage to reactivate and encourage circulation and responsiveness.  Do not take this lightly - the Ab Massage is a MUST and do it all every night - you live one mouth full from a blockage.   Know that unless this is remedied, you can get impacted and a very unhappy diagnosis is around the corner.  Take Balanced B (#1625-4) 3 w/each meal initially to support digestion and Garlic Oil gel caps (#1694-6) 2 w/each meal to improve circulation, encourage peristalsis and balance the lumen.   Add Seasonal Defense (#806-6) 2 w/each meal to improve gastric secretions.  Diverticulitis results from localized intestinal atrophy, so follow also these recommendations.  Oh, and did I mention you need to do the Abdominal Massage?
   4. Gut responds too actively to nerves and stress.  That is, stress puts you in the bathroom.  My favorite for its effectiveness here is the Timed Release Valerian (#721-1) 1B, 1D.  However it will also help to get the stress out of the tissues by doing the Emotional Stress Release exercise regularly or do your Spiritual Disciplines.
   5. If you are certain that the digestive problems are related to the muscles, read that document for more info and help for muscles.
2. The internal mucosal lining provides lubrication for the food to move along and emollients (mucus) to soothe irritated tissue within itself.  This lining can become inflamed, ulcerated or coated impeding the absorption of nutrients.  (Colitis manifests here as does Crohn’s.)  The result is fatigue and premature aging a.k.a. you will look old, no matter what your age.
   1. The internal lining becomes inflamed BECAUSE there are insufficient mucous secretions to repair damage from the daily wear and tear of digestion and to flush away irritants.  NSAIDS inhibit these secretions.  But of greater significance are anger episodes.  Digestive inflammation is almost always from undigested anger.  This is also supported by German New Medicine.  (Visit the Basic Principles #2 and #3 for an elaboration of how the body attempts to restore balance.)  In these cases the tongue or parts of it will be red.  Mucus-like herbs (called mucilants) are soothing to this lining and are protective.  To improve digestion AND help soothe the lining, I would begin with the Easy Therapeutic Broth.  Then, I find Dr. Christopher’s Formula CLT-X (#1207-7) to be quite reliable.  Take 3 before meals.  Excess mucus in the stool may be a sign of extensive irritation or tissue damage.  Insufficient secretions are manifested by a ‘dry hard stool’.  As the herbs resolve the situation, you can watch your tongue to see your progress.  Finally, as is often the case with inflammatory diseases, a.k.a. painful ones, the body has insufficient amount or production of its own anti-inflammatories.  NSAIDS make this situation worse and can even cause it – but it happens so gradually at first you don’t even realize it.    Read the document on Pain to see how to increase your own anti-inflammatory production.  Everybody's Fiber (#1336-6) is full of demulcents to soothe the inflammation.
   2. Ulcers come from an inflamed lining that cannot repair, and the damage has extended to where there are nerve endings and you feel a burning pain.  (Often from NSAID use like aspirin, etc.  Even though the advertisers say they won’t hurt your stomach because they are coated, it does NOT mean they will not tear up your small intestine.)   In more serious cases ulcerations manifest in the mucosal lining of the mouth (a.k.a. canker sores).  In this sorry state the ulcerated tissue hosts parasitic activity, which according to German New Medicine appear to clean up and digest dead tissue.   Any dead or dying tissue hosts parasites.  Although many naturopaths like using anti-parasitics, I find that if you increase energy and nourish this tissue back to proper function, then there is no parasite food and their population naturally diminishes (including H.Pylori).  So I would begin with Cabbage Juice then the Easy Therapeutic Broth, then several bottles of CLT-X as recommended in A above (The broth drink was designed to help heal chemo'd guts but stress will do the same kind of damage.).  These mini ulcerations of the intestinal lining create what has been called ‘leaky gut syndrome’, or, in more refined circles it is referred to as intestinal permeability.  This is the beginning of a host of sorrows called ‘auto-immune’ diseases.    Again the tissue in your mouth will show your progress.  The good news is, these tissues repair quickly.  Since stress is what prevented the lining from secreting mucus to protect and heal itself, consider the various stress reduction techniques mentioned in the Address the Stress post.  Concentrated Chinese Mood Elevator (#1035-7) 2B, reducing to 1B, helps to dispel constriction and improve energy.  This concentrated version is easier to absorb for compromised digestive systems and also helps with the anger response.
   3. Un-removed digested food and hardened mucus that coats the intestinal lining are two scenarios that comprise a true digestive path defect, because the mucous lining is supposed to keep the digestive path slippery and clean of such things.  The mouth indicator is excessive ‘furriness’ of the tongue surface.  There is some photographic evidence to indicate that material can stay lodged in the pockets of the colon for years.  I have clients report that medical tests have indicated the same thing regarding their intestines.  For those who feel intuitively this applies to them, or have such a diagnosis, I recommend Small Intestine Detox (#848-2).  Do 3 bottles, taking 4 after breakfast and dinner.  Also look over the Hydrochloric Acid Therapy post.
   4. Hemorrhoids appear to be part of the digestive lining leaving the anal opening.  This can be a connective tissue weakness brought on by straining at stool.  Ya gotta stop that.  The White Oak Bark packet gives relief as does coating a little-finger-sized carved potato coated with White Oak Bark or even Vitamin E and inserted rectally.  Follow the appropriate measures given above so straining is not needed or make an appointment.  FYI this straining will cause bladder and prostrate problems.
3. Undigested food in stool. Secretion ports line the stomach and intestines and add ingredients to our food to chemically reduce it to absorbable rebuilding materials (So what went wrong?).  Contributions are made by the parotids in the mouth, the stomach lining, the liver, the pancreas, and the intestinal linings.  If any of these are not working (or are inhibited from working by pharmaceuticals), we are investing energy into the digestive process and are not getting a good return.  The result is often fatigue and the presence of recognizable/undigested food in the stool.  The general rebalancers for this condition are Protease Plus (#1841-7) along with Seasonal Defense (#806-6).  Begin with 3 of each at each meal for the 1st bottles and then 2 of each at each meal for the 2nd  bottles and then 1 of each at each meal for the 3rd bottles and then try going without them every other day when half way into the 3rd bottle.  Also with the meals drink a glass of water with 2 teaspoons of apple cider vinegar to aid in digestion.  See Basic Principle # 9 regarding intelligent dosing.  However, if you have allergies and/or migraines, that this general rebalancing therapy does not resolve, then consider doing the Gentle Liver Cleanse as these symptoms are indicators of liver congestion.  If you experience acid reflux the info on this website may be helpful.  If undigested food again appears in the stool repeat this therapy.
4. Anti-biotic/anti-fungal damage. The ‘contents’ of the intestines, also called the
   

   Kefir cultured milk teeming with beneficial microbes which improve energy extraction from food.

   ‘lumen’, contains over 400 kinds of microbes which bio-remediate, detoxify and produce so many substances (including vitamins), that it can almost be considered as an organ in itself.    The inefficiency of this ‘organ’ is indicated by the bloating of the abdomen and a coating or thrush in the mouth.  To rebalance the gut take several bottles of Energ-V (#875-8) 3B 3D.  Also realize that antibiotics derange the delicate balance of helpful micro-organisms, disabling their detoxification effort and usually resulting in many symptoms in those who cannot bounce back from the insult.  Probiotic 11 (#1510-1) contains many (11) of the important strains of beneficial microbes found in the gut.  If you have been the victim of inappropriate or over-use of antibiotics or anti-fungals, it would be prudent to attempt to restore some of what has been imbalanced.   The deficient lumen of a pregnant mom is also implicated in the tendency of her baby to develop autism due to the lack of important vitamin-making good bacteria that baby needs.  To restock, eat all kinds of non-pasteurized cultured foods (see recipes, kefir, homemade sauerkraut, consult with the book Nourishing Traditions) as well as taking Probiotic 11 (#1510-1).  If you do experience chronic infections consult that link.