Since many opinions are that stress plays a primary role in IBS flare ups, managing that stress is considered to be one of the best natural treatments for IBS. Doctors and natural practitioners alike feel it can be beneficial to learn breathing and calming exercises, practice meditation, and practice stress relieving activities such as yoga. […]

Irritable Bowel Syndrome is also known as IBS. This is a condition suffered by one in five Americans, and is thought to be undiagnosed and untreated in as much as 70% of sufferers. IBS is a problem for women more often than men, but it is not associated with more severe colon related diseases. There […]

If you choose to do a juice fast, regardless of whether you’re doing it to lose weight or cleanse and tone your body and its major organs, breaking that fast properly is a very important part of the process.
If you try to go from a liquid diet straight to regular solid foods, you will get […]

Another very popular and somewhat easy way to clean your colon, digestive system, and waste disposal organs in your body is to go on a liquid diet. Often referred to as fasting, these can be done using either fruit or vegetable juices, and they work quite well for cleansing and toning your entire body. They’re […]

Enemas are a controversial and unpleasant topic for many people, but as you study herbal remedies and medicines, you’ll come across this concept frequently. That’s because enemas, or colonic irrigations and flushes, are one of the fastest ways to carry toxins and old waste out of your body.
Often when you’re recovering from a disease or […]

Some people find it very difficult to get enough extra fiber in their diets to truly help cleanse their colon and waste disposal organs, so they turn to herbs for quicker, more convenient options. And thankfully there are many wonderful herbs which specifically help move waste out of the colon, help the liver produce more […]

Cleansing, toning and healing your colon or other waste disposal organs within your body can be as simple as changing how you eat. Everything you do or do not put into your body makes a difference as to how your body reacts to various conditions in your environment. Eating foods high in sugars, starches, chemicals […]

Colon cleansing has gotten a lot more attention from mainstream consumers lately, because it works well to help the body heal from a variety of conditions. Cleaning your colon can help your body heal from various ailments and illnesses, but it can also help you lose weight, gain energy, and give you various other benefits.
The […]

As we’ve touched on in several earlier articles, herbs can be used in a variety of forms. This part of our glossary will take a closer look at many of the most useful herbal forms, and help you understand each a bit better.
Herbal Teas - Herbs used in tea form have the advantage of quick […]

Most of the herbal and alternative approaches to medicine, disease, sickness and general health involve taking a whole body approach to the problems. Because general sicknesses and diseases tend to have more going on than you might first think, the whole body approach to healing tends to resolve the underlying causes of medical and health […]