Hey Molly! What a great idea! Reading through what everyone has posted so far has given me some pointers and tips for things to try!!
Here's mine:
* What kind of oil are you using?
>>I am currently using unrefined sesame oil. I have safflower that I use on occassion.
*How often and for how long?
>>At least once a day. Usually while I'm in the shower, so I'm not sure how long. I definitely wait until it is thin before I spit it out though.
*Have you noticed any changes in your physiology or dental health? Good and bad please.
>>My sinuses have cleared, and for me that would have been totally worth trying OP. I've always had very little plaque on my teeth, but there is one troublesome spot that I could never keep clean - OP has gotten rid of that! My sensitive teeth are NO MORE! My teeth may be a little brighter/lighter, but I'm not sure.
*Did you change your oil at anytime, and why? (I know, you are not a car)
>>I started out using unrefined sesame oil, and it wasn't fixing the plaque issue. I switched to unrefined and the plaque went away in a few days. My sesame oil is upstairs in the bathroom since I only use it for OP. If I'm downstairs and decide to pull, I have some safflower that I've used several times. It has a much milder flavor than the sesame and I could see using this if I woke up one morning with an upset stomach. Now that I've read the other posts, I may try olive oil too - but like many of them, I'm turned off by the smell and taste because of liver flushing.
*Did you turn anyone onto Oil Pulling, and what do they think?
>>One of my friends has been pulling for several weeks since I told her about my positive results. I have also told my grandfather about it, but I haven't heard whether or not he has tried it yet.
*Do any of you participate in other forums spreading the Oil Pulling word, and would you like company?
>>When I think it is a viable option for a person, I have on occassion mentioned OP.
I use sesame oil. Didnt know I could use anything else.
Been pulling once a day for 20 minutes for about 2 weeks
Only noticed whiter teeth. But Im thrilled about that. At first I did notice I had gas for a few days that I never have.
Im doing so many things right now, who knows what is doing what!
Have recommended this to one person.
How often and for how long? 2x daily, for 15 min. or as long as I can before I
cough or choke :-) I have tried adding in a drop of oregano oil, but I find it makes me
start to cough or choke only a couple of minutes or so into the pull, so I end up wasting
oil, as I start over again (sans OO).
Have you noticed any changes in your physiology or dental health? Good and bad please.
mouth feels a lot cleaner; too early to see any changes in plaque reduction or anything
else--when I saw dentist about 6 wks after I began he said the plaque looked the same (of course I did not mention OP! this is someone who thinks mercury in fillings
is just hunky-dory)
Did you change your oil at anytime, and why? (I know, you are not a car)
No
Did you turn anyone onto Oil Pulling, and what do they think? I have told several people, and
one was receptive, said he would try it (has horrible allergies and nothing seems to work for him), others said um-hum, thanks for the info and have done nothing. They probably wish I would just go away! :-)
Do any of you participate in other forums spreading the Oil Pulling word, and would you like company?
No, I'm done proselytizing--for many, many years I have sung the praises of this or that
supplement or healing practice that has helped me, such as liver flushing, fasting and
cleansing, etc., etc. In the vast majority of cases it falls on deaf ears. I know that the CZ
population is different from your spouse, family members or folks at work or even good buddies, but I will leave it to others to do. Been there, done that, waaaay too many times!
What kind of oil are you using?
I am using sunflower oil.
How often and for how long?
I pull for 20 minutes in the morning and before bed. I like to crochet while doing it. Then I rinse with filtered water and then rinse with hydrogen peroxide. THEN brush my teeth with tom's of maine natural toothpaste. I started pulling last month.
Have you noticed any changes in your physiology or dental health? Good and bad please.
My mouth feels super clean, my teeth are shiny. My face is soft and I notice less redness and whiteheads. My heels are smooth. I broke my leg (tip of my femur where knee is) and it never healed. I have a syndrome where my bones either heal really slowly or not at all. Well broke the leg 3 years ago and it's always hurt when I stretch it or move it. I have to be careful. Well I didn't think of it till a few minutes ago because I've gotten used to it but my knee doesn't hurt. I doubt it healed but it really helped lubricate my joints.
Did you change your oil at anytime, and why? (I know, you are not a car)
no, not yet but I may when I run out of the sunflower.
Did you turn anyone onto Oil Pulling, and what do they think?
My nurse, I printed off the info from the oilpulling.com and she likes doing it. She's going to try to get her husband to do it. I told a couple other people but I don't know what happened with that.
Do any of you participate in other forums spreading the Oil Pulling word, and would you like company?
Occasionally I go to others but haven't mentioned. But I think I will.
Hain sunflower & a few times a week I add oregano :)
How often and for how long?
Once or twice a day, for at least 20 mins., sometimes longer(I'm swishing right now!)It's very meditative and I sometimes forget that i'm doing it! :)
Have you noticed any changes in your physiology or dental health? Good and bad please
You betcha! My teeth are bright shiny stars! Seriously, they're whiter. Plaque no longer clings to them. Sensitivity due to areas of thin enamel on my lower teeth is GONE! & EVERY time I oil-pull, I bring up mucus, espc. when using the oregano oil!
Did you change your oil at anytime, and why? (I know, you are not a car)
ummm...I tried olive oil yesterday, but I hear that's gonna get expensive...I'm really happy with the sunflower.
Did you turn anyone onto Oil Pulling, and what do they think?
Ya know, I keep trying...people are just so darn LAZY!! & no one can suspend their disbelief long enough to realize what this simple therapy can do! My hubbie tried it and spit it out after about 3 mins. He SAID he couldn't stand the way it felt... I think he knew that I had ulterior motives... :)
Do any of you participate in other forums spreading the Oil Pulling word, and would you like company?
mmmm...maybe once or twice...I'll try to do better:)
& I'd LOVE some company! Who wants to come over for a carrot/pear juice!!?? :D
1 sesame organic cold pressed
used olive organic cold pressed- yak! it was bitter, I didn't like it
my husband also does it, started together with me
2 once or twice for 15 min
3 we've been doing it for 10 days today
my husband's teeth are horrible. I took picture of them 10 days before beginning and took one today. Definetly improvement in color. Also he doesn't snore as much. When we do it for at least a month I will post the pictures so you guys can see. As for me, so far no positive results, only negative. The first several days I got a lot of big hurtful pimples on my face, I only get them before my period, and usually 1 or 2, never like this. They are almost gone now. I'm hoping that it's sighs of detoxing, whatever oil stirrs up. Also, my head has been spinning, like I'm falling, for 2 days now. I have this wierd annoying pain (3 days) in my stomach where solar plexus is that also mirrows to my back, like Im having contractions, especially when I eat. Don't know what's wrong. I've gotten bloody capilaries in my eyes about 5 days ago, out of nowhere. My heels don't feel better yet, so does skin. By the way, I'm only 23. BUT i'm going through the process of removing Amalgams right now, so maybe that's why I feel wierd. The only positive thing - OP gives me energy! I take tennis class in college, two times I did OP before the class and was playing fine. Last time I didn't - I could barely move my legs!!! I was first thinking it was due to pain in my stomach, but then thought of OPing. I go there tomorrow again and since I still have stomach pain, I can compare how I feel.
Oh, it ALWAYS brings mucous to the back of my mouth, several times during 15 minutes of OPing, about every 2 minutes, so I have to swallow it, cause there is no other way except to spit everything out, and this way I would just waste all the oil. Maybe you guys think I should spit it? Maybe that's why I have problems?
4 Didn't change oil so far
5 Turned my husband into it
also told one girl that I play with, she said she'll try it, I'll ask tomorrow
6 so far I'm just trying it myself, so I will recommend it when I feel more positive things happening to me. I do believe though. I believe it will work.
you are definitely suffering the effects of what is in your body being on the move to get out. it amazes me to end how the human body can take so much abuse and still find a way to adapt and function. you have disturbed the trend of storing toxins in your body and now it is trying to deal with them.
women are unique in that they afford the body a nifty way to dump toxins every month - in the issue of their blood. the body naturally tries to take advantage of this and will mobilize toxins during this time in order to remove as much as possible in the blood. this is what you have been experiencing with the pimples during this time.
now you have afforded your body another avenue of elimination and it is adapting. all of this is indicative of the cause of all of this - poor and improper elimination. when the body cannot eliminate through the primary channels of feces and urine, then it must rely more heavily on the secondary avenues such as the skin and the lungs.
your OP experience is proof positive that you need to get your bowels flowing so that your food is in you no longer than 16 hours till its in the toilette. your kidneys could use a cleanse. in fact, your whole body is thrown a-kilter by the deadly neurotoxin - mercury - and you must work to chelate this in order to get your systems balanced and working properly once again.
you are so lucky you are so young. if you use this opportunity to correct these things and suffer the reaping of what you have sown in your body NOW, and you correct your diet and stay away from all doctors, drugs(including birth control), and operations, you will entirely avoid the gall bladder attacks, increasingly difficult periods, diabetes during preganancy, nerve problems, thyroid problems, autoimmune problems, and cancer which is absolutely epidemic. you sound like a good candidate for MS, which is hitting people younger and younger.
you must clean up your internal environment and your external environment to the extent that you are able to control. the only other choice you have is to put on blinders, avoid uncomfortable treatments, treat symptoms using doctors, and then leave your loved ones wondering how you could have gotten so sick at such a young age.
you must find your own way through this maze of toxins within and without, but curezone provides all the info you need to figure it out. i see the barefoot herbalist as the ideal for getting where you need to be. this is especially true for someone as young as you. you can be cured and fixed so that you do not pass your problems on to your progeny. this is in direct opposition to the way the masses are going. get your salmon fins on and start swimming. you ARE the future that you choose now.
The only thing I would like to add is to recommend Andreas Moritz book "Timeless Secrets of Health and Rejuvenation". I am so fortunate to have a mother that taught me these simple principals at a young age, so that when I was nearly 50 years old and reintroduced to these simple ways of living/cleansing that they resonated in me and I recognized them as the truth.
You are not suppose to swallow the oil. You are suppose to spit it out.
When you swallow it, you are putting the toxins back into your system. That could be why you are having such reactions to it.
Everything you said is right, of course. I've been reading CureZone Forums for about 3-4 months now. I've done colon cleanse and my eliminating functions works very good, I have BMs every day, sometimes twice a day, without any help from laxatives. I already removed 4 Amalgams and still have 4 to be removed. I'm waiting for THIS to be done, so that I can move on to liver flush, MC, parasite cleanse, etc. I ordered everything for the alkalizing drink. I will buy Andreaz's book like you suggested.
I am pretty freaked out right now though. I just came back from tennis lesson, I did have energy as I did my OP today. My head is spinning though, and my stomach hurts. Any ideas WHAT the heck it is? It's 4 days now, its pushing/pulling kind of pain right where my ribs start to separate, and it goes all the way around to the back (not so much on the sides). It comes and goes, and when it hurts, I feel like it's pushing on my organs and I feel sick. It also feels like contractions of muscles. If it's something bad that I ate - I don't have any symptoms, my BMs are normal. I drink lots of water, eat goos organic food, lots of veggies and fruits. It feels worse when I eat though, so today I decided not to eat. I don't think I'm pregnant, but going to check anyway. Any ideas what can it be?
P.S. how does gullbladder attack or heartburn feel like? I never had them before so maybe that's it?
i would suspect dehydration. it might sound funny, but drinking water wont do it.
first, you must switch to distilled water. sooner or later, so it may as well be sooner.
next, the Water Cure is half your weight in ounces of water every day. so if you weigh 100lbs, you need 50oz of water per day. you also must have 1/4 teaspoon of Sea Salt , the kind that is mined from ancient seabeds, for every quart you drink. i use real salt from redmond company(they are actually from redmond utah). since 50oz is closer to 2 quarts, then you would need 1/2 tspn of salt.
this is a maintenence dose. i highly recommend that you take your distilled water and sea salt and do the saltwater flush. make the commitment and get up early enough to do it every morning. if this does not make a profound difference in your situation, i will eat that cute hat of yours. here is a link for you to follow:
i use two tablespoons instead of the one that this recipe calls for. this is based upon one of shelleycats great posts of the past. we should all go back and read this great info. here is this one:
give yourself a couple of hours. when its over, its over, so you dont have to worry about something sneaking up on you. when you have done a week of this, you will definitely be hydrated. if you have a voice to sing, you will love the results with that too.
Thank you for advice!!! I'm already drinking distilled water for about a month, JUST TODAY I received my himalayan salt! I will start Water Cure tomorrow, and SWF also. I've done it before, so I know the drill.
I'm sure you won't have to eat my hat, but if you do, I'll cook it for you, so that it's easier on your digestion :)
Using sunflower expeller pressed refined (thinking of trying others).
How often and for how long?
Since 7/2/06 for 20 mins a day most days, sometimes less depends on how it or I react, first thing in the morning, rinse with salt water and then brush. However, been out of town and haven't been doing, but definitely going to get back!
Have you noticed any changes in your physiology or dental health? Good and bad please.
Usual, cleaner mouth, smoother teeth, but no whitning, at least that I've noticed and no one has commented (would like this perk). Like the peacefulness it brings and lasts. Do feel more energy as well, but in a relaxed way, if that makes sense.
Did you change your oil at anytime, and why? (I know, you are not a car)
Not yet.
Did you turn anyone onto Oil Pulling, and what do they think?
Yes, but she didn't do for long because of dental work (implants) that she is doing (couldn't talk her out of) and so doesn't feel she should do (liked it though) while that is going on. Mentioned to a couple of others, but haven't been takers.
Do any of you participate in other forums spreading the Oil Pulling word, and would you like company?
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