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CLAY: AN ANCESTRAL MEDICINE AND A POWERFUL BEAUTY AND HEALTH SOLUTIONClay, a special type of Earth, has been used for healing and beauty purposes for millennia and by many different cultures all over the planet. Its plethora of health and beauty benefits comes from its detoxifying, balancing and vitalizing powers. Egyptians used it for beauty; some people claim they healed cancer with it. Find out what it is really and how and why it is so powerful to purify and strengthen the life force within you and to support your beauty and health.What is Clay?Clay is a special type of soil from the Earth. There are many different types of clays and different colors of clays, depending on their mineral composition. The most used (and powerful) clays in beauty, healing and pharmaceutics are Montmorillonite and Kaolin. Montmorillonite comes from volcanic rocks while Kaolin comes from granite rocks. Within the Earth, Clays have filtered pure water for millennia and accumulated precious minerals, trace elements and life giving energies. Exposed to the Sunlight in quarries, they captured and accumulated its vital energies. Thus, in each clay, you have the powers and life giving energies of Earth, Water and Sun.The history of ClayClays have been used to heal diseases and ailments since antiquity and even Paleolithic. In nature, when animals are wounded or sick, they instinctively eat or bathe in clay to heal themselves. There is even a species of parrots in Amazonia, which eat clay regularly as their diet is made of a specific type of seeds which hull contains toxic tannins. The eaten clay slowly travels in his digestive tract, trapping and neutralizing the toxic tannins, saving the life of the parrot (from the book Wild Health by Cindy Engel).Egyptians used clay internally to cure digestive diseases, internal hemorrhage, stomachache, cholera and ulcers. They know about clay's purification properties and used it in many ways, including in facial clay masks to take away anxiety, worries, fears and grief. The knowledge of clay healing powers has been passed down in folk tradition from generation to generation in many different cultures all over the planet. It's only recently that science has started investigating its many wonders. Today's natural healers are only using the healing clay knowledge from the Antiquity Egyptian medicine-priests. The knowledge and use of clay has never ceased and never been forgotten, although today people seem to "rediscover" its marvels for health and beauty. What does Clay do?Clay is a very basic yet tremendously powerful healing medicine. It's good for just about everything you can think of because it is a life and health giving remedy.
How does Clay work?Taken internally or used externally, Clay draws toxins, cellular wastes and pollutants from tissues and organs and traps them inside its network-like structure of minerals. It also stimulates the healthy and regenerative processes in tissues and organs all over the body. Finally, Clay brings minerals and trace elements that are indispensable for health and beauty. These much wanted minerals and trace elements include: calcium, aluminum (it's a natural one, so it's good and vital to lots of enzymatic reactions in your body), magnesium, silica, potassium, sodium, sulfur, iron, phosphorus, zinc, and manganese...Trace elements have a quadruple action:
What is Clay good for?Clay is beneficial and healing for so many problems and diseases that the list would be too long. It is far easier to name the few instances where Clay is counter-indicated.And there are only three cases where Clay is bad for you:
Internally, clay can be used for:
Externally, clay is a powerful healing and regenerating remedy for your skin, hair and beauty. But it is also good for:
The recipesClay water: stir 1 tsp of Clay (white and/or green) in 8 fl.oz of water or herbal tea or juice. Let it sit overnight and drink the water, but not the clay deposit in the morning. Repeat for a week. From the second week onward, you can drink everything including the Clay as your body is used to it. You can go on for at least 3 weeks, then stop and resume a week later.WARNING: never interrupt a Clay detox abruptly. If you start a Clay cure, do it for a few weeks at least before stopping. Clay poultice: mix Clay with pure water 1:1 until you obtain a thick enough paste. Apply a 1/2-3/4 inch poultice on the chosen area. Apply a piece of cheesecloth, then a towel to cover. Fix up with a bandage. Keep on for at least 2 hrs. WARNING: NEVER reuse Clay poultice as once used, Clay has absorbed toxins, pollutants and chemicals and is not good anymore for you. |
