The first part of any cleansing/healing regimen is cleansing the colon, as it is the main path of elimination. As you clean the other systems and organs such as lymphatic and liver,
you have to keep up the colon cleansing because that is where toxins get dumped.
Toxins must be taken all of the way out of the body. If they are left there, they re-circulate and soon you are poisoning yourself all over again.

The easiest way to begin is via P&B shakes, which is psyllium seed fiber husks and
bentonite clay. Psyllium seed is often sold in bulk bins at health food stores. Bentonite
is sold as dry powder or as a liquid clay in bottles. Get the bottles, re-hydrating
the powder is a pain. Sonne has one for cheap.

Fiber and clay not only pull toxins and impacted matter out of the colon, aided by
the fact that psyllium is a water-soluble fiber so it can't get too hard and stuck
itself, but they also exercise the colon. It can take about 3 months or more to restore
normal bowel function to a weak and congested colon.

The ultimate Colon Cleanse is a colonic, next, colema, next, deep enema with an
enema bucket setup, lastly, enema from a bag. The most cost effective are colemas
and enema bucket setups. Cheapest good one I've found is from Health & Yoga in India
for 30 bucks.

When you first add fiber, as in P&B shakes, your colon is a bit weak, probably has constricted areas (thin stools=constrictions and/or moving too fast) AND probably coated with mucous. The mucous, altho bad, has a good side effect - it helps things pass quickly!
The fiber starts taking off the mucus, so it slows down your BMs for awhile until your colon strengthens.

This is why when you first start bowel management, you want to do....

1. either do the fiber PLUS laxative for about 1-2 weeks, not more or you get dependent. There are fruit-based laxatives that are better if you can find them, such as Triphala. These *strengthen* the colon rather than create dependency so you can take them over a longer period of time. Start with only 1 P&B shake a day, gradually increase dosage until you're doing 3 a day. Follow each P&B shakes with a glass of plain water.

Fennel tea or cascarda sagrada or prune juice are very gentle laxatives.

Take the P&B shake 30 minutes before meals if you're trying to lose weight. Or take them 1-2 hours after the meal. Do not take with supplements, take the supplements 30 min before fiber, or with meals, or 1 hour after fiber.

You can take probiotics safely while you're drinking P&B shakes and doing enemas. Add
live cultures to the enema solution for a direct implant.

If your new fiber stools are too compacted, you're not drinking enough water.

2. Start off with a series of colonics. colonics will reduce mucous AND exercise the colon too!

3. slant-board exercises (see Dr. Jensen's book. Basically, ab exercises while lying on
a board with feet higher than head), walking, yoga, basically do AB exercises which in turn strengthen your colon and increase circulation.

4. Experiment with different fibers if you get too much diarrhea. Some people don't do well with psyllium. Most do, but some are better off with flax seeds, green apples, etc.

5. Start each morning with a large cup of very warm but swallowable water. This induces a bowel movement quite effectively. Walk, jump, climb stairs if it doesn't seem to be working.

6. End each night with this drink: a cup or so of milk simmered for ten minutes with 2 whole cardamom seeds, 1/2 inch fresh ginger root cut or grated, 1 stick cinamon, 3 cloves. This is basically Chai tea without the tea. Pour into a mug with a tsp or so of honey. This will hlep you sleep, increase your digestive powers, take out toxins from stomach and small intestine, is a natural laxative, and it tastes fantastic too! :)

7. 1-3x a day take 1 tablespoon of olive oil. This will force the liver to give up some bile, and bile stimulates peristalitic action! :) Most people only have to do this much
in order to increase BM's.

8. Avoid all constipating and mucous forming foods such as deep fried, cheese, most dairy (milk okay if cooked, some people do well with yoghurt and cottage cheese.). Eat more nuts and fruits (preferably apples, pears, berries), but eat fruits alone as a fruit meal, never combined with anything else unless it's a dried fruit and nut meal. Avoid animal protein for a couple weeks. Eat more veggie stews with Quinoa, Basmati Rice, Lentils, Garbanzo Beans, instead.

9. Purchase and study Dr. Bernard Jensen 's "Tissue Cleansing Thru Bowel Management." A real life saver. It's available online for free.

10. Eat hot cereal for dinner occasionally. Very comforting. Get a mixture of grains, pref. no wheat, like Bob's Red Mills 5 Grain Cereal from the health food store. Flavor with flaxseed oil or butter, cinnamon, maple syrup. Or Lundburgh's brown rice cereal. Almond
is especially good.

Also: You'll know your bowels are healthy and strong and clean when:

You have as many BMs as you had fiber-rich meals the day before, and no fewer than 1 bm daily unless fasting.
Stools are at least 2 inches in diameter, are formed but not hard packed, uniform brown color. Should be at least 6" long, preferably >12", but of course it depends on how much fiber you eat. Eat more fiber rich meals if they are short. If they are very thin, then you either have constricted areas in your colon or they're moving very fast through your system (diarrhea or IBS or fruit).

If they totally float on the surface of the water you had a high-fat meal. They should sink, but be light still, if you know what I mean. :)

When your bowels seem to be moving regularly, but perhaps you're still not completely up to par, look into liver management next. A strong liver produces more bile.

Hope that helps! :)