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The Treatment
Thirteen glasses daily of various fresh raw juices prepared hourly from
organically grown fruits and vegetables.
Three full vegetarian meals, freshly prepared from organically grown
vegetables, fruits, and whole grains.
Individual medications including:
a. potassium compound,
b. thyroid hormone,
c. Lugol's Solution
d. injectable crude liver extract with B-12,
e. pancreatic enzymes,
f. enemas of coffee and/or chamomile tea,
g. castor oil
The Gerson Therapy is an intensive, nutrition-based, medical treatment. It
works closely with nature to help the sick body to rid itself of disease
through the supportive effects of simple foods, juices, and non-toxic
medication.
The main features of the diet are:
1) sodium restriction,
2) potassium supplementation,
3) extreme fat restriction,
4) periodic (temporary) protein restriction,
5) high vitamin,
6) high mineral,
7) fluid rich,
8) high micronutrient.
Although the diet allows for some cooked foods, emphasis is placed on the
consumption of unaltered foods. Fresh, raw fruits and vegetables are the
source materials of all micronutrients in their pristine organic
composition. Beyond supplying adequate quantities of all known nutrients,
the use of specific raw fruits and vegetables and their juices ensures that
patients receive even those health promoting factors not yet appreciated by
science.
Medications used in the Gerson Therapy are classed as biologicals, materials
of organic origin which are found in the body and are supplied in
therapeutic amounts.
An important treatment employed as part of the Gerson Therapy is frequent
detoxification of tissues and blood by coffee enemas which cause stimulation
of enzyme systems of the gut wall and liver and promote excretion of toxic
bile.
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