Below is one of the best salt water flush recipes that you can make and use at home to cleanse your colon and shed a few extra pounds around the waistline. Doing a colon cleanse is also very important to help you rid your body of harmful toxins and free radicals.
Salt Water Flush Recipe
This remedy requires a simple mixture of non-iodized salt and water. You may add some fresh lemon juice but it’s completely optional. This remedy is fast acting therefore, you can expect to have a bowel movement in less than 30 minutes.
As always, I highly recommend checking with a healthcare professional if you have any health conditions or are on medications for diabetes, kidney problems, or heart problems.
Did you know that you should be having up to three bowel movements daily? Anything less than that is called constipation. Most of the time, constipation occurs because of a lack of fiber, dehydration, or a poor lifestyle. But it can also be caused by certain medical conditions, drugs, or supplements.
A salt water flush or salt water cleanse helps you to cleanse your colon along with your digestive system, by inducing a fast bowel movement. Salt affects the muscles and nerves in the digestive tract and makes them contract, therefore, pushing waste out of the colon.
Once you are able to empty your colon of stored waste, you will also eliminate toxins and improve your digestion almost instantly. Drinking this DIY flush will wake up your liver’s detoxifying capabilities and remove accumulated waste from your bowels.
This remedy requires a simple mixture of non-iodized salt and water. You may add some fresh lemon juice but it’s completely optional. This remedy is fast acting therefore, you can expect to have a bowel movement in less than 30 minutes.
Ingredients:
- 4 cups of water
- 2 teaspoons of sea salt (or pink Himalayan salt)
- 2 tablespoons of fresh lemon juice (optional)
How To Do The Salt Water Flush
Warm the water to room temperature and mix in the salt, stir until the salt dissolves and add in your lemon juice. Drink as much as you can right away as soon as you mix it. Make sure that you drink the mixture early in the morning on an empty stomach.
Make sure you take less than 5 minutes to drink as much as you can of the mixture, next, you may want to find a flat surface to lay down flat. The goal is to try to hold the liquid in for at least 30 minutes before going to the bathroom. That said, if the urge is too strong, don’t try to fight it.
You may want to stay close to home when doing this flush because you are likely to have more than one bowel movement after drinking this remedy.