In olden times I have heard that people used turpentine as a remedy. A remedy for what? Everything it seems. Yeast infection? Germs? Turpentine. Rash? Parasites? Turpentine. Tumor? More turpentine. The obesity epidemic? Caused by lack of turpentine. It was all very simple.
For some reason Amazon steered me to this bottle of turpentine, which their algorithm thought might interest me. I was curious about why that happened, and read the product description. It said it was a great paint thinner or something. Then I read the comments. Hundreds of people claimed this cured every imaginable condition, such as varicose veins. Really?
I had a rash and bought a bottle to try it out. It seemed to me like I then had an adrenal rush. I had thought of taking "some" internally, since everyone thought that even if you didn't think so, we all have parasites and if you had any problems at all it was due to the parasites. The solution? Turpentine. And everyone's grandmother used to take it.
I read the label. "Harmful or fatal if swallowed." Well, how much did these jokers take? There was no information on the label, that's for sure.
I set the poisonous bottle aside. Then eventually I somehow started to see videos on Youtube about the medicinal uses of turpentine. I think the first one I was steered to was Dr. Jennifer Daniels. Then a multitude of other people posted videos on it. They all said don't take more than a teaspoon. A teaspoon? Also, they said put the teaspoon of turpentine either on a tablespoon of sugar or in a few tablespoons of castor oil.
All of these dear souls went through a host of wonders that happened when they did this. It seemed to be a ticket to internet glory to post a photo of a parasite that came out. Did they do it once? Oh, dear me, no! Some said every day for four days. Some said twice a week. Some said they did this for 28 days. One person said they did this for three days and got very ill, very ill indeed. Another said they did this for three weeks and developed intestinal damage that lasted for months and caused insomnia. They warned not to do it for more than two weeks. I found that to be an odd warning from someone in his circumstances. Even Dr. Daniels warned that the "die off" of germs and parasites could be tough. And oh, btw, she sternly warned to only use pure 100% gum spirits. "From virgin pine forests?" I wondered.
So then what? I decided to hold my breath and close my eyes and take a drink. I took 1/2 teaspoon on top of a tablespoon of sugar, followed by a drink of water. Supposedly it's best on top of sugar because candida loves sugar, and sugar acts as a bait. It went down easier than I expected.
It's been two hours. Did I feel funny? A little. I'm still alive. So we'll see. They said to expect diarrhea and that this is a great purge. OK.
Recently I have been working out with dumbbells. But ideally I felt I should start back at a gym. For one thing, I like the squat machine better than squats with a barbell. I also like the stepping machine.
I went to a gym I had had a membership at and signed up again. It was a wonderful moment. I had quit going because of a leg injury. I finally had surgery and recovered but never went back to the gym, partly due to embarrassment at being so out of shape.
I went to the squat machine. I did very light weights to start. Wow. It felt heavenly on my back. I did all the leg machines at low weights, just to get started, and then a few minutes on the stepper machine.
And then? A nice shower. 😊
Once I was sitting at the kitchen table wondering where my kitty Gracie was. She had been missing for 10 days. I looked out the window and noticed a demonic figure in the car outside. It had been parked there for 10 days. Hmmm...
Yes. It was Gracie. I let her out of the car. She was OK but she wanted to come in and drink some water. Imagine, 10 days without food or water. I was surprised she had survived. In the next few days I worried about her that she might still die from her ordeal. But she seemed to be fine. Gracie had gone on a dry fast. It may have even done her some good.
I wouldn't have thought an animal could go that long without water. I supposed cats were different from people. Surely people couldn't go that long. Wasn't three days as long as one could live without water?
Well, apparently not. In the last few months I've heard a lot about dry fasting. I really thought regular fasting was draconian. So what did I know? Dry fasting is a fast from both food and water.
A friend of mine told me that he had dry fasted for five days. This amazed me and I asked why he had done that. He said that it magnifies the benefits of fasting. Later I read an article about a woman who had read a book that claimed that we can live on sunshine. The author claimed to be living on sunshine for years. And so her reader decided that she too would live on sunshine. She didn't live very long though, dying after a few days of dehydration.
So, if fasting has its peril, dry fasting is even more dangerous.
But, I was curious. Some on Youtube say it does wonders for health, that it can cure anything, cancer, tumors, diabetes, Crohn's, all sorts of things. Really?
I know from my own experience that water fasting can heal. I had recovered from a sinus infection once and for all with a five day fast. There's a saying, "Starve a cold, feed a fever." I think.
I read an article about dry fasting. It claimed that Mormons dry fast for 24 hours once a month. Another article I found said they dry fasted for two meals in a 24 hour period. OK, that's different than 24 hours. Other articles said that this practice probably was beneficial to their health.
So I decided to try it. I went on a 24 hour dry fast. Was it hard? It was hard enough. Did it do any good? Maybe. I feel OK. The scale said I lost four pounds.
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