Bentonite Clay Drug Detox Rehab for the Colon

Bentonite clay is a gray healing clay mined around Benton, Wyoming. Clay has been used since ancient times for healing purposes, in Europe and by Native Americans. Clay is able to absorb things into it. It's also adsorbent, which means things can stick to it and stay there.

Benefits

Because of its adsorbent properties, Bentonite clay can provide a good means of drawing toxins from the body through the skin and the digestive tract. Toxins, such as drugs you have taken or food additives and impacted fecal matter, are absorbed into or adsorbed onto the clay as it passes through your intestines and colon. You can then rid yourself of them through elimination. The clay also has essential minerals that your body can pick up during this process.

How to Use It

Bentonite clay is sold as a powder that you can mix with filtered water and drink on a daily or periodic basis. There is also benefit in mixing the clay as a poultice, or even in a bath, to soak in or apply to your skin. One of the ways your body naturally rids itself of toxins is through the pores. Clay can help speed the process.

Evidence That Clay is Effective

A 1961 study by Howard Lind of Lind Laboratories in Brookline, Massachusetts, showed Bentonite clay has the ability to kill bacteria such as staphylococcus and E. coli. Some former drug-addicted people and alcoholics say that after taking a similar clay, called Pascalite, they begin losing their desire for the drug.

Considerations

Be sure to take the clay separately from any other medications or supplements you may be taking. Because Bentonite clay is so absorbent, it can interfere with the effectiveness of them. Some people experience diarrhea when taking clay, especially at first, so drink plenty of water. Clay therapy is considered safe.

Availability

You can find many different clay products online (see Resources) and at a health food store. Bentonite clay, sacred clay (Ee Wah Kee) and French green clay are specifically mined and processed for their health benefits. Although you may find clay in a local river bed, don't assume it has the same therapeutic effects.