How to Kill a Parasite
- 1). Eat foods traditionally eaten to discourage parasites, including pumpkin seeds, pomegranates, carrots and beets. Aim for 1 to 2 ounces of fresh pumpkin seeds daily. Avoid simple carbohydrates and refined foods.
- 2). Cleanse your intestines by eating more fiber or taking a supplement. High-fiber foods include raspberries, apples, peas, beans and artichokes. Psyllium, pectin and bentonite clay are all supplements traditionally used to cleanse the intestines.
- 3). Take a probiotic supplement. Probiotics are the friendly bacteria that inhabit your intestines. When more of them are present, it leaves less room for harmful organisms to occupy.
- 4). Chew 3 cloves of garlic each morning. For those who dislike the taste and odor of garlic, take a supplement. Garlic is available in drops, capsule, tablet and syrup. A 2006 study published in the "American Society for Microbiology", proved garlic's anti-parasitic activity.
- 5). Use grapefruit seed extract, GSE. GSE is effective against over 800 bacterial and viral strains, 100 strains of fungus and a large number of single and multicelled parasites, according to Asa Hershoff, naturopathic physician and author. Take GSE according to the supplement label.
- 6). Try goldenseal. The active constituent in goldenseal, berberine, is believed to be active against single protozoa. Goldenseal should not be given to children under two, nor taken for more than 2 weeks without a break from the supplement. The University of Maryland Medical Center lists the typical adult dosage as 500 to 1000mg in capsule form up to three times daily, or 2 to 3ml of tincture three times daily.
- 7). Drink 2 ounces to 1 teacup of wormwood night and morning. The sesquiterpene lactones in wormwood are thought to weaken parasitic membranes and inhibit their growth.
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