Parasite Detox & The Healing Crisis
L-Ornithine’s Unique Function With Detoxing Parasites
Parasite detoxes have recently become more popular in the US, but has long been used, as a preventive tool, in other countries such as Australia, Europe, South America, and Asian countries for decades; if not centuries.
Most people believe, perpetuated by the medical profession, that in the US we don’t have to worry about parasitic infections.
This couldn’t be farther from the truth.
The Healing Crisis
If you do decide to do a parasitic cleanse, a common complaint is experiencing what is known as the Herxheimer Reaction or healing crisis.
This when you feel sicker, shortly after starting the detox, before you begin to feel better.
As the parasite dies (whether parasitic, candida or bacterial), as with all life at death, it releases ammonia. Ammonia is extremely toxic to your body and needs to be converted into urea so it can eventually be excreted out of the body as urine. This is something that your body efficiently does every day, however in times when there is a bombardment of ammonia, like, during a parasitic die-off, your body could use a little help.
This is where l-ornithine comes in. L-ornithine acts like sponge or magnet. Because of its affinity to ammonia (due to its involvement during the Krebs cycle), l-ornithine helps the body remove the ammonia. This can significantly reduce the effects of the healing crisis.
You can buy l- ornithine in either capsules or powder form. As to how much to take, it can vary from person to person. The best thing to do, is to start on the low end, 1-4 grams on an empty stomach, 1-3 times per day, and then slowly increase the dosage until your symptoms decrease.
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December 21, 2014 @ 3:20 am
Thanks so much for this valuable information… But I’m confused about something:
In the above article, you mention taking 100-400 grams of l-‘Ornithine once to thrice daily on an empty stomach. However, when I linked to the “supplement” section, it mentioned 2-10 grams for die-off, which is considerably more. Could you clarify within what range someone should take.
Also, I know molybdenum helps with candida die-off, does it do like-wise with parasitic die-off, and what about
vitamin C, and lastly coffee enemas to help with rough die-off?
Thanks kindly for your valuable time and input
December 22, 2014 @ 10:05 am
Hi Roxanne! Thanks for catching that! 2-10 grams (and in some cases more) is the correct dosage. “100-400 mg” should have read 1000-4000 mg (or 1-4 grams) 1-3x/day and slowly increase if necessary. I have made the correction!
January 9, 2018 @ 8:23 pm
I have been told I have parasites by my natural doctor and I am frightened to death to feel worse than I already do. I can deal with physical pain but I already feel like I can slip out of reality. I’m in constant fear, anxiety and depression. I want so bad to start this but I fear losing my mind. I’m not only exhausted physically but mentally. I’d appreciate if you could email me as I’ve never done this and don’t know how to check back for answer