Master Cleanse Directions – The Salt Water Flush Recipe For Master Cleanse

One of the main components of the Master Cleanse detoxification fast is the salt water flush. This is a separate drink from the lemon and maple syrup concoction that you use throughout the day. Instead, the salt water flush is only taken first thing in the morning and it is designed to clear your bowels of any additional crud.

The Salt water flush recipe is pretty simple. It consists of:

1 quart of lukewarm or room temperature water;

2 level teaspoons of sea salt

And you do want to make sure that you are using sea salt and not your standard table salt. Sea salt is not iodized, while table salt is and you need the non-iodized salt to do the flush properly. Most people find the taste of the salt water flush distasteful, so you can also squeeze a little bit of fresh lemon or lime juice into the drink just to make it easier to swallow.

When to do the salt water flush?

If you’re going to do the flush, do it first thing in the morning before you have anything else to eat or drink. Also, most people will find that they will urgently need to use the bathroom within about a half hour of drinking the flush, so make sure you are close enough to get to one.

The original book by Stanley Burroughs, The Master Cleanser, recommends drinking the entire 1 quart, but personally I would not force myself to drink all of it. You may find that it does the job after only drinking 16 ozs of it. Let your own body decide. If you decide not to do the flush, Burroughs did recommend that an herbal tea with laxative properties could be used instead. Normally, while doing the Master Cleanse, you would drink the herbal laxative tea in the evening before bed. If you decide to eliminate the salt water flush, then you would have the tea in the morning as well.

Master Cleanse Salt Water Flush Detoxifies the Body

The Master Cleanse diet is not just a way to lose weight. When it was originally created by the late Stanley Burroughs about 50 years ago it was designed as a way to rid the body of toxins stored in it as a result of consuming alcohol, caffeine, tobacco and certain foods.

The detoxification is largely achieved through bowel movements being induced through drinking a salt water flush. This entails mixing one to two tablespoons of sea salt with 25 to 35 ounces of pure water which is at room temperature.

How the drink is introduced into the body varies. Some chug it all down at once to get it over with it, while others have said sipping it through a straw helps them. Suggestions also include adding a bit of lemon juice to the drink to improve the taste. For the best results, it is highly suggested to take the salt water flush on an empty stomach.

The salt water mixture loosens the impacted fecal matter that has built up over the years. Proponents of the system say flushing the system this way is better than via an enema because it cleans the intestinal tracts in their entirety.

Drinking the entire mixture can be a challenge since the stomach likely will shrink from being on the Master Cleanse lemonade diet and having no solid foods for several days. It is important to finish the entire salt water mixture and keep it down.

The solution can not actually be digested by the body so it will be expelled shortly through a movement. These usually occur within a half hour or an hour from when the salt water mixture is consumed. In the first two days of the Master Cleanse saltwater flush, these movements will also expel the remaining solid matter from the digestive tract. It must be realized that since solid food has been removed from the diet the eliminations of waste will mostly be liquid.