Over the weekend I was talking to a friend that told me about an oil detox treatment. I was curious about it and decided to investigate more on this treatment. The name of the treatment is Oil Pulling Therapy.
Oil Pulling Therapy consists of thoroughly sloshing certain types of common oils (sunflower or sesame) in the mouth for approximately 20 minutes. Swishing is believed to activate the enzymes that draw toxins from the blood. This practice is believed to remove toxins and destroy natural mouth germs while stimulating the body's eliminatory system and increasing metabolism which leads to improved health. According to Dr Karach, a naturopath, the therapy has both preventative and curative effects.
Lothar Hirneise’s, a new cancer treatment center in Germany, prescribes oil pulling as part of the daily morning routine in conventional and alternative cancer treatment
Dr. Karach claims that oil pulling has healed illnesses such as bronchitis, tooth pain, diseased teeth, headaches and migraines, eczema, thrombosis, chronic sleeplessness, arthritis & related illnesses, diseases of stomach and intestines (ulcers, peritonitis), kidney, liver, and heart disease, blood disorders (chronic blood disease like leukemia), woman’s diseases and hormonal disorders, and disease affecting the nervous system (such as encephalitis, meningitis, neuro-physiological paralysis). It has been also claimed to prevent the growth of malignant tumors, to be a heart attack preventative, to cure disease brought about toxic drugs, and it is also thought to cure diabetes. Dr. Karach claims to have cured a patient with chronic blood disease of 15 years using this oil therapy. He also claims it increases human lifespan. And, in terminal diseases such as cancer, Aids and chronic infections, this therapy has helped symptoms disappear without side effects.
Patients with more than one disease tend to experience a worsening of the symptoms initially which is a sign (according to naturopaths) that the disease is disappearing.
Oilpulling.com claims that the therapy can cure acute diseases in two to four days, while chronic disease will take more time. Some times even more than a year.
According to the article, in 1996 the Indian Daily Newspaper, conducted a survey among its reader regarding the effect of oil pulling. 1041 readers responded, 927 of them reported healing effects (one of more diseases), 114 did not report any disappearance of disease. Some of the chronic diseases reported cured were:
-Diseases like polio, cancer, leprosy, polycystic kidney, neural fibroma, paralysis: 72 cases.
-Female reproductive diseases: 21 cases
-Diabetes: 56 cases
-Heart Disease and blood pressure: 74 cases
-Arthritis and joint pains: 91 cases
-Digestive system: 155 cases
-Allergy and respiratory diseases: 191 cases, and more.
According to the article, no one has done any placebo-controlled double-blind studies on the benefits of oil pulling so any published material on this topic can easily be dismissed a as simple anecdotes based on the powerful placebo effect.
There is a lot of information regarding OP but non of the articles that I found explained the physiological effect of this therapy.
Here are some of the articles I found related to this topic (and there is a lot more):
http://www.healingcancernaturally.com/detoxification-oil-pulling.html
http://www.earthclinic.com/Remedies/oil_pulling.html
http://www.oilpulling.com/
http://www.thecolonet.com/colonet_newsletter.pdf
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/24247
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I think I am going to remain pretty skeptical of this method until more hard evidence is given proving its effects. Its sad, but many therapies have come about that monopolize on the pain and desperation of very ill, especially chronically ill patients. Because of this, I feel so many therapies such as this must be proven before ever being taken seriously.
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