My update on using clay for UC - PART I

Hello everybody,
first of all I want to tell thank you to Therearemiracles for sharing her story with her boyfriend, I am not really surprised to hear this. I have read many stories like yours.

Secondly, BeatUC, you have got the wrong clay! Do not take it any more. I called Dr. Schulze's company and asked if his bentonite clay is sodium or calcium. They did not know. I have read everything I could find on their site about their clay and the only thing I could find is that they use the clay as part of the Intestinal formula#2. Here is the ingredients list:
Flax Seed, Psyllium Seed, Apple Pectin, Activated Willow Charcoal, Marshmallow Root, Pharmaceutical Grade Bentonite Clay, Slippery Elm Bark, Peppermint Leaf and Cayenne Pepper Blend.
Usually, when it is not said if it is sodium or calcium bentonite, there is 90% chance it is sodium bentonite clay.
Either way, if it is the swelling type (you put it in the water and it gets thicker after a few minutes) it is a very strong detoxifier and will aggravate a bleeding colon. If you bought that Intestinal formula, you can just give it to somebody in your family with constipation problems.
I am sorry you had this bad experience. Here is what you can do if you still want to try the clay treatment. You can call the Pascalite clay company and order it over the phone. If you are in Canada, you can do the same thing. There is a distributor of Pascalite in Canada, just google Pascalite clay Canada and you will find it.
My personal experimenting with both clays, Terramin and Pascalite, gave me more pain relieving results with Pascalite clay. So, for you it might be a better option. If you decide to take Pascalite, just start a little slow, with 1/2tsp in a glass of water, let it settle for 10min and drink 3 times per day. The first 3-5 days, do not drink what has settled in the bottom of the glass. After 3-5 days, you should be OK to drink it all. Slowly increase the dose to 1 teaspoon/ 3 times per day.
I hope it will help you.
Imagardener2,
I am glad you got interested in clay and have received some samples.
Try the Terramin clay and DO NOT TAKE THE REDMOND CLAY, IT IS SODIUM BENTONITE SWELLING CLAY! You can use it topically for cuts and bruises, insect bites and poultices.

BeatUc,
good idea! Try to get the samples of both Terramin and Pascalite.
By the way, you can put the Terramin clay tablets in warm water, use 2 tablets in1/2 glass, mash them with a wood spoon/spatula, stir well. After that add more water to fill the glass, stir again, let settle down and drink the clay water, leaving the heavier part on the bottom.
They will send you a few Terramin tablets, so why not use the too? If you will use them this way, it will be the same way as taking the powder.
Pascalite has samples too. I am not sure if you will have to send them $3 or not, but I know they have samples and they will send you both powder and 2 capsules. You can just pull the capsules apart and dump the powder out in the water, stir, let it settle for 5 min and drink it.
Between the 2 samples you will have a good idea how both clays agree with you. Especially, try to take Pascalite when you are in pain. For me Pascalite relieves any pain (colitis, menstrual cramps...) within 10-20 min.

Therearemiracles,
I just wanted to tell you, that if you live in Canada, at least I think that you do, read online about Mutaflor probiotic. I used to buy it here in the USA till about 2 years ago. FDA is changing the status of this German made probiotic. Thanks to it I was in remission, first time for 1 year. I felt so well that I actually thought I was cured and stopped taking it. I was fine for 1 month, but by the middle of the 2d month I started getting colitis symptoms back again, so I bought another 6 months supply of it. Shortly after taking it, I was in remission again without any symptoms of colitis while I was on Mutaflor. When FDA stopped the company from selling Mutaflor I was so desperate to find it, I was seriously considering to drive to Canada to buy it, even called the Canadian representative to find out if they would ship it to a hotel address in Canada.
So, if you or anybody who is reading this is a Canadian, read about it.
I can tell you that Mutaflor worked much better than any probiotic I have tried during 5+ years I have had colitis and this includes VSL#3. VSL3, actually gave me more gas and diarrhea when I just started on it, so I had to tape it down to 1 cap. for a few days and slowly build the dose to 2 caps. 2 times per day and it never actually gave me the same result as Mutaflor did.
So, Therearemiracles, if you are In Canada, try Mutaflor. Together with the clay it just might put you in a long remission without any drugs.
P.S. Mutaflor is expensive. Sorry.

UcSlayer: im glad you are not bleeding anymore and that your bms are becoming more formed. I reaallly hope this works for you and gets you into a solid long remission.
As for taking the clay: i remember lookforcure said to stir 1 tsp up with some water then leave for 15 min to settle and then you should only drink the water at the top (not the clay residue at the buttom of the glass) x3 times/day. Then after 3 days of drinking this you should then be able to drink the whole thing not just the water at the top.
Lookforcure if im wrong please correct me.

Hi guys,
ConquerUC, you are absolutely right. When somebody just starting with the clay therapy for UC, for the first 3 days it is good to drink only the clay water, leaving the magma (heavier part). This will let your body slowly to get used to it.
Ucslayer, considering that you are well pass this stage (you are on the 7-8th day) just keep going with drinking all of the clay. Another tip is this, the 1 and the 3d glass of clay drink on the empty stomach, but the 2d just keep next to you and sip on it during the day, a little before lunch, a little if you are in pain, a little after lunch(if you are out of the house working put it in a plastic bottle). If you finished with the 2d glass before dinner, mix some more clay. Basically what I am saying you can add another glass of clay, just this time drink only the top part. If you feel that you are detoxifying too fast, drink only the clay water, leaving the magma. I hope you understand what I am trying to say. English is my 2d language, sorry.
Just listen to your body. Add an extra dose if you do not feel the result you want or taper it off a little and slow down a bit, giving your body some more time to get cleaned out of the bad stuff.
Ucslayer, if you just starting to detox (some weird, stinky stuff coming out), it will take a few days and after that you will start feeling much better.
The first thing you will notice is the pain will dramatically diminished and cramps too, than the bloating will be much less too and less and less trips to the bathroom.
Again, I just want to recommend to watch you diet: no sugar, yeast, fried food, spices, caffeine, no raw foods. Everything soft, well cooked and low fat. At least till you will not stop bleeding and trips to the bathroom no more than 4 times per day.

Ucslayer,
thank you for your kind words. I wish you fast healing with all my heart .
Jordan Rubin, (he had sever Crohn's disease) in his book "Restoring Your Digestive Health", compares his recovery from Crohn's disease to an athlete training for the Olympics:
"It takes that kind of commitment to get well from a chronic or degenerative disease."
I hope all of us have this kind of determination to get healthy!
My best wishes of health to everybody!

Hi, I think the colazol is helping the inflammation in my rectum. I think the clay is helping me in the morning not to have to run back and forth to the potty over a two hour period! I evacute a few times and I don't worry about driving to work now. I really elimated a ton, but it's not like taking pysillum where you feel like your going, going, and going and without a warning.

I take two cups a day one in the morning and one at night. Today I took a bath with the other clay, not terramin in my bath water. It draws out toxins too and I have lyme's. Although my new lyme's test is in and I'm dying to know what it says, but I don't see the doctor for another week! If it was bad, I'm sure he would have called. He's determing from that and all my other tests how to proceeds.

I got off LDN, that has helped alot too. My blood pressure is not as low, my sleep is much better and my energy is good! LDN lowered all of that! It's just not for me and I've tried it three different time in 7years. I wish I had the luck like others.

I LOVE Terramin clay and feel so good when I take that I'm getting all my minerals!!! It really helped my bf and it helps sooth the gut that's for sure! I take it first thing in the morning and before bed. I drink it all up now and I do a heaping teaspoon! come on minerals bring me a formed poop! Momma needs a formed poop. BTW I live in the US lookforcure otherwise I'd try that probiotic, I'm taking florastor that's a good one too, I'm told! Everyone should try Clay!

 

Hi Linda,
I am glad to hear it. Every time I tried to do it it did not work for me. They should send it to you very fast within 1 day packed in the ice packs.(if it is not properly packed it is very bad, it might low the effectiveness).
As soon as you get it , put it in the refrigerator right away. I believe, you will start with 1 cap. after breakfast for 3 days and then 2 after breakfast. That is it. You should feel the difference within a few days. It works fast. At least it did for me.
Good luck!

Therearemiracles,

I am sorry, I ment that when I tried to order from CANADA, the companies refused to send Mutaflor to me in the USA because of the FDA situation with this probiotic. This is what I was trying to say, I guess I needed to explain myself better.

Mutaflor worked very well for me and I am very glad that you found the company in Canada that was willing to send it to you here in US. It is good to know, in case I will need it in the future.

It looks like the price went up too, I did not pay that much, it was around $80 per box (1month supply) and I would get a dicount for ordering 6 months supply. Again, it was 2 years ago and they know that Americans can't buy Mutaflor in US.

Therearemiracles,
I have found a discussion about Mutaflor on this forum from the past. So, I am not the only person who had a good result with it.
Here is the link, if you are interested:
https://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=38&m=2153438

Ucslayer,
start with Pascalite clay water first for 2 days and drink it through out the day. For me Pascalite relieved the pain better. Just drink it when you have pain in your gut and see if you have the same response to it. If you feel better when you are drinking it, increase the dose to 4 glasses of the Pascalite clay water (not the magma yet).
A medical researcher, biochemist and chiropractor, Dr. David Williams has developed a reputation as one of the world’s leading authorities on natural healing.
Here is what Dr. Williams said about using clay for diarrhea (he uses Pascalite clay):
http://www.drdavidwilliams.com/treat-diarrhea-naturally#try_clay

Hi therearemiracles,
I am very glad you are felling better. I really believe that you have a winning combination: Terramin clay, Mutaflor and Colazal. Who knows maybe after the inflammation calms down you will be able to keep the remission with only Terramin clay and possibly some Mutaflor. It might take some time but I believe you will get there.
I wish more people would include the clay (Terramin or Pascalite) in their daily regimen. Just by reading the updates of all the people who took either Terramin or Pascalite clay reported improvements in their UC symptoms and overall feeling. I do not think it is just a coincidence.
My best wishes to you!

Imagardener2,

I have been taking Terramin and Pascalite clays for more than 40 days now, 1 rounded tsp./ 3 times per day and I have 1-3 regular BMs every day. I have never had constipation. My UC symptoms were not D, but a lot of pain, cramps, gas, blood and multiple trips to the bathroom with semi-solid stool.

You mentioned that you took only 1/2 tsp. of the clay, which is a half of a dose. Plus you have said yourself that you follow Paleo diet which is basically a lot of meat, fish and, eggs and some dairy. Also you have said you do not eat much fiber, it means, I am guessing you do not eat much veggies.

Considering all of these factors, I do not think that Terramin clay is the reason of your constipation and I would try for a longer period of time than 2 days. Of course, it is up to you to deside to take it or not.

By the way, I just wanted to mention to you that my mother ( in Russia) just have received Terramin and Pascalite clays 4 days ago, that I sent to her. She has had chronic constipation for 20+years and nothing worked for her. The only way she goes to the bathroom if she takes some laxatives every day. She took Pascalite clay for 2.5 days (full 3 doses of clay) and in the end of the 3d day she had BM. She told me she is very hopeful that the clays will help her.