Oil Pulling Therapy (OPT)

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additional link for oil pulling:

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[XRusmerTesst]

Hi Magno

I'm a tad disappointed - but not devastated - that I haven't noticed any positive differences. I am going to be away for about six weeks so it will be interesting to see what happens when I stop. And as you say, I can always start again.

I do appreciate that not everything works for everyone. We may all be one, but we're all different too!!!

Love
Sunanda xxx

 

[Abercrombie0hugsU]

Caroline

"but i wondered if you had to brush your teeth BEFORE you oil pull?"

I have a really coated tongue (not sure why) - so I scrape my tongue with a teaspoon, spit it out, and quickly rinse my mouth with cold water, before doing the oil-pulling. Incidentally after the oil-pulling my tongue the cleanest it has been for years. I really hate the feeling of oil in my mouth so I don't enjoy the swishing at all. Afterwards I spit it into a couple of kitchen towels and toss into the bin. I swish my mouth with lukewarm herbal tea and spit it out, then have a couple of cups of weak herbal tea. I don't brush my teeth until after I've had breakfast.

Having said that, I've only done oil-pulling - I intend trying it daily for a month.

 

[karazyal]

Hi Sunanda, Magno, Neukolnn [sm=nature-smiley-008.gif]
Thanks, i find this all very interesting and think i might start oil pulling tomorrow!

Love and Light
caroline

 

[strngqustnmn]

Well, I've been doing this for 10 days now. To be honest - on the first day I really didn't think I'd be doing it again. I found the idea of swilling oil around my mouth quite unappealling (I think that women in this diet-conscious society mistrust oil). On the first day I lasted 5 mins, then on the second I did two lots of 10 minutes because I was gobbing up loads of mucous. I'm not sure if that was due to the oil-pulling - or something else.

Anyway, I am now doing 20 minutes without any problem. And on the weekend (when I am not in a mad rush to get out the door and catch my train) I set the timer to 30 minutes. So, it does get easier.

I've noticed three things. My teeth, like everyone else says, are a lot whiter. This is something I find really bizarre. The skin on my face is lovely - and I look a lot healthier. And finally it has helped my bowels - which used to be sluggish (despite a very fibrous diet).

I had intended to try this out for a month, but am pretty certain that I'll keep it going longer than that. Good luck to the other folk who are trying this.

 

[Pepsi C]

Hi neukolnn,

Congratulations on getting some results with oil pulling, the mucous would have been brought up along with all the other toxins in your body by the oil pulling.

It still amazes me how teeth become brighter.

Keep it up

 

[Icefang]

Well, I am going to try oil-pulling with sesame oil (found WAY at the back of my cupboard) for five to ten minutes each morning for...let's say a week.

My gripe is that I have obnoxious bumpy skin on my legs, almost like ingrown hairs though they are generally colourless and not irritating in any way (other than my legs are bumpy and not smooth). If I were to self-diagnose, I would say it's something called "keratosis pilaris", a type of skin 'disease' of some sort which varies in severity, usually is found on the backs of arms, and can be, in some cases, disfiguring.

Extreme exfoliatiion and lotions has had no effect on these cursed bumps, so we'll try this.

I am always a bit nervous when trying any sort of treatment, be it natural or prescribed by a doctor, so this forum will come quite handy.

 

[Dante]

Hi virginia rattlesnake,

Welcome to the forums, I hope you find oil pulling beneficial for you, with regards to the sesamee oil, make sure it is not toasted sesamee oil as that type of oil is not suitable for oil pulling.

 

[Chetanna00]

Hi All,

I am very sceptical here and not sure that I will manage to swill oil for 20mins as the thought makes me want to retch, however I am going to try and give it a go.

x

 

[Accenecemsces]

Hi,

Start off slowly, 5 min one day, 10 min the next and so on; people think the oil is going to be horrible and greasy, but it is not.

 

[shottayout]

Well, I almost did it for about 10 minutes this morning. I think I should do it for a bit longer tomorrow; while the oil was cloudy it wasn't white or frothy. I'm not sure how exactly it should look when I spit it out.

Also: can anyone give me any information on the "herx"? Sounds sinister.

(Oil is non-toasted! Yes!)

 

[Mayra]

I have been reading a lot about oil pulling. Where do you find the sunflower and sesame oils ?
Thanks, Barbara

 

[Wyett]

Hi Barbara,

Welcome to the forums; you can buy the cold pressed oils from any health food shop, or you can use ordinary sun flower oil from the super market, or try the internet. Although cheaper, the post and packaging is not worth it for one bottle.

 

[Mommylh]

glad to see this thread has come back to the fore - just as I logged on - read the whole thread and am fascinated. Have done liver flushes and can understand how this will have a similar effect but bit by bit? Will have a go tommorrow. Trying to decide whether to use sweet almond, grapeseed, coconut or olive oil etc. - got just about everything except the sunflower or sesame. I really hope it makes a noticable difference to my teeth cos I have a very none- complementary believing brother who is also my dentist!! - I'm always trying to convince him of benefits of complementary therapies. - I keep chipping at him,
So until the morning....

 

[Rita]

Well, today is exactly 4 weeks since I tried oil-pulling. I am definitely going to keep doing it. My goal was to give it a decent trial and make my mind up at the end. I've been using flaxseed oil. My plan is to finish the bottle (it's 375ml - so I think I have about a week or two to go) and then try coconut. There is a lot of very interesting stuff about coconut oil on the Internet and I'm interested in trying them for myself. After that tub is finished I'll try hemp seed oil. Good luck to other folk.

I stand by what I said earlier - that I don't believe that it is the miracle cure that I've seen it described in some corners of the web - but I do think that the effects are from the excellent absorption of the EFAs directly into the bloodstream via the mucosa of the mouth. Oh, in case I haven't explicitly said that before I am now! I've seen an improvement in my skin, my hair and my digestion.

Good luck to the rest of you who are trying it!

 

[SarahBear]

Oh, something I forgot. Loads of sites are quite anal about definitely-not-drinking-anything-before-oil-pulling. To that I say 'rubbish'. First thing in the morning you are dehydrated from 8 hours of not drinking anything. You need to have a big drink when you get up to rehydrate. Given that most of us struggle to get our 7-8hours sleep I think that it is unreasonable to get up an hour early so that you can have a drink, wait an hour, then do your oil-pulling. And it'd be a bit weird/obsessive to set your alarm for an hour early, have a drink, then sleep for another hour, get up, then do your oil-pulling.

I've experimented with a) not drinking beforehand and doing it dehydrated, b) saying 'to heck with it' and drinking immediately before oil-pulling, and c) drinking then waiting an hour then oil-pulling (I did this on the weekend). I noticed a big improvement in the effects of the oil-pulling when I drank (both immediately before, and an hour before). The dehydrated option was the worst - I don't think that you produce enough saliva to emulsify the oils.

Ignore that if you wish and do what suits you - because everyone is different. But for me it made no difference whether I waited an hour after drinking, or didn't.

 

[Playah]

I tried OPT and I can't do it - I tried and it made me physically sick on the first day - since then I have tried again and I now start to retch as I try to put the oil in my mouth!!! I admire all you guys who are doing it and seeing results but it definitely is not for me.

c

 

[Eric OConnell]

Oh, that's a shame. I also gagged the first time I tried it (only lasting 4 minutes which felt like an hour) - I did two lots of 5 minutes the next day. How about trying a teaspoon worth? It took me a few days to be able to do 20 minutes. I really enjoy it (in that I'm-starting-the-day-with-something-that-is-good-for-me way). I promise you that I found it really unnatural, and totally alien when I first tried it. The only thing that kept me trying was all the miracle-cure stuff about it all over the web.

I'd like to say 'keep trying' - because you will get benefits from doing it. But if you simply can't do it, then sadly it might not be a good idea to force it. Have you looked at any of the other boards for folk who've also not been able to do it? Perhaps you could find something to help you.

 

[Drethinnen]

I am interested to hear how Lighteningstar is getting on with the oil pulling as we share the same under active Thyroid disorder. I am going to try it, I used to take the UDO's oil blahhhhhhhhhhhh disgusting stuff,but I tried it at least. lyn

 

[tyslove]

Lyn - coconut oil is the mainstay of the thyroid diet (do a search for thyroid and coconut). So you may want to try oil-pulling that oil. I've just bought a tub of it, and that is going to be the next one I try after I finish the flaxseed oil.