Health & Wellbeing
Bottoms up! A way to use coffee to perk you up Coffee, for me is one of the hardest things to give up during a detox. It is not just the coffee itself, but the routine of making it; the smell and then the hit from drinking it. Plus, giving it up can make you feel awful with a splitting headache and aching muscles. Obviously the more you drink, the more severe the symptoms. Naturopathically, we have been told that coffee should not be drunk at all as it is so bad for us. Drinking too much may contribute to osteoporosis as it can stop calcium absorption in your bones. It can cause a temporary rise in blood pressure, confusion, diarrhoea and nausea. Your body cannot store excess caffeine, so getting rid of it puts a strain on your liver and kidneys and increases urination which can lead to bladder instability. It can also contribute to insomnia and
anxiety. How depressing! However it is a very powerful herb and can do a lot of good. Not only can it be used for asthma, as it a potent bronchodilator, but it can also be excellent for detoxing the liver and cleaning the blood. But you need to put it up your bottom! I can hear gasps of horror and repulsion, particularly from my family where the very idea is abhorrent. It is a very controversial subject with some people swearing by it and others saying it is very unsafe. Whatever, it is not recommended without prior consultation with either a naturopath or health professional. The reported benefits of having a coffee enema are that coffee will travel through the colon wall into blood vessels that transport blood from the intestines to the liver. This is called the portal system and
A walk around... HALSTOCK Halstock is on the western edge of the Vale. The locals are very proud of their Saint: Juthware. She was decapitated by her stepbrother and carried her own head to the church and placed it on the altar! There’s space to park near the village hall. Head north, crossing the stream, and you’ll soon be at the church, which is worth visiting. Then carry on up the road for a mile, climbing Abbot’s Hill. At the top of the hill is a pond, which is on the border with Winterset, so go no
further but turn back and enjoy the wide views over the Vale as you descend. At the foot of the hill, by a stream, turn left, north-east, and continue for half a mile until you come to a T junction. If you’re interested in watching aquatic birds, turn left and you’ll soon come to the Sutton Bingham Reservoir where there’s a bird watchers’ hide next to the road. Otherwise, turn right and head south for a while back to the village, passing a road sign with a picture of Juthware and the former village pub, now a B&B, the Quiet Woman. Turn right and you’ll soon be back at your car. Now you have the choice of
avoids the digestive tract. There it stimulates the liver to dump bile by dilating the bile ducts and promoting glutathione, a 2.5 minutes, so if you can very important antioxidant hold the coffee enema for 15 and detoxification pathway. minutes the blood will have Together this helps the liver a thoroughly good clean. to rid itself of toxins. It also Being British, we rather removes excess fermentation giggle and shy away from from the caecum, part of anything to do with our your large intestine and bottoms, but many cultures stimulates peristalsis swear by enemas for (contracting of longitudinal cleansing and detoxing the and circular muscles) across system. I however am the transverse colon. It can British, so would rather my help with constipation and coffee in a cup! people have reported feeling lighter and brighter and energised after having had one. 4.5 Fiona Chapman is litres of studying naturopathy blood pass through your and herbal medicine at the College of liver every Naturopathic Medicine
with retired Dorset rights of way officer Chris Slade
walking or driving west for a couple of miles through Lower Halstock Leigh to Higher Halstock Leigh near which, to the south, is the Bracketts Coppice Nature Reserve. There are a couple of entrances, the first up a track to the left of the road,
the second further along and up a road to the left past an industrial unit. The Coppice is worth taking time to explore, maybe on another visit as it’s quite large. There are some lovely longhorn cattle grazing there. 45
