Hello Everyone

I am flabbergasted over here.

After only 3 DAYS of OIL PULLING, the KP on my right arm is 95% GONE. My arm is actually smooooth and my left arm is catching up quickly. I am hopeful that my thighs will also once again be soft and smooth like when I was young (younger ) . After all, it's only been 3 DAYS so far!!!

I actually could tell a difference on my arm after 24 hours of my first oil pull, but of course, figured it was wishful thinking - me imagining this progress. After all, it's hard to remember - gee, just how many bumps were there??? But when there aren't ANY bumps left, well, there's not much left to the imagination.

We've all read testimonials on every skin related thing imaginable. For many of us though, it's never YOU who is the one writing it. Well, this time it's ME ....and I'm absolutely amazed at how fast and effective this SIMPLE method is.

What in the world is OIL PULLING? Well, I had never heard of it until visiting the KP forum (newly found to me) a few days ago.

OIL PULLING is basically a very simple detox therapy in which you gently swish 1 tablespoon of either sunflower or sesame oil (untoasted) in your mouth (in the morning on a completely empty stomach) for about 20 minutes. The reason you do it for 20 mins is because that's roughly how long it takes all the blood in your body to pass through the large vein under your tongue. The oil being swished in your mouth activates enzymes that pull toxins from the blood. This method has been used in India for thousands of years and has been noted to improve/cure a large variety of illnesses/ailments including many skin problems (see below websites).

I recommended this method to one of my closest friends knowing she has always had KP too. She is getting similar results, as well as various other rashes disappearing before her eyes. Between she & I, we have come up with the following list of websites if any of you wish to research this topic further.

Whether it seems strange or not....KP sufferers....you simply MUST try this. You have nothing to lose. It's cheap, simple & it seems you don't need to wait around for 6 months to see if it's working....it's quick! Although one person on the KP website said it took 21 days for her to notice her KP was clearing up, some others have reported similar results as my friend and I (results in just a few days). Obviously, what works for one doesn't always work for others, but it can't hurt to try. How quickly it works (if it does at all) may depend on how many toxins one has in the body. My friend and I happen to both be nutrition geeks. Perhaps that's why it's working so fast....just a guess.

I got my husband to start swishing too because many people have reported of clearing psoriasis which he has been suffering with for many years now.

For the record, my KP has been mild but persistant for 20+ years (so don't know how long it would take to work on severe cases - if at all). You could "feel" the bumps on my arms more than see them. On my legs, you can see them too (red dots along w/ bumps). I will keep you posted as to my progress & look forward to hearing how it goes for any of you who decide try this method.

The idea of swishing oil in your mouth might seem a little gross, but really is nothing. It's pretty tasteless & the 20 mins goes by quickly while I'm empting the dishwasher, making smoothies, replying to emails (I'm swishing right now actually). I was planning to start with 5 minutes & work my way up, but I did the whole 20 mins on the first day - it was no problem at all. (And you spit it out when you're done - do not swallow)

I really hope some of you get the same amazing results that my friend & I are getting. BEST OF LUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.keratosispilaris.org/showthread.php?t=4335&page=1&pp=15

http://www.oilpulling.com/

http://curezone.com/forums/f.asp?f=738

http://www.lapislazulilight.com/articles/health/household_e.php - the oil swishing is at the very end of the article

http://www.earthclinic.com/Remedies/oil_pulling.html

http://www.vitanaturalis.com/e_olive_oil.shtml

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/life/2003/02/10/sto...2003021000160400.htm

http://forum.noblerealms.org/viewtopic.php?id=1683

http://ayurvedatoday.tribe.net/threads

http://www.newstodaynet.com/11jan/rf10.htm

http://members.fortunecity.com/pullingoil

http://www.sepiamutiny.com/sepia/archives/002906.html (this one is a blog...stick with it...it goes back to oil pulling, but is still interesting b/c it i a different culture referring to the US)

http://www.loaves-n-fishes.com/oilswish.htm


http://users.mrbean.net.au/~wlast/lipase.html - various oil information

http://www.mynewsletterbuilder.com/tools/view_newslette...letter_id=1409551428


http://www.subtlenrg.com/detoxification.aspx

http://www.dr-jo-md.com/dr-karacks-oil-treatment.html

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By the way - Also for the record - I am not (nor have I ever) used any topical to try & treat my KP. I always considered it a part of life - a part of who I am. Just so you know there isn't any other treatment I'm using that could be responsible for this sudden positive skin change.

Progress report:

Ok - 24 hours after my 4th oil pull. Woke up this morning to a smoother left arm - it's now much more like my right arm. Yesterday there was a big difference between them. One was smooth & the other still felt like sand paper.

My husband has been my witness. I keep asking him..."Am I making this up? Am I imagining it?" As with this kind of progress so quickly, how can I not doubt myself & my judgement. However, he completely agrees with me - especially since yesterday there was such a difference between the 2 arms & now they are much more similar. He is just as amazed as I am.

Legs are still bumpy w/ red dots. Can't tell if there has been any progress at all. It's difficult to tell until it's almost completely cleared up. It's hard to tell the difference between say 100 bumps & 70 bumps - but it's much easier to notice the difference between 100 bumps & 15 bumps.

Timer just went off.....Done w/ my 5th oil pull.

Have a nice day

Thank your for all the links and great information. I am going to try it for other issue not KP. I have been reading about this for a year now and now I see lots of posts about oil swishing.

DeeDee, you have my interest! I have a rash on my legs that is similar to what you describe (bumpy, red dots) which I believed to be allergy related. It is also itchy at times. Could this help that??

Kathy

Hi Susie - You're quite welcome....good luck with it!

Hi Kathy!

The oil pulling is not something to treat KP specifically, it just happened to be a side effect for some of the people who were swishing for other reasons.

For example. One of the ladies on the other forum said that her husband had been swishing for 7 months (I don't know why) when she learned that someone else on the oil pulling forum noticed that their bumpy skin on arms & legs had gone away. This first woman I mentioned ran over to her husband & asked him to take off his shirt (because she knew her husband had KP also). The KP was GONE, but they had never noticed it before because that's not why he was oil pulling & they just weren't paying attention to his skin.

So, in answer to your question, Yes, I think oil pulling could potentially help any condition or ailment. The only way to find out is to start swishing! People report a wide variety of positive effects including whiter teeth, healthier gums (no more bleeding), all kinds of skin clarity (helping acne, discoloration, texture...etc), liver & kidney function, etc, etc, etc. If you go to a few of the websites I included, you'll see a full list of potential positive health benefits of oil pulling.

I am certainly no expert on it as I have just started this process, however, I am quite impressed so far with the effect on my skin & I can't see any potential hazard of doing it - so I'm officially a swisher!

As of now, I can't offer any scientific answers as to why this kind of a detox would be so good for ones skin (& the whole body) except for the obvious - that removing toxins from your body - whichever way you do it - will enable all processes of the body to function better. Toxins get in the way of our bodies ability to cleanse itself & work properly.

Good luck if you try it!!

However....if your rash is in fact allergy related, maybe the oil pulling won't help if the food or substance that you're allergic to isn't first eliminated.

It can't hurt to try though - you might find some other positive effect even if your rash doesn't go away.

Good luck!

Results of Oilpulling Surveyby a news paper in India:
In 1996, after continuous publication of a regular column for three years in their Sunday edition on OP, Andhra Jyoti, a Telugu daily news paper, conducted a survey to find out the types of diseases cured and the effectiveness of OP. Out of a total of 1041 respondents, 927 (89%) reported cure of one or more diseases. People who did not report any cure were 114(11%).The analysis indicated cure of the following types of chronic diseases:

Pains in the body and problems pertaining to neck and above 758 cases
Allergy and respiratory problems of lungs like asthma, bronchitis etc191 cases
Skin problems like pigmentation, itching, scars, black patches, and eczema etc 171 cases
Digestive system-155 cases
Constipation-110 cases
Arthritis and joint pains-91 cases
Heart disease and B.P-74 cases
Diabetes-56 cases
Piles-27 cases
Diseases pertaining to female reproductive system reported by women-21 cases
Diseases like Polio, Cancer, Leprosy, polycystic kidney, neural fibroma, paralysis etc 72

(this info is from the second website I listed above. have no idea of it's accuracy, just that these are some of the claims)

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I'm trying to figure out how swishing oil around in your mouth and spitting it out can do all these wonderful things! I'm not saying it cannot, I have no idea and no experience with anything like this. I guess I'm always the skeptic, but heck, if it's working for you go for it! The price is right!

Kathy

I know Kathy....seems unbelievable to me too!

Just a quick note. This morning when my 6 year old came in to snuggle w/ me at 6am, she said and I quote exactly "The backs of your arms are smooth, warm & silk". I couldn't help but laugh (as of course, I have never mentioned to her anything about my bumpy skin or oil swishing. All she knows is that mommy does a lot of grunting & pointing for 20 mins in the morning!).

Also, my friend mentioned that her chiropracter & massage therapist noticed her arms without her mentioning anything at all. And her cracked heals (which usually get worse in the fall/winter, are greatly improving - also read this happening to others on a few other forums)

Neither one of us have noticed a difference on our thights/butts yet. Time will tell - this is only day 9.

So, it really is not in our imaginations (though I continue to doubt myself)

Oh, almost forgot - can't see a difference w/ my husband's psoriasis (only 8 days for him so far - from what I've read, it will take more like 3 months for a severe condition like that if it's going to help at all), but he did mention how smooth his forehead is. My bumpy forehead also seems smoother (although the cps were already helping me with that - I think the oil swishing is helping that along as well)

Have a great weekend everyone & thx for listening to me babble. I know the whole thing probably seems strange, but it's exciting to get results like this & I hope I'm not wrong in thinking some of you guys would like to hear about this no matter how wacky it is!

Hi Deedee,

Glad it's going so well for you.

These are only my thoughts, and I in no way am "poo-pooing" your results. It is awesome that your skin is reaping all these benefits that you can clearly see! However, I think that believing that something will work is half the battle. I believe Dr. Pickart once said something to the effect that 5% of skin will have a perceived negative reaction to water and an even greater percentage of women will claim that a solution of tinted water made them look younger and tightened their skin!

60% of all people with depression show equal improvement on a sugar pill as they do on an antidepressant.

All I am saying is that the power of suggestion is huge!

I wish you continued success with this, and I do not mean to sound negative or rain on your parade! I hope you do not take it that way.

If this is working for you, that's wonderful and I wish you only continued success with it.

You have a wonderful weekend too!

Kathy

Kathy,

Thanks for your thoughts. I agree with you on everything.

As mentioned, I continue to doubt my results each day too. It's just interesting to hear others (who have no idea of our oil swishing experiment) comment on our smooth arms. Maybe it's a coincidence....but maybe not....who knows! (FYI - my friend & I live 5 hrs apart so we haven't been able to check each other out.)

On the other hand...if a sugar pill can lift a depressed persons mood...then that's just as good as the real thing I suppose....isn't it?

I like having smooth arms, whether it's the oil or pure coincidence...I just don't know what else could have caused the bumps to go away since I made no other changes besides the oil.

If it is my imagination...why haven't I imagined the bumps off of my thighs & butt? (I'm not being sarcastic...I'm serious). It's all very interesting to me.

I think as a community at large, we should be skeptical of things but we should also be open to "different" things.

One of my favorite jokes:

One lady (let's call her Lavern) is watching her friend (Shirley) prepare a roast. Shirley proceeded to cut off the end of the roast before putting it in the pan. Lavern asks...why did you cut off the end of the roast? Shirley replied....I don't know, my mother always did that. Shirley picked up the phone & asked her mother....Why did you always cut off the end of the roast? Her mother replied...because I had a small pan & it never would fit.

It's so funny to me. We all are inclined to do the things our parents did (myself included). If we thought & I mean really thought about each product we used & each thing we did & WHY....we'd probably find ourselves with a list of things we have no idea WHY we do them.

I think for the same reasons, we are inclined to turn away from things that we are unfamiliar with. I think there's a lot to learn from other cultures. It's probably true of all cultures ...we all think we know best.

The world is so big & diverse!

The oils that are retained in your mouth could be supplying an essential fatty acid that is low or missing in your diet.

There is a long history of certain oils such a primrose, flaxseed, borage causing a great improvement in skin quality.

Thx Dr. Pickart for your input!  That makes sense to me.

I was recently talking to my dentist.  He had some interesting comments/feedback in regard to oil pulling (though this was the first he had heard of the practice).

He said that the claims of helping loose teeth become tighter, red & bleeding gums changing to pink & healthy, teeth becoming whiter, mouth feeling fresh & clean, make perfect sense - as in his opinion as a dentist, swishing oil in the mouth will in fact rid the mouth of harmful bacteria.  As a matter of fact, he said that listerine is actually comprised of several different oils held together by alcohol.  And if one were to use straight, pure oil as in the case with "oil pulling", he doesn't doubt it's ability to go further & help more than just "mouth issues"

Think about the fact that this practice has existed in India for thousands of years (whereas oral hygiene as we know it today has only been around for a few generations).  It seems to be an "old school" way for people to have kept a clean mouth when there was no other means to do so.

Furthermore, as many of us are already aware, we (humans as opposed to animals) are the only creatures obsessed with constant shampooing & cleansing in general.  The oils we so regularly wash from our scalps & our skin are there for a reason.  It's a healthy, protective coating that wasn't meant to be whisked away so frequently as we as a culture tend to do.  Of course, Dr. Pickart also advocates cleansing as infrequently as possible.  OIL IS GOOD although it has developed a bad reputation in regard to skin & hair. Oil pulling is likely "oiling" our bodies from the inside out, and as Dr. Pickart suggests...potentially supplying an essential fatty acid that is low or missing in your diet.

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Is anyone still Oil Pulling (Swishing)? I have been doing this for some time now. It took the pain away in my left hip and removed all the bumps on my arms. I stopped for about 2 weeks and everything came back. Must be something to this as I started up again and symptoms are gone.

DeeDee,

Are you still oil pulling? My daughter is 20 and has had kp on her face and arms all of her life. I also found out I have rosacea and many other skin problems. I would like to try this method but wondered if you were still having good results. Did the spots go away or just the bumps? My daughter has more spots than raised bumps - she exfoliates like mad. The KP on her face is just bright red - no bumps or spots.

Interesting that the time is 20 minutes. That is very close to the time of 29 minutes it takes for the Chi to circulate through the body one time.