The Gerson Therapy is a natural treatment that activates the body’s
extraordinary ability to heal itself through an organic, vegetarian
diet, raw juices, coffee enemas and natural supplements.
With its whole-body approach to healing, the Gerson Therapy naturally
reactivates your body’s magnificent ability to heal itself – with no
damaging side effects. This a powerful, natural treatment boosts the
body’s own immune system to heal cancer, arthritis, heart disease,
allergies, and many other degenerative diseases. Dr. Max Gerson
developed the Gerson Therapy in the 1930s, initially as a treatment for
his own debilitating migraines, and eventually as a treatment for
degenerative diseases such as skin tuberculosis, diabetes and, most
famously, cancer.
The Gerson Therapy‘s all-encompassing nature sets it apart from most
other treatment methods. The Gerson Therapy effectively treats a wide
range of different ailments because it restores the body’s incredible
ability to heal itself. Rather than treating only the symptoms of a
particular disease, the Gerson Therapy treats the causes of most
degenerative diseases: toxicity and nutritional deficiency.
An abundance of nutrients from copious amounts of fresh, organic
juices are consumed every day, providing your body with a super-dose of
enzymes, minerals and nutrients. These substances then break down
diseased tissue in the body, while coffee enemas aid in eliminating
toxins from the liver.
Throughout our lives our bodies are being filled with a variety of
carcinogens and toxic pollutants. These toxins reach us through the air
we breathe, the food we eat, the medicines we take and the water we
drink. The Gerson Therapy’s intensive detoxification regimen eliminates
these toxins from the body, so that true healing can begin.
How the Gerson Therapy Works
The Gerson Therapy regenerates the body to health, supporting each
important metabolic requirement by flooding the body with nutrients from
about 15- 20 pounds of
organically grown fruits and
vegetables daily. Most is used to make fresh raw juice, up to one glass
every hour, up to 13 times per day. Raw and cooked solid foods are
generously consumed. Oxygenation is usually more than doubled, as oxygen
deficiency in the blood contributes to many degenerative diseases. The
metabolism is also stimulated through the addition of thyroid, potassium
and other supplements, and by avoiding heavy animal fats, excess
protein, sodium and other toxins.
Degenerative diseases render the body increasingly unable to excrete
waste materials adequately, commonly resulting in liver and kidney
failure. The Gerson Therapy uses intensive detoxification to eliminate
wastes, regenerate the liver, reactivate the immune system and restore
the body’s essential defenses – enzyme, mineral and hormone systems.
With generous, high-quality nutrition, increased oxygen availability,
detoxification, and improved metabolism, the cells – and the body – can
regenerate, become healthy and prevent future illness.
Juicing
Fresh pressed juice from raw foods provides the easiest and most
effective way of providing high quality nutrition. By juicing, patients
can take in the nutrients and enzymes from nearly 15 pounds of produce
every day, in a manner that is easy to digest and absorb.
Every day, a typical patient on the Gerson Therapy for cancer
consumes up to thirteen glasses of fresh, raw carrot/apple and
green-leaf juices. These juices are prepared hourly from fresh, raw,
organic fruits and vegetables, using a two-step juicer
or a masticating juicer used with a separate hydraulic press.
The Gerson Diet
The Gerson diet is entirely organic and vegetarian. The diet is naturally high in vitamins, minerals, enzymes, micro-nutrients, and extremely
low in sodium, fats, and proteins. The following is a typical daily diet for a Gerson patient on the full therapy regimen:
- Thirteen glasses of fresh, raw carrot/apple and green-leaf juices prepared hourly from fresh, organic fruits and vegetables.
- Three full vegetarian meals, freshly prepared from
organically grown fruits, vegetables and whole grains. A typical meal
will include salad, cooked vegetables, baked potatoes, Hippocrates soup
and juice.
- Fresh fruit and fresh fruit available at all hours for snacking, in addition to the regular diet.
To learn more about the Gerson diet, follow the link below to read
about which foods are permitted and prohibited on the Gerson Therapy:
Supplements
All medications used in connection with the Gerson Therapy are
classed as biologicals, materials of organic origin that are supplied in
therapeutic amounts.
- Potassium compound
- Lugol’s solution
- Vitamin B-12
- Thyroid hormone
- Pancreatic Enzymes
Detoxification
Coffee enemas are the primary method of detoxification of the tissues
and blood on the Gerson Therapy. Cancer patients on the Gerson Therapy
may take up to 5 coffee enemas per day. Charlotte Gerson explains the
necessity of coffee enemas in
Healing the Gerson Way:
“The moment a patient is put on the full therapy, the
combined effect of the food, the juices and the medication causes the
immune system to attack and kill tumor tissue, besides working to flush
out accumulated toxins from the body tissues. This great clearing-out
procedure carries the risk of overburdening and poisoning the liver—the
all-important organ of detoxification, which, in a cancer patient, is
bound to be already damaged and debilitated.”
Coffee enemas accomplish this essential task, assisting the liver in
eliminating toxic residues from the body for good. The Gerson Therapy
also utilizes castor oil to stimulate bile flow and enhance the liver’s
ability to filter blood.
Is the Gerson Therapy Right For You?
No treatment works for everyone, every time. Anyone who tells you
otherwise is not giving you the facts. We know that when you have been
diagnosed with a life-threatening ailment, choosing the best strategy
for fighting your illness can be a bewildering task. Everyone claims to
have either “the best treatment”, “the fastest cure”, or “the only
therapy that works.” In most cases your trusted family physician only
has knowledge of conventional treatments, and is either unaware of, or
even hostile toward alternative options.
No matter how many opinions you receive on how to treat your disease,
you are going to make the final decision on what to do, and you must be
comfortable with your decision. Choose a treatment that makes the most
sense to you.
Most therapies–conventional or alternative–treat only the individual
symptoms while ignoring what is ultimately causing the disease. The
reason the Gerson Therapy is effective with so many different ailments
is because it restores the body’s incredible ability to heal itself.
Rather than treating only the symptoms of a particular disease, the
Gerson Therapy treats the cause of the disease itself. Although we feel
the Gerson Therapy is the most comprehensive treatment for disease, we
don’t claim it will cure everything or everyone.
Caution: Do not start the Gerson Therapy if any of the following conditions apply without referring to Charlotte Gerson’s book,
Healing the Gerson Way, or without the supervision of a Gerson doctor:
- Chemotherapy
- Diabetes
- Brain metastases
- Severe kidney damage and/or if the patient has ever been on dialysis
- Foreign bodies such as pacemakers, breast implants, steel plates or screws.
Patients must be able to eat, drink and eliminate normally. The
Gerson Therapy cannot be administered to organ transplant recipients.
See our FAQs to learn more about which conditions are contraindicated
for the Gerson Therapy, and which conditions respond well to the
Therapy.
