So tomorrow is my first day to complete the Salt Water Flush (SWF) in the morning. The books I have read so far give the following instructions to prepare the salt water:
2 teaspoons of sea salt combined with a full quart of lukewarm water;
Another source gives the preparation instructions:
1 tablespoon of sea salt combined with 1 liter of water.
Drink the salt water first thing in the morning on an empty stomach within 10 minutes. The SWF will start to be eliminated within 30-90 minutes, and the final elimination come about 1 hour after the first.
I have a concern with the fluxuation in amounts of salt to be added because all sources I have read also include a line similar to the following:
"If the salt water does not work the first time, try adding a little more or a little less salt until the proper balance is found." (Burroughs)
I don't know about you, but trial and error with a liter of warm salt water doesn't sound like something I want to do over and over until I get it right.
The idea behind the SWF is that the salt water should be mixed to the same salinity as your blood so that the water will not be absorbed into your bloodstream "but will stay intact and quickly and thoroughly wash the entire tract in about one hour." (Burroughs)
Incorporating some basic chemistry and knowing that the salinity of blood is 0.9 percent (9 grams of salt for every 1 liter of water), I calculated the exact amount of sea salt necessary for 900 milliliters of salt water with 0.9 salinity. According to my calculations 8.1 grams of sea salt are necessary to produce 0.9 salinity, and each teaspoon of sea salt is approximately 5 grams. Therefore to create 900 milliliters of salt water with 0.9 salinity I need to add 1.62 teaspoons of sea salt.
It is mentioned in Woloshyn's book that a deficiency in salt or other trace minerals may cause the salt water to be absorbed. So it may be a good idea to be on the safe side and add a full 2 teaspoons to 1 liter of water for the SWF to be successful.