Whether used externally or internally, pyrophyllite clay is a very powerful detoxifier. Due to its negative electromagnetic charge and potent adsorbing and absorbing capabilities, pyrophyllite clay draws positively charged toxins, chemicals and heavy metals (mercury, lead, aluminum, arsenic, pesticides, petroleum compounds, commercial and industrial chemicals and radiation) from the body.

Due to the clay’s amorphous silica content, essential for making nutrients bioavailable, pyrophyllite is also an exceptional nutritional source for bioavailable macro minerals, trace minerals and angstrom elements.

Mud Spas around the world have used clays for decades to detoxify, reduce inflammation, and accelerate the renewal of skin, bone, ligaments, cartilage and muscle. The use of mud pits, clay baths, body wraps, internal use, facials, poultice applications, and even all night foot poultices, are among the multitude of documented uses for clay dating back to the days of Cleopatra and to the Indigenous peoples the world over. The therapeutic value of clay is now widely accepted in spas, burn clinics and emergency rooms in modern day hospitals.

One of the most valuable uses for clay in today’s industrial society lies in its unparalleled capacity to detoxify the body.

6000 New Chemicals Every Week

According to Steven Schecter, N.D., author of "Fighting Radiation and Chemical Pollutants With Foods, Herbs and Vitamins", there are over 70,000 chemicals being used in commercial production in the United States. 65,000 of those are classified as potentially or definitely hazardous to human health. He also noted that there are over 6,000 new chemicals being tested every week.

In the words of medical researcher Alan Levine, M.D., "the vast increase of chemicals in our environment, foods and medicines has greatly altered our body's ability to rid itself of toxins".

Due to this extreme toxic overload, our bodies no longer have the ability or resources to rid ourselves of such a quantity of toxins and poisons without some help. Pyrophyllite clay has shown that it has the ability to help remove toxins, poisons and radiation from our bodies.

It has been reported by medical doctors, medical researchers and average lay people around the world that clay has helped relieve the symptoms of a multitude ailments including: acne, eczema, psoriasis, shingles, Alzheimer's, cuts, burns, bruises, broken bones, joint & muscle pain, insect bites, bee stings, poison oak, skin rashes, boils, cysts, athlete's foot, infections, teeth & gum conditions, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, arthritis, memory loss, removal of heavy metals, chemicals, and petroleum byproducts, radiation absorption and detox, and more.

Ongoing research by scientists and doctors worldwide are providing us with more knowledge, answers and remedies as time goes on. According to Ran Knishinsky – “The Clay Cure - Natural Healing from the Earth”, clay works on the entire organism. No part of our body is left untouched by its healing powers.

Pyrophyllite Clay is known to possess a weak van der Waals bond at the molecular level giving it the property of dispersing easily in water. This property is highly desirable for a clay, since it is this property that keeps the clay from clumping and clinging to the skin typical of bentonite and certain other clays.

Since water readily softens and liquefies the clay, pyrophyllite mixes easily into a paste and washes off the body easily. This relative ease of use eliminates the excessive scrubbing and subsequent redness of skin associated to the use of clumping clays.

Pyrophyllite's natural dispersing property also contributes to its naturally small particle size, allowing for a greater surface area exposure of the clay in the intestines. The smaller the particle size of a clay, the greater the surface area available for the adhesion of a toxin molecule. Therefore, when taken internally, a greater volume of toxins are able to be adsorbed.

A clumping clay like sodium bentonite can be less effective than a dispersing clay due to the more limited exposure of it’s surface area to toxins and its larger particle size. It takes about 4-6 hours for a sodium bentonite to become fully hydrated (swollen with water), whereas due to pyrophyllite clay's weak van der Waals bond, its response to water is immediate, causing the dispersed particles to become immediately and fully available for the neutralization of toxins and radiation.

Sodium Bentonite (the most widely used clay in the world), along with many other forms of clay, tend to be constipating. Pyrophyllite clay has seldom been known to be constipating, and to some, even slightly accelerating. In a few instances where an individual is already prone to hemorrhoids or severe constipation, the clay has been known to slow the transit time of the bowels for the first few months, or until the excessive toxins in the bowels have been removed. In those instances, it is better to combine a smaller amount of the pyrophyllite with a teaspoon or more of a sea salt brine solution to increase electrolyte content and laxative influence.

With pyrophyllite possessing both absorbing (like a sponge) and adsorbing (like a magnet) properties, along with its small particle size and natural dispersing characteristics, its detoxifying capabilities are exceptionally high.

Pyrophyllite Clay for Radiation Detox - The Threat

The world populous is being exposed to an unprecedented amount of radiation. Ionizing radiation comes from a variety of sources including cell phones, microwave ovens, wireless technology for phones and computers, CRT computer monitors and TV's, various medical treatments and diagnostic equipment (X-rays, computed tomography (CT) scans, mammograms and fluoroscopy), nuclear testing, nuclear power plants, and now the radiation from Depleted Uranium (DU) munitions used in Iraq and Bosnia. This radioactive dust has since traveled around the globe. Radiation exposure is at an all time high. Cancer is at epidemic proportions in our society.

According to a report from the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, it will take 3 million years for radioactive waste stored in the United States as of 1983 to decay to background levels. The threat of nuclear attack remains a looming concern. The fallout from a nuclear accident could affect millions.

Pyrophyllite Clay as a Solution to Radiation Poisoning

After the Chernobyl Accident in Russia clay was one of the components used to cover the burning reactor and reduce the escape of radiation. Clay was successfully given to people, animals, and livestock to minimize radiation poisoning.

A series of pyrophyllite clay baths in combination with clay slurries or body wraps (see below) and the internal consumption of clay is a comprehensive recipe for radiation detox.

Regular clay baths and daily consumption of pyrophyllite clay is a wise precaution given the excessive presence of radiation in our world today.

It is also wise to keep a reserve stockpile of clay on hand in the event of an unexpected happening or accident for which clay is a remedy.

Pyrophyllite Compared to Zeolite

Zeolite is an excellent clay. However, pyrophyllite has capabilities that exceed even zeolite. Zeolite is an adsorbing clay capable of attracting a large amount of toxins to itself due to the large available surface area within the honeycomb structure of the zeolite. However, the toxins must be small enough to enter into the honeycomb structure of zeolite (less than 2 nanometers) to be carried away in abundance.

Pyrophyllite is both an adsorbing and an absorbing clay with a donut shaped combination of tetrahedral molecules mimicking the shape of a red blood cell. The geometric shape of a red blood cell constitutes the most efficient shape known for the absorbtion of nutrients.

Pyrophyllite is capable of holding toxins to the outside of its molecular structure like iron filings to a magnet, as well as absorb them like a sponge. Pyrophyllite's exceptionally high negative electro-magnetic charge reaches deep into the tissues and organs to draw toxins to itself.

Zeolite is often heated to purge it of its accumulated load of environmental toxins. Heating a clay destroys both the clay's natural biological benefits (soil based organisms) and its delicate balance of mineral ratios. While this may be necessary with a zeolite in order to make room for an additional amount of toxins, pyrophyllite does not require this purging process to be effective.

A Side Note on Heating a Clay

Heating a clay to the melting point of the various metals disturbs the clays original integrity. Heat is sometimes used to melt away certain "undesirable" elements within a clay, under the mistaken impression that this action will "purify" the clay. Instead, what you are left with is an unnatural assembly of mineral ratios (something Nature did not design), resulting in an end product that, when consumed, requires your own body to compensate for what is now missing in the altered clay. This compensation effect is due to the body's ongoing attempt to create and maintain homeostasis, or balance.

Disturbing Nature's original balance of mineral ratios, or taking just one mineral at the exclusion of the full complex of mineral ratios found in a naturally-occurring whole earthen substance, can result in greater imbalances within the body with long-term consequences. A major New Zealand study found that taking the single mineral calcium citrate over a span of 5 years, raises the risk of heart attack by as much as 40%. [Am J Med 2002; 112:343 Ian R Reid, MDa. et al]

The logic behind this observation is simple – minerals need each other. A whole earthen resource built of 70+ minerals in a complex assortment of mineral ratios balanced only by Nature, gives its own natural state of balance to the body. Disturbing this complex balance of mineral ratios can cause imbalancing effects in the human body.

Comprehensive Nutritional Content

Pyrophyllite is naturally more abundant in both electrolytes and trace minerals than a processed zeolite, so it provides greater nutritional value to the human body. Unaltered pyrophyllite has a more balancing effect on the body.

Pyrophyllite clay is high in amorphous (noncrystalline) silica. It forms mono and orthosilicic acids when brought in contact with water. Silicic acids are required to make minerals bioavailable to both plant and human. Bioavailable silica is required by the body to repair damaged tissues, bone, tendons and cartilage.

Pyrophyllite clay's observed skin regenerative powers when applied to a cut, a bruise, an inflammation, or a cold sore is truly remarkable. In two instances I observed open wounds on the face being closed and regenerated in less than two weeks without even a scar.

Taking Clay with Natural Vitamins and Food Sources

Taking pyrophyllite clay with natural remedies actually enhances their mineral absorption due to the presence of amorphous silica in the clay. While natural supplements are not recommended in combination with a bentonite clay due to a concern over drawing beneficial nutrients from the body, an amorphous silica clay (as opposed to a quartz silica clay) makes other nutrients more bioavailable. The mono and orthosilicic acids formed out of the amorphous silica are also used by the body to slow the aging process.

Taking Clay with Pharmaceutical Drugs

Internal consumption of the clay is not recommended if you are on a pharmaceutical drug that requires residual amounts to remain in your system in order to be effective. This is particularly true of anti-depressant drugs. Drugs are typically polarized positive, are highly acidic, and often contain heavy metals like mercury for sterilization purposes or aluminum for immune stimulant purposes. The negatively polarized clay electro-magnetically pulls positively polarized chemicals and heavy metals to itself and out of the body. In cases of drug overdose or chemical ingestion however, hospitals frequently use clay or activated charcoal to absorb the chemicals and drug overdose.

Due to the powerful drawing action of pyrophyllite clay, it is best not taken internally within 3 hours after drug intake. For those on pharmaceutical drugs, clay baths are generally preferable to internal clay consumption.

If you are on antidepressant drugs or other drugs that require residual amounts in your system to be effective, it is better to not take the clay at all internally. The clay will tend to absorb the residual amounts of the drug in your system and could result in withdrawal reactions from the drugs.

If you have safely come off of a drug, clay baths and internal consumption will help to clean up your system of the drug residuals. (Important: Never get off a drug cold turkey. Always withdraw gradually, no faster than 10% per week, or per month, depending on how long you have been taking the drug. (For more specific information on this subject read “Your Drug May Be Your Problem: How and Why to Stop Taking Psychiatric Medications” by Peter R. Breggin & David Cohen) 

If you are taking drugs and want to take clay, I recommend that you discuss this matter with a competent health professional knowledgeable of both allopathic and natural therapies. My personal choice has been to thoroughly educate myself about the transformative powers of herbs and natural remedies, and by doing so, have successfully eliminated the need for allopathic chemical therapies all together.

Pyrophyllite Clay Baths

The quantity of clay for each bath is 1/2 cup or more (up to several pounds if desired). In cases of extreme toxicity, such as from a history of heavy exposure to chemicals, radiation, drugs, alcohol or tobacco, the lesser amounts at first, and more frequent baths, may be a wiser approach, particularly if a stronger, more rapid detox produces uncomfortable detoxification symptoms.

Baths taken in conjunction with the internal consumption of 1 teaspoon to 1 tablespoon in water shortly before the bath accelerates the detoxifying process significantly. Toxins stirred up by the clay within the body will be drawn from the body through every square inch of submerged skin surface.

Remove Chlorine and Chemicals in City Water with Clay

Pyrophyllite clay added to bath water is sure to absorb the chlorine and other chemicals in the water, making for a more healthful and enjoyable soak. It also provides an abundance of useful trace minerals to be taken up by the body directly through the skin (the body's largest organ).

Adding Salt

The drawing potential of the clay can be increased even further by adding a tablespoon or two of sea salt to the bath water. Much more than that can be electrically stimulating, and possibly more energizing than relaxing (though harmless).

Purifying Personal Use Water with Pyrophyllite Clay

If you are using city water for cooking or watering plants or as a base for purified drinking water, prior to use it is best to add at least a small amount of pyrophyllite clay (1/8th teaspoon per gallon) to draw out the chlorine and chemicals and numerous residual drugs typically found in recycled or processed city water.

Clay Slurries and an Interesting Attraction

Mixing the clay into a slurry (mixed in a bowl about 1/3 water and 2/3 clay), and rubbing the clay over the body, is a way to concentrate the detoxifying power of the clay on the skin. The entire amount designed for the clay bath can be slurried over the body just prior to getting in. As the clay is dissolved into the tub by the water, the same, or better effect (relative to putting all of the clay directly into the water) will be accomplished.

Just prior to getting into the tub, a thick clay slurry (see below) can be applied to areas of special concern, such as on the face or over the liver, to increase the detoxifying potential around those areas.

An interesting phenomenon has been noticed at times with clay slurries. After applying the slurry and getting into the water, the clay tends to cling to areas of greatest toxicity more strongly than to other areas (due to the strong magnetic attraction between clay and toxin). The clay can still be easily rubbed off (especially in water), yet some resistance may be felt over an area of greater toxicity.

Wet Clay Works Better

As long as the clay stays wet it continues its drawing action. It is not necessary to wait for the clay to dry to pull of toxins out of the skin (typical of other clays). Toxins are pulled out electro-magnetically. This event happens quickly with toxins close to the skin and continues on with more lengthy exposure as the blood brings more toxins to the surface. Moisture in the clay is an important adjunct to the detoxing process.

My Personal Experiences with Taking Pyrophyllite Clay Internally

When taking pyrophyllite clay internally, I have experienced a noticeable amount of strength and endurance with 4 to 12 capsules (1 teaspoon to 1 tablespoon) per day. The increase in stamina lasts for approximately eight hours. Increased alkalinity in morning urine has also been observed in conjunction with internal doses of clay. The use and consumption of pyrophyllite clay has only enhanced my health and sense of well being.

Given the toxic nature of our society, I personally believe that it is right place, right time for the world to become aware of pyrophyllite clay’s exceptional detoxifying and nourishing powers.

"In truth, love is the only thing that heals. Every issue of life springs forth out of the condition of the inner heart, and must ultimately return to the heart in order to become whole again. Herein lies the secret of vibrant health, the manifestation of wealth, and complete fulfillment in life.”  Michael King

Michael King is a Life Enrichment Consultant, a medical intuitive, a researcher of Nature's most powerful healing resources the world over, the author of "Detoxify, Nourish & Rejuvenate -- Three Essentials for Vibrant Health" and the Vital Health News Updates - a periodic newsletter documenting the most life-building natural resources on the planet. He is also the author of "The Blessing Transformation ", a simple, powerful process for changing the corner of the world that we each live in. Michael is an advocate of sustainable gardening, environmental responsibility, and an architect of ways to increase global food production.

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