A Guide to Hair Regeneration
Disclaimer: This protocol is based on the teachings of Robert Morse, N.D., and is presented for educational purposes. It is a powerful, transformative process that should be undertaken with commitment and, ideally, with the guidance of a healthcare professional experienced in detoxification and naturopathy. Listen to your body. You are ultimately responsible for your own health decisions.
Introduction: The Philosophy of True Healing
This protocol is not a treatment for disease. It is a system for removing the causes of disease, thereby allowing the body to heal itself. According to Dr. Morse, disease manifests from two root causes:
- Congestion (Toxicity): The accumulation of metabolic waste, mucus, and dietary debris (primarily from dairy, refined sugars, grains, and cooked proteins) that overwhelms the eliminative systems, particularly the lymphatic system and colon.
- Cellular Weakness (Glandular/Organ Weakness): The loss of energy and function in cells, organs, and especially the endocrine glands (thyroid, adrenals, pancreas, etc.) due to toxicity, acidosis, and malnutrition.
Healing, therefore, is the process of cleansing the body of this congestion and rebuilding healthy tissue by supplying it with the correct biological building materials. This is achieved through two simultaneous actions: Alkalization and Detoxification. This protocol will guide you through the mental, dietary, and practical steps to accomplish this.
Phase 1: Preparation & Assessment (1-4 Weeks)
Do not jump directly into a intense detox. Your body needs to be prepared to handle the release of toxins. Rushing in can lead to a severe healing crisis that may discourage you.
Step 1: Mental Preparation & Goal Setting
- Shift Your Mindset: Understand that symptoms during this process are a positive “healing crisis,” not a sign of failure. Your body is finally strong enough to start deep cleaning.
- Commitment: This requires discipline. Clear your schedule as much as possible, especially in the first few weeks. Reduce social engagements that revolve around unhealthy food.
- Educate Yourself: Reread key chapters. Understand why you are doing this. Knowledge empowers discipline.
Step 2: Pre-Cleanse Organ Support
Begin taking herbal formulas to strengthen the organs that will be processing the flood of toxins. Start with one formula at a time to see how your body reacts.
- Liver/Gallbladder: Start a liver-cleansing formula. Look for herbs like Milk Thistle, Dandelion Root, Bupleurum, Barberry, and Oregon Grape Root. This helps enhance bile production and flow, which is crucial for breaking down fats and moving toxins out of the liver. (1 month minimum).
- Kidneys: Start a kidney-supporting formula. Herbs like Hydrangea, Gravel Root, Marshmallow Root, Ginger, and Uva Ursi help break down mineral deposits (stones) and increase the filtration capacity of the kidneys. Your kidneys will be working overtime; support them. (1 month minimum).
- Pancreas: If you have blood sugar issues (diabetes, hypoglycemia) or are very thin, a pancreas-support formula is crucial. Herbs like Gymnema Sylvestre, Goat’s Rue, and Jambolan Seed can help regenerate pancreatic tissue. (1-3 months).
Step 3: Dietary Transition
Start moving toward the detox diet. Do not go from a standard diet to 100% raw overnight if you are new to this.
- Week 1: Eliminate the worst offenders: ALL dairy products (milk, cheese, yogurt), processed foods, and refined sugars (soda, candy, pastries). Replace with whole foods.
- Week 2: Eliminate all cooked animal proteins (meat, chicken, fish, eggs).
- Week 3: Eliminate cooked grains (bread, pasta, rice, cereals) and cooked legumes (beans, lentils).
- Week 4: Your diet should now consist primarily of raw fruits, vegetables, salads, and small amounts of raw nuts/seeds. You are now ready to begin the core protocol.
Phase 2: The Core Detoxification Protocol (Ongoing)
This is the lifelong eating pattern for vitality. The intensity can be dialed up or down based on your health goals.
The Diet: What to Eat
The foundation is a raw, vegan diet comprised mainly of fruits and vegetables. Remember: we are biological frugivores.
- Fruits: Your primary fuel source. Eat them in abundance.
- Alkalizing & Astringent Fruits (Crucial for Cleaning): Citrus fruits (oranges, grapefruits, lemons, limes), berries, grapes, apples, pomegranates, pineapple, tomatoes. These are powerful solvents for mucus and acidic waste.
- Sweet Fruits: Bananas, mangoes, papayas, dates, figs, melons. Excellent for energy and rebuilding.
- How to Eat: Eat fruits alone on an empty stomach. They digest very quickly. If mixed with slower-digesting foods, they will ferment and cause gas. Eat mono-meals (meals of just one type of fruit) for best digestion.
- Vegetables: Your primary source of minerals and chlorophyll.
- Non-Starchy Vegetables: Leafy greens (lettuce, spinach, kale, arugula), celery, cucumbers, bell peppers, broccoli, zucchini, asparagus. These should make up the bulk of your vegetable intake.
- Starchy Vegetables: (Use sparingly, especially if trying to lose weight or combat serious illness): Carrots, beets, sweet potatoes.
- How to Eat: Primarily in large SALADS.
- Salads: The Cornerstone Meal
- Base: A large bowl of leafy greens (romaine, green leaf, red leaf, butter lettuce).
- Add: Cucumber, celery, bell peppers, tomatoes, avocado.
- Dressing: ONLY use fresh-squeezed lemon or lime juice, or a blend of blended orange and lemon. Do not use oil, vinegar, or store-bought dressings. Oil is a processed fat that coats the villi in the intestines, inhibiting absorption and clogging the lymphatic system. The fruit juice dressing is alkalizing and helps digest the greens.
- Fats: Severely limit. Even healthy raw fats like nuts, seeds, avocados, and oils are dense and can slow down detoxification. If you are dealing with cancer, neurological issues, or need to lose significant weight, avoid them completely initially. Later, small amounts of avocado or raw, soaked nuts/seeds (almonds, sunflower seeds) can be added occasionally.
- What to Drink:
- Water: Drink high-quality, mineralized spring water. Avoid reverse osmosis or distilled water exclusively, as they can leach minerals from the body.
- Herbal Teas: Kidney-support teas and lymph teas are excellent.
- Fruit & Vegetable Juices: Freshly made, not pasteurized. Green vegetable juices (celery, cucumber, kale) are mineral-rich. Fruit juices provide quick energy. Do not replace eating whole fruit with juice; fiber is essential.
What to Avoid Absolutely:
- All cooked food
- All animal products (meat, dairy, eggs, fish)
- All grains (wheat, rice, oats, corn) – cooked or raw
- All processed fats (oils, margarine, butter)
- All processed sugars and artificial sweeteners
- Alcohol, caffeine, soda
- Vinegar (it is fermented and acidic)
Herbal Support During Detox
Continue and intensify the herbal support from Phase 1.
- Lymphatic System Formulas: This is non-negotiable. You must move your lymph. Formulas containing Red Clover, Cleavers, Poke Root, Astragalus, and Echinacea are essential. Take these consistently.
- Parasite Cleansing: For one month, take a broad-spectrum parasite formula. It will help eliminate larger parasites and reduce microbial overgrowth (Candida, bacteria) that affect food cravings. Herbs like Black Walnut Hull, Wormwood, Clove, and Chaparral are key.
- Glandular Support: Based on your self-assessment, take formulas for your specific weaknesses:
- Adrenal Formula: For low/high blood pressure, energy issues, stress.
- Thyroid Formula: For low basal temperature, connective tissue weakness, depression.
- Reproductive Formula: For hormonal imbalances, fibroids, cysts, PMS.
Physical Practices for Detoxification
Herbs and diet do the chemical cleaning, but you must assist with the physical mechanics.
- Exercise for Lymph Movement: The lymphatic system has no pump; it relies on muscle contraction. Rebounding (jumping on a mini-trampoline) is the most effective exercise for moving lymph. Aim for 15-30 minutes daily. Walking, swimming, and yoga are also beneficial.
- Skin Brushing: Dry brush your entire body with a natural bristle brush before showering. Always brush toward the heart. This exfoliates the skin and dramatically stimulates lymph flow directly under the skin.
- Hydration: Drink adequate water and herbal tea to help the kidneys flush toxins.
- Sweating: Use saunas, steam rooms, or Epsom salt baths to open the skin—your largest eliminative organ—and sweat out toxins.
- Rest: Do not underestimate the need for sleep and rest. Healing is an energy-intensive process. Listen to your body and nap if needed.
Phase 3: Advanced Practices & Deep Healing
Once you are accustomed to the core protocol, you can incorporate more intense methods to deepen the cleanse.
Fasting
Fasting is the ultimate rest for the digestive system, allowing the body to divert all energy to detoxification and healing. Do not attempt a prolonged fast without experience or guidance.
- Intermittent Fasting: Simply extending your natural overnight fast. Finish dinner by 7 PM and don’t eat breakfast until 11 AM or noon. This gives your body a 16-hour window to clean.
- Juice Fasting: Dr. Morse outlines two great fasts:
- Citrus Juice Fast: Fresh-squeezed orange juice, grapefruit juice, and lemonade (lemons + water + a tiny bit of maple syrup if needed). Citrus is intensely alkalizing and astringent.
- Grape Fast: Fresh grape juice or eating grapes exclusively. Grapes are phenomenal kidney cleansers and tumor busters.
- How to: A juice fast can last from 3 days to several weeks. Start with a 1-day fast. Always break a fast gently with watery fruit like watermelon or oranges.
Managing the Healing Crisis
As toxins are mobilized, you will experience symptoms. This is a sign of success.
- Common Symptoms: Fatigue, headaches, brain fog, body aches, old injuries flaring up, emotional releases, skin breakouts, diarrhea, or temporary constipation.
- How to Manage:
- Slow Down: If it’s too intense, dial back. Eat more melons or simple fruits instead of doing a strict juice fast. Go for a walk instead of rebounding.
- Support the Organs: Ensure you are taking your kidney and lymph herbs. Drink plenty of water.
- Enemas or Colonies: These can provide dramatic relief during a healing crisis by clearing the lower bowel and preventing the reabsorption of toxins. Use them as a tool, not a crutch. A simple water enema can alleviate headaches and fatigue almost instantly.
- Rest: Sleep and meditate.
Breaking a Cleanse & Maintenance
How you end a fast or intense cleanse is as important as the cleanse itself.
- Break a fast with watery, easy-to-digest fruit: watermelon, oranges, grapes.
- Gradually add back simple mono-meals of fruit, then salads.
- Do not break a fast with a heavy, fatty, or complex meal—you will make yourself very ill.
For lifelong maintenance, stay as close to the core protocol as possible. This is not a “diet” to go on and off. It is a way of eating for species-specific health. The 100% raw frugivore diet is the ideal. When you achieve your health goals, you may choose to introduce small amounts of raw nuts, seeds, or occasional steamed vegetables, but know that this will slow down detoxification.
Conclusion: A Journey of Empowerment
This detoxification protocol is a journey of returning to our biological default. It is about removing everything that is not you—the layers of mucus, the stored toxins, the acidic waste—to reveal the vibrant, healthy being that lies beneath. It requires you to become the active participant in your health, to educate yourself, and to trust in the innate wisdom of your body.
It is challenging. You will face detox symptoms and social pressures. But the reward is nothing less than a rebirth: the regeneration of your cells, the clearing of your mind, the release of emotional baggage, and the discovery of a vitality you may have never thought possible. This is the Detox Miracle.
Resources: (As per Chapter 8 and the Appendix)
- Find a qualified herbalist or naturopath.
- Source high-quality, professional-grade herbal formulas from companies that understand Dr. Morse’s work.
- Consider iridology analysis for a personalized road map of your body’s strengths and weaknesses.
May the blessings be!
I developed this protocol based on this book and my personal experience. I successfully reversed hair loss within a year and a half. You can download this book for free!
These are Dr. Morse’s videos on hair loss and detoxification. They will help you better understand the importance of cleansing your body. I hope they inspire and support you as you begin your journey to wellness.