The bolus contains equal parts of eight herbs in powder form. These are blended into cocoa butter (theobroma oil from the cacao bean).  The butter melts at a low temperature so one can use an electric yoghurt maker, slow cooker, or double boiler, but the idea is not to cook the herbs but to melt the butter.  My preference is the yoghurt maker.

Ingredients: yellow dock root, comfrey root, chickweed herb, slippery elm bark, goldenseal root, mullein leaf, marshmallow root, squaw vine herb.

Instructions: When the cacao butter melts, remove it from the heat source and blend in the powders.  The consistency should be stiff but not crumbly.

One has a choice as to whether to make boluses or use in a syringe.  If making boluses, they can be rolled by handed and individually wrapped in wax paper and quickly refrigerated.  They can also be made in suppository molds or ice cube trays  but should be refrigerated, not frozen.

Step one: Melt the cocoa butter. Do not allow it to bubble or burn!

Step two: Stir in the powdered herbs a little at a time. Stop if the mixture becomes too stiff. If the mixture is too thin, add some turmeric powder. If it is too thick, add some more cocoa butter.

Step three: Allow the mixture to cool enough that you can handle it without burning yourself.

Step four:  There three main options:

(1) Roll the mixture as if making a pie crust. Then slice it into narrow strips.

(2) Separate a little bit of the mixture as if making cookies, and roll each into something about the size of the last two sections of your baby finger, 2-3 inches long and approximately the same thickness as your smallest finger.

(3) Use ice cube tray.

Step five:  If wrapping each bolus individually, they will will to be placed in the refrigerator very quickly, usually after 2-3 are wrapped. Use wax paper to wrap the boluses.

Advice:

I generally find that I can only make 3-5 boluses before I have to put the finished ones into the refrigerator. It is good to know that if the boluses melt into little puddles on the table where you are working, they will dissolve and disburse in your body!  It they are too stiff, something went wrong and they aren’t going to melt in your body. In the countless years I have worked with these, only two people told me the boluses wouldn’t dissolve.

The 8-ounce package is enough to make about 60 boluses, a two-month supply.It depends on the size of the boluses whether you will end up with 20 or 100!

Most women continue the use for two months. A few, often those with a long history of Candida albicans or other infections of the reproductive system, continue for six months. Two or three women told me that itchiness due to candida increased a bit during the first days of use. Most women said that the boluses are extremely comfortable and are actually relaxing and soothing to the body.

It is a lot of fun to make the boluses if you have some friends over to help. It can be a substitute for an old-fashioned quilting or canning party.

The boluses can be used vaginally or rectally.  They should be inserted at night before going to bed. Panty liners can be used to protect bed linens. Douching (or enemas if used rectally) can be performed in the morning. Most patients tell me that there is no evidence of the herbs by morning. The body has therefore absorbed everything!