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Blocking Tests
Created April 2000
Relevant only when one has already reached a recovery cycling dose and even then not foolproof .

If you suspect you are blocking increase your dosage by at least 100 mg for quick acting Guai and 200mg to 300mg for long acting Guai.

For those on the higher doses of long acting Guai the blocking test isn't as definitive and will require you raise your dose by 600 mg, test for a longer period and be aware that any changes will be subtle.

Wait 3 weeks after starting progesterone before testing. 

Don't test till you've been using the product for at least a couple of days but 3 or 4 would be better:

• If the increase in dosage causes an increase in any of your symptoms or an increase in your cycle frequency, you are not blocked.

• If however you DON'T experience any increase in symptoms or cycle frequency you may be blocked, or  you may have reached your kidney's capacity for elimination (the latter is least likely),

• To ascertain which is the case, stop using any non-essential products and get all your products assessed by a sal-mentor.

• If you experienced change in your symptoms when you eliminated products then you were blocking - if it didn't change then it's likely you were not blocking and have probably reached your kidney's capacity for purging (this is most likely on the higher doses).

• If you were blocking you can continue using any products which were assessed as ok & go back to your previous dose - discontinue using any of your other products which cannot be confirmed as completely *Sal-free and continue focusing on your experience.

• Don't add any product to your daily regimen unless it can be ruled *Sal-safe.

• Theoretically it could be hard to know whether one is blocking or has reached their maximum purging dose if there is no reaction to the raised dose but at that point you'd be going off the product you suspected anyway.  Wait a week or so and raise the dose again without the suspected product.  If you still get no increase of symptoms then it is most probable that it wasn't the product blocking but rather you'd reached your maximum dose.  I don't think many people have reached their max. dose within the range we usually work with however and a non response is most likely blocking.  Yes it is difficult and thus it's best to be very careful what you use

It is recommended that all other identifying methods of blocking should also be utilized, noting any change in cycling symptoms:

• aquarium urine testing for PO4,

• stop and start the product and note any changes

• map your body lesions (lumps) to see if there have been any increases.

Partial blocking is much harder to detect.  The prevailing wisdom is that one doesn't take risks with *Sal-suspect products (some *Low-Sal^TM items might merely partially block) but, if you do choose to:

• use only at your own risk if you feel you must

• use only when you are certain you've titrated to your correct dose

• don't use at all if you are extra *Sal-sensitive^TM

• test as per all the above while using it

Note: Obviously blocking 'can' be a very subjective experience.  Sometimes members report blocking because of various experiences which may or may not have been related to what every guai'er might consider adequate testing procedures (e.g., those above). 

Written by Tesa Marcon as per her understanding of how the protocol works, various things said by Dr St Amand and taking into account questions asked by members at various times. 

The instructions were first sent to the mailing list in April 2000 and have been expanded on here.

Copyright: April 2000.  All rights reserved.

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