The final mercury chelator that will be discussed in this series is cilantro (Chinese parsley). Cilantro is a member of the carrot family and is available fresh in the produce sections of most grocery stores – though I would recommend finding an organically grown source. By accident, a researcher named Dr. Yoshiaki Omura discovered that people excrete more toxic metals after consuming cilantro. Cilantro mobilizes mercury and other toxic metals from the Central Nervous System (the brain and spinal chord). The mercury is then either excreted through the stool or the urine or is transported to other organs like the liver.

Note: Cilantro can enter the brain and remove mercury, but it can also take mercury into the brain. For this reason, it is important to only use cilantro after most of the mercury has been removed from the rest of the body. Wait at least sixty days after you have started to chelate the mercury before using cilantro.

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