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Removing toxins in the body naturally
Removing Toxins The Natural Way
Su Hagan CertEd, CertAyNep, SPClinDipA
www.theseedinstitute.co.uk
Lifestyles and health mutually influence each other.
It is increasingly apparent that our health depends on what
and how we eat, whether or not we exercise and, most
importantly, how we think and feel.
These theories are not new! Ayurvedic medicine, rooted in
the purification and rejuvenation of the body (such that
the mind can become enlightened) is the earliest known
preventative medical system in mankind~s history. In
western medicine, we visit the doctor when we are sick - by
when, according to Ayurveda, it could be too late to use
gentle and gradual methods.
Regarding such concepts as free radicals and liver enzymes,
we see that this knowledge has long existed in Ayurvedic
texts. The theory of Ayurvedic bio-energy is very similar
to Western concepts of immunology and stress. An Ayurvedic
lifestyle, of which Aromatherapy is a large part, teaches
that, if the body and the psyche remain free of stress,
this strengthens the immune system and pre-empts illness.
The brain and immune system are not simply like each other -
they are each other to the degree that they work within
the same chemical network. The only difference between a
brain-cell and an immune-cell is that their DNA has, in
each case, selected to emphasise certain aspects of its
total knowledge and suppress others. To all intents and
purposes, to feel happy and to fight cancer is much the
same thing at the molecular level.
The Reticulo-endothelial System (R.E.S) is a storage,
exchange, elimination and defence system. It deals with
toxins from food, drugs, and medicines and is an essential
part of the Lymphatic System.
The R.E.S. comprises mesenchymal and connective tissue,
both liberally distributed throughout the body. It consists
of muscles, fat-deposits and intermediate tissues between
the organs ~ representing a complete tissue-bank. These
cells include phagocytes (Greek - Phago - I eat and Kytos -
cell), which destroy the results of injury and/or infection
and are found in the bone marrow, lymph nodes, spleen,
liver and kidneys. When acid gets into the blood, the
homeostatic control-area ensures that the acid is laid down
in the R.E.S., which, acts as a massive storage system,
i.e. it stores all the toxic residue that would otherwise
be lethal. If the levels of acid in the body remain
constant, the R.E.S. becomes saturated and the body becomes
heavily predisposed towards disease.
It is at this point that detoxification is urgently needed ~
but it must be gentle and gradual. Ayurveda asserts that
the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Therefore,
combinations of herbs and of treatments are used. Assessing
the individual as a whole, the Practitioner creates a
programme unique to the patient. For example, the patient
might need a liver tonic to de-toxify, or the stomach might
need to be cleansed to increase digestive fire - before
liver de-toxifying herbs can be used. No two programmes
are the same ~ we are each unique.
Detoxification is a complex process, to be undertaken only
under the supervision of an accomplished Therapist.
However, regular self-massage is an excellent way to both
prevent further toxic build up and to prepare the body for
deeper detoxification.
One very effective way of managing stress and the resulting
ill health is through Aromatherapy Massage. Such a massage
loosens tight muscles, facilitating toxins to be cleared
from the body. The oils used should be pure essential
oils, individually chosen, so that the blend complements
the person and their symptoms.
Bodies respond positively to routine and react to lack of
it. One cannot de-toxify in the midst of one~s usual
schedule. One cannot ask the body to release its
accumulated toxicity and concurrently expect it to dash for
the train, eat on the run and clinch 3 deals before
lunchtime.
When we de-toxify the body, we act on one of the most
important systems of the human body - the Lymphatic System.
An important part in the body~s defence-mechanisms, it
filters out organisms that cause disease, produces certain
white blood cells, generates antibodies and distributes
fluids and nutrients for the body as part of its drainage -
so that tissues do not become oedematous.
The human organism comprises approximately 70% water and it
is from this fluid that the cells draw their nutritious
elements - minerals and vitamins in solution - supplied by
the blood. This fluid is both a food store and a dump into
which cells also abandon the residues of their digestion -
the waste products of the cellular metabolism.
The fraction of interstitial fluid that penetrates into
drainage ducts is subject to alteration. The chemical
composition changes and the fluid acquires new properties -
it becomes lymph. Lymph plays an important role in the
immune system and in absorbing fats from the intestines.
There are more than 100 oval, lymph nodes, mainly in the
neck, groin and armpits - though they are also scattered
all along the lymphatic vessels. The size of the
nodes/glands varies from the size of a grain of rice to
that of an olive stone. They are joined into chains at
different levels and act as barriers erected to defend the
organism against infection by filtering out and destroying
toxins and germs.
In de-toxifying the body, we assist the Lymphatic and
Immune System. An excellent way to begin a cleansing
programme is to use the Castor Oil Pack. In the past, it
has been used in pregnancy ~ both to induce birth and to
cleanse the colon prior to birth.
Personal experience, both with ourselves and with clients,
has proven the efficacy of Castor Oil in countering
congestion of the lymphatic system and its results, e.g.
inflammation, skin-disorders, liver and gall-bladder
disturbances, abscesses, haemorrhoids, constipation,
headaches, lumpy, painful breasts, intestinal obstructions
and varicose veins.
A cloth of cotton sheeting, or a washing flannel, is folded
in several layers, then saturated with warm, high quality,
cold-pressed, castor oil and placed upon the affected
area. Cover with a plastic bag and place a hot water
bottle on top. Wrap a towel around the area to hold
everything in place. Keep the pack on for 1 ~ 1.5 hours.
The oil penetrates the skin and works down into the tissues.
Keep the flannel pack wrapped in plastic for future use.
It can be used many times. Beware, Castor Oil is messy; lie
on plastic or something that you do not mind being soaked in oil.
Edgar Cayce suggested that castor oil packs can strengthen
Peyer~s Patches ~ tiny patches of lymphatic tissue on the
mucosal surface of the small intestine. According to
Cayce, the Peyer~s Patches produce a substance which
facilities electrical contact between the autonomous and
the cerebrospinal nervous system when it reaches those
areas via the bloodstream. Cayce says that the health of
the entire nervous system is, to an extent, maintained
through the substance produced by the Peyer~s Patches when
they are in good health. Although the Peyer~s Patches were
discovered in 1677, it is only in more recent times that
medical science has begun to recognise them as constituents
of the body~s immune system.
When we begin to de-toxify, there will be changes in the
bodily systems. Symptoms may get worse before they get
better.
An important part of healing is psychological improvement ~
even though physical symptoms may be worse.
Symptoms often leave the body downwards; a headache may
become a backache, an upset stomach may eliminate as
diarrhoea and a rash on the chest may leave via the feet.
Problems usually resolve from inside, outwards; internal
illness may expel itself as a rash - as in the case of
measles or chickenpox; food poisoning may cause vomiting;
toxins can express through the hair, nails or soles of the
feet. Sweating can increase and have a stronger smell than
when in good health.
Recovery from illness can appear to regress through
symptoms previously suffered. For example, in pneumonia,
it is rare that one wakes up with pneumonia; it is far more
usual to go through cold symptoms, flu-like symptoms and a
mild chest infection before one develops pneumonia.
Recovery reverses the process ~ ~the way down is the way
up~. Chronic conditions often respond in the same way.
For example, a rheumatoid arthritic may find a rash
accompanies improvement that is reminiscent of one they had
in their earlier years ~ a rash that may have been
suppressed, causing the condition to deepen.
Penultimately Ayurveda states that:
-~it is a natural state of the individual to be healthy
-~disease can be prevented by the treatment of the
three Doshas (which means ~that which can easily go out of
balance~) inherent in everyone
-~the root cause of disease is a lack of digestive
fire and this results in the formation of ~ama~, or toxins
that disrupt the Doshas, as food is not digested properly.
-~illness is produced by a sense of separation from reality.
And finally: the body has an innate, inborn, ability to heal itself.
Su Hagan
The S.E.E.D. Institute
www.theseedinstitute.co.uk
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