Other Ways to Detoxify for Internal Cleansing

In addition to fasting, there are other ways to detoxify your body for internal cleansing to help you improve the symptoms of your autoimmune disease.

Foot patches to detoxify

The use of foot patches is an easy and unobtrusive way to assist your body in the removal of a myriad of pollutants that invade your body on a daily basis, as well as the health-repressive toxins that prevent your body from achieving the true wellness you really should be experiencing.

Two Japanese doctors, after spending years in search for the secrets behind longevity and wellness, eventually unlocked the mystical powers and energy in the growth of trees. They made the groundbreaking discovery that trees could grow and flourish for years even under the worst weather conditions due to the presence of wood vinegar essence, which enables the absorption of water and nutrients through the process of osmosis.

According to Chinese medical knowledge, the human body has over 360 acupuncture points, with more than 60 acupuncture points found on the soles of the feet alone. Your feet, also known as the “second heart,” contain the reflective zones of your internal organs, where your body toxins accumulate and dissipate. For centuries, Chinese medical studies have held the view that due to gravity, toxins tend to go downwards in your body during the day, accumulating from the tips of the toes to the ankles.

Accordingly, when applied to the soles of your feet overnight, these foot patches not only warm up to open pores of the skin but also stimulate the reflex zones on your soles to draw out and absorb accumulated wastes under osmotic pressure from the blood and lymph systems in your body.

When lying horizontally, your body fluids collect in your head and feet. There is an acupuncture point on each of the sole of your feet, known as “gushing water spring,” through which excess toxins and moisture from your body will be excreted into the foot patches. By applying foot patches on your feet while sleeping, you may be able to extract toxins from your body through the process of osmosis in the form of moisture onto your soles.

Foot patches are obtainable on the Internet or in Oriental drug stores. Get them to remove toxins from your body.

Hydrotherapy to detoxify

Water is an invaluable nutrient to every living thing on earth. Every cell of your body requires water to carry nutrients and energy to it, as well as to transport toxins and waste products from it.

When you drink commercial water with additives, carbonation, flavorings, sweeteners, your liver must work overtime to filter them before the water can be absorbed by your body to carry out its proper functions, one of which is to flush out your toxins and wastes from your body system.

Always drink only pure water in order to reduce the load on your liver.

The circulating system of blood and lymphatic fluids is vital to all your organs, tissues, and cells in that it enables the removal of waste products from your body.

Hydrotherapy involves alternating application of hot and cold water aimed at increasing your blood flow to different tissues of your body. Take a very hot shower immediately followed by a very cold one, and repeat the process two or three times. After the hydrotherapy, snuggle into your bed, staying warm for half an hour or so. You will feel completely refreshed and rejuvenated.

Hydrotherapy provides substantial detoxification benefits to your circulating system:

 The alternating hot and water opens up pores in your skin for more effective elimination.

Blood flow increases circulation to your intestines in the abdomen (an empty stomach yielding the best result), thereby promoting digestion.

The filtering organs of your chest and abdomen are relaxed through the induced circulation.

The nerves along your spinal cord also become stimulated and relaxed.

Exercise to detoxify

Exercise not only stimulates blood circulation and the movement of lymphatic fluids, but also promotes the reduction of fat reserves, thereby instrumental in facilitating the removal of toxins stored in your body.

Low-impact aerobic exercise, such as jumping rope or a bouncer, significantly improves your body’s circulation to benefit detoxification.

Foods to detoxify

Use foods for regular detoxification, further rejuvenation, and daily maintenance.

Alfalfa sprouts

Alfalfa sprouts are excellent “health food.” Recent research shows that in addition to being a superb source of nutrients, they also have important cleansing ability due to their concentrated amounts of phytochemical (plant compounds).

Sprout some alfalfa seeds at home for your daily salad or soup. Fresh alfalfa sprouts are also obtainable at some supermarkets.

Beets

Beets help you detoxify your liver and blood while providing important support nutrients to your body. By providing nutrients critical to liver function and healthy kidneys, beets break down toxins before they accumulate in your liver. In addition, the vitamins and other nutrients contained in beets also enable proper fat absorption, transportation, and metabolism. Include fresh beets in your vegetable juice or salad.

Burdock

Burdock, a carrot-like root grown in China, Europe, and the United States, has a sweet taste and a sticky texture. It is a good source of minerals and essential oils. As such, burdock serves as a staple vegetable in Japan.

Burdock, with its potent anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties, is a popular folk medicine around the world. As a main source for a variety of herbal preparations, it serves also as a diuretic and, more recently, as a tea (Essiac tea) in the treatment of cancer and a number of other maladies.

Burdock is a potent “blood purifier” which clears toxins from your bloodstream by enhancing the function of many organs of elimination, including your liver, kidneys and bowels. For example, it induces sweating as an aid in neutralizing and eliminating toxins, thereby instrumental in helping your kidneys to filter uric acid from your bloodstream.

Burdock is a very safe herb and food product. However, consider the source and quality prior to purchasing burdock root due to the possible contamination of the root. If available, buy organic burdock.

Put fresh burdock in your soup, or make a drink of burdock by simmering it in boiling water for 10 minutes (you can repeat the process until its taste is gone).

Green barley

The young barley leaf is a green cereal grass that contains the greatest and most perfectly balanced concentration of nutrients found in nature. It contains enzymes, minerals, many vitamins, including Vitamin C, Vitamin A, and B vitamins, and has the perfect balance of amino acids, essential fatty acids, carotenoids, bioflavonoids and chlorophyll, supplied in their proper balance as Nature has perfectly provided. The chlorophyll in green barley, which is the substance allowing plants to photosynthesize, has the ability to break down carbon dioxide and release oxygen, thereby enabling the destruction of anaerobic bacteria.

Green barley, in addition to its natural form, is available in capsules or power.

Herbs to detoxify

Your body is a self-cleaning mechanism, which utilizes your liver, kidneys, urine, feces, breath, and sweat to detoxify your toxins.

Herbs can provide you with safe, natural, time-tested methods to improve the natural functions of your body to continue to support its natural cleansing process to enhance your immune system

Some of the most common herbs for detoxification include:

Black walnut

Cascara sagrada

Cayenne

Dandelion

Echinacea

Fennel seed

Indian rhubarb root

Licorice root

Milk thistle

Psyllium husk

Red clover

Slipper elm inner bark

Yarrow

These herbs not only promote efficient elimination but also boost your immunity and wellness.

Eat Stop Eat is a simple combination of flexible periods of intermittent fasting and weight training to stop food craving, to detoxify, and to manage body weight!

Stephen Lau

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