In my last blog, I discussed detoxing and how our toxin buckets (toxin load) can sometimes be overflowing, which can lead to stagnation and disease.
Our drainage pathways need to stay open so that our bodies can eliminate the toxins when we are exposed.
Let's first discuss what is detox vs. drainage?
When we detox, it is when our bodies are able to grab onto the toxin and pull it out of the body.
Drainage are the pathways the toxins take to get eliminated from the body.
This is the body's way of removing waste, toxins, pathogens, bacteria etc. through the different "drain pipes".
Picture a house being built and all the pipes that are connected to the sinks, toilets, showers, and washing machines. Each of those pipes take dirty water down the pipes, through the house and out into a sewer system. If one of them gets clogged up, all the dirt and yuck gets backed up into the pipe until it comes out in the sink, toilet, etc. You get the picture.
Our bodies are the same way. We have drainage pathways that take out the toxins in the same way. When one of those drainage pathways gets clogged up, our bodies can get backed up and stagnant and then will reabsorb the toxins.
Our drainage pathways are:
bowel movements
liver and bile ducts
lymph system
brain drainage system (drains to the lymph system nightly)
kidneys (urine)
skin (sweating)
Before we can focus on detoxing and pulling out the toxins, we must focus on opening all the drainage pathways.
If the drainage pathways are not open, when you start to pull out toxins, you will struggle with symptoms like fatigue, brain fog, body aches, headaches, feeling irritable, etc. We call these a "Herxhemier reaction".
How do you open these drainage pathways?
Stay tuned as I go over each drainage pathway and how to support it.