Lymph is to your body as oil is to your car. It is the fluid your immune system uses to deliver nutrients and extract toxins. When your oil is changed, the dirt in the system is cleaned. It all ends up in the oil pan. Like oil, your lymph needs to be cleaned periodically. Your lymph should be cleansed every year instead of every 3,000 miles. A cleanse takes at least 40 days annually. The first cleanse will take much longer as you transition to a natural diet.
Think of your immune system as the air traffic controller for your body fluids. It uses the lymph to carry out its mission by traveling through the fascia. As the immune system detects a problem (toxins) or opportunity (nutrients) lymph is sent to address the issue. The lymph is capable of exchanging fluids with the circulatory system. So as toxins are extracted, they get filtered and sent to the digestive, circulatory and respiratory systems. That is why your sinus drains down the back of your throat when you have a cold (digestive system), excessive peeing (circulatory system being filtered by kidney and liver) and sneeze or runny nose (respiratory).
Think about it...I think all mothers know to look at the color of the nasal mucus (snot) to see if there is infection. Your mom, may or may not have known she was looking at lymph. The clarity and of the lymph dictates the health of the lymph. Therefore, the clarity of the lymph shows the health of the overall body. Another example, when I was first having trouble, I had an MRI of my brain. The results showed multiple lesions which may be Multiple Sclerosis. To rule out MS (an auto-immune disease) the hospital did a spinal tap. The spinal tap fluid is lymph. MS was ruled out because the spinal lymph was clean. Just the hospital version of checking snot to determine the health.
Most of the immune system workings are done during sleep. At this time, your body is shut down and the immune system can clean without having to worry about other fluids. I believe sleep is the most important part of the day for a sound body. You should NOT EAT THREE HOURS BEFORE GOING TO BED. Eating close to bed time occupies your immune system to digest food. If you haven't eaten, your immune system is free to take inventory of the rest of the body. Eating close to sleep is like cleaning up dinner while you are still eating. It can be done, just not efficiently or completely.
Think about when you wake. You probably have to pee, cough, sneeze, etc. The body has rounded up the toxins and now its time to excrete them.
The body has seven ways to rid itself of toxins: 1) Urinate 2) Defecate 3) Sweat 4) Bleed 5) Runny nose 6) Tears 7) Vomiting
Lets discuss this further...Think about "symptoms" of getting sick - fever (sweating), frequent urination, diarrhea, runny eyes and vomiting. "Heavy menstruations"is an example of sick lymph showing up as bleeding. The body is flowing the toxins out of the body. All of these symptoms are usually accompanied with pain - in the head, joints, stomach or muscles. This is inflammation of the fascia (which is where lymph resides and travels). This also explains why menopausal women have hot flashes. Any time the body heats up it is trying to sweat out inflammation caused by excessive toxins. All of these things are "more likely" at night because that is when the immune system does its best work. When looked through the immune system and lymph lens, excessive flow (diarrhea, menstruation, hot flashes, urination, sweating, and tearing) are GOOD! It is your body trying to cleanse.
The workings of the lymph is so simple it does not seem possible. I know how strange it seems to be told these symptoms are good and all mean the same thing. At first, I did not believe it. However, I have had too many experiences that proved it to be true. Your success will be based on understanding how your body speaks to you and responding.
The reason we don't hear more about the immune system and lymph is that there is no medicine, surgery or medical procedures that can be sold to help the problem. (Some will say vitamins will help fight off disease. I beg to differ - more in a later post.) In fact, we value the immune system so little, we cut it out (lymph nodes, tonsils and appendix are examples) when it becomes a problem. The only way to cure the immune system is to clean the lymph through a total cleanse and get the lymph moving through exercise and lymphatic massages.
Any medicine or synthetic preservatives just makes the lymph worse. In fact, the immune system does not know how to process synthetic foods and drugs. So the body deposits it the body causing fat and pain. Therefore, calories are not as important as inflammation and unnatural foods. Our country is so overweight because our food is not natural. I believe you can eat all the natural fat and calories you want as long as you don't mix unnatural substances with it. Your immune system will flush out natural excess. Nuts are a good example of how the body handles natural calories. Nuts have a high amount of fat and calories. However, if NOT mixed with unnatural substances, the body flushes the excesses.
Here are a couple personal stories that may help you understand what your body is telling you:
I have Meniere's. My first attack (which at the time I thought was food poisoning) happened at 3:00am in the morning (during sleep when the immune and lymph do their best work). I woke up and the sheets of my bed were soaked with sweat. I went to the bathroom to urinate and ended up getting sever dizziness and vomiting for four hours. Basically, my body was determined to get the toxins causing pain inside of me - out. At the same time, I had severe back pain and ringing in my ears which was my fascia telling me the lymph was sick. Of course, I had NO idea of this at that time.
Since, I am getting too personal, I would like to tell you about my cleanse. After I rid myself of aspartame, I stopped eating dairy. At the same time, I ate nine helpings of organic fruit, veggies and herbs a day and walked for sixty minutes. This had a three-fold impact on my health; anti inflammation diet, elimination of one of the key toxin group and increased lymph flow. After two weeks, the body started flushing the dairy toxins. I had days where I would urinate 15-20 times a day. I had severe diarrhea that looked like an oil spill. In the morning I would wake and have excess phlegm in my throat. My health mentor kept reassuring me that all this was good. The same thing happened when I stopped YEAST and SUGAR. Eight pounds with each - 24 pounds total. More importantly, I felt lighter - less taxed or lethargic. I tell you these things so you can recognize these symptoms. Please recognize when your immune system is telling you to stop polluting it.
My health mentor has convinced me the lymph is the most important part of the body. I joke with him that if it replaces the heart we will change valentines' hearts to snot. I envision valentines being a national holiday sponsored by Kleenex and Hallmark. Valentines being sent with pictures of snot on the cover and the inside speaking of love. :-)
The point I am making is that your lymph is beautiful. Understanding your immune system and the purpose of the lymph makes sense and helps explain why our whole body acts the way it does. It is not a group of independent parts working together. IT IS ONE. Monitored and controlled by the immune system which utilizes the lymph traveling through the fascia. When we are sick the fascia will have pain - anywhere from head to foot - and the lymph will force fluids outward. It is important for us to understand the symptoms and do what is necessary. Clean the lymph thoroughly and then annually. This is the ONLY solution to a happy, healthy life.
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