Approaches to Total Body Cleansing

Nearly every where you look on the internet and in health food stores, some one is claiming to have the best product for cleansing. The truth is, they are just selling you products. I know, that's a big claim and statement to make but it's the truth. Here's why.

First off, they are selling pills and powders because it is "convenient". But the truth is that what you really get when you use most of these products is a synthetic cleanser that "roto-roots" your colon. Perhaps you've decided to drink a "detox tea" to cleanse your liver or kidney, not a bad idea if that's where the toxins are stored. But they're not.

This is the big misconception about cleansing. Toxins are stored in your tissues and cells, more specifically in the fat cells. Our bodies are incredibly intelligent; the kidneys, liver, circulation, and digestion are always doing their job by moving toxins out of the organs and general circulation. Symptoms of illness and imbalance result when, over time, the body has taken the toxins and deposited them into the weak areas of our body.

The most effective approach to cleansing is to utilize food, spices, and herbs as medicine, along with the appropriate healing modalities and therapies, to remove the toxins from the fat tissues. At the same time you should utilize the appropriate herbs and therapies to support your detoxification organs to remove the toxins, easily and gently. The colon should not be the only focus for detoxification, the skin is the largest organ of the body.

A effective cleanse utilizes the skin to help soften and remove toxins from deep within the tissues. Taking a bunch of powders or pills, even if they are natural, like senna or psyllium only serves to deplete and dehydrate the colon. This is also the case for such cleansing regimes as coffee enemas. These products strip the digestive tract of necessary and vital bacteria and lubrication, leaving it vulnerable to inflammation and infection, while rendering digestive enzymes ineffective.

Your body processes these colon cleansers and teas as isolated, often synthetic, "medications". What you accomplish with this isolated approach is to overload the normal function of a specific organ, rather than gently and effectively supporting your body to do a complete cleanse. Often you end up doing more harm and little good.