What is a Herxheimer Reaction?
The medical term for healing crisis is the “Herxheimer Reaction.” This happens when the cells release toxins into circulation but the elimination organs (skin, lungs, liver, kidneys, bladder & GI tract) are not able to eliminate them quickly enough and they are re-absorbed into the body. You can also experience this reaction as a result of “die off” when killing excess bacteria, fungus, mold or parasites because they are very toxic to the body but they also produce harmful chemicals and cytotoxins when you threaten their existence in your body as a defense mechanism. This is why it is so important to support detoxification at every step.
Some signs of a Healing Crisis:
🔹 Lethargy
🔹 Headache
🔹 Diarrhea / Constipation
🔹 Flatulence / Bloating
🔹 Skin Breakouts / Rashes / Hives
🔹 Night Sweats
🔹 Muscle & Joint Pain
🔹 Insomnia & more
Why Is this Happening?
🔹 Sluggish / Overwhelmed Liver
🔹 Leaky Gut
🔹 Slow Transit Time - causes re-absorption of toxins
🔹 Sinus Inflammation
🔹 Slow Lymphatic Drainage
🔹 Poor Methylation
🔹 WiFi Exposure (this blocks detox pathways from opening)
🔹 Being in a Sympathetic Dominant state
How To Prevent This?
🔹Sleep, sleep and more sleep! Sleep is when our bodies and our brains detoxify so you will need more sleep when you are healing!
🔹 Manual Lymphatic Drainage through dry brushing & rebounding
🔹 Sweating or sauna use (helps excrete toxins like heavy metals & parabens)
🔹Colon Cleansing - coffee enemas are extremely helpful to eliminate parasites & improve the production of glutathione, our master detoxifying antioxidant made in the liver. Colonics are amazing as well
🔹 Castor Oil Packs for improving white blood cell production, improving lymph flow & assisting the liver in purging toxins
🔹 Binders like zeolite, chlorella, charcoal, modified citrus pectin, bentonite clay to help reabsorb toxins so they don't go back into circulation
🔹 Hydration! Double up that water intake!
🔹 Add Lemon or Apple Cider Vinegar to your water to help flush them out
🔹Use Probiotics to Replenish the good guys
🔹 Use Liver Supporting Herbs like dandelion root, burdock root, artichoke, Angelica root & lots more
🔹 Fasting can sometimes be helpful so your body doesn't have to worry about digestion & can focus on the elimination of toxins
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