(From the book, “Natural Healing With
Herbs,” by Humbart Santillo, BS, MH)
In adding blood and lymph cleansing, alternative herbs are used such as burdock root, red clover, Echinacea, chaparral, garlic, yellowdock, dandelion, etc. Whenever there is an illness, blood purification, along with bowel cleansing (enemas, colonics) should be considered to assist blood purification therapy. Short fast using water or vegetable broths, raw vegetable juices like carrot, celery, beet, watercress and citrus juices will help neutralize poisons in the bloodstream and will stimulate the cleansing functions of the liver, bowels and kidneys. Deep breathing and exercise will aid in lung and skin elimination. Dry skin brushing and hydrotherapy help clean the blood and lymph and is very good for elderly people and weak individuals that cannot move around easily and be exposed to more energetic therapies.
Blood
purification therapy is the therapy that is used to purify the blood and
lymphatic system if acids and other poisons are causing disease, imbalances and
irritations of glands, organs and body tissue.
If
the blood and lymphatic system were pure, no disease would exist. The bloodstream is the river of life during
disease and health, the blood is constantly neutralizing poisons and carrying
toxins to be eliminated. Air pollution,
chemical preservatives, food waste, the body’s natural cellular waste and
stress can cause an accumulation of toxins in the body and result in disease at
any organ, joint, or tissue site.
In adding blood and lymph cleansing, alternative herbs are used such as burdock root, red clover, Echinacea, chaparral, garlic, yellowdock, dandelion, etc. Whenever there is an illness, blood purification, along with bowel cleansing (enemas, colonics) should be considered to assist blood purification therapy. Short fast using water or vegetable broths, raw vegetable juices like carrot, celery, beet, watercress and citrus juices will help neutralize poisons in the bloodstream and will stimulate the cleansing functions of the liver, bowels and kidneys. Deep breathing and exercise will aid in lung and skin elimination. Dry skin brushing and hydrotherapy help clean the blood and lymph and is very good for elderly people and weak individuals that cannot move around easily and be exposed to more energetic therapies.
Some
blood cleaners are diuretics, others are hepatics (liver cleansers), others
will influence other organs. Take blood
cleansing herbs between meals on an empty stomach. If they cause nausea or stomach upset, adding
some licorice root, ginger or other carminatives to the combination usually
will help. If this fails, take the herbs
with meals or change the formula so it can be taken on an empty stomach.
The
kidneys, lungs, liver, bowels and skin are the major eliminatory organs of the
body. Always consider herbs that will
aid elimination through them to help purify the blood. Stimulating hot and cold alternating
fomentations over the weak organs will stimulate cleansing of these body parts.
Blood
purification therapy is especially indicated during gout, arthritis,
rheumatism, skin diseases, all toxic conditions, during fasts and periodically
during cleansing and transition diets, acute and chronic illnesses, infections
and low grade fevers.
Blood
purification therapy is used to treat heat/excess, cold/deficient, internal and
external problems.
In
heat/excess the toxins in the blood and lymphatic system have to be
removed. Toxins and poisons produce heat
in the body. During cold/deficient
illness an individual is feeling cold because of the organs not functioning
properly. If there is a heavy congestion
in certain areas of the body, deobstruent therapy is indicated, but if the
organs are receiving toxic, poor blood which is hindering the function of them,
blood purification is the suitable therapy.
Whether
the condition is internal (chronic) or external (acute) the blood needs to be
purified. It is one of the main
therapies that can be used along with any other therapy needed.
