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Foot Bath Water after 30 mins.

The popular ionic foot bath systems are a technique of body detoxification, cleansing and balancing. The client’s feet or hands are immersed in an electrically conductive water bath where metal electrodes connected to a direct current (DC) power source create negative (OH) ions, which are absorbed into the body by osmosis. Cells are energized by the ions to release oils, acids, heavy metals, fats, cellular debris, and other toxins which have accumulated in your body’s tissues and joints over your lifetime. These body wastes and toxins color the foot bath water. Although the colors and accumulated flotsam that appear in the foot bath are dramatic, too much emphasis is often placed on them. They are indicators of which systems or areas of the body need detoxification. The primary detoxification occurs during the next 24-36 hours when the lymphatic and other body systems are stimulated to detoxify themselves through the urinary and intestinal tract. Foot bath sessions usually run from 30 to 45 minutes. Five to ten repeated sessions at from one to three sessions per week are recommended.

Ion Cleansing detoxifies the body more effectively and faster than any herbal or fasting protocols with little or no stress to the patient. Used properly, the Ion Cleanse provides a comfortable and relaxing way to rid the body of toxins without healing crises and Herxheimer’s reactions. It can also indicate specific systems, which may need further detoxification. In my opinion, this is an excellent detoxification tool especially when used in conjunction with liver & gall bladder flushes, colon cleansing and sweat detoxes.

FIR Sauna Full Body Sweat unit

Because we offer both foot bath detox and far infrared sauna sweat detox sessions, clients often ask me “Which one is better?”, “Do those foot patches really work?”, “What’s the best way to detoxify their body?”, “Should I do a liver and gall bladder flush?”, “What about a fast?”, “How long should I fast?”, “Is a water fast better than a juice fast?”, “I don’t like enemas (or colon hydrotherapy). Do I have to do those?”

The questions are as varied as the clients and so are the answers. Where do you start? The first thing to determine is(are) the reason(s) you want to start a detoxification program in the first place. We often hear about environmental toxins in our air, food and water and suspect that after 30, 40 or 50 plus years, we have stored too much of them in our adipose (fat) tissue and joints. Others are concerned about specific heavy metals such as lead or mercury. Some are concerned about reduced nutrient absorption or parasites in the digestive tract. Some have heard that it might be a good way to lose weight. Others have serious physical, emotional or mental symptoms that have been linked to one or all of the above conditions. Maybe a friend tried a foot bath detox and said it was ‘Great!’ So you’d like to try it.  Hair analysis is often the first step in determining mineral levels (toxic & essential). Depending on the lab doing the testing, it  can also provide pertinent information about your metabolic rate, energy levels, sugar and carbohydrate tolerance, stage of stress, immune system and glandular activity.

The next most important issue is time.  You see if you are serious about detoxifying your body, it will take time.  It has taken years to accumulate what ever is in your body.  It will take time for repeated detox, liver flush, colon cleansing or fasting sessions.  You don’t want to start a detoxification program just before going on a trip for instance.  Once you complete an initial period of detoxification you should let your body rest for a few weeks then repeat it.  Maybe more than once.

Once you have identified why you want to start a detox program and that you have at least a month for the initial cleansing sessions, you can discuss it with an experienced alternative health care provider to outline which treatments are most likely to help you achieve your goal.

Look for my next post on this subject where I begin to discuss the detoxification process and some of the potential side effects.

Detox Foot Bath Water after 30 mins.

This is the first post in what I intend to be a series of in depth discussions regarding alternative therapy detoxification strategies and specific methods.

Detox, Detoxification or Detoxifying the Body – refers to a myriad of therapies, which are intended to rid the body of accumulated cell wastes, drugs, environmental chemicals, heavy metals and parasites (fungus, mold, pathogenic bacteria, virus, or worms). It may also include the elimination of negative thought patterns and emotions. The liver detoxifies our blood, but may have been stressed to the point that it can not detoxify itself. The lymph system filters fungus, mold, and bacteria from our blood, but may also harbor these organisms in a latent state. Gallstones are usually a combination of cholesterol, bile and/or mineral salts, which can accumulate in the gall bladder. Kidney stones are crystalline structures, which can accumulate in the kidney. Drugs and environmental chemicals can be stored in our adipose (fat) tissue. Due to cosmetics, antiperspirants or lack of sweating our skin pores may be blocked from normal elimination of cell wastes. Our colon may harbor parasites (fungus, mold, pathogenic bacteria, virus, or worms).

Therapies my include, but are not limited to: detoxification diets, fasting, colloidal silver, ozonated water or air, colon hydrotherapy, massage, manual lymphatic drainage, liver detox, gall bladder flush, use of heat (saunas) to induce sweating, ioncleanse foot bath, and pulsed electromagnetic therapies.  Many people are now going to holistic dentists to have mercury amalgam fillings removed and replaced with ceramic fillings.

Look for my next post where I will discuss planning a detoxification strategy.  Sylvie Beljanski has an well thought out and well written article “Detoxification for Optimum Health“, which I recomend for further reading on this topic.