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| Support for the Lymph System |
| One of the least appreciated parts of the body is the lymph system. Lymph is the clear fluid that contains lymphocytes (the immune system's T-cells and B-cells) and which circulates through lymph channels to filter waste and bacteria from the bloodstream. Lymph circulation improves with active exercise and deep diaphragmatic breathing. According to Robert Gray, author of The Colon Health Handbook, skin brushing is as effective as lymph massage in cleansing the lymph system, removing stagnant accumulations of old waste matter. Daily brushing with a dry vegetable fiber bath brush, starting at the soles of the feet and working up the legs and trunk to the heart, then moving from the palms of the hands up the arms, then across the back and the abdomen, helps eliminate lymph mucoid through the bowels. "When practiced daily for several months," Gray wrote, "skin brushing is very effective for improving body tone. Five minutes per day of skin brushing is easily worth 30 minutes of vigorous physical exercise in this respect." |
| Additional support for the lymph system comes from herbs. Devil's claw root (Harpagophytum procumbens), a South African herb widely used in Europe |
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