The body is always trying to keep itself clean and strong by means of
detoxification. This is done through sweating caused by fevers, by vomiting,
diarrhea, frequent urination, colds, flus, and by simple daily elimination. The
more toxic a person becomes, the stronger the purging will be. Take simple
bronchitis, for example. If the first time your body had symptoms of
bronchitis you went to your doctor and he or she gave you antibiotics, or
even extremely high doses of vitamin C, the symptoms of bronchitis would
stop. These remedies did not cure the inflammation and congestion, they
merely stopped the elimination process or symptoms. Results like these give
the illusion that the condition was cured. However, the next time your body
tries to clean itself out, it could have symptoms of pneumonia. This is because
bronchitis and pneumonia are not diseases but are merely inflammatory/
congestive conditions trying to be eliminated by the body. Your symptoms
can become worse and penetrate deeper because you did not allow the lungs
and bronchi to clean themselves out properly the first time.
Throughout your life no one told you that many of the foods you were
eating caused this congestion in the first place. So you continued eating foods
that created additional accumulations of mucus and congestion. After a while,
the body again reached the point where it needed to clean these congestions,
and this caused you to experience an even deeper level of cleansing.
If you always stop your body from eliminating the congestion and toxins
that you put into it, eventually you can create lymph node swelling, and then
tumors, from holding all these toxins and mucus too long.
Your whole body comes into play during these cleansing cycles—or
what we call a “healing crisis,” which may include fevers, sweats, coughing,
mucus discharge, diarrhea, skin rashes and much more (See Module 6.6, The
Healing Crisis). During these healing crises the functioning of your immune
system is enhanced, as well as your eliminative organs, including the skin.
This is why it is important never to treat, but to detoxify and regenerate. In
the detoxification process the body will clean itself out. Many people,
including healthcare practitioners, do not understand this process as they
should.
True Naturopathy includes the science of detoxification and cellular
regeneration. Because of the status-quo “treatment” mentality, many people
use natural products, such as vitamins, minerals and herbs to treat symptoms.
I use only herbs to assist the body in its detoxification efforts and to enhance
the function of cells in related or weakened tissues, organs and glands. Herbs
are also highly nutritious, as they are non-hybrid vegetables.