Re: Mobilizing toxins versus eliminating them

[Guest guest]

Rich,

I have swelling in the left upper chest for the last 4-5 years.At first I

was very worried about it but than I noticed that I also have a swelling on

the leftside of my brain. So,I understood that it is one of the CFS

symptoms.

Nil

Re: Mobilizing toxins versus eliminating them

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| > This is also something that I think about a great

| > deal. If I have a reaction due to exercise it has the

| > same symptoms as my reaction to Immunpro or the lemon

| > drink - Sore throat, glands, fever etc - plus a more

| > achy body.

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| > One thing that does work slightly for me is dry skin

| > brushing with a bristle brush. My body appears

| > " swollen " with water or something and dry-skin

| > brushing helps to eliminate this. Diuretics have no

| > effect on this. However, if I " over-do " the skin

| > brushing it I experience a very bad reaction.

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| > This may be because it can get quite vigorous and my

| > heart rate increases and it becomes exercise

| > intolerance. In addition it may also help with toxins

| > and is a double-whammy.

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| Annette,

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| This skin brushing sounds interesting. I wonder if it is increasing

| the ability of your lymph system to carry away fluid. I have heard

| that the lymph system can become very sluggish in CFS. I think Dr.

| Cheney has reported a swelling in the left upper chest where the

| thoracic duct, which carries the lymph into the blood circulatory

| system, is located. Do you notice anything like that?

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| Rich

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[Guest guest]

Rich's question:

This skin brushing sounds interesting. I wonder if it

is increasing the ability of your lymph system to

carry away fluid. I have heard that the lymph system

can become very sluggish in CFS. I think Dr.

Cheney has reported a swelling in the left upper chest

where the thoracic duct, which carries the lymph into

the blood circulatory system, is located. Do you

notice anything like that?

Annette's reply:

Hi Rich, thank you for the reply. Spot on. The

swelling in the left upper chest (as you described)

was remarked on by Dr Hyams in London when he examined

me. I hadn't mentioned the skin-brushing etc to him.

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[Guest guest]

Hi All,

I feel that activities like swinging your arms and legs

around,

among other exercises is good to increase your lymphatic circulation /

drainage.

Lymphatic drainage and venous drainage is sort of a passive function

that

is accomplished by the various muscle movements in the body. They

squeeze on these vessels and cause the fluid inside to move toward their

final drainage site, which for the lymphatic system is, I believe the

thoracic duct. The fluid goes in, basically, one direction, because

there are one-way valves in these vessels along their lengths at

various intervals.. They are similar in ways to heart valves.

I visualize that deep body massage would also be good for

the lymphatic circulation.

Mike