How our body fights illness
Our body is constantly fighting to destroy toxins that we come into contact with but sometimes the amount is too great and that is when we feel unwell. When we are ill our eliminative organs become highly constructed and are only able to eliminate their normal waste materials. For example the skin eliminates carbonic acid and excess salts, the kidneys eliminate urea and salts. Therefore certain parts of our body become inflamed in order to fulfil the process of elimination.
The symptoms of acute illness are:
- Inflammation
- Diarrhoea
- Nervousness
- Headaches
- Sleeplessness
- Pain
- Discharges
- Colds
- Flu
- Infection
- Parasites
- Childhood diseases (such as mumps and measles)
- Fever
Burns, scars, wounds, broken and fractured bones, and internal injuries also cause acute reactions as a part of the healing process. Fever is also a reaction from the body to protect the area against infection.
Inflammation occurs when there is a foreign substance which is irritating to our body or there is an obstruction of some sort. These vary from micro-organisms, parasites, viruses, dead cells, poisons and toxins, blood clots and even bone fragments.
All of these conditions are not only warning signals, but also healthy reactions of the body in order to protect us.
Inflammation occurs when there is a foreign substance which is irritating to our body or there is an obstruction of some sort. These vary from micro-organisms, parasites, viruses, dead cells, poisons and toxins, blood clots and even bone fragments.
All of these conditions are not only warning signals, but also healthy reactions of the body in order to protect us.
Unfortunately in today’s world people want to heal quickly. They do not let their own bodies do the healing and instead succumb to antibiotics, pain killers and other pharmaceutical, unnatural medicine. This only weakens the body further and lessons the chances of fighting illness the next time it come along. Pharmaceuticals should always be a last resource. In fact if you probably think about it – the people you get ill the most are the ones who have taken the most pharmaceutical drugs in their lives. The ones who are rarely ill were likely the ones who were not given pharmaceutical drugs when they were young. Obviously many medical doctors would disagree with this but there is now a strong movement of medical doctors who are turning to more natural ways to eliminate illness.
Firstly when you get ill your body is pre programmed to heal itself. Naturally you would need to have given it the tools so if you have a terribly unhealthy diet then it may struggle.
Let’s look at our body’s eliminative channels and how they work to rid us of illness.
The Kidneys filter our blood of toxic waste and excess water and send it to the bladder for elimination. The best way to aid the kidneys is to drink plenty of good quality water.
The Skin has many functions, and is the largest organ of elimination. It eliminates wastes through sweating, and when toxins are excessive, it uses processes such as acne, boils, eczema, measles, poxes, psoriasis, and other kinds of rashes and itches, to remove them from the body. Even the tongue is sometimes used by the body as an organ of elimination. This is very noticeable when you have a furry or coated tongue.
The Lungs, obtain oxygen from the air and supply it to the bloodstream and remove carbon dioxide and certain other wastes from the bloodstream. Under certain situations, such as a cold, the lungs may require the aid of the eyes, sinuses, bronchioles, etc. to help eliminate the excess wastes.
Exercise is a natural way of increasing elimination since through exercise the lungs are strengthened and gaseous exchange is increased. It is therefore very important to breathe deeply and correctly – in through the nose, filling up your stomach like a balloon and breathing back out through the nose, as if deflating the balloon.
The Bowels or colon eliminate digestive and metabolic wastes that are excreted into it by tubes from other organs. However, the bowels rarely eliminate completely in the Western world today. Through self-abusive diet, lifestyle and poor bowel care, the bowel has become sluggish and a retains toxins and germs that get reabsorbed into our bodies and damage the tissues and organs. The bloodstream then becomes poisoned and is unable to remove dead cells and waste. This results in immune depletion, fatigue, nervousness, irritability, insomnia, and mood swings. It's important to eliminate after every meal. Because food is meant to be retained in the system for only 24 hours, and if not eliminated in time, putrification occurs, causing auto intoxication.
The Liver detoxifies wastes. It filters and removes large amounts of toxic matter such as dead cells, microorganisms, chemicals, drugs and particulate debris from the blood stream. The detoxified waste is passed either through tubes to the small intestine for passing on to the colon or back to the bloodstream where it goes to the kidneys where they will be excreted in the urine. If the liver becomes overloaded or inefficient, toxins, dead cells and microorganisms accumulate and contribute to illness. The liver has over 500 other functions, so it's important to keep it clean and healthy.
The Gallbladder stores about 50 millilitres of bile, which it releases when fats (in foods) enter the digestive tract, stimulating the endocrine cells in the duodenum (first section of small intestine) to secrete cholecystokinin (CCK) (also known as Pancreozymin). The bile in the gall baldder is more concentrated than when it left the liver and has a greater effect on fats.
The Spleen is the largest organ of the lymphatic system. It is responsible for purifying blood, helping the immune system recognise foreign substances, and attacking foreign pathogens and allergans.
It consists of:
The Lymphatic system consists of many different parts of our body. Each of these parts triggers off protective reactions that result in acute illness, which is the body’s way to restore normal function.
The Lymphatic system is responsible for;
The different parts of the Lymphatic system are as follows:
Let’s look at our body’s eliminative channels and how they work to rid us of illness.
- Kidneys
- Skin
- Lungs
- Bowels
- Liver
- Spleen
- Gall bladder
- Lymphatic system
The Kidneys filter our blood of toxic waste and excess water and send it to the bladder for elimination. The best way to aid the kidneys is to drink plenty of good quality water.
The Skin has many functions, and is the largest organ of elimination. It eliminates wastes through sweating, and when toxins are excessive, it uses processes such as acne, boils, eczema, measles, poxes, psoriasis, and other kinds of rashes and itches, to remove them from the body. Even the tongue is sometimes used by the body as an organ of elimination. This is very noticeable when you have a furry or coated tongue.
The Lungs, obtain oxygen from the air and supply it to the bloodstream and remove carbon dioxide and certain other wastes from the bloodstream. Under certain situations, such as a cold, the lungs may require the aid of the eyes, sinuses, bronchioles, etc. to help eliminate the excess wastes.
Exercise is a natural way of increasing elimination since through exercise the lungs are strengthened and gaseous exchange is increased. It is therefore very important to breathe deeply and correctly – in through the nose, filling up your stomach like a balloon and breathing back out through the nose, as if deflating the balloon.
The Bowels or colon eliminate digestive and metabolic wastes that are excreted into it by tubes from other organs. However, the bowels rarely eliminate completely in the Western world today. Through self-abusive diet, lifestyle and poor bowel care, the bowel has become sluggish and a retains toxins and germs that get reabsorbed into our bodies and damage the tissues and organs. The bloodstream then becomes poisoned and is unable to remove dead cells and waste. This results in immune depletion, fatigue, nervousness, irritability, insomnia, and mood swings. It's important to eliminate after every meal. Because food is meant to be retained in the system for only 24 hours, and if not eliminated in time, putrification occurs, causing auto intoxication.
The Liver detoxifies wastes. It filters and removes large amounts of toxic matter such as dead cells, microorganisms, chemicals, drugs and particulate debris from the blood stream. The detoxified waste is passed either through tubes to the small intestine for passing on to the colon or back to the bloodstream where it goes to the kidneys where they will be excreted in the urine. If the liver becomes overloaded or inefficient, toxins, dead cells and microorganisms accumulate and contribute to illness. The liver has over 500 other functions, so it's important to keep it clean and healthy.
The Gallbladder stores about 50 millilitres of bile, which it releases when fats (in foods) enter the digestive tract, stimulating the endocrine cells in the duodenum (first section of small intestine) to secrete cholecystokinin (CCK) (also known as Pancreozymin). The bile in the gall baldder is more concentrated than when it left the liver and has a greater effect on fats.
The Spleen is the largest organ of the lymphatic system. It is responsible for purifying blood, helping the immune system recognise foreign substances, and attacking foreign pathogens and allergans.
It consists of:
- Red Pulp which is responsible for purifying blood; and
- White pulp which is responsible for producing and growing immune cells (white blood cells called lymphocytes) and acts as a reservoir for red blood cells (although limited in humans).
The Lymphatic system consists of many different parts of our body. Each of these parts triggers off protective reactions that result in acute illness, which is the body’s way to restore normal function.
The Lymphatic system is responsible for;
- Drainage
- Purification
- Warning
- Defense
The different parts of the Lymphatic system are as follows:
- Lymph glands run like strings of pearls through every organ and tissue except the central nervous system. Lymph flows upwards through thousands of small valves as it is purified and then is returned to the circulation of the heart. The main lymph glands are found in the:
- Neck
- Underarms
- Groin
- The movement of these areas stimulates the lymph flow.
- There is also a large central lymph drainage in the front of the body.
- Adenoids are found at the back of the nose. These warn against infection and catarrh and mucus is excreted.
- Tonsils are found in the throat. These are first line of defence and if they do their job correctly they swell up to warm against infection in the digestive tract and blockages in the lymph flow in the neck.
- The Cervical lymph gland is also found in the neck area. This swells when there are toxins in the head, neck, throat and/or shoulders – as it attempts to purify the area from infection.
- The Axillary glands are found under the arms. They protects the chest, breast and shoulder areas.
- Peyer’s patches are found in the small intestine, near the distal ileum. They stimulate the body to produce fever when there is infection. They create antibodies against the invasion of micro organisms. Excessive fever can damage the Peyer’s patches ability to protect against digestive infection.
- Lacteals are found in the small intestine. They absorb fat slowly from chyme, the liquid substance found in the stomach which consists of digested food.
- The Appendix is a sack under the cecum at the bottom of the ascending colon. It releases an antiseptic solution to prevent infection and secretes a lubricant which aids matter up the colon and to the bowel. Inflammation occurs when constipation causes fermentation.
- The Inguinal glands are found in the groin. They purify toxins from the legs, groin and pelvic areas.
- The Thymus is a gland that forms part of the Endocrine system as well as the lymphatic system. It is active during infancy and youth and starts to shrink after puberty. By the time a human is 70 it is likely to have turned into fat. It produces Thymosin, a hormone necessary for T cell development and production. It is instrumental in the production and maturation of T-lymphocytes or T cells, a specific type of white blood cell that protects the body from certain threats, including viruses and infections.
So as you can see all our organs play an important role to play. Our body is like a machine, if one part stops working it will have a knock on effect.
According to Henry Lindlahr, author of Nature Cure, in order for us to overcome disease, we must follow the following steps:
Resources
http://www.drllynch.com/understanding_the_eliminative_system.htm
Philosophy of Natural Therapeutics, Henry Lindlahr
The school of natural Medicine - Naturopathy
According to Henry Lindlahr, author of Nature Cure, in order for us to overcome disease, we must follow the following steps:
- Change our daily habits that are causing us to get ill, such as eating unhealthy food, not exercising, having negative thoughts, working and/or living in a polluted environment.
- Eat nutritious foods and do not eat or ingest anything that is not natural and processed.
- Cleanse our bodies through cleanse diets and fasting
- Love our body – provide it with rest, nutrients and enzymes form foods such as leafy greens and fruit, and positive thoughts.
Resources
http://www.drllynch.com/understanding_the_eliminative_system.htm
Philosophy of Natural Therapeutics, Henry Lindlahr
The school of natural Medicine - Naturopathy