by Lynda Kohn

Created on: April 07, 2009   Last Updated: May 02, 2011

Getting  rid of toxins in one's body can be thought of as the body's equivalent to Spring Cleaning.  It is  a good way to promote one's general health and it should not be done more than once a year.  At the most twice  a year or every six months.  Be certain you can withstand detoxifying since any method will temporarily leave you weaker than before.  If you are in any weak state, don't  detoxify. If you undergoing treatment for any serious major illness wait until treatment is done.   Check with your physician to see if its  safe for you.

Perspiring is an excellent way of getting rid of toxins. The medical word diaphoresis. An herbal causing diaphoresis is a diaphoretic. Some diaphoretics are blessed Thistle, Boneset, Cinchona, Elderflowers, Ephedra aka Ma Huang, Ginger, Hyssop, Limeflowers aka Linden, Peppermint.

There are various ways in producing a good sweat. Some of these are sweat lodges, steam room. Doing it with medicinal plants is only one way. However it is a good method if you are into natural medicine and want the other benefits of the plant involved.

One of the most common reasons for sweat therapy is to lessen one's temperature in a fever. A fever is when one's temperature is at least 101 degrees. The average temperature is 98.6. The parimeters or range is between 98.0 to 99.0. A fever is not an illness it is a symptom or sign of an illness. Medical term pyrexia. Some diseases causing fevers can be quite serious or rather mild. The former include typhoid, cholera, pneumonia, polio, pyelonephritis (kidney inflammation), Rheumatic fever, tha may cause heart damage, smallpox, whooping cough, In the latter group include mumps, measles, certain flues, common cold.

Aspirin stops the fever at its source. Antibiotics destroy the organisms causing the infection. By contrast natural methods used by naturapaths methods strengthen one's body. That is if the fever is well controlled. The main purpose in inducing fever and sweating is to make the body respond better to the illness, stress on it. Diaphoritic or sweat therapy does just that. That is this method helps get rid of toxins and therefore helps heal one's body. A fever is a natural way of getting rid of toxins. Inducing perspiration helps the fever go down and the person go back to a normal temperature.

For the record there are several ways of producing sweat. These include treatments at a health spa and sweat lodges. However doing it herbally

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