Quirky Question About Detox Symptoms

April 20, 2005

A couple of months ago I participated in a Native American Sweat

Lodge. I've done this several times before. It's a great way to

detox on many levels and is wonderful for the skin. But this last

time when I came out all my exposed skin was covered in circles -

every vein was, not raised or swollen, but red with my normal skin

color blushed from the heat in between. I looked like a leopard and

it took a couple of hours to clear away. After my consultation with

Doc, he suggested that I was detoxing and was perhaps on the verge

of hives.

My quirky question ... I know we are all different and this had

never happened before and perhaps may never happen again. But, why

is it that I KNOW my diet is 90% better than anyone else there and

yet I'm the one with the funky detox reaction? Once a person starts

detoxing and cleaning up their act is it that the body is more

responsive? Do repeated cleanses get deeper and deeper into the

tissue until we're reaching more chemicals and pharmaceuticals that

we've been holding on to? There may be no explanation really, but I

was just wondering about the process the body goes through if this

not too vague a question for anyone to try and answer. <s>

Karen

April 20, 2005

Hi Karen,

what you're saying sounds about right to me. I'm certainly no expert, but it sounds like it's making sense. I do know that the body becomes more responsive with cleanses.

love

Lisa

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zengirl04

herbal remedies

Wednesday, April 20, 2005 2:54 PM

Herbal Remedies - Quirky Question About Detox SymptomsMy quirky question ... I know we are all different and this had never happened before and perhaps may never happen again. But, why is it that I KNOW my diet is 90% better than anyone else there and yet I'm the one with the funky detox reaction? Once a person starts detoxing and cleaning up their act is it that the body is more responsive? Do repeated cleanses get deeper and deeper into the tissue until we're reaching more chemicals and pharmaceuticals that we've been holding on to? There may be no explanation really, but I was just wondering about the process the body goes through if this not too vague a question for anyone to try and answer. <s>