Manual Lymphatic Drainage (MLD)

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I have suffered with allergies for 40 years. This year I found that the

HerbPharm tincture, Nettles Blend, taken daily cured my allergies. It took

about 3 weeks to notice that I never sneeze anymore!

I have the MLD massages at a clinic in Virginia Beach and it is wonderful but I

have never found this technique to help with allergies.

I whole-heartedly feel that receiving this type of massage is a wonderful treat

for the body. Lymph health is so important but usually neglected.

Stimulating the lymph is so important to overall health. Online, I found a

lymph massage technique that I can do myself drying off from a bath. A

rebounder stimulates the lymph. There are even specific exercises to stimlate

the lymph.

Having had EBVirus in 2004, sometimes when I am very tired, the lymph in my neck

swell and ache. I use a thick castor oil pack on my neck during the night and,

by morning, the lymph is moving and I am fine.

All of these are techniques that benefit the lymph.

 

If I have a choice of MLD or a regular massage, I always choose the MLD....but

not for allergies. Of course, this is my personal experience.

Lynn Koiner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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bestsurprise2002

MCS-Canada

Monday, August 04, 2008 10:55 AM

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Manual Lymphatic Drainage (MLD)

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Manual Lymphatic Drainage is part of a well-rounded allergy treatment plan.

Lymph is the fluid that moves out form the arteries into connective tissue.

This fluid contains nutrients, immune complexes, proteins, salts and much

more. When people suffer from many allergies and hypersensitivities, they tend

to

pull much fluid from their circulatory system into tissues. The fluids go

into interstitial spaces and often lead to edema (tissue swelling). In time

and

given repeated allergic reactions, the lymph can get thicker and it can

become 'organized'. When that happens, lymph nodes, which are usually the size

of

pin heads, can grow to the size of peas or beans. This organized lymph

starts to block local lymphatic drainage, leading to more fluid pooling in

tissues.

 

Manual lymphatic drainage is a gentle therapeutic technique that, in a word,

'milks' interstitial fluid back into the lymphatic system, in a most gentle

manner. Draining specific areas (i.e.: abdomen, face and neck, legs, back,

etc.) improves the efficiency of the lymphatic system, allowing lymph fluid to

return more readily from tissues into the lymphatic system where it is

cleaned and ultimately, is removed from the body.

 

May I suggest that you consider booking manual lymphatic drainage (MLD)

treatments as an adjunctive therapy to complement any allergy treatments that

you

are receiving.