Anatomy and Physiology on the Liver and the Lymphatic System
Let’s do a little Anatomy and Physiology on the liver and lymphatic system, to help understand why Flora Integrated Wellness strongly suggests to add electro-lymphatic drainage session to a colonic.
The lymphatic system is so over looked and under educated on its importance for the body, especially its relationship to the liver. The liver and the lymphatic system have a strong dependent relationship in that it is one of the most important defense functions for the liver. When the body receives harmful bacteria or toxic load, it will travel to the lymphatic system where they may be attacked by various types of bacteriophages, or go through the portal system (blood) where they travel directly to the liver. When the body stays in a long term toxic state, it will damage the detoxifying and bacteriolysis function of the liver, which can be very unhealthy. The importance of this function cannot be overlooked once you realize the strategic position of the liver with respect to the circulatory system/blood.
All the toxic blood enters the liver for cleansing before it is sent to the rest of the body. Toxins naturally enter the liver in the form of digestive end-products, which can be handled by the liver, but It is the excess that puts the strain on the liver, such as pathogens from other infections. A competent liver forms an effective barrier between intestinal toxins and general circulation. Liver function may be overtaxed just by focal infections and material that was not removed by the lymphatic system. This could lead to hepatic (liver) malfunction which allows the intestinal toxins and bacteria to pass through the liver unscathed. Biliary function was once thought to be independent of liver disease. It is now being looked at by several physicians as a secondary infection to that of the liver, which is manifested through the circulatory/lymphatic system.
Lymph channels common to the bladder and the liver may be another source of disease transition. Infected bile produced by a diseased liver will eventually be transmitted to the intestine to start the cycle again. It is hypothesized that almost all gallbladder diseases are associated with intestinal disturbances (usually from constipation) and a liver disorder of one type or another. In other words, if a disorder is found in one of the three, there is likely to be problems with the other two. The liver cannot handle toxins from the intestine, especially the product of the death of its own cells, the liver transfers the burden of detoxification onto another organ, the kidney. Unfortunately, the kidney did not evolve to reduce the amount, and kind of toxins that enter the liver, or to detoxify them as efficiently as the liver. What toxins the kidney does remove from the blood often begin to necrose (die) in the renal tubules and eventually leads to renal (kidney) failure.
The remaining front in the second line of defense, the lymphatic system, is concerned with the removal of water insoluble, solid materials from the intestine. These substances are picked up by the lymphatic system even if the latter is not capable of detoxifying all of them. This leads to the spread of toxins through the lymphatics, several of which travel to the colon, stomach, and gall bladder. Incomplete detoxification by the lymphatic system will allow pathogenic material to enter the circulatory system. With the breakdown of the second line of defense, it is only a short time before intestinal toxemia takes place. So now that we have a little anatomy and physiology under our belt, we can start to see why it’s important to take care of the lymphatic system.
What is amazing about adding the lymphatic cleanse to your colonic is that you get the opportunity to loosen up the sticky lymphatic toxins and in turn free up the liver, gallbladder, and kidneys. When you add the colonic right after the lymphatic cleanse you are able to help get rid of those toxins right away. If you did just the lymphatic cleanse without an eliminating session after (colonic, foot detox, sauna) the toxins have a greater chance of reabsorbing back into the body, and can make you feel sick. This is because sometimes the body cannot get rid of the toxins at the same rate in which we have freed them.
