Detox Symptoms and Herxheimer reaction after a gut health protocol

Detox Symptoms and Herxheimer reaction after a gut health protocol

When you start a gut health focused DETOX PLAN or nutritional supplements, and depending on the condition of your gut health and other factors, you could have Herxheimer symptoms. The biggest mistake people make when they first have these symptoms is to stop the healing process! If you’re wondering WHY you may feel sick or awful when you start a nutritional regimen, here's why:

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Baths and/or saunas.

Sweating is one of the best ways to assist detoxification. The skin is the largest organ and when heated, the body will exude toxins of all manner (including metals) directly out the pores via perspiration.

This greatly assists the liver and kidneys. Saunas are very good, just take it easy and do enough to get a good sweat. The time can always be built-up once getting used to it.

A simple adjunct, if a sauna is not available, is a bath. Make it as warm as you can take it and soak for a good 15-20 minutes minimum. If the water is warm enough, there will be perspiration too.

Going right to bed afterward and wrapping in blankets can continue the detoxing.

Many have found the Miracle II soap as very beneficial for general detoxification. Some people add a little epsom salts as a variation. Saunas are an extremely efficacious way to detoxify – perhaps the best.

Tests of perspiration taken from individuals while in a sauna show the constituency being similar to that of urine in terms of eliminated waste products. Ozone saunas head the list, for you get the double benefit of detoxification as well as ozone therapy at the same time.

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Background of the Jarisch-Herxheimer or Herxheimer Reaction

According to the Merriam-Webster definition, a “Jarisch-Herxheimer” reaction, or also known as “Herxheimer” effect or reaction, or “Herx” for short, is caused as a direct result of using anti-spirochete drugs to treat individuals with a spirochete disease which results in an increase or intensification in the symptoms of the treated condition.

What is a spirochete?

It is a “spiral” or “corkscrew-shaped” bacterium such as that which causes Syphilis, Rocky-Mountain Fever or the Borrelia burgdorferi that causes Lyme.

The Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction is named after Adolph Jarisch, an Australian dermatologist, and Karl Herxheimer, a German dermatologist, who are credited with the discovery of the phenomena and publishing their findings in the late 1800s.

It was found that a temporary inflammatory reaction followed treatment with Salvarsan, mercury (yes, this was at a time they actually used mercury as a drug), or antibiotics for early and later stages of syphilis.

It was seen in 50% of patients with primary syphilis and about 90% of patients with secondary syphilis. It is manifested by fever, chills, headache, myalgias, and exacerbation of cutaneous lesions.

There was a relationship between the intensity of the reaction and intensity of inflammation present.

Besides the spirochetes noted, it has also been found with the microorganisms involved with typhoid, trichinellosis, tuberculosis, Candida infection, tick- borne relapsing fever, bartonellosis, brucellosis, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, Q fever and others.


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Nutritional Supplements And How They Help Your Health

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From ancient times people have been taking nutritional supplements. They started with natural herbs often homegrown which were usually brewed into teas and tonics. Now they have become more sophisticated and bioavailable which means your body can absorb & use the ingredients more efficiently.

Nutritional supplements are used to add nutrients to our diets that are missing or not taken in large enough quantities. And yes, even if you eat clean, healthy & “perfectly”… YOU NEED TO SUPPLEMENT.