Lymph and Edema

The lymphatic system is said to make up 80% of our health and is a crucial element of beauty. It determines whether we wake up feeling fresh and beautiful or with dreadful swelling and covered in pimples.

The clear liquid that circulates through the vessels of the lymphatic system is responsible for our immunity and for removing from our body the waste products of cell activity, fungi (mycelia), bacteria, toxins, and all kinds of garbage, including parasites. It falls to the poor hard-working Lymph to deal with everything we eat, drink, smoke, and breathe in.

And it also suffers due to our laziness and sedentary lifestyle. What pumps blood? The heart! What pumps and moves the lymph? Muscles! The skeletal muscles of our entire body! When muscles contract, the lymph moves; when they don't contract, the lymph hardly moves. And what happens to the fluid that doesn't flow and that is full of garbage? It turns into a stinky, putrid swamp. But swollen faces covered in pimples are just half the problem: when the lymphatic system is compromised, up to 80% of harmful substances are not filtered out and removed from the body but accumulate in the intercellular space, clogging up all the channels. With such massive pollution, all this dirty "soup" comes out through various channels (often simultaneously with several or all of them):

✔️ Skin - edema, acne, allergy, dermatitis, rosacea.

✔️ Mucous membranes (vagina, nasopharynx, larynx) - that's where inflammatory diseases, chronic thrush, tonsillitis, laryngitis, pharyngitis, etc., come from.

✔️ Intestine - as if it didn't have enough already.

✔️ Tonsils and adenoids - a favorite dumping ground for lymphatic garbage. But we cut them out, and bacteria descend further into the trachea, larynx, and lungs, and we already have more serious ailments than angina - such as pneumonia, for example.

✔️ Sweat glands - we clog them with antiperspirants so that no toxin or bacteria leaves the body, and the lymphatic system drives these poisons further, to the next stop - the mammary gland. And here is your mastopathy, enjoy it.

✔️ Also, the appendix, spleen, and of course, the liver.

It's amazing how casual we are about our health. In the evening, our legs swell - it's just fatigue, it happens to everyone. We can barely take off our ring - it's just because we drank a lot of tea today. In the morning, our eyes barely open, and our face looks like dough - we drank a glass of water before bed and probably slept in an uncomfortable position, that's all.

NO! This is not normal! It shouldn't be like this!

Nothing should ever swell due to fatigue, water, or a pillow. The lymphatic system is designed to move from the periphery to the center, from bottom to top in the body, and from top to bottom in the face. Therefore, if your legs are swollen, and you have elephant ankles by the evening - you have a blockage of the inguinal lymph nodes that prevent normal lymphatic movement from the bottom up, and all the swamp settles in the ankles, shins, and feet. If your arms/fingers are swollen - you have a problem with the axillary lymph nodes. The face is a blockage of the periauricular, submandibular, and subclavian muscles. If the lymph is in order, no matter how tired you are or how much you drink at night - you wake up rested, not swollen.

Our lymph needs help.

✔️ Cleanse the lymphatic vessels

✔️ Level out the stagnation - start the mechanism, make it move.

✔️ Improve lymphatic flow and interstitial fluid drainage

    1. Drink water. Lymph is 90% water.
    2. Avoid junk food - preservatives, hydrogenated fats, food colorings, and other "E numbers" overload the lymphatic system.
    3. Physical activity improves lymphatic circulation. You need 30-50 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic exercise (swimming, dancing, cycling, running), with a pulse rate of at least 110 beats per minute.
    4. Use a dry brush massage - it's great for stimulating the lymph.
    5. Vacuum cupping massage - excellent for helping the lymph.
    6. Saunas, steam rooms, and hot baths - a great gift for our lymphatic system.
    7. Practice breathing exercises - diaphragm work stimulates lymphatic flow, helping to avoid the accumulation of toxins in the body.
    8. Start with physical exercises especially targeted to work with lymph. Check this "Super Trio" system . By getting our clean and healthy lymphatic system to work, we will become more beautiful and healthier, and finally start respecting our body. Read full description and guide to exercises here: part  1 , part 2 , part 3 
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