By Linda S. Clark

Symptoms of Illness, Symptoms of Healing

Many people in Western society assume that if they don’t feel “right”, then something is “wrong”.  It is important to understand the difference between a “symptom” of illness and a “symptom” of healing.  This paper is designed to help you understand the difference, and to know how to respond to “symptoms of healing”.

Stored Clutter

I’m sure you have had the experience of finding it easier to just keep stowing things in a closet, instead of dealing with them.  The house might look neat, but the closet becomes more and more stuffed, until it’s impossible to find anything.  It might even be hard to close the door without things falling out!

Eventually the time comes when you decide to clean out that closet.  During the cleaning process, there are piles all over the place.  You might even be tripping over them for a few days before everything gets sorted out.  You’re not concerned about the mess though.  In fact, you might even be excited, because you know that once it’s taken care of you’ll have lots of extra space, and you’ll be able to find things again.

My Body Has Closets?

The organs that “take out the garbage” are your liver, skin, lungs, and intestines.  When there is insufficient water to flush out toxins, or insufficient GSH (glutathione) to escort them out, the toxins build up in those organs of detoxification.  For a while, you can keep storing away toxins, and not even know it.  After a while though, you feel run down.  There is simply too much toxic buildup for your system to function well.  If the toxins continue to build up, you are prone to serious illness.

Glutathione Facilitates Detoxification

When you start an internal cleansing program, for example by taking HMS 90 / Immunocal, the increased glutathione pulls toxins out of the organs where they have been stored.  These toxins must then be disposed of, just like the stuff that you emptied out of your closet.

If your system can’t dispose of the toxins quickly enough, symptoms may appear.  It is really important to appreciate the beneficial nature of these symptoms.  They are not signs of illness.  They are not signs that HMS 90 / Immunocal isn’t good for you.  The exact opposite is true!!  They are signs that toxins are being set free in preparation for excretion from the body.

Possible Reactions During Detoxification

Depending on where toxins are stored, and how your body chooses to excrete them, there are a number of different “symptoms of healing” that you could experience.  Here are some of them:

Digestive Discomfort

Before the debris is moved out through the feces, it can cause discomfort.  In rare cases, there is an immediate “stomach cleansing”, causing vomiting.

Changes in BM’s

Rapid expulsion of irritating toxins = diarrhea.  An excess of toxins and insufficient water = constipation.  Sometimes mucous appears in the stools, because this is the body’s way of shielding itself against irritation and toxins.  You might even pass gall stones in your stools!

Liver

The liver processes and stores more toxins than any other organ in your body.  When the liver starts cleansing, it dumps toxins into your bloodstream en route to the kidneys.  Before they are filtered out and expelled in the urine, these toxins can make you feel “crummy”, tired, sluggish, or nauseous.

Respiratory Tract

Runny nose, congestion, and coughing are typical.  If you develop these in your first few weeks of using HMS 90 / Immunocal, don’t be fooled.  You’re not sick; your respiratory tract is cleansing.

Skin

You might have skin eruptions as the body expels toxins though the skin.  You might also smell chemicals on your skin that you used months or even years ago.

Eyes

Your eyes could become watery, crusty, or itchy as toxins are expelled through the tears.

in part two of this article, we’ll talk about ways to cope with detoxification symptoms and the improved health that results from going through the process.

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