When the body goes through a self-cleansing process, you may experience some discomfort. Headaches, pimples, nausea, diarrhea, exacerbated pain are all signs that a detox is underway. Focus on the curative crisis!

At least once a year, it is important to perform a general detox in order to purify your body by eliminating toxins. This has the effect of improving the functioning of the various organ systems, limiting cellular aging and to top it all off, gain in shape and vitality.

The curative crisis: when the body can no longer filter out toxins

The natural self-healing process works every day without you really realizing it. All of you have been sick one day and,without treatment of any kind, spontaneously healed, within a few days.

However, due to an inadequate lifestyle, a lifestyle subject to stress and pollution, this wonderful self-cleaning function goes haywire. The emunctories that are responsible for ridding your body of all the harmful substances are having a hard time continuing their cleansing function.

Healing crisis: when the emunctories are exhausted

An entire article was devoted to emunctories. As a reminder, they are outlets for evacuating toxins and toxics that clog the body. They are therefore :

• the intestines 
• the liver
• the kidneys
• the lungs
• the skin
• the uterus in women

When these filters are overused, they eventually tire. Waste accumulates and the tissues become clogged. The vital force, which is therefore that energy employed in the process of self-healing, is overstretched: it redoubles its efforts to complete its mission of detoxification. This results in general fatigue and a decreased immune response.

Healing crisis: when it's time to detoxify the body

In order to restore internal balance and to revive emunctorial activity, naturopathic techniques will be implemented. These consist in neutralizing toxins and expelling them through one or the other of the emunctories.

The recommended natural techniques as well as the emunctories selected for drainage depend on the quality and quantity of the waste.

Curative crisis: a signal of a far too clogged body.

When there is too much toxin or waste to be evacuated, it causes more or less violent unpleasant reactions: this is the healing crisis.

The signs of a healing crisis.

It is referred to as a healing crisis when the signs appear suddenly and are unusual, to say the least. They can occur within a few days of starting the detox and last from a few days to several weeks. 

The more the body is clogged, the more intense the crisis will be.

• Headaches
• joint pains
• abundant, odorous, "acid" perspiration
• digestion problems: bloating, diarrhea...
•  bad breath
•  fatigue,
• flu-like condition, 
• fever, 
• concentrated urine, 
• heavy periods, 
• appearance of pimples, 
• itching,
•  exacerbation of symptoms of a chronic disease 
• etc...

As impressive as they may seem, healing crises are nevertheless beneficial to your health. They demonstrate that the body is cleansing itselfand more importantly, regenerating itself. In effect, all the toxins are being flushed out leaving room for the return to equilibrium. Be careful, you definitely don't want to stop a cleaning process. However, it is still important to monitor them so as not to become more fragile. 

Curative crisis: getting support.

To be accompanied by a naturopath during this detox phase is important so that you don't become demotivated and alarmed at the intensity of a healing crisis. Your natural health practitioner will be able to answer all your questions and adjust your detox protocol as needed. 

Each person reacts differently. Still, the more clogged an organism is, the more violent the curative crisis will be. That is why it is recommended to take care of your lifestyle all year round and from time to time, usually in the spring and fall, to practice a "detox ".