Detox Massage
The human body accumulates a significant burden of organic and inorganic toxins every day. Cleansing these toxins from the body is necessary to maintain a healthy life. The toxins are metabolized in the liver, lungs, and intestine and eliminated from the body via the intestine (bowel elimination), bladder (urine), lungs (breathing), and skin (sweat). These organs must function adequately for detoxification to occur, and failure to maintain these processes leads to diseases. The human body is unique and very intelligent. Abnormalities in function are made apparent via internal and external symptoms.
However, "hidden" manifestations are frequently asymptomatic and require an understanding of the special relationship between specific areas of the skin and their corresponding organs (somatic-visceral reflex). The ultimate goal of detoxification massage is to identify, interpret, and treat "somatic-visceral reflex" findings associated with non-specific symptoms.
Thus, the subtle somatic-visceral relationships between the external (dermatome) and internal (organs) are the focus of the Detoxification Massage. Combining different massages, such as Segmentary Reflex, Lymph Drainage, Visceral, Hara (Japanese), and Acupressure, could help the body detoxify itself and restore its original detoxification ability.
Segmentary Reflex Massage helps identify dermatomes and corresponding organs involved in this pathological pattern. Specific changes in soft tissues of those dermatomes can indicate particular changes in organ function.
Due to its original function of detoxifying the body on the cellular level, Lymph Drainage Massage is an excellent addition to these massage combinations.
How Does Your Liver Detoxify?
Your liver is the body’s main detoxification organ — working around the clock to filter, process, and neutralize substances from food, medications, and the environment. Once these substances are broken down, the liver makes them safer and easier for your body to eliminate through bile, urine, or stool.
So, what exactly does the liver detoxify? Let’s break it down:
1. Toxins & Waste Products
Alcohol → converted into less harmful substances.
Ammonia → transformed into urea and excreted in urine.
Bilirubin → processed from red blood cell breakdown and removed via bile.
2. Medications & Drugs
The liver metabolizes both helpful and harmful substances, including:
Prescription Drugs
Over-the-Counter Medications
Recreational Substances
3. Hormones (Excess or Old)
To keep your system in balance, the liver breaks down hormones you no longer need, such as:
Estrogen
Cortisol
Thyroid Hormones
4. Environmental Chemicals
Every day, the liver works to neutralize substances from the environment, including:
Pesticides & Food Additives
Preservatives
Industrial Pollutants
Heavy Metals (though not always efficiently)
5. Metabolic Byproducts
The liver also manages natural byproducts created inside your body, such as:
Cholesterol & Fatty Acids → converted into bile or energy.
Lactic Acid → produced during exercise & processed to prevent buildup.
Acupressure therapy is essential to detoxification massage, mainly using specific points on the front and the back of the trunk. Locations of the acupuncture points on the back (called "shu" points) match dermatomes and are exact projections of sympathetic ganglions of the autonomic nervous system.
A suction cup for acupressure therapy with an adjustable pressure pin and a strong magnet on its tip is recommended for back "shu" points. They produce a triple effect on the affected area. First, negative pressure in the suction cup increases blood flow in that area. Second is the pressure from the pin inside the suction cup that applies to the back "shu" point. Third, the magnet field affects the sympathetic ganglion by improving neurotransmitter conductivity through the synapsis, expecting the condition of the brain-organ axes to improve.
Visceral and Hara massages directly and indirectly affect the internal organs. Different techniques of those massages can promote the increase of peristalsis and, as a result, detoxification of those organs.
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