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Dry Skin-Brushing: DIY for a sluggish immune system and beauty routine all in one

05 June 2006

Dry Skin-Brushing: DIY for a sluggish immune system and beauty routine all in one

DIY for a sluggish immune system and beauty routine all in one

Feeling chronically below par, sluggish and lacking in vitality has become the norm for many of us. This chronic lack of vitality could be an indication that the lymphatic system is blocked, sluggish or just plain overwhelmed by stress and toxins.

Ignored by medicine unless problems such as lymphoedema arises secondary to, say, breast cancer surgery, the lymph-atic system is an essential part of our circulatory system. The body’s housekeeper, it comprises a delicate network of vessels that pump a colourless liquid called ‘lymph’ all around the body.
Along these pathways are clusters of lymph nodes, 400–700 of them dotted about the body. These nodes filter and purify the lymph, reclaiming the fluid and breaking down pathogens and toxins. As well as cleansing and detoxifying, the lymphatic system recla...

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