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Body Cleansing
Also known as Detoxification, it
is a program of fasting and elimination of toxins to maintain body health.
Body cleansing therapy can
be a part of supplementary alternative medical treatments, and proponents
maintain that a cleansed, detoxified body will not only be able to heal
itself from a variety of common ailments, such as acne, allergies and
colitis, but will also promote general health and longevity.
Some techniques of body cleansing focus on the entire body,
while others aim to detoxify specific organs, such as the colon, kidneys or
liver.
A variety of body cleansing systems are available on the
market today involving both internal and external cleansing methods.
Externally, body cleansing through milk baths and mud masques
can remove unsightly impurities from the skin that showering alone cannot.
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Internally, body cleansing systems that involve a spa-like
treatment are detoxification treatments. These treatments involve colonic
cleansings through the use of coffee or saline solutions injected into the
rectum to flush out the colon. Such procedures are usually very
time
consuming and often painful.
Another option to the internal body cleansing systems is to
use natural body cleansing through water showers. Using a bidet shower head
attached adjacent to the toilet can serve as an alternative to abrasive
toilet papers. Also a bidet attached to the toilet provides a warm,
cleansing sensation that is not harsh or harmful.
See
Bodywork Tantra on Land and in Water,
Bodywork: What Type of Massage to Get-And How to Make the Most of It,
Chinese Bodywork: A Complete Manual of Chinese Therapeutic Massage,
Encyclopedia of Healing Therapies,
Job's Body: A Handbook for Bodywork,
Massage and Bodywork Resource Guide of North America,
The Alternative Health & Medicine Encyclopedia,
The Alternative Medicine Handbook: The Complete Reference Guide to Alternative and Complementary Therapies,
The Encyclopedia of Bodywork: From Acupressure to Zone Therapy
and
Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork: 750 Questions & Answers.
See
also
Alternative
Medicine,
Aromatherapy,
Body Cleansing,
Biofeedback,
Chelation Therapy,
Chiropractic,
Flower Essence Therapy,
Herbology,
Holistic Medicine,
Iridology,
Macrobiotics,
Massage Therapy,
Naturopathy,
Osteopathy,
Polarity Therapy,
Reflexology,
Reiki,
Rolfing,
The Chakra Store,
Casting Black Magic Spells,
Commanding Spirits,
The Tarot Store and
Divination & Scrying Tools and
Supplies.
Sources: (1) Whorton, James C.,
Nature Cures: The History of Alternative Medicine in America,
Oxford University Press;
(2) Longe, Jacqueline L.,
The Gale Encyclopedia of
Alternative Medicine, Thomson Gale; (3)
Mysteries of Mind,
Space & Time: The Unexplained,
H. S. Stuttman Inc. Publishers.
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