Re: Diagnosis in Natural Healing

wow solmare! great post!

Tough questions, but ones that I'd would be VERY interested in hearing the answers too and ones that i've pondered myself for a while.

Can I make a note to you, solmare: regarding your skin filled with pus that you posted about. I'm assuming acne. no?

You say particular organs to look at and mention the thyroid which is/was a problem for you..I would put cleaning up your liver (and kidneys and colon) on that list (if, of course, your not doing that already :)

The liver is SUPER important for Acne suffers. When you see Acne you basically should see that the body's regular detox and elimination pathways are clogged (colon, liver, lymph, kidneys) and thus has to rely on the skin to "help out as a second venue of toxic elimination"

Acne, in a funny/not funny way, is a creative gesture by your body to keep you ALIVE! If it wasn't doing that you'd probably be sicker :/

Also, regarding diet, make sure you stay away from pro-inflammatory foods since Acne is an 'inflammatory disease'..If you have pro-inflammatory cytokines (such as interleukin 1) circling the blood they can cause the keratinocytes in your follicles to becomes sticky and thus make the first 'event' in acne formation or also known as the 'plug' or also known as the microcomedone.

Mainstream dermatology is JUST starting to realize the importance of diet and skin disorders as evidenced by Dr. Perricone's NY times best seller "the Clear Skin Prescription" talking about the role of anti inflam diet and supplements on correcting/treating acne. Of course since he's a derm and not a natural healer the diet has things that need to be tuned up such as proper FOOD COMBINING which if done incorrectly (like many of his suggested recipes) can keep blood Sugar high and thus induce an inflammatory response in the blood and raise your chances of skin problems.

I went off on a little tangent here but hopefully that will help someone reading this and has acne :) I used to have it for many many years until I learned how to beat it will holistic methods.

Heal on!

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