Hey friends,
I am all about optimizing my health and improving the aging process. Part of the process is taking care of the WHOLE me from the inside out…especially this year as I turn the big 5-0 in November!
I have been doing some research for myself and clients on the benefits of using a castor oil pack from The Queen of Thrones- Dr. Marisol.
“Castor oil packs help to keep our stress response balanced. The soft compression of the organic pack against the skin helps to move our body from the stressed-out state into the relaxed state. It also promotes hormones that make us feel good, like oxytocin (A.K.A. the love hormone) and dopamine.
They help regulate bowel movements by improving smooth muscle tone of the digestive tract, and they’ve been shown to alleviate constipation just as well as laxatives – but without negative side effects!
Castor oil packs help you beat the bloat when worn over the liver/tummy, by reducing inflammation in your core. They also improve the balance of the bugs in your gut (A.K.A. your microbiome) by breaking down biofilm, leading to better absorption of nutrients and less gas!
Plus they help us detox by providing antioxidants like nitric oxide, glutathione, vitamin E and omegas. Castor oil packs are especially helpful to wear overnight if you have a few alcoholic drinks… hasta la vista hangover!Dr. Marisol- Holiday Hacks Blog
In a nutshell, castor oil packs support the foundations of our health and healing – helping us poop better, sleep better, digest better, cleanse better, bloat less and stress less. This why they’re my #1 Health Hack.”
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“This grassroots, topical treatment should be adopted as a regular health practice. It helps return the body to balance by enhancing its natural rhythm, coordinating the body’s regulatory systems and connecting you to your source. No matter what condition you are dealing with, the castor oil pack will help you finally feel better.
Dr. Marisol Teijeiro – Naturopathic Doctor and Innovator of the Queen of the Thrones™ Castor Oil Pack
What does the castor oil pack do you’re your cleaning and detoxification processes?
Read the entire article here from Dr. Marisol
The use of castor oil didn’t start in Hollywood… it actually dates back to biblical times. Health practitioners, as myself, are becoming more aware of the benefits of implementing castor oil packs for helping clients improve their hormones, liver detoxification, inflammation, microbiome and many more benefits we will learn from Dr. Marisol (aka The Queen of Thrones).
As a certified Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner and a Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner, I am always helping investigate what is actually going on “under the hood” to help clients get their body and vibrant self back again. Part of the process is to reduce sources of external CHRONIC stress as well as H.I.D.D.E.N. internal sources of CHRONIC stress that is impacting the function (loss of homeostasis, malfunction, imbalance, dysfunction or dysregulation) of our body systems as:
- Hormones
- Immune system
- Digestion
- Detoxification
- Energy systems
- Nervous systems
As a practitioner, I work on identifying imbalances and collect clues to help create an individualized Health (RE) Building “D.R.E.S.S. for Health Success®” protocol for each client’s unique case of METABOLIC CHAOS®. Part of the process involves improving or optimizing the function of the body systems- which doesn’t involve a supplement but rather something you apply to your skin right over your liver- a castor oil pack.
How does Castor Oil help you Get Healthy?
I always have said “your skin is a mouth”, so what we put on our skin should be also something we should not be afraid of ingesting. Castor Oil packs offer an impressive long list of amazing health building benefits which you can learn in my recent interview with Dr. Marisol.
Dr. Marisol explains the difference between CLEANSING and DETOXIFICATION that we should review.
“Cleansing is the ability for our bodies to eliminate waste created in our systems by the foods we eat, our natural metabolic processes and what we accumulate just by living on planet earth.”
Dr. Marisol
CLEANSING PATHWAYS OF THE BODY by Dr. Marisol:
Our most important drainage or cleansing pathways include:
- Stools – Your poo is the primary vehicle for the elimination of leftovers/roughage from your food. The majority of stools consists of bacteria, as well as fat soluble substances such as cholesterol, toxins of all types including heavy metals like mercury and lead, and excess hormones like estrogen.
- Urine – A primary vehicle that eliminates what the stools cannot, often excesses of heavy metals and other substances such as uric acid.
- Sweat – A secondary elimination pathway. This pathway should be encouraged if stools and urine are functioning optimally. People will often note worsening body odor if they are having problems with constipation. This is because the genius of our bodies will always search for a way to get the things out that are no good for us.
- Breath –Breath is well known for the elimination of carbon dioxide.
- Periods – For women, our periods are a vehicle for elimination of toxicity. It is researched that women in menopause, after loosing their periods, are more toxic and will experience hot flashes as an adaptation to continue elimination, since they are so toxic.
DETOXIFICATION SITES OF THE BODY by Dr. Marisol
Detoxification on the other hand, is the metabolic transformation of a substance, usually from one thing into another. It occurs mainly in the following places in the body:
- Liver – Phase 1 and phase 2 detoxification help to package and transform substances that are not easy to eliminate via the cleansing pathways.
- Kidneys – Part of phase 3 of detoxification, where further filtration occurs.
- Mucous Membranes – Part of phase 3 of detoxification, this is most predominate in the gut. Phase 3 is the final stage of detoxification before cleansing.
- Various cells in the body – All aid in the detoxification process.
“Both cleansing and detoxification are deeply connected. They are both extremely inhibited by 5 occurrences that can happen in our bodies.”
Dr. Marisol
REDUCED ABILITY TO CLEANSE AND DETOXIFY WITH CASTOR OIL PACKS
One of my favorite topics to work on with clients is their sources of CHRONIC stress (internal and external). The type on non-stop, ongoing, constant stress that doesn’t stop (leaky faucet). Dr. Marisol’s castor oil pack offers an easy, simple and affordable solution to help improve their drainage pathways and more.
“This is the #1 problem for the body, and unfortunately, because we live in today’s industrialization era we are bombarded. The body doesn’t differentiate stressors as chemical, emotional or physical. It puts all stress into the same mixing pot. So you could be having an altercation with your mother-in-law, be exposed to high levels of pollutants, or injure your leg. All of these instances would cause stress and significantly inhibit your ability to transform (detox) and eliminate (cleanse).
Dr. Marisol
“Stress is now being touted as the #1 cause of disease in the modern world. Something very interesting to note for women with hormonal problems, specifically those with estrogen dominance; is that with increasing stress, our adrenals produce increased cortisol. Increased cortisol depletes your progesterone levels, which can leave you with a relative progesterone deficiency. This can severely aggravate estrogen dominance related issues such as Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis.”
Dr. Marisol
2. INFLAMMATION
Hippocrates stated, “Give me the power to create inflammation and I will heal every disease.” However, too much of a good thing can damage us. Inflammation is purposefully destructive, to actually help rebuild our tissues. But when the fire of inflammation gets out of control because there is too much junk to burn, that’s when we start having problems. The body often responds with trying to control the fire by adding water.
The result is we get bloated, we may also experience weight gain, often in the central core of our bodies. For others this may translate to excessive aches and pains in the joints. And for others, mood can be greatly affected because the inflammation impacts their neurological system. It all depends on your unique biology and weak areas.
Antioxidants protect our cells against damage from toxic substances, and they help to clear them out of the body. Glutathione is known as the master detoxification agent. We are constantly exposed to thousands of toxins – in the food we eat, the air we breathe, the products we put onto our bodies. Glutathione helps to move most (if not all) of these harmful substances OUT.
When you can’t eliminate properly, recirculation of toxins happens. Constipation is a huge issue in our society. We should be going each and every day, the length of our elbow to our wrist bone. If we aren’t eliminating this much, our stools are sitting in the body holding waste materials that are reabsorbed and a source of re-pollution to our system.
HOW TO IMPROVE CLEANSING AND DETOX – CASTOR OIL PACKS
Castor oil packs are used by many clients.
Why does Dr. Marisol use these packs with all of her clients?
Because the 4 problems listed above – stress, inflammation, lack of antioxidants and problems with elimination – are underlying issues in so conditions. If you have a hormonal, immune or nervous system problem, it is possible that these issues exist somewhere in your body, dependent on your individual physiology and your weak zones.
Dr. Marisol
MAIN MODES OF ACTION OF CASTOR OIL PACKS
So what are the main actions of the infamous castor oil packs?
PRACTICE THE PAUSE… Stress, as mentioned above, is touted as being the #1 cause of … read the rest here
Be sure to watch my fun video podcast interview with Dr. Marisol, The Queen of Thrones, here:
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