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Toxic Reactions/The Healing Crisis

As part of its healing process the body will begin to discard toxic residues that have built up in the body over the years. The healing process usually does not occur without repercussions. During the initial phase of healing, as your body begins to detoxify and your vital energy begins to repair and rebuild internal organs, you may experience headaches, uneasiness, flu like symptoms and fatigue.

A process called retracing may occur. You may feel worse before you feel better. For example, if you used to get skin rashes, the rashes may reappear or get worse for a period of time as the body eliminates toxins through the skin. You may also experience an initial increase in urination, or may feel more nervous. In actuality, you are not getting worse, you are actually getting better. Eventually you will reach a plateau of better health. During the healing crisis, it is important not to suppress these temporary symptoms with drugs or the healing process may become interrupted.

Depending on the level of detoxification, physical reactions could include skin eruptions, nausea, headaches, sleepiness, unusual fatigue, constipation, diarrhoea, head or chest cold, ear infections, boils, or any other way the body uses to loosen and eliminate toxins. An initial healing crisis usually lasts around three days but if energy levels are low, it may last a week or more.

One of the reasons we recommend you take the isotonic/electrolyte powder during your sessions is to replace any vitamins or minerals that may be depleted during the wrap.

Infrared energy is associated with a variety of healing responses. At times, the infrared energy in our tissues may require a boost to a higher level to ensure the fullest healing possible for tissue repair. Body tissues that need an infrared boost selectively absorb infrared rays. The tissue will only use the infrared rays in the areas where it is needed.After boosting a tissue’s infrared energy, the remaining rays pass onward harmlessly. This phenomenon is called resonant absorption.

The immune system is defined as your body’s defense mechanism against invasion by bacteria, microbes and infection. This defense mechanism includes the production of white blood cells (leukocytes) from your bone marrow and t-cells produced by your thymus gland. (White cells use nitric oxide and far infrared produces nitric oxide). When your body has a fever, the immune system triggers the production of these cells.

The application of artificial heat internally can make the body believe it has a fever, thus stimulating an immune response.

Detoxification

The skin is the largest organ in the body and through the pores it plays a major role in the detoxifying process alongside the lungs, kidneys, bowels, liver, and the lymphatic and immune systems. The skin produces cool sweat to regulate the body’s elevated temperature. It also has the ability to transform toxins from lipidsoluble or oil-based, into easier to eliminate, water-soluble form. Sweat carries toxins out of the body and flushes them through the pores.

Improved Blood Circulation

Many issues that manifest themselves in the body such as arthritis, sciatica, menstrual cramps and fatigue, or outside the body such as psoriasis and acne, can be to some degree, due to poor blood circulation. As the blood flow with the Formostar can increase in volume by twice as much as normal and travels around 3.5 times faster through the body, continued use can eventually provide a permanent improvement in blood circulation and blood pressure. The blood flows into areas that are poorly promoted with blood such as scar tissue and fat that is stored on the outer areas of the body, (which can be up to 10 degrees colder than the core body temperature) and into small capillaries closer to the skins surface.

Pain Management 

The Formostar was developed for therapeutic purposes – mainly rheumatoid arthritis and joint mobility. Heat is a well-known treatment for pain relief with far infrared heat lamps being used by the Asians for a long time. Because the heat is absorbed around 4.5 cm’s below the surface it helps blood vessels dilate (expand), bringing relief and aiding healing of muscle and soft tissue injuries such as sprains, strains, arthritis, muscle spasm and many other muscular-skeletal ailments. Increased blood circulation not only carries off metabolic waste products but also delivers oxygen rich blood to oxygen-depleted muscles, to help promote faster recovery. The heat deadens the nerve endings, creating an analgesic effect.

Quite often relief is not realised until the morning after a sleep, as the rest allows the blood circulation to do its job better.

Body Fluid Reduction

As the Formostar has excellent sweat inducing capabilities, it is extremely effective in helping people lose excess body fluids. People with mild forms of fluid retention around the ankles and feet can help decrease it quite quickly by using the variable wraps on the lower leg. This in turn provides people with a greater level of comfort and makes them more mobile.

General Wellbeing

A 50-minute session can help people relieve stress and tension promoting relaxation and a general sense of wellbeing. Many people experience additional energy after Formostar sessions due to the stimulation of the metabolism.

Increased Flexibility

Heat loosens muscles and joints enabling easier movement. If someone stretches for 10-15 minutes after a wrap they can improve their flexibility by up to 18% permanently. For someone who has arthritis this could be very valuable. It makes sense, when you think that it is much easier to stretch when your body is warm.