I. Introduction

American diet contain high in saturated fat, trans fat, and other harmful substances such as sugar, caffeine, pesticides, addictive substances, etc. and less in fruits and vegetables. These types of harmful substances is toxin. Our body detoxified functions try to get rid of them everyday, when they fails causing disruption of hormone production, damaging our body detoxification organs and weaken our immune system resulting in hormone imbalance and many chronic illness consequently.

II. Causes

A. Internal Causes

1. Overdose of red meat

Our animals are grown in a crowded environment and fed by growth hormones to perverse the maximum profits. No matter how restricted the government regulations are, these traces of growth hormone still remain in the animal body causing more harm than good. Although our body requires protein and fat to function daily, overdose of red meat causes cholesterol building up in the arteries, triglyceride in the bloodstream, and high blood pressure resulting in heart diseases and chronic illness.

2. Overdose sugar

Carbohydrates are essential to our liver and kidney function, overdose of sugar in American diet causes insulin resistance, damaging the pancreas, reducing the circulation of blood and causing hormone imbalance.

3. Excessive drinking

Our social life is a mess. We drink too much. Since alcohol is a stimulant, moderate drinking helps increase the circulation of blood and improve mental alertness. Excessive drinking reduces the brain's function, damaging our liver, decreasing the function of the immune system and causing inflammation.

4. Artificial Agents

Artificial agents may help to perverse food and make it look good, but they are toxic to our body. These types of agents stimulate appetite by directly influencing the hunger centers of the brain causing you to eat more resulting in obesity.

5. Smoking

Smoking not only causes lung cancer, it also causes the depletion of oxygen levels in the bloodstream, increasing the risk of hardening, thickening and calcium attached in arterial wall as well as increasing the risk of heavy metals accumulating in our brain.

6. Consuming not enough fruits and vegetables

Fruits and vegetables are high in nutrients that are vital for daily function of our body. Vitamins C, E, K and chemical substances in fruits and vegetables such as alpha carotene, beta carotene, selenium, chlorophyll, and amino acid are powerful antioxidants that not only helps to increase body metabolism, it also helps in strengthening our immune system against fighting the forming of free radicals as well as protecting our body by fighting against inflammation caused by bacteria and virus.

B. External Causes

1. Air Pollution

The cause of air pollution are the result of burning of fossil fuels such as coal, oil, natural gas, and gasoline to produce electricity and power our vehicles such as the emitting of carbon dioxide resulting in ozone pollution, acid rain, and toxic heavy metal pollution. Yes, this is the air we breath very day. Every breath we inhale, our body is required to detoxify all this harmful material entering our body. If you have a weakened immune system, some of these harmful can not be removed from our body resulting in heavy metal accumulation as well as disrupting the normal function of organs causing inflammation and infection.

2. Soil Pollution

Soil pollution are caused by misuse of the soil in poor agricultural practices, mineral exploitation, industrial waste dumping, and indiscriminate disposal of urban wastes. These kinds of wastes accumulating in our soil include herbicides, pesticides, heavy metals and man-made chemicals that will enter our body through raining, snowing and foods. If our body cannot get rid of them long term accumulation of these harmful substances will result in a weakened immune system and chronic diseases.

3. Water pollution

An estimated 90 soluble fiber and 30% insoluble fiber. Besides having proven record in Chinese medicine in treating high levels of cholesterol, its fiber portion has been used to treat constipation by softening stools and easing bowel movements .

c) Bentonite

Bentonite is a natural clay that comes from volcanic ash. Taken internally, the adsorbent action of bentonite helps to eliminate and remove toxic material from the intestine.

d) Liquid clay

Liquid clay moves through our body and attaches to any bacteria, virus as well as toxins in our intestine and removes them out of our body as wastes resulting in improved intestinal regularity, easing chronic constipation and easing indigestion.

e) Buckthorn bark

Buckthorn bark is native to Europe and parts of western Asia. It contains anthraquinones that stimulate intestinal movement and also attracts more water to the intestines resulting in a softened stool and removing toxins accumulated in the intestine out as wastes.

f) Rhubarb root

Rhubarb root has been used in Chinese medicine in treating both constipation and diarrhea. Intake of rhubarb root helps to improve intestine tone, as well as remove toxins from the intestine.

g) Cascara sagrada

Cascara sagrada is known to tone the relaxed intestinal muscles in the digestive system. Intake of cascare sagrada helps promote the digestive process in people affected by disorders in the digestion as well as chronic constipation.

5. Lung cleansing

a) Lotus Root Tea

Made from the root of the esteemed Asian water lily. It helps

dissolve and eliminate mucus and lung congestion over time. Lotus

root traditionally has been used to neutralize toxins accumulated in

the lung as well as in treating of other respiratory diseases such

as asthma, tuberculosis, coughing.

b) Platycodon Root

Platycodon has been used in Chinese medicine for over a century

in treating of abscesses, respiratory disorders, intestinal disorders.

Study shows that platycodon roots not only helps to treat cough

due to purulent sputum and inflammation in the chest area but

also removes toxins in the lung.

c) Wild Cherry Bark

Wild cherry bark traditionally has bee used irritable and persistent

cough of bronchitis, pertussis, cough due to increased irritability

of respiratory mucosa. Because of its antispasmodic qualities, it

has been used with other herbs to treat asthma and enhance

relaxation as well as removing toxins from the lung.

d) Mullein

Mullein contains coumarin and rotenone. It has a long history of

use as a medicine and is an effective treatment for asthma

and respiratory disorders.Mullein also helps in soothing the mucous

membranes, reducing inflammation and encouraging healthy fluid

production in the lungs.

e) Ephedra

Epphedra has been used in Chinese medicine traditionally for 5,000

year in treating of asthma and hayfever and common cold. It also

helps to support healthy sinus nasal lung and respiratory function

by removing toxins in the lung.

f) Elecampane

Elecampane also called horse-heal. It has been used for treatment

of the shortness of breath and helps to promote a strong lung.

Elecampane is a wonderful lung tonic. Useful for asthma, soothing

to the lining of the lungs

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