Just like other organs in the body, the brain needs to regularly purge toxins, such as viruses and heavy metals. It is during our hours of sleep that our brain can unplug and detoxify, as it is constantly busy and engaged during our waking hours. While we sleep, the metabolic activity of our brain is about 10 times more active. The cerebrospinal fluid moves quickly across the brain tissue in a sweeping motion around the neurons, removing toxins and delivering oxygen and nutrients, and then exits along the veins.
How Toxins Accumulate in the Brain
Toxins, such as heavy metals, pathogens, infections, and viruses, can accumulate in the brain from microbes in the mouth that don’t physiologically belong there. For example, chronically inflamed tonsils or sinuses, dental amalgams, infected root canals, gums, or cavities in the jaw bone create toxins that then need to drain from the brain down the lymph channels on the side of the neck.
Unfortunately, the lymphatic system needs to be functioning optimally for toxins to be removed from the brain.
If you think of the body like a hydraulics system where congested tissue downstream prevents optimal flow upstream, congested lymphatic vessels in the neck can impede drainage of toxins from the brain.
If lymph flow is congested, these toxins—including environmental toxins, heavy metals, infections, or pathogens—can linger near and migrate into nerve endings. From there, the toxins can move into the nerves toward the brain stem where they can impact the face and other brain nerves.
Heavy metals and sulphur toxins have a high affinity to nerves. Because of the immense networking of sensory nerves and the nerves of the autonomic nervous system, toxins can be quickly absorbed in massive amounts.
Vagus Nerve Toxicity
One of the biggest dangers to our health is the contamination of the vagus nerve, one of the most important channels for sending messages to and from the brain to the body. The vagus nerve is the longest nerve in the body and serves as the master controller of our immune cells, organs, and stem cells along with your mood, digestion, memory, cognitive function, blood pressure, and many other aspects of your health.
The vagus nerve travels through the body, networking the brain with every organ of digestion along with the lungs, heart, spleen, intestines, liver, and kidneys. It also connects with a range of other nerves that are involved in speech, eye contact, facial expressions, and even your ability to tune in to other people’s voices.
It is an extremely important channel for communication between the brain and body and plays a critical role in the body’s ability to maintain homeostasis and health.
Vagus Nerve Toxicity Impedes Health
A toxic vagus nerve can impede all downstream function of the digestive system, leading to malabsorption, constipation, or leaky gut, accumulation in the lymph, triggering allergic immune responses and intolerances.
As the vagus nerve controls motility in the digestive process, a toxic vagus nerve can lead to poor or misregulated intestinal motility, contributing not only to constipation, but also to imbalances in the gut microbiome, that can contribute to SIBO, IBS, and candida overgrowth.
The communication from the gut to the nervous system and the brain is also compromised, impairing the immune system and contributing to autoimmune reactions.
Natural brain detoxification
Step 1
Take a fish oil capsule each day. Dietary supplements of this nature are excellent wholly natural sources of the Omega-3 fatty acids EPA and DHA. These nutrients are pivotal in nourishing the brain, which works to normalize its functioning.
Step 2
Eat as much fresh fruit as possible. No other natural foodstuff holds more vitamins, minerals and amino acids than what high quality organic fruits do.
Step 3
Drink plenty of pure water. This is more abundant in brain tissue than any other substance. Up to 60 percent of the human body is water, the brain is composed of 70 percent water.
Step 4
Avoid caffeine-based drinks. Strong coffee and stimulatory energy drink items are usually potent sources of this substance. One of the unfortunate side-effects of caffeine consumption—especially when drank on a continuous basis—is dehydration. It’s even more necessary to place importance on avoiding this when attempting to fully cleanse the brain than normal.
Step 5
Breathing/Pranayama – Significant CSF flow or brain cleansing has been linked to deep breathing exercises. Studies show a specific boost in CSF flow during inspiration (inhalation).
This research supports the predicted benefits of pranayama or yogic breathing exercises. The nose breathing exercise increases the meditative brain wave (alpha) activity during nose breathing versus mouth breathing.
Mouth breathing was linked to increased “fight or flight” stress and sympathetic nervous system activity, and nose breathing was linked to an increase of parasympathetic nervous system activity – also called the “rest, repair, and digest” nervous system.
Fight or flight stress was linked to a reduction of CSF flow, while parasympathetic activation was linked to a boost in CSF flow, making nose breathing exercise and yoga critical practices for better CSF and brain lymph flow.
Remember, a boost in CSF flow supports better brain lymph drainage. Yoga, nasal breathing exercise and meditation are all linked to boosting CSF flow.
Step 6
Essential Oils – Movement of fluid is critical to the detoxification of the brain, especially the systems that are composed of and transport fat through the body, namely the lymphatic system, which helps transport fats and fat-soluble vitamins throughout the body – and the brain, which is composed of roughly 60 percent fat.
Essential oils can be used to support sleep, vagus nerve signalling to help heal a toxic nerve, and lymphatic drainage. For sleep, you can consider blends that are relaxing like lavender, spikenard, or valerian root. Stimulatory essential oils can be applied to the vagus nerve (behind the earlobe on the mastoid bone) to activate its downstream parasympathetic signals. Frankincense can be applied along the sides of the neck to help open up and support lymphatic flow.
Step 7
Herbs
Cinnamon – This sweet spice is high in two important brain boosting compounds called proanthocyanidins and cinnamaldehyde. These antioxidant compounds protect your brain at the cellular level, helping prolong cognitive function through the decades.
This potent spice also increases the levels of certain brain chemicals called neurotrophic factors, which help stimulate production of new neurons and protect existing neurons from free radical damage.
Ginger & Tumeric -Both of these spices contain potent antioxidants that play a key role in reducing inflammation that can lead to the development of degenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s.
Curcuminoids found in turmeric are an excellent complimentary treatment for a number of therapy-resistant conditions including congnitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease.
Oregano- It is nutrient dense, naturally antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and packed with phytonutrients that exhibit powerful antioxidant activity. A great source of vitamin E and K, fibre, iron, manganese, calcium, and even omega-3 fatty acids.
Rosemary – Rosemary is naturally antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, anti-tumor, and a carcinogen neutralizer (particularly those formed by cigarette smoke and grilling of meats).
Antioxidants in rosemary and rosemary oil have been shown to induce apoptosis in cancer cells, boost the immune system, protect the central nervous system, aid digestion, fight aging, and provide natural pain relief to muscles and joints. The carnosic acid in rosemary fights the plaque build up in the brain that leads to neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and also protects the eyes against age-related macular degeneration.
It can ease stomach upset, neutralize bacteria and parasites consumed in food, and stimulate hair follicles. As an aromatic, it is highly effective at lowering stress and aiding in brain cognition.
Coriander– Another powerful antioxidant powerhouse, is an excellent source of vitamins K, C, A, folate, potassium, manganese, and choline. The benefits of cilantro include the ability to regulate blood glucose levels, lower LDL “bad” cholesterol in the blood, and boost antioxidant activity in your body. It is naturally anti-microbial, antibacterial, and anti-inflammatory.
As a natural heavy metal chelator, it is effective against lead accumulation in biological tissues.
Three Easy Ways to Use the Detox
• Cold water diffuser and add two drops of each oil to the reservoir with an additional two drops of lavender for the scent. After stretching and deep breathing, allow the diffuser to run, helping you to feel rested and alert.
• Green smoothie, simply add a few sprigs of each fresh herb to your blender, giving a wonderful burst of energy.
• Infuse in filtered water with several sprigs of each herb and let sit in the refrigerator for two hours. Add some citrus slices (lemon, lime, or orange) its clean and refreshing. During the winter, this can be altered to a steeped tea, consumed warm with a bit of raw honey.
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