East West Health

17/12/2025

Meri Kirihimete and a peaceful New Year!
We hope your summer is filled with the things and people that bring you joy, rest, and renewal.
Looking forward to seeing you in 2026!

09/12/2025

Lymphatic System explained

Where Does the Lymph Go After Drainage?

From Puff to Flush—Your Body’s Hidden Detox Highway!

Hey Lymphies!
Ever wondered what actually happens to the lymph after your MLD (Manual Lymphatic Drainage) or dry brushing session? Where does all that puffiness and extra fluid go? Let’s take a journey through your body’s magical drainage map—because the flow doesn’t stop at your skin!

First Things First—What IS Lymph?

Lymph is a clear-ish fluid filled with:
• Water
• Proteins
• Cellular waste
• Immune cells
• Bacteria, viruses, and toxins

It’s like your body’s wastewater, and your lymphatic system is the plumbing network designed to collect it from your tissues and send it packing!

The Drainage Route (The Fun Part!)

After you stimulate your lymphatic system (through MLD, exercise, rebounding, or infrared saunas), here’s what happens step-by-step:

1. Tissues → Lymph Capillaries
Lymph fluid is collected from between your cells (where waste builds up). Think of this as your body picking up trash from every neighborhood.

2. Lymph Capillaries → Collecting Vessels
These vessels have valves to push lymph forward (like a one-way street!). They move it toward central lymph nodes.

3. Nodes → Filter Party!
Lymph passes through lymph nodes, where it gets filtered. Immune cells here attack bacteria, viruses, and debris.
It’s like your lymph goes through a security checkpoint!

4. Cleaned Lymph → Ducts
Filtered lymph travels to the thoracic duct (left side of your neck) or right lymphatic duct—the final stop before exiting!

5. Ducts → Subclavian Vein
Here’s the magic moment!
The ducts drain the lymph directly into your bloodstream, at the base of your neck, where the subclavian vein lives.

6. Bloodstream → Kidneys + Liver
Now the filtered lymph becomes part of your circulating blood. From here:
• Kidneys filter out water-soluble waste → p*e it out!
• Liver handles fat-soluble toxins and waste → p**p it out!

And voilà!
Your lymph just became waste… and left your body.
Flush complete!

That’s Why You Might Notice…
• More p*eing after a session
• Increased bowel movements
• Feeling thirsty
• Fatigue (your body is processing the detox!)
• Reduced swelling or puffiness

So YES—you’re not imagining it. The flush is real.

Fun Lymphie Facts:
• You have 500–700 lymph nodes in your body!
• The thoracic duct drains around 75% of your lymph!
• Your lymphatic system can move 1.5–3 liters of lymph per day with the right support!
• No heart? No pump! The lymph system depends on movement, breath, and pressure (that’s why you NEED to move!).

Support the Flush:
• Hydrate (lymph is mostly water!)
• Move daily (walking, rebounding, stretching)
• Breathe deep (diaphragmatic breathing helps move lymph!)
• Massage & MLD
• Eat clean (to reduce toxin load)

So, Where Does It Go?

In simple terms:
Lymph → Blood → Kidneys/Liver → Toilet!
Your body is brilliant. And your lymphatic system? Even more so.

So the next time you finish your session and head to the loo—give a little thanks to the silent flow keeping you well.






References / Research Links:
• Cleveland Clinic – Lymphatic System Overview
• NCBI – Physiology of the Lymphatic System
• Lymphatic Research and Biology Journal

Disclaimer:
This article is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always consult your healthcare provider before making changes to your health routine.

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03/12/2025

'This event is designed to help health practitioners, patients, and families understand how these interconnected systems must be addressed together for recovery to be possible.'

🧠 Free Gordon Medical Forum Event: December 4th - 6th 🧠

Patients with ME/CFS, Fibromyalgia, Long COVID and other chronic conditions often present with complex, multi-system dysfunction. Yet conventional care often separates what must be understood together.

🔬 Join the upcoming online Gordon Medical Forum: Structure, Inflammation & Nervous System, held on December 4th – 6th, which brings together world-leading experts who recognise the interconnected roles of structure, inflammation and the nervous system in chronic illness.

This event is designed to help patients, families and health practitioners understand how these interconnected systems must be addressed together to aid recovery.

🎙️The hosts, Drs. Eric Gordon and Nafysa Parpia, have spent months preparing for and interviewing respected colleagues, bringing together the collective knowledge needed to understand why addressing this trifecta is the foundation for deeper healing work.

Dr Perrin will be presenting his lecture "How Structure and Lymph Flow Influence Healing in ME/CFS" as part of a programme featuring over 25 leading experts. You can register for the event for free now using the link below!

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18/12/2024

We appreciate your continued support over the past year, and wish you a very Merry Christmas and enjoyable festive season!!

10/09/2024

“You feel kind of relaxed, you’re in your comfort zone, and it feels like you just woke up from a really good sleep.”
Maya, 10 years

Acupuncture is often used to manage pain, digestive issues, emotional conditions, and stress, and parents are beginning to turn to acupuncture as a safe, effective, and holistic way to treat their children’s anxiety and physical ailments.

24/12/2023

Happy Holidays and all the best to you in the year to come!

😍🎄❤️☃️

18/10/2023

WOW! :)

The award from the National Institute of Nursing Research will support a four-year study on the efficacy of this treatment option.

15/09/2023

💜Love this!

- The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse (2022)

02/09/2023

Did you know? 🤔

There are over 9,340 positive recommendations for acupuncture in over 3,809 clinical practice & treatment guidelines around the world, including recommendations for 223 pain conditions and 315 non-pain conditions!

13/07/2023

24/06/2023

❤️ Acupuncture

The OBAA research team created a list of evidence-based resources about and during for both the public and clinicians!

🔗 www.ob-acupuncture.com/resources

31/05/2023

Great discovery! :)

A woman's vision improved after scientists discovered an ‘accidental miracle’.