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The large intestine is another major organ involved in removing toxins from the body, however, it is often imbalanced and unable to move waste out the body as often as it should - I find the main culprits of healthy, regular bowel function to be a lack of fibre and a low level of chronic dehydration in the body.

In Kinesiology we also call the skin the second organ of the large intestine so if we can’t eliminate toxins from our bowels, the skin is a secondary route.

It’s therefore necessary to assist the body with detoxing from this toxic overload any way we can – perhaps avoiding certain foods, increasing water intake and activity, lymphatic massage to stimulate the lymph and addressing emotional blockages within the body.

The role of emotions with our skin health

When looking at any symptoms in the body, we always look into emotions because they often play a leading role in the root cause. The mind and body are a machine that works as one, so the effect of negative emotions and stress are important to take into account.

Scientists have recently discovered the role of the Enteric Nervous System (the gut brain connection) as well as the study of psychoneuroimmunology, the impact of your thoughts on your immune system. However, what they have yet to realise is that it’s really psychoneuro-everything-ology; every emotion affects our health.

Whether it’s anger, grief, fear or stress, from twenty years ago or two weeks ago, these negative emotions all have deep-rooted implications on our wellbeing and can manifest into seemingly unconnected conditions in the body.

These past emotions linger deep in our subconscious and on a cellular level in our bodies which makes it very hard for us to be aware of them and how past hurts relate to our health now.

This is especially relevant with skin conditions which often have a deep-rooted emotional cause.

Common emotional root causes of skin conditions

Evette Rose, author of Metaphysical Anatomy, writes that the skin is a person’s physical barrier boundary that keeps them safe and protected. When circumstances, environmental factors or people challenge this barrier, it will speak up for itself by means of itching, burning or irritation.

If we are struggling with healthy boundaries or feel unsafe, our skin lets us know.

Louise Hay, author of Heal Your Body, also explains that the skin protects our individuality, so that when that’s threatened, our skin reacts. So, what they’re both saying is that skin conditions are ultimately a response to the psychological stress we experience when someone invades our personal boundaries.

I often ask clients whether there is there someone ‘getting under their skin’? We can also ask if someone is ‘happy in their own skin’ because when we itch and scratch and pick at our skin, we’re really itching, scratching and picking at ourselves.

What are we not accepting about ourselves?

Alongside irritation and overstepped boundaries, anger can also play its part with skin conditions, especially with acne which is often a result of little eruptions of anger and resentment and rage boiling under the skin.

If we do not understand what we are feeling or why we are feeling a certain way, we are then unable to express our emotions in a balanced way, if at all. These trapped emotions can then build pressure up to an intolerable energy that needs to get out and erupt in a different way and the skin is a way out.

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