In our western society, we often operate according to the adage - if something is good, more is better. Over doing a good thing can be detremental to one's digestive and immune systems. Ayurveda offers a comprehensive and balanced informational system which allows a person to determine which techniques and levels of detoxification are right for them, as well as guides to proper timing.

My concern was well illustrated when one cold March afternoon, a client/friend came to me saying she had spent nearly $500. to receive a series of detox treatments including colonics from a well known area healer.

My friend, weighing in at about 90 lbs, was complaining about feeling cold, sick and weak! The cold and damp weather prevelant during March, is not a time to further stress a system with a detoxification regiem. There is an intellegence and order to nature, and the best time to start a cleansing treatment is during the transitional weather of late spring, early summer.

Ayurveda teaches that at this time, the internal system is undergoing a seasonal transition from Kapha to Pitta, as is the weather, and needs to be cleansed of it's excess Kapha (mucus, water element) humor, in order to prevent the clogging of Kapha in the system, and thus, a series of spring and summer colds and sinus conditions.

There are also many levels of detoxification processes to choose from according to your Ayurvedic dosha type, or constitution.

Thus, to determine what kind of cleansing regeim is best of you, the first step is to determine what is your constitutional dosha type. Here is a short test to get an idea of your dosha type.

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