What Is A “healing Crisis”?

The healing crisis is a fundamental concept of naturopathic medicine, since many treatments usually start with a purification, the moment in which the healing crises occur, and therefore it is very common to find these situations.

Why does a healing crisis occur?

What is known as a “healing crisis” occurs when the toxic substances deposited in the fatty tissues of the body are mobilized, which pass into the blood.

This passage to the blood is the prerequisite to achieve the objective that is pursued, which is to be able to eliminate toxic substances from the body. This is done in different ways: mainly through the kidneys (through urine), but also through the skin (through sweat or rashes), through the intestine (with bile and feces) or through the lungs. (through breathing), among others.

In purifying treatments, fluid intake is increased (water, broths, juices, infusions …) both to promote the elimination of toxic substances and to minimize their permanence in the blood. The same is true when fasting as therapy.

Symptoms of a healing crisis

Symptoms occur while the toxic substances to be eliminated are in circulation. The main annoyances are:

• One of the best known is headache, but nausea, vomiting, skin rashes, dizziness are also common …
• Another quite common added symptom is fatigue or lack of energy, mainly due to the abandonment of the stimulating substances that were taken, which is mandatory in a detox, a cleansing or purifying treatment.
• Special mention should be made of the damage caused by abandoning the caffeine present in coffee, tea, mate tea or in some drinks with cola, since it is part of very widespread habits. A very common symptom of withdrawal due to lack of caffeine is, again, a headache or headache. It is a headache that usually lasts between one and three days, depending on the dose consumed and the person’s tolerance. You have to be patient, because then it disappears permanently, just like the weakness resulting from the lack of the stimulating substance.

This is why many people have a weekend headache when they stop or cut back on their daily coffee consumption.

• On many occasions, by releasing the body of a notable part of the toxic substances that blocked the body’s regulatory mechanisms, these can start again and unblock a chronic state. In this way, an acute pathology, new or old, can be generated , suppressed at the time with a symptomatic treatment (such as a dermatitis treated with cortisone, for example). This pathology has a cleansing and healing character, and it is another form of manifestation of what is called a healing crisis.