emunctory

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emunctory

[e-mungk´to-re]

1. excretory or cleansing.

2. an excretory organ or duct.

emunctory

(ĭ-mŭngk′tə-rē)

adj.

Serving to carry waste out of the body; excretory.

n. pl. emuncto·ries

An organ or duct that removes or carries waste from the body.

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We could talk detox for 100 articles, but I feel that our emunctories or detoxification organs are extremely important for our long-term health.

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Naturopathically speaking, there are multiple ways to increase the effectiveness of our emunctories. One is everyone's favorite: the coffee enema.

There are multiple other options available to us to effectively stimulate the emunctories: constitutional hydrotherapy, UNDA and GEMMO complex homeopathics from Belgium, far-infrared saunas, various forms of fasting, and so on.

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These processed wastes are then sent to the primary emunctories for elimination: the digestive tract eliminates solid wastes; the kidneys eliminate liquid waste; the lungs eliminate gaseous waste; and the skin eliminates waste in the form of sweat.