When we think of circulation, we commonly think of our blood, the veins and arteries that carry it and the heart that beats to move it about our bodies. There is another circulatory system that exists in our bodies that is often forgotten.

It is called the lymphatic system and it has it's own fluid called lymph fluid, and it's own vesselscalled lymphatic vessels and it's own pumping system.

Whereas the blood delivers oxygen and nutrients to the cells, the lymph is responsible for removing waste products and dealing with infections.

If your body were a small city, then the lymph would be the garbage men, the sewer system and the police force all in one.

Let's look first at how the lymphatic system removes wastes:

As we said, Lymph fluid bathes all the cells of the body. 

Think of it as a slow moving river washing away the waste products of the cells. 

After cleansing the tissue, the lymph fluid is transported through a series of tubes called lymphatic vessels and through specialized glands glands called lymph nodes and other lymph organs before it finally rejoins the rest of the blood in the chest.

While you cannot see a lymph vessel like you can see the blue veins on the insides of your arms or feel the flow of lymphatic fluid like you can feel the blood move through the arteries of your wrists, they are there.

 This means that we have nearly 3 times as much lymph fluid in our body as blood. 

We all have an estimated 100,000 lymph nodes and approximately 45 pints of lymph fluid in our body as blood.

Let's first look at the lymph nodes.  They are found throughout the body, with clusters of them in the Groin, Neck and Armpits.

Inside the lymph nodes special white blood vessels called lymphocytes that produce antibodies.  Antibodies are molecules that are attached to infectious microorganism and foreign debris. 

Swollen Tonsils are simply tonsils that are working overtime trying to produce antibodies and clean the throat.  Tonsils keep the  throat healthy and balance the Immune System.  This is an important and difficult job. 

The spleen is another specialized lymph node and one of it's jobs is to filter the blood of foreign substances and the 500 billion worn out blood cells that die every hour.  The spleen also stores red blood cells and releases blood to the body in case of extreme blood loss. 

Many people believe that it is the Liver that filters the blood.  Rather than filter the blood,
the Liver instead creates substances that combine with toxins that helps them get removed from the body.

The word "filter" is more appropriately given to the Spleen than to the Liver.

The Thymus gland is another organ of the lymph system and it is located behind your breastbone in the center of your chest.  The Thymus is where T Cells come from and as such, play a very important role in immunity.  Unfortunately, the Thymus typically shrinks to a fraction of its size by adulthood.

The Appendix is another part of the lymph system.  There are on average 500.000 Appendixes
surgically cut out of Americans every years.  For a long time we thought that the Appendix
was a useless organ left over from evolution that served no purpose. 

We now know that to be incorrect. 

It turns out that the Appendix is a reserve for good colonic flora.  In the event of an infection,
or in modern times antibiotics, destroy the good bacteria in the colon, all is not lost. 

The good bacteria held in the appendix can come out and repopulate the colon.

In the same way that the tonsils keep the throat healthy, the appendix keeps the colon healthy.
Unlike the tonsils, when the appendix needs to be removed, it is a life-threatening event and
surgery must be quickly performed, but one must still ask, what can we do to keep the
appendix healthier so that it might not require surgery in the first place? Maybe --- More fiber in the Diet?

Now that we know what the lymph system does, the question remains, how does the lymph fluid
move through the body?  The circulatory system has the heart to push the blood along. 

The Lymphatic system relies almost entirely on the movement of our muscles to get from place
 to place.  While the lymph does get a little boost from the back pressure of the blood supply
 and the movement of the diaphragm as we breathe, without exercise, the lymphatic decreases by 94%.

For thousands of years, humans had to exercise.         Before cars, we had to walk. 
Before gas stoves, we had to chop wood.  Before plumbing, we had to carry water. 
Before grocery stores we had to grow crops. 
 
Even if we were not in a physically demanding job like being a farmer or a mason or a carpenter,
 just day to day living made you move about. 

Nowadays, many people spend more than half their lives without getting any exercise at all. 

We already spend 8 hours a day sleeping in a bed.  If you work from a desk, add another 8 hours of inactivity. 

Add to that our daily commute and it becomes apparent, the average American now spends a vast majority of his or her time in a state of physical inactivity.

While being relieved of the backbreaking manual labor that made up much of pre-industrial existence has certainly been a blessing in many ways, it has also had a negative effect on our bodies.

We are meant to move, and without movement, the fluids of our bodies become stagnant,and specifically our lymph fluids.       MOVE THE BODY!

This is one of the many reasons that exercise is important for our health.  When you see small children locking their legs in a chair, this is because they instinctively want to move their lymph.Unfortunately, this behavior is not encouraged in most schools. 

If you have a sedentary desk job, get up every few minutes and move about.  It is good for you!  Try to get at least 5 minutes of movement every hour of your waking day.

There is another way in which we can support our lymphatic system and that is with bitter foods.

 If you taste nearly any medical herb, you will notice that it is bitter.  Bitter flavors stimulate the Immune System in the same way sweet flavors suppress it.

Fruits and vegetables 5,000 years ago were more bitter and less sweet than they are today.  An example of this is a crabapple.  Thousands of years ago, all apples tasted like crabapples. You never had one? They are small, bitter apples that you'd rather spit out than swallow.

Over thousands of years, farmers picked the biggest and sweetest crab apples to grow and in thismanner bred what are now known as the modern apple.  While these sweet apples taste good, They have been stripped of their medicinal lymphatic stimulating qualities and their excessive sweetness encourages infections by increasing our blood sugar levels as well as directly
suppressing our Immune Systems.

For all these reasons, we have developed LYMPLEX.

LYMPLEX contains 10 herbs specifically chosen for their lymphatic cleansing and for their rejuvenating properties.  They include Echinacea, Ginger, Astragalus, Cleavers, Calendula, Red Root, Lobelia, Mullein and Burdock. 

You can take Lymplex anytime you are feeling sluggish, have an infection or if are doing a general cleanse.

When you take Lymplex you may notice physical sensations in the lymph nodes around your body.
These are signs that the sluggish nodes are getting a good cleanse.  It is also possible for a person to feel tired or a "little under the weather" the first time they take Lymplex. 

This is natural and is to be expected as years of accumulated debris is now being flushed out of the body. 

Lymplex is 3 caps per serving.  Total 90 veg caps per bottle = 30 servings.
Proprietary Blend = 690 mg"
ingredients:  Ginger, Echinacea Augustiflolia, Echinacea Purpura, Astragalus, Cleavers, Calandula, Red Root, Lobelia, Mullein, Burdock  Other Ingredients:  Silicon Dioxide.