We usually think of toxins building up from the lack of correct nutrition as experienced in many Third World countries. In fact, no section of the human race is free from this toxic build-up which blocks the flow of the vital force, ending in poor health. Substances that flow in food, etc., react with the organs and tissues of the flow system, and are themselves changed in the process and finally leave the system. Compatible substances do not cause any disturbance in the flow balance. According to homotoxicology, inflammation is a process of drainage of homotoxins.
Homeopathic medicines function as antitoxins.
The flow of lymph in the body is necessary to remove excess wastes or toxic materials from the blood as well as recirculate nutrients and proteins back into the blood stream. When there is a build-up of toxic wastes in the system, whether exogenous, endogenous or autogenous in nature, we begin to observe a swelling in the lymph nodules. These nodules are more easily palpable in young children than adults. Drainage procedures of the lymphatic system may vary from practitioner to practitioner depending on the modality so practiced. The chiropractor usually proceeds with the physical method of drainage followed by the chiropractic adjustment to the specific vertebral segment.