Husband and I just purchased an infrared sauna and have been using it for 2 weeks and can honestly say I feel much better after using it. We got it for the detoxing of mercury. Just got my last filling out in Jan. and hoping to get the mercury out of the fat. I've gradually gotten the temp up to 130 and staying in for 30 minutes so I'm really sweating something out. But I do feel better after.

you will sweat in a hot bath as well. i love baths because they were about all i could do at first and they always gave me some relief. Epsom Salt is good. a cold sitz bath right after the hot bath is the ultimate. it gets everything flowing the proper direction. MH just got through answering questions about it. here is his forum:


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Out of curiousity, how do you know your trouble swallowing is from a swollen thyroid? I have had trouble swallowing off and on for years now - but my (allopathic) doc at the time said it was from acid reflux. Of which I was taking drugs for, but they never helped. Just wondering what you mean by not being able to swallow, and how you know it's thryroid. Do you feel like there's a lump in your throat (or rather a little farther down)? Or is it more like your swallow reflex is gone?

Do you (or anyone else) have anything (like a website listing this as a symptom) that could help me figure this out in regards to thyroid? That would make more sense than acid reflux - I mean, if it was acid reflux causing it, wouldn't the drugs make some sort of dent in the feeling at all?

Thanks so much for opening my eyes to different possibilities! I know in the long run it doesn't really matter what my individual symptoms are, if I can find a way to make myself healthy again, but I'm the type of person who like to understand as much as I can, and then research it to death, and then "cure" it. My "milestones" are measured by each symptom being cured. And yes, I'm a list maker also ;)

Marnie

 

 

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If the swollen throat is actually from your thyroid, I can attest to having the same problem during the first two months of Iodine supplementation. (I was always able to equate needing to have my thyroid meds "upped" in my past when my thyroid started to enlarge again....

During the first two months of Iodine therapy, my thyroid, AND my "cold" spells, were on and off. Sometimes, the enlarged thyroid (with its highly annoying pressure where it felt like the skin stuck to the back of my throat whenever I swallowed) was with me for a week at a time, and then reduce in size again. After two weeks of Iodine supplementation, I awoke with hyPERthyroid symptoms, and started taking my thyroid meds (which were at 88mcg) at HALF size. Three weeks after THAT (on March 1), I stopped taking the meds altogether!

My thyroid now stays at a nice, small, comfortable size. And my energy is at a nice consistent level, AND, I don't get ice-cold to my very core anymore. My feet NEVER get cold anymore!

It is very NICE!

I have used a FIR (Far-Infrared-Sauna) sauna for about 10 months now along with other detox methods and find it to be a very helpful tool in my detox journey. Important when using sauna therapy is to make sure your minerals don't get depleted. Magnesium and sodium in particular and all others to a lesser extent can be depleted with excess daily sweating. I used my sauna for 5 months 4-5 times a week and found that breaking a sweat became more difficult and took longer. My skin and eyes also became dry. This led me to research a little and now I make sure I replenish my minerals and now I only use the sauna 2-3 times a week. I also use Epsom Salt bath once a week. I believe both detox methods would complement each other but on different days.
The sauna mineral depletion led me to try Iodine and provided yet another a key piece of my detox puzzle.

Good luck,

Sojo

Sorry, was so slow to get back, and thank you for everyone's feedback. I was so tired from detoxing, I could barely move !

I ended up doing an Epsom Salt bath that night. I used 1 cup of Epsom Salts in a nice hot bath. I also added some baking soda. Well, I lay in there up to my chin for 15 minutes and miraculously (really) all my symptoms were gone! I have never experienced something like this before - I was amazed! My detox symptoms before
the bath were burning thyroid,knee caps,feet and elbows. Also a mighty frontal lobe headache. Last night I had another one, and again it provided me with immediate relief. Today I feel the best! (: