This is the first in a series of articles that highlight the work that natural medicine accomplishes. We will begin by featuring the Hydro Body-detoxification Foot-spa System. It is a safe, painless and effective 30-minute hi-tech, ionic hydro-detoxification system that supports the body in healing itself; and Guyanese Natural Therapist, Leisl Dale Headley sat down with us to explain how the system works, and the benefits it elicits.

THE Hydro Body-detoxification Foot-spa System helps rid the body of toxins (overload of poisons or chemicals) by way of the feet. “An overload of lead, mercury, iron, copper, could make us lethargic; weak; affect our sleep; cause us to forget; become irritable,” Leisl explained.
Everyone is subject to poisons in the body. The body is made in such a way as to take care of such toxins, but because it becomes compromised at times, the lymphatic system alone is not enough to take care of the job. Hence, this foot-spa system acts as a support to the body in ridding it of toxins.
This unique hydrotherapy detoxification process uses special stainless steel electrodes within a foot detox spa bath to create subtle micro-currents within the water, thus helping the body to cleanse, purify and balance its chemistry by drawing stored toxins through the organ and tissue channels located under the foot.
The persons mostly at risk of having poisons accumulate in the body include those who are subjected to a lot of chemicals, like lab workers, drug store workers, hairdressers, nail artistes, those who go to the salon, and those who dye their hair.      

How it works    
Leisl explained that the client usually sits with his/her feet in a container of water that covers just over the ankles. That person is then attached to a machine by means of a coil placed in the water. The coil is attached to the person’s hand, and because of this, “it’s like the (that person’s) body is now involved in an entire circuit.”
The coil is a scientific instrument that Leisl gets out of Canada. It serves to extract the poisons into the water, which usually contains a bit of sea salt.
“Because our nerve endings are located at the bottom of our feet, we deposit metals and chemicals in the water, which takes on a certain colour. So the colour of the water will determine the type of poison in the body,” Leisl disclosed.

Indicators
Either black or brown colouration indicates toxins in the liver; black flecks indicate heavy metals; brown also indicates cellular debris and tobacco; dark green indicates toxins of the gall bladder; white particles most likely indicate yeast; red flecks indicate blood clot material; orange indicates acids from joints of the body; white foam indicates toxins from the lymphatic system; and yellow/green colouration indicates toxins from the kidneys, the bladder, the urinary tract, and from feminine/prostate regions.
Children from age four can be subjected to this treatment. There are hardly any discomforts associated with the process. However, a very sensitive person might feel a little scratching on their hands where the coil rests.
There may be need for an individual to repeat the process at least three times. This is because that person’s body may be so full of toxins that it may take weeks before the water starts to clear up.
The amount of times the process is repeated depends on the client. The process is done in a matter of days. “For instance, if you start treatment on a Monday, I expect to see you on Thursday and then Monday again, because we don’t want the toxins to build up in the body.”       

Benefits
“What this (the system) does is help to improve your circulation. At times people experience a lot of headaches, because their body is clogged with a lot of toxins and they don’t know it. It frees you from headaches, improves your skin, improves your mental clarity, and helps you to absorb your foods better.
“It also helps your body improve (its) intake of oxygen, and inactivates bacteria, yeasts and fungus in the body,” Leisl explained.
Relating an example, she said: “I had a client who was a hairdresser. Her story is a fantastic one. She used to have a lot of abscesses and foot swellings, but from coming and doing the foot spa detoxification and the lymphatic massage drainage…no more abscesses. If she stays away too long and continues to do that job, abscesses (will) start back until she comes and unclogs herself.”
Additional benefits of the foot spa detoxification include the following: it helps to purify the blood, tissues, cells and lymphatic glands; it stimulates and balances the immune system; it enhances nutrient absorption; it reduces inflammation and unwanted fluid retention; it assists in weight loss, and removes uric acid from the body; it slows down aging and improves body flexibility; it improves sleep and removes caffeine in blood and tissues.
Leisl doesn’t like to perform her services just for the money involved. She delights in helping people, and derives satisfaction from seeing the positive results produced in her clients.
“Because it is so essential and so much treatment is attached to it, I try to make (the charge) as reasonable as possible. The process is very affordable,” she related.
She has been exposed to natural medicine since 1996, but became certified in 2008. She can be reached at Lot 1 Station Street, Kitty, or by telephone numbers 231- 5500 and 622-6064.