11 Ways to Support your Hashimotos Drainage Pathways

In today’s toxic world we are bombarded by environmental toxins and our poor bodies just cannot keep up with all of them. This can perpetuate a host of unwanted symptoms (hello brain fog and fatigue!)

Picture your body like a clogged pipe. When it’s exposed to all of the toxins like mold, heavy metals, and other environmental toxins, it gets clogged, bogged down and is not able to function and give us the energy, mental clarity, and relief we need.

Meet your drainage pathways: Your brain, digestive tract, liver and bile ducts, lymphatic system, kidneys, lungs, and your cells.

When these get bogged down with toxins, the toxins have no where to go, but get stuck in these areas of our bodies and will make their way out through symptoms.

When looking at the drainage funnel image to the right, we want to start with the bottom of the funnel and work our way up to ensure the body is systematically supported.

Here are some signs your drainage pathways need some love:

• Brain fog

• Chronic fatigue

• Swollen lymph nodes and/or glands

• Sore or swollen breast tissue

• You wake up between 1-4am

• You have rashes, acne, eczema

• Mood challenges (anxiety/depression)

• Your skin doesn’t sweat

• Constipation

• Puffy eyes

If you said yes to many or even all of these, you’re not alone. It’s very common that many of us with Hashimotos have poor drainage pathways.

The good news is, there is a lot we can do to keep these in check.

Here are 11 tools to support your drainage pathways:

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1. Eat anti-inflammatory foods: Good quality animal protein, healthy fats, and a variety of fruits and vegetables at every meal.

2. Castor oil packs (Use code: “Hashimotos 10” for 10% off:) These support your liver which in turn supports your thyroid (where t4 gets converted to t3). Learn more about them here.

3. Epsom salt baths: In today’s stressful world we are all deficient in magnesium and cannot always get it through our food and supplementation. Soaking in Epsom salt for 20 minutes a few days a week allows absorption through the skin and can help alleviate rashes and stress.

4. Have 2-3 bowel movements a day: This helps push out toxins through your colon. If you struggle to do this on your own, castor oil packs and coffee enemas (code: Hashimotos10) are a few of my favorite tools (both support the colon and the liver and bile ducts— win-win!)

5. Get sunshine: 10-15 minutes per day without sunscreen for optimal absorption

6. Get adequate sleep: Aim for 7-8 hours per night and in bed ideally by 10:00pm

7. Breath work: This supports your lymphatic and nervous system— I like using 5-5-8 counts.

8. Sweat in an infrared sauna (use code: “Rassp10” for 10% off): This helps push out toxins through sweating. Read more about best practices for using one here.

9. Dry brushing: This helps move toxins by supporting your lymphatic system.

10. Make safer product swaps: Read— 13 of my Thyroid Friendly Favorites.

11. Coffee Enemas (use code: Hashimotos10 for 10% off): These are amazing to support bowel movements, liver health, and support your nervous system.

If you’ve done or tried any of these, you’re doing amazing at supporting your drainage pathways!

Like anything else with health, supporting drainage pathways involves consistency. Choosing the ones that feel good for your body and making a routine out of it can set you up for long term relief!

For me personally, supporting my drainage pathways has helped alleviate many of my symptoms throughout my own Hashimtos journey (especially castor oil packs, coffee enemas, and the sauna!) My cystic acne started to clear and I started to feel more mental clarity.

For more support, I cover drainage in more detail as well as next steps after drainage (tackling parasites) inside my self-paced course Hashimotos 101.

Sending you so much love, healing and HOPE!

Allison