Do You Even Drain, Babe? The Detox Mistake Keeping You Sick

If you’re detoxing without drainage… you’re just recirculating your misery.

Here’s the tea:
Detox doesn’t start with a juice cleanse.
Or a castor oil pack.
Or even supplements.

It starts with drainage — your body’s built-in trash removal system.

If those exits aren’t open and working, all you’re doing is stirring up toxins and letting them recirculate like bad gossip at brunch.
And that means more bloat, brain fog, fatigue, skin breakouts, and “why do I feel worse on this protocol?” moments.

Let’s break it down.

🧠 What is drainage, exactly?

Drainage = your body's elimination pathways.
These are the systems that get waste out — not just from your gut, but from your liver, lymph, and cells.

Key drainage pathways:

• Colon (you gotta poop, babe)

• Liver + bile flow

• Lymphatic system

• Kidneys

• Skin

• Lungs

• Emotional release (yes, crying counts)

If these are clogged, sluggish, or overwhelmed?
You will react poorly to detox protocols.

🚨 Signs your drainage pathways need support:

• You get headaches or nausea from supplements

• You feel worse during a “detox”

• You’re constipated or inconsistent with pooping

• You feel puffy, swollen, or heavy

• You’re sensitive to everything (foods, smells, etc.)

• Your skin breaks out when you “clean up your diet”

🧹 How to Open Drainage Before You Detox

This is your non-negotiable prep work.

1. Support bowel movements
→ Daily, smooth, satisfying poops. Use magnesium citrate, bitter herbs, gentle motility support (prokinetics), ginger tea.

2. Stimulate bile flow
→ Dandelion tea, bitter greens, digestive bitters, artichokes, beets, olive oil & lemon shot on an empty stomach, and yes — castor oil packs over the liver.

3. Move your lymph
→ Dry brushing, Big-6 practice, rebounding (mini trampoline or just hopping on the spot), walking, gentle stretching, sauna, or massage.

4. Hydrate the kidneys
→ Minerals + water = lymph flow + kidney filtration. Add sea salt or trace mineral drops to your water.

5. Calm the nervous system
→ If you’re stressed, drainage shuts down. Prioritize breathwork, gentle movement, somatic tools, or even humming/singing.

✨ TL;DR:

If you don’t drain, you don’t detox.
You just reabsorb.

Start here, and your body will finally feel safe enough to release.
Skip it, and you’ll stay stuck in the symptom spin cycle — no matter how “clean” you eat.

With fiber, ferments, and a little functional magic,
Ksenia 🧼💩💅