You begin to feel unwell, you often have a headache, poor sleep and appetite, you lack vital energy, and medications do not bring the desired result, which means that your body is polluted and needs to be cleansed.
Signs of slagging in the body
Many signs of slagging in the body begin to be felt by the age of 30, regardless of gender. And often, we ourselves bring the body to this state. Poor nutrition, a passive lifestyle, smoking and alcohol, complemented by poor environment and stress, all contribute to the malfunction of internal organs and systems.
There is a disruption in the functioning of the digestive system, respiratory organs, urinary system, disruption of the elimination of waste and toxins that are unnecessary for the body; they settle in the muscles, bone tissue, on the walls of blood vessels, and a number of diseases occur. Therefore, if your immunity has decreased, you have become irritable and get tired easily, are dissatisfied with the color of your face, the appearance of circles under your eyes and do not have serious illnesses, you need to cleanse your body, help get rid of unnecessary accumulations, in other words, do a general cleaning.
To do this, it is not necessary to run to a medical center or pay for expensive medications, although consultation with a medical professional is desirable, and in some cases, mandatory; simply the procedure for cleansing the body can be carried out at home, using well-known folk methods.
Herbal cleansing
Perhaps you doubt whether the body needs cleansing?
Yes, we do! We clean the house, the summer cottage. The human body can cleanse itself, but it is better to help it than to watch it begin to work for wear and tear due to poor ecology and poor nutrition.
These recipes have been known for a very long time. With their help, you can get rid of waste and toxins in blood vessels, the liver, and cleanse the blood and lymph.
Cleaning blood vessels gives brilliant results, as well as getting rid of parasites. A very simple recipe - lemon with garlic:
- take 4 lemons, keep them in hot water for 10 seconds, then cut them into 2 halves, squeeze out the juice,
- take 1 head of garlic, peel, grate,
- combine 2 ingredients, leave in the cupboard for 3 days, then strain,
- Store the liquid in the refrigerator.
In the morning, pour 1 tbsp. l. liquid in 50 ml of water, drink on an empty stomach. When the composition is finished, do the second, third, fourth. Your blood vessels will be so cleansed that you will not walk, but fly!
Pour 30 - 35 g of currant leaves, no matter fresh or dry, with 200 ml of boiling water, let stand for 30 minutes. Then drain the broth. Take 100 ml three times a day 25 minutes before meals. With this decoction you will cleanse the liver, blood vessel walls, heart, lymph, and remove toxins!
Cleaning with rice
The Tibetan recipe for cleansing the body with rice was considered the secret of Tibetan lamas.
This is a simple but very effective method.
- Take round rice, take as many heaped tablespoons as you are old.
- In the evening, pour it into the pan, rinse it, add boiled cold water so that it covers the grains of rice.
- Place in the refrigerator until the morning.
- In the morning take one tbsp. l. rice, add water, place on a gas stove, cook for 5 minutes. That's it, you can eat!
- Fill the remaining rice with new water.
- Do this procedure every morning until 7-30 o’clock, until the rice runs out.
- The rice grains should be eaten on an empty stomach; after this procedure, do not drink or eat anything for 3 hours.
Keep in mind: it draws out not only salts, but also potassium. To avoid feeling unwell during the cleansing period, eat figs, raisins, dried apricots, potatoes, drink tea with honey, and viburnum.
As a result you will get:
- clear skin, beautiful complexion;
- improved metabolism;
- restoration of liver cells;
- pain and crunching go away from the joints;
- Lightness appears in the body, a surge of strength is felt.
Why rice? It's all about the structure of the grains. When they pass through the intestines, the “lattice” obtained after washing out the starch absorbs all harmful substances.
Garlic tincture
One of the most popular methods of cleansing the body of toxins 100-200 years ago was the so-called “mono-diet”. Its cleansing properties lie in the fact that when following such a diet, the synthesis of enzymes is significantly reduced - this helps to normalize the functioning of both the pancreas and bile ducts.
The mono-diet itself is when a person takes only one product during meals without any additives. It can be:
- rice porrige;
- chicken eggs;
- boiled vegetables (carrots and beets are great);
- boiled chicken (breast, which has virtually no fat);
- oatmeal;
- bran bread;
- chicken bouillon.
Moreover, it is recommended to lightly salt each of the above dishes with sea salt (literally - on the tip of a knife) - it contains potassium, which helps normalize the synthesis of enzymes. It is necessary to follow such a mono-diet for at least 1 week to cleanse the body.
The diet itself can be compiled independently according to “your taste.” The main thing is its soft action. This diet is suitable even for stomach and duodenal ulcers (but it is necessary to coordinate it with your doctor).
And another equally effective folk remedy for cleansing the body is eating round rice. Moreover, the following rules should be adhered to:
- We clean the rice by sifting to remove impurities, if any (soaking and rinsing is not necessary).
- In the evening before going to bed, put 1 cup of rice in a saucepan and add cool water.
- Place the pan in the refrigerator overnight.
- In the morning, put the rice on the fire, bring it to a boil and turn it off after 5 minutes - this will be breakfast.
- After this, you need to pour a new portion of rice and place it in the refrigerator again for dinner.
How will this method help you cleanse yourself? Round rice contains a small amount of starch. And when consumed, most of it is broken down and excreted from the body through the kidneys. The residual mass acts like activated carbon - it absorbs all toxins and waste from the body. By following such a diet at least 3 times a month, you won’t have to worry about toxins at all.
Oats Lingonberry leaves Currant leaves
But cleansing the blood of toxins and plaques can be done using a decoction based on oats and lingonberry leaves (can be replaced with black currant leaves collected in May). Approximately 100 grams of oats are mixed with 50 grams of ground lingonberry leaves, poured with boiling water and left for 24 hours.
Overall, cleansing your body at home is quite simple. The main thing is to follow the correct diet and get rid of waste and toxins. All this can be done even without the use of pharmacological drugs. Moreover, doctors also advise you to adhere to the above recommendations.
It is important to understand that our body has a large and small intestine. It is in the large intestine that a huge amount of waste accumulates throughout our lives. They seem to turn to stone and do not leave their homes. As a result, they provide a breeding ground for pathogenic flora. Bacteria live, multiply and multiply in it. Sometimes they are not the most beneficial for our body.
In addition, waste releases toxins that are absorbed into the bloodstream and travel to all systems and organs. Hence illnesses, ailments, weakness and a gray complexion. It is because of toxins in the large intestine that we often feel heaviness below and start taking medications for the stomach. In fact, you just need to soften the waste and toxins and remove them. You will literally lose several kilograms immediately.
So, cleansing the body for weight loss is necessary for the following reasons:
- Removing toxins from the body.
- Release of the walls of the large intestine. Through them, the beneficial components of the food consumed will subsequently be absorbed into the bloodstream.
- Feeling of lightness in the abdominal area. Losing a few cm from your waist almost instantly.
- Elimination of fatigue, insomnia.
- Getting rid of allergic reactions.
Remember, proper cleansing allows you to lose 2-3 kg in a week and at the same time get rid of exogenous (obtained from the outside) and endogenous (already formed inside) toxins.
To remove toxins from the body, radically change your diet. It is important to include a lot of plant fiber in the menu. These are:
- Raw vegetables (cabbage, carrots, beets, tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers);
- Fruits and berries (including watermelon);
- Dried fruits;
- Cereal porridges (buckwheat, pearl barley, millet, wheat porridge);
- Lactic acid products (kefir, yogurt, cottage cheese);
- Any bran (wheat, flax, oat, buckwheat, etc.).
If you want to get rid of toxins and decide to cleanse your body with activated carbon for weight loss, then know that it is a sorbent. That is, it absorbs into itself. But often not only toxins, but also beneficial substances. Activated carbon is good for obvious poisoning. It works on the principle of an ambulance and sweeps away everything indiscriminately.
Sometimes modern women use this method of removing toxins. To do this, you need to prepare a brine solution from 1 liter of water and 1 heaped teaspoon of salt. The solution should be at room temperature. It is drunk in the morning on an empty stomach according to the following scheme:
- The first cup is 150 ml. Then a pause of 10 minutes, during which you need to do bends and squats.
- Then a second cup of drink 200 ml. And again gymnastics.
- Then again a cup of water and thus you need to drink the entire solution.
Salt cleansing should not be done if you have heart, blood pressure, or stomach/intestinal problems.
Interesting: Diet for constipation
It is considered the most harmless after the grocery store. But provided that you do not have allergies. It is important to remember that herbal cleansing has a different cleansing effect on the body:
- Kidney cleansing - dill, knotweed, horsetail, birch leaves.
- Choleretic - caraway (fruit), chicory, celandine (herb and juice), dandelion and yarrow.
- Senna and buckthorn give a good laxative effect. But remember that their long-term use can provoke intestinal atony (loss of tone and inability to independently remove feces).
If you want to get rid of toxins at home, be extremely attentive and careful. The fact is that thoughtless actions can lead to such disastrous consequences:
- Rectal injuries;
- Dysbacteriosis;
- Exacerbation of chronic diseases such as gastritis, ulcers, etc.;
- Removing not only toxins from the body, but also useful substances;
- Violation of the body's electrolyte balance and failure of intestinal motility.
Where to start cleansing the body
Cleansing should begin with the intestines, since this is where most toxins and wastes accumulate. Due to a lack of daily consumption of clean water, intake of low-quality products, and poor nutrition, food cannot be completely digested, so it begins to ferment there, rot, poisoning our body.
And its poisoning leads to excess weight, headaches, lethargy, and apathy. This is followed by serious illnesses, including cancer. Now do you understand how seriously you need to take cleansing this organ?
Next we move on to cleansing the liver. A polluted liver is not able to cleanse the blood well, and this leads to the fact that toxins begin to poison the entire body.
In addition, the liver secretes bile, which promotes the breakdown of fats. Is a clogged organ really able to cope with its task?
Then we cleanse the kidneys - another blood filter. It is important to know that after cleansing the liver, the kidneys themselves begin to cope with the cleansing task.
There are also many ways to cleanse joints, lymph, blood, and parasites. Even in ancient times, people searched and found ways to cleanse their bodies, and we will find them too.
Traditional medicine
Here drugs are used to cleanse the intestines. Interestingly, in this case, doctors do not deny the presence of toxins in the body. Typically, enterosorbents are used for these purposes - drugs that absorb harmful substances and remove them from the human body along with feces.
Names of the most effective:
- Smecta.
- Enterosgel.
- Polysorb.
- Lactofiltrum.
- Enterodesis.
The listed drugs work well in the intestines (clean out toxins), are prescribed for diarrhea, and also to speed up the evacuation of worms from the body after anthelmintic therapy.
Black activated carbon is not included in the list. This is the cheapest and most accessible remedy from the group of enterosorbents, which helps cleanse the intestines of toxins, poisons, and mucus. However, it is considered harsh, irritating the delicate mucous membranes, and therefore is prescribed infrequently.
Ways to gradually cleanse the body at home
Cleaning is a serious procedure that needs to be done correctly. Otherwise, you can worsen your condition. To be successful, plan the event several weeks in advance and don't treat it like a chore. Losing weight requires a comprehensive cleansing that affects the intestines, kidneys, liver and other organs.
Cleansing should begin with the intestines. The ideal option is regular bran. They include biologically active substances, fiber and vitamins. Penetrating into the stomach, bran absorbs moisture, swells, irritating the intestinal walls and causing bowel movements. Fiber absorbs toxins and breakdown products and removes them from the body naturally.
You can use any bran. Oat, wheat and rye raw materials help well. There are several simple and effective recipes.
- Eat 2 tbsp. l. bran 15 minutes before meals, washed down with 2 glasses of clean water. Drinking fluids is mandatory. Otherwise, the bran will not be able to swell and absorb harmful substances.
- Measure out 1 cup of bran, pour into a saucepan and pour 1 liter. water. Bring to a boil, simmer for a quarter of an hour and turn off. Strain the cooled broth and drink 120 ml shortly before breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Methods for step-by-step cleansing of the body at home are described by Gennady Malakhov and Oleg Nizhegorodtsev.
According to their methods, organ cleansing occurs in the same sequence as described above.
- For complete cleansing of the body, doctor Oleg Nizhegorodtsev recommends the use of various phytocomplexes and dietary supplements developed for each organ separately.
- While cleansing the body at home according to Malakhov is based on the use of folk remedies. Below is a set of measures for cleansing the intestines, cleansing the liver and kidneys.
- Colon cleansing according to Gennady Malakhov’s method involves using enemas of 2 liters of water with the addition of a tablespoon of lemon juice in the morning after using the toilet. The duration of the procedures is no longer than 14 days. Before completely cleansing the body, an enema cleanses out the most toxic accumulations from the colon.
- To cleanse the liver you will need a heating pad, vegetable oil (100 ml) and lemon juice (100 ml). The volume of oil and juice can be increased to 300 ml if cleaning is repeated or depending on body weight. After making yourself comfortable and placing a heating pad on your liver, take a sip of oil, then a sip of lemon juice every 15 minutes until all the liquid has been drunk.
- One of the methods of cleansing the kidneys according to Malakhov is the watermelon diet. It is suggested to eat only watermelon pulp and 300 g of bread during the day. This diet lasts up to 2 weeks.
- Another remedy for cleansing the body of toxins, waste and poisons is sodium thiosulfate.
The method was developed by doctor V.M. Kondakova. The so-called “dry cleaning of the body” consists of daily use of one ampoule (10 ml) of a 30% solution of sodium thiosulfate diluted in 100 ml of water before bed. Upon completion of the course in 10 days, relief from fatigue, gray skin tone, and rashes, which are the first symptoms of intoxication, is noted. Signs of cleansing the body of toxins become obvious.
One of the simplest cleaning methods is an enema. It is often done at home.
But here it is very important to know a few nuances:
- Firstly, with the help of an enema it is possible to clean only the rectum and part of the small intestine. The large intestine can only be reached in a clinical setting using colon hydrotherapy. It is impossible to carry out such a procedure at home on your own.
- If done incorrectly, you can thin out the intestinal mucosa.
- If you abuse enemas, there is a high risk of washing out beneficial microflora from the rectum and small intestine. And this is fraught with dysbacteriosis and similar problems.
- You can do an enema at home if you have constipation. To do this, use a 0.5 liter syringe or an Esmarch mug.
The solution recipes look like this:
- For 1 liter of water, take a teaspoon of salt. This is no longer possible, as the solution can damage the mucous membrane. The salt composition is not used for hypertensive patients.
- Rinse the intestines with simply clean filtered water.
- Take a weak decoction of chamomile or calendula.
Important: the temperature of the solution should not be higher than 22-26 degrees.
Water is the key to health
The normal daily fluid intake for an adult is 12–14 glasses. This is the necessary volume for the high-quality elimination of toxins and waste from the body. A decrease in fluid leads to a deterioration in metabolism and salt retention.
How to use for home cleansing:
- When you wake up, drink 400 ml of water.
- The second portion in the same volume is taken after 2 hours, adding a little honey.
- Only after this do they have breakfast with fruits or vegetables.
- Lunch and dinner are carried out according to the usual pattern.
Course 7 days.
To ensure the maximum effect of the procedure, it is recommended to drink purified water.
Cleansing the body with activated carbon
The miraculous ability of activated carbon is due to its ability to attract and retain almost all harmful substances.
How to properly clean with activated carbon? The method is simple, safe, which means it can be used at home:
- For every 10 kg of a person’s weight, you need to take 1 tablet of coal. For example, you weigh 80 kg, which means you need to take 8 tablets of charcoal;
- this amount should be divided into 2 doses: 4 in the morning and 4 in the evening;
- they should be crushed before taking;
- drink plenty of water;
- Drink 2 liters of water during the day.
Course - 2-3 weeks.
Coal should not be taken if you have a stomach ulcer or bleeding in the gastrointestinal tract.
The ancient method of Indian yogis
This method is very interesting and useful for a healthy intestine:
- In the morning, immediately after sleep, you need to drink a mug of salted water. Afterwards, you need to bend to the left or to the right. Do this for 5 minutes.
- Then you should drink another glass of warm and salted water and repeat the same exercise again, only now you need to bend even lower. After this, you need to very slowly make rotational movements of the body in different directions.
- Then again drink a glass of warm and salted water. In conclusion, you need to sit on the floor, cross one leg over the other and bend forward.
- When all the muscles are well relaxed, you need to bend down to your toes. This exercise should be done about five times and proceed to the next one.
- After drinking another glass of water, stand up straight and place your feet shoulder-width apart. Bend to the floor about four times.
Cleansing fasting according to Bragg
Have you tried fasting to cleanse? But fasting will help the body cleanse itself of waste and toxins.
Try a one-day fast (24 hours) according to Bragg.
The technique is as follows: the day before the treatment procedure, you need to give up solid foods, but you can drink water with honey.
During fasting, you should drink distilled water to flush out your entire intestines. It is necessary to end the fast on natural juices.
Bragg also recommends eating a vegetable salad seasoned with lemon juice so that it moves like a whisk through the intestines, removing waste products and dead cells with them.
Diets for cleansing
Many diets are very difficult to maintain, but the buckwheat diet is easy! It is considered the safest, most useful, and effective. Using a buckwheat diet, you can lose weight and also remove waste and toxins from the body. In 2 weeks of diet you can lose 8 kg!
You need to take 2 cups of cereal and boil it in a liter of water until soft. You can eat porridge as much as you want, but only without salt. If it’s difficult, then drink kefir or eat some dried fruits. The course for weight loss and cleansing lasts 14 days, no more.
Eliminates toxins by influencing liver detoxification enzymes
Folk remedies that increase the effectiveness of liver enzymes (for example, cytochromes P450, CYP1 - key to removing harmful substances from the body) include grapefruit juice. Here, however, it is important to pay attention to its combination with the medications you are taking.
Grapefruit increases the elimination of medications and therefore reduces their effectiveness.
The problem can also arise with blood thinners (Warfarin). However, grapefruit juice is an effective detoxification method that does not require any effort.
O. I. Eliseeva also speaks about the importance of detoxification, liver support and ways to achieve this in her book “The Practice of Cleansing and Restoring the Body.”
How to cleanse the intestines of parasites
To normalize the functioning of the entire gastrointestinal tract, it is necessary to cleanse the intestines with flax seeds.
Drug recipe:
- Grind 100 grams of flax seeds in a coffee grinder, pour in 250 grams. sunflower oil (unrefined).
- Let stand for 7 days, shaking daily.
- Drink 1 tbsp three times a day. spoon in 45 minutes. before meals.
Course - 10 days. Shake well before use. During this period, exclude flour, sweets, and fried foods from your diet, eat fish and vegetable dishes.
A product known since ancient times that helps get rid of helminths at home is garlic. In addition to eating garlic, you can also do garlic enemas and a garlic suppository.
- Garlic enema. Pour the crushed cloves of one garlic with warm boiled water, leave for 30 minutes, strain and pour into the pear. Apply this cleansing of parasites in the morning on an empty stomach.
- Garlic candle. The infusion is prepared according to the same principle as for an enema. Make a tampon from cotton wool and a bandage, soak it in garlic water and insert it into the anus for 15-20 minutes.
Recommended food after cleansing
After a short-term cleansing procedure, a kind of stress for the body, it is recommended to eat food no earlier than 30–60 minutes later. On this day, fatty foods, spicy seasonings, fried foods, milk and its derivatives, fresh fruits and vegetables, and drinks containing alcohol are removed from the diet. The diet should be gentle. Whole grain porridge, boiled unsalted rice, and pasta sprinkled with cheese are welcome.
The most powerful Siberian healing method
Cleansing the body with bran, even according to gastroenterologists and nutritionists, is the most effective method of getting rid of toxins. But their intake must be combined with the consumption of additional plant fiber.
How to properly cleanse the body of toxins with bran? It is recommended according to the following scheme:
- In the first 3 days - 10 grams in the morning on an empty stomach.
- In the next 4 days - 20 grams (in the morning and before bed, 10 grams each).
- Next - 30 grams per day (in 3 doses of 10 grams).
With such cleansing of the body, it is important to maintain the correct water balance, since both bran and fiber absorb a large amount of liquid (this can also cause dehydration of the body). The best option is to drink at least 2.5 liters of water per day (in summer - up to 3-4 liters). By the way, rice bran cleanses the body best, but it can easily be replaced with rye bran (they are cheaper).
You can also cleanse the body in a similar way with the help of prunes. It irritates the intestines, softens stool, and prevents constipation (when consuming bran, many people experience intestinal blockage). Its effect can be compared to a mild laxative. How to eat prunes to cleanse the body? It is recommended to use the following recipe:
- Pour 150 grams of prunes with 200 milliliters of boiling water (preferably in an enameled metal container with a lid);
- The dishes are closed, wrapped in a towel and left in this form until completely cooled (about 3-4 hours).
The resulting “jelly” is consumed several tablespoons over 2 days. The recommended course of treatment is 8 days (with breaks possible). Such a laxative in combination with bran is the best option for cleansing the body without any harm to it. Just keep in mind that in the initial stages of such treatment there will be some mild intestinal upset.
It is difficult to name the best cleansing recipe that stimulates weight loss in the body. Results depend on the individual. Each recipe is effective in its own way and brings invaluable benefits.
Procedures are prohibited:
- During pregnancy;
- For liver and kidney failure;
- With exacerbation of chronic diseases;
- If a stomach ulcer, diabetes mellitus, or vitamin deficiency is diagnosed.
In organs cleansed of toxins, pathological processes are less likely to develop, therefore, in the absence of contraindications, the use of methods is recommended for all people who have reached the age of majority.
To cleanse the lymph, blood, intestines, liver, kidneys, you can use another Siberian method - cedar resin or resin.
This is a powerful antiseptic given to us by nature itself. By taking the drug, you will improve your joints, cleanse blood vessels, heal all organs of the body, and get rid of pressure. In a word, where a person’s illness is lodged, that’s where recovery begins. The entire procedure will last 80 days.
- Buy an insulin syringe at the pharmacy, as well as oleoresin (12%), remove the needle from the syringe.
- Start the procedure in the morning on an empty stomach, half an hour before breakfast, with 5 units of oleoresin dissolved in a teaspoon of water.
- After taking it, do not eat or drink for 30 minutes.
- Then you need to add 5 units every day to bring it to 200 units or 5 ml.
From the 40th day, begin to reduce the dose by 5 units daily. The procedure is carried out once a year.
But not all people can take advantage of such a health improvement scheme. There is a simplified cleansing schedule for them.
At night, drink half a teaspoon of 10% resin with a tablespoon of water. Take one month. Repeat 2 or 3 times a year.
How to cleanse your body of toxins for weight loss
Flaxseed oil is suitable for cleansing the intestines. In the morning, drink 2 tbsp. linseed oil, and after 30 minutes 1 tbsp. raw water.
Cleaning will begin in 30 minutes and can continue all day. If you carry out this procedure for several days in a row, you will lose up to 2 kg.
Poor environmental conditions, poor nutrition, and bad habits lead to the accumulation of toxic substances. If you have frequent headaches, fatigue and obesity, you need to cleanse your body. Without this, a person cannot lose weight, even if he follows a strict diet and consumes a minimum amount of calories.
Cleansing the body at home restores metabolism and promotes weight loss. With its help, you can remove toxins, waste, and normalize the water-salt balance. After the procedure, positive changes quickly occur:
- Headaches stop;
- Swelling goes away;
- The skin gets rid of acne;
- Reduces harmful cholesterol;
- Constipation and bloating disappear;
- The natural process of losing weight starts.
Before cleansing your body of toxins, give up bad habits and change your diet. Eliminate fried fatty foods, sweets, baked goods, fast food from it in advance, limit the consumption of sugar and salt. Steam the food or bake it in the oven. Enrich the menu with fresh herbs, fruits, and vegetables.
Where do harmful substances come from?
Detoxification is the complete cleansing of the body from harmful substances. It is suitable for both prevention and treatment of various diseases (especially “diseases of civilization”), and can significantly prolong the optimal functioning of the body.
Regular removal of toxins, mucus, bacterial contaminants and other harmful substances heals a person.
Harmful substances include:
- indigestible food residues;
- preservatives;
- additives;
- remnants of some medications;
- metabolic waste;
- pollutants inhaled from the air (which is difficult to avoid).
Cleansing the body with soda
There is no clear answer about the cleansing properties of soda. Some say it’s harmful, others say oh, how well it cleans. Let's figure out why you need to take soda?
- Soda creates an alkaline environment in which all viruses, cancer cells, bacteria, as well as harmful protozoa cannot live and reproduce.
- Soda improves immunity.
How to drink soda correctly: first take a dose on the tip of a knife, gradually increase it to 1 teaspoon, stir in a small amount of hot water, then add cold water to 1 glass to get a warm solution, drink. To cleanse the stomach we drink the solution slowly, for other organs a little faster.
You should drink 2-3 times daily on an empty stomach. Course: from 1 week to 1 month. You can take it once a week for the rest of your life, in the morning on an empty stomach.