Detoxification refers to the removal of toxic substance from human body by various methods. Detoxification takes place through various organs of the human body like lungs, liver, kidney and skin. Detoxification is also done by artificial methods like dialysis, acupuncture detoxification and chelation therapy. Alternative medicine therapies like detox diets also claim to detoxify the human body.
The function of the liver, lungs, kidney and skin is to remove any harmful substance from the blood stream. Lungs detoxify by exhaling. Liver breaks down the toxins into smaller compounds that are then cleaned by the skin and the kidneys.
Chelation Therapy uses chelating agents to remove metal ions from the body. Metals like mercury, lead, uranium, americium, polonium etc are harmful and act like poison in the body. Chelating agents that are used for detoxification are:
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Deferosamine
EDTA : Dietheylene triamine pentaacetic acid
DMSA : Dimercaptosuccinic acid
BAL : British Anti Lewisite
DMPS : Dimercapto-propane sulfonate
ALA: Alpha lipoic acid
Ca Na2 EDTA : Calcuium disodium versante
