Detoxifying or cleansing involves purging the body of these toxins through various means – some more extreme than others. Toxins can be eliminated through the skin by being drawn or sweated out, and through the body’s other waste elimination systems.

At the easy and pleasurable end of the spectrum are facial and body masks and polishes that clean accumulated dirt from the pores, hot hydrotherapy baths that use salts to draw out poisons and increase perspiration.

More extreme are programs involving fasting, (often with fresh juices as the only source of nutrition) along with light exercise to give your intestines a rest and give them the opportunity to expel accumulated waste. Alongside fasting, there is sometimes a program of enemas to scrub your insides out as clean as a whistle.