Most of us are so loaded with toxins however; detoxification using the Ion Cleanse actually makes energy for healing available. Toxic overload diminishes markedly for clients; the deleterious body ions are attracted out of the tissues through the feet and go into the water’s ionic components.

Human skin is thin, only 4mm thick on the soles of the feet. Although it is the outer covering of our body which protects us from all the harmful elements in our environment, our skin is more like a membrane than a shell. Water is able to permeate this barrier very easily. The movement of water from the basin reservoir into the client’s feet and up into the body assisted by an elementary chemical force known as osmotic pressure.

Water naturally moves through a partially permeable membrane form the side where water is concentrated to the other side where it is less concentrated. The buildup of fluid in the body (edema) later reverses itself when the hydrostatic pressure in the body increases to the point where some water is forced out.

The exit offering the least resistance to the excess water is through the feet and out their skin pores which were opened when the water first entered. This process fluctuates continuously during the Ion Cleanse treatment.

The foot bath water changes color which is a manifestation of toxin removal from the body’s tissue. Dumping toxins gives the body an opportunity to heal those specific body parts from which the toxins are arising. The foot-bath water changes color which is a manifestation of toxin removal from the body’s tissues. Reading the water’s color change is diagnostic of what is being released by the client. For instance, when the foot-bath color turns bluish, one recognizes toxic dumping from the kidneys; a yellowish hue means that the bladder is giving up its toxins; orange relates to joint toxins. Brown water indicates that a toxin dump from the liver has taken place. Candida albicans shows up as cheese-like scum floating on the water’s surface. Flecks of black in the water demonstrate that heavy metals are being released. Goblets of oil floating as a slick in the water means that there are fatty tumors, such as lipomas, that are breaking up.

Ion Cleanse may be used to kill bacteria inhabiting the client’s body. Research has also shown that a tiny electrical pulse all by itself appears to destroy aqueous bacteria. In addition to temporarily increasing the amount of hydrogen peroxide in the body, the electrical pulses generated during an Ion Cleanse treatment are an antimicrobial weapon. Also lethal to bacteria is the fluctuating pH that occurs metabolically during a detoxification session.