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Remembering all the systems of the body, a person sometimes forgets about the lymphatic, that not only blood but also lymph circulates in it.

The body contains from 2 to 4 liters of lymph. The main function of lymph is the return of proteins, water, salts, metabolites and the removal of toxins from tissues into the blood.

The lymphatic system plays an important role in metabolism and cleansing the cells and tissues of the body. But unlike the circulatory system, it is open and has no central pump.

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DepositPhotos How to improve metabolism Lymphatic fluid moves due to the contraction of surrounding muscles and the presence in the lymph ducts of valves that prevent lymph reverse. That is why it is so important to move as much as possible.





DepositPhotos Movement is life. It starts the work of the lymphatic system and helps to establish metabolism, and with intensive energy expenditure and lose weight. In any case, the idea of having to walk 10,000 steps a day is not fictional and has a reason.





Also very useful for maintaining health and proper circulation of lymph is plow-postureOr halasana in yoga. Not complicated at all, but very effective.

Lymph flow occurs from the bottom up, from the tips of the fingers and toes to the chest lymphatic duct. This posture helps him set up.



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1. Lie on your back. Extend your arms along your body. Lift your legs up and turn your head. Stay in that position for a few minutes. Depending on the strength of the muscles of the press and the stretching of the back surface of the legs, you can lift and lead the legs behind the head either straightened or bent at the knees.
   
   
   
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2. The feet should be lowered to the floor. Feet tied together. Pull the coccyx up, increasing spinal traction. Pressure on the neck is not carried out, body weight falls only on the shoulders and shoulder blades. Shoulder blades, if possible, should be brought together.
   
   
   
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3. Try to keep your back straight, if it is heavy - support it with your hands under the shoulder blades. Hold hands parallel to each other, palms are either pressed to the floor or connected to the lock.
   
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Plow pose in yoga It is not only used to improve lymph flow. It also has a number of other advantages. Practitioners believe that regular stay in the halasan stretches the entire spine, improves blood supply to the head, provides massage of the abdominal organs, stimulates the work of hormonal glands, strengthens the nervous system, relieves headaches and fatigue, helps with insomnia.



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Slowing down the lymph flow, which occurs due to impaired neck statics, leads to swelling and sweltering oval of the face. A person begins to swell and look much older than his years. The position of the plow largely helps in solving this problem, getting rid of slouching, the habit of pressing the head into the shoulders, relieves tension from the back surface of the neck.

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