Have you ever considered the effect of chemicals on your health and that of your family? Or the end result of fatty takeaway food? Live Blood Microscopy is one way to find out. Live Blood Microscopy offers a unique perspective into the world within your body. It is a procedure in which a single drop of blood from a finger prick is viewed by microscope and projected onto a monitor. Both practitioner and client can view the blood, while the cells and micro-organisms present in the blood are alive. Examining the blood while alive offers specific information about your health that is not available through the usual blood test you have when you visit your doctor. These blood tests typically examine the blood after the cells have died. The distinction is especially important when assessing the health of the immune system because the immune cells may be present in the blood but not healthy and active. Live Blood Microscopy clearly shows the vitality of the immune cells.
Through
Live Blood Microscopy you can also view the relative cleanliness of the plasma,
which is the liquid in which the blood cells circulate. Chemicals in our
environment and poor nutrition affect cell quality and blood cleanliness. Blood
cleanliness is especially important for good health and is directly related to
bowel health. A healthy bowel is also strongly related to good immune function.
This relationship is quickly evident in the blood. Poor bowel health contributes
to dirty, sticky blood. Dirty blood reduces the ability of the immune cells to
move through the blood and keep it clean. When your immune cells are stationary
and are not cleaning efficiently, the quality of your blood will deteriorate.
When assessing someone’s health via Live
Blood Microscopy, this is the point at which the inter-relationship of body
systems contributing to the condition of the blood becomes evident. The immune
cells require plenty of oxygen to function efficiently. The red cells, which
carry oxygen, can, however, be stuck together in clumps or chains called rouleau,
and so oxygenation of the blood is low. Inflammation in the body and poor liver
function also contributes to the stickiness of the blood. One role of the liver
is detoxifying the blood. If your liver is not functioning well, spiculi will be
visible in the blood which contribute to sticky plasma. These days our livers
work overtime. When the liver is overloaded, your bowel will not function
properly. Good liver function is necessary for proper bowel peristalsis (the
rhythmic contraction of the bowel). If your bowel is sluggish, or you suffer
with “leaky gut”, waste removal is inefficient and toxins get re-absorbed into
the body. This contributes significantly to dirty blood.
When the bowel is weak, as in “leaky gut”, bacteria, candida albicans and toxic material can pass through the bowel wall and enter the bloodstream. Your blood cannot be clean and healthy when it is consistently being dirtied from the bowel. This is one reason your natural health practitioner is so interested in your bowel habits!
So liver, bowel, immune cells and oxygenation all play an inter-related role in keeping your blood clean and your health strong. Herbal fibre products can help keep your bowel wall healthy. Improved bowel health is evident in the blood as the blood becomes cleaner. Best to eat a diet rich in fresh raw fruits and vegetables, than a herbal fibre product. Lactobacillus products, with acidophilus, bifidus and other beneficial flora also play a role in bowel health.
Examining your white blood cells in the live condition via Live Blood Microscopy is particularly valuable. White blood cells (your immune cells) can also be healthy or weak. More importantly, they can be active or inactive. Through Live Blood Microscopy you can see if the immune cells are moving through the blood cleaning the cells and the plasma. When the plasma is dirty and sticky, the white cells cannot move easily through the plasma. They cannot function properly, therefore, and the quality of your blood deteriorates further. Immune cells must be active to provide good service to the blood. Live Blood Microscopy is invaluable for assessing the number, health and activity level of your immune cells.