Cause for Tonsil Stones - What is The Real Cause for White Bumps in Your Throat

The underlying cause for these white bumps in your throat is that the tonsils have too much lymph fluid to filter. The byproduct of that filtering is what we refer to as tonsil stones. Now, there are a number of conditions that increase the junk in the lymph fluid and you will find these down below. But I do recommend you to read the entire article so that you learn the function of your lymphatic system and how tonsil stones are formed, plus what you can do to prevent them from forming.

Known Causes for Tonsil Stones

• Post Nasal Drip
  
• Sinus Infections
  
• Allergy
  
• Autoimmune Disorders
  
• Stress
  
• Refined Foods
  
• Alcohol
  
• Virus & Bacterial Infections
  
• Toxins From Environment
  
• Other Conditions Which Dilutes the Lymph Fluid
  

Your tonsils are a part of the lymphatic system. The lymphatic system is just like your blood system with veins, arteries, and capillaries but with the difference that it carries lymph fluid instead of blood.

The lymph fluid is almost like your blood, the difference is that it lacks the red blood cells. The red blood cells are too large to dissipate out through the walls of the capillaries. But the rest of the components in your blood can make its way out whenever they want to.

This is how your cells get nutrients and everything else they need. The cells dump toxins, garbage and everything that they don't need in the lymph fluid. It's like a supplier and a garbage handler at the same time. The lymph fluid has a great number of white blood cells which attacks and neutralises bacteria, viruses and other foreign cells.

When the lymph fluid has delivered its nutrients and have taken all the garbage that your cells have produced it's time to make its way back to the blood again. But the lymph fluid doesn't go straight to the blood because this would be disastrous with all these toxins, chemicals, bacteria, and dead cells, etc. Your blood would get filled with this and you would be very sick!

Instead, the lymph fluid is carried back through a special system called the lymph system. As I said before, this is just like your circulatory system (blood system). Lymph nodes are located at special locations in this system. The lymph nodes function just like filters. They filter garbage out of the lymph fluid so it becomes clean again. Bacteria and viruses are killed here as well along with foreign cells. The lymph nodes are able to do this because they have a great number of white blood cells, in fact, millions of them.

As a side note, when you get sick you might feel pain in certain areas of your body. The painful areas are inflamed lymph nodes which swell and rise in temperature in order to fight off bacteria and viruses more quickly.

Your tonsils are super important lymph nodes! and they filter a great quantity of lymph fluid every day. Any foreign cell, bacteria, and virus, who try to enter the body through the mouth, nose, eyes, or ears will eventually end up getting killed in the tonsils. Provided that your tonsils are functioning as they should.

Bacteria can get to other parts in the body if the lymph nodes are very weak. This is how cancer and other severe illnesses are spread, through the use of the lymph system!

However, this is very risky business for any virus, bacteria or foreign cell if the individual is healthy. Those who doesn't get killed by the white blood cells in the lymph fluid will for sure get hammered when they enter the tonsils. The tonsils are the last watchers at the gate to the rest of your body. If any bacteria would get past here, disease and illness would spread to other areas of your body. This can happen if you have very weak or no tonsils at all.

In normal cases.. all foreign cells gets killed by the millions and millions of white blood cells in the tonsils!

Now, all this filtered garbage along with killed viruses, bacteria, and foreign cells has to be placed somewhere. The tonsils want to get rid of this junk!

And in order to do this, they have the tonsil crypts at their disposal. These are hollow formations on the tonsils that junk can get deposited. Eventually this junk will make its way out of the crypts and out of the body either through the mouth, or down the stomach and out your rear exit.

Next time you get sick and your throat is swollen, take a look and see if the tonsils get swollen. If they are, it means that they are on high alert and are fighting bacteria and viruses. They may also be covered with white goo. This is the byproduct of dead viruses and bacteria that gets deposited in the tonsil crypts.

Well, tonsil stones are the result of tonsils that have a lot of lymph fluid to clean. The more junk in the lymph fluid, the bigger and harder the tonsil stones. In a person who doesn't develop tonsil stones, the junk is not hard but smooth which allows it to get out by itself.

But in a person with overworking tonsils, this junk becomes hard and if the condition is allowed to progress, the tonsils will become under active and unable to do a good job filtering lymph fluid. When this happens, more symptoms appear such as lack of energy, depression, and feeling "stuck." The situation is almost like a house owner who forgets to take the junk to the dump. After a while the junk builds up, decays and give rise to a terrible smell, which in turn affects the house owner negatively.

Tonsil stones are also the reason why many have bad breath! Many people do not even know this and spend money on mouthwash and related products that are little helpful.

To get rid of these tonsil stones for good we have to find out how the tonsils can become under active and why they have to filter so much junk.

Under active tonsils have two possible causes.
1. Too much work and cannot keep up with the cleaning.
2. Too little circulation of the lymph fluid.

The lymph system has no pump to circulate its fluid like the heart of the blood system. Instead it makes use of the movement of the body. In the walls of the lymph system there are one-way valves that allow the fluid move one way but not the opposite way. Lymph fluid is squeezed forward whenever you make a physical movement.

Now, the tonsils can become under active if there is not enough movement. Jogging, yoga, or any other activity which involve stretching your body will circulate the lymph fluid. Especially helpful are the activities which involve your arms and neck/head since they will move the lymph fluid related to your tonsils. (Be sure to be careful with movements that include your head and neck!) You will receive a Kundalini Yoga set for cleaning the entire lymph system, but first lets examine what might cause your lymph fluid to become dirty.

Your body uses the tonsils to remove unhealthy particles from the lymph fluid. I say particles because anything which your body has labeled as foreign and harmful will be filtered out.

This is especially true if you are allergic to something. You body will react on the substance and see it as harmful. It will get attacked by white blood cells and filtered out at the lymph nodes (tonsils).

This is why many allergic conditions such as post nasal drip and sinus infections show presence of tonsil stones. The allergy causing substances and materials used to fight off the allergen are transported in the lymph fluid. This means more work for the lymph nodes and add to that: chemicals, toxins, dead white blood cells, and other particles, and you will realize that it puts extra pressure on your lymphatic system. I will suggest some steps to take if you suspect that allergy is causing your tonsil stones to appear. You will find these further down.

The reality is that it is not only allergy that can increase the amount of dirt in the lymph fluid, but also stress, alcohol, refined foods, harmful fats, rancid oils, sugar, and diary products to name a few.

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As I said before, the tonsils are organs of elimination and if you are having tonsil stones, it means that you have something in your system that needs to be eliminated.

With allergy, your body thinks that a substance is harmful to your body and needs to eliminate it. An allergic reaction is actually the body's reaction to a substance it has identified as harmful. In many cases your body is right and the particular food is not good for you. This is particularly true when it comes to refined products. But sometimes we are even allergic to wholesome and high quality foods. This is an imbalance and often a deeper one that includes psychological factors such as feelings of isolation, separation, and an inability to just accept things as they are.

Because, we are all humans and if a particular food would be dangerous then everyone who ate it would be sick. This is not the deal with allergy since individual A can eat tomatoes while individual B cannot. There is nothing wrong with mr tomato. The difference is that individual B is more imbalanced than person A. And the difference in imbalance lies in each person's immune system, since everything that comes into the body must go through the immune system, of which by the way, the tonsils are a part of.

Balancing the immune system is therefor the key to curing allergy. I'm not saying that it is easy to do. Some imbalances have been present for so long, in some cases even for generations that returning to perfect harmony may take time. However, it can be done and there are some very effective treatments.

My mother for example, are very sensitive and have a tendency to develop allergy against many different substances. One major allergy is against pollen. She decided to try acupuncture to see if it could lessen the effects pollen had on her. She went to the acupuncturist once per week for 8 or 10 weeks to find out that her allergy against pollen she has had since she was a child had totally disappeared. This is because acupuncture work with restoring balance between the systems of the body and it resolves any blockages which can manifest as allergy.

There are many different treatments that can relieve if not cure imbalances such as allergy. Some on top of my mind are: yoga, tai chi, low level laser therapy, and diet. Diet is a more long term solution and that is what I will talk about next. (Ps. Special diets for allergy can be found in the book "Healing with Whole Foods" by Paul Pitchford which you will find below. One of these diets is taking chlorophyll rich foods such as micro-algae Spirulina and Chlorella. More about these below..)

You already know that the tonsils are doing a hell of a job in trying to keep your body clean, but how can you be free from these stones and the problems that they are causing?

In order to get healthy you must do two things:

1. Identify what substance or thing that are causing your immune system/tonsils to be over active, and correct/remove it.
2. Balance the immune system, lymphatic system and tonsils.

Now this sounds difficult but it isn't.

First, try to analyse your lifestyle and see what you are currently doing that might produce these stones. Hint* refined foods such as sugar, bad fats such as margarine and low quality and rancid oils, alcohol and diary products are known to produce these stones. Many starchy foods such as pasta made from refined wheat flour (white flour) also produce these stones. Then when you have thought that you have identified a possible cause, either remove it (difficult for some people) or substitute it for a more healthy and wholesome alternative. So for example, choose whole wheat pasta instead white pasta. Wholesome milk instead of low fat milk, organic and unfiltered oil instead of filtered and refined oil. Then observe and see what happens. If the stones disappear then you know what is/are causing them to appear and you can avoid them.

If your overall diet is unhealthy you should think about changing your diet to put some pressure of your body.

Stress can also cause these stones to appear and that is why you need to workout. Running, yoga, tai chi or whatever calms your mind might be what is needed.

If you have allergy then you need to adress that. You can do this with a number of different methods. Acupuncture is a great way. Diet is another way and yoga is also good.

You could go to an acupuncturist and see what they can do. You never know before you have tried. The key is to bring harmony and balance between the different systems in your body. Diet is very effective and will give you permanent results, however, it takes longer time and it often require bigger changes to your lifestyle. If you are serious about changing your diet then getting "Healing with Whole Foods" by Paul Pitchford is an excellent start. I have this book myself and it is one of the best investments I have ever made.

Taking micro-algae such as Spirulina and Chlorella is effective when healing allergy. In fact, the micro-algae are effective against any type of diet-related-disease or condition since they work from the inside and out. The micro-algae have been on the planet for millions of years and they are packed with beneficial nutrients. Chlorella for example, have the highest amount of chlorophyll of any plant in the world, (2 - 3%). Chlorophyll is effective for balancing liver conditions, which allergies are believed to origin from. I take Spirulina and Chlorella every day and they give me more energy, mental focus and improve my memory better than anything I have tried before.

Balancing the immune system, lymph system and tonsils can be done by changing your diet as well. Again,"Healing with Whole Foods" by Paul Pitchford is what I recommend since it looks at everything as a whole and that is what matters in the end. To be healthy in all aspects of life. Plus, his book is over 600 pages and full of information about food and lifestyle which need to be studied thoroughly.

There are certain substances that help aid the tonsils in their work. Vitamin C and Sulfur are vital for healthy tonsils. By taking these as supplement you help to revitalize both the tonsils and the lymphatic system. If you start to add more Sulfur in your food then you are helping your tonsils to recover. They need Sulfur in order to clean the lymph fluid effectively. I'm not talking about synthetic Sulfur, but organic which occur naturally in some foods. Here are some other supplements you can use.

Echinacea = Improves lymph drainage and contains sulfur
Goldenseal = Natures antibiotic
Mullen leaf = Loosens mucus and is high in sulfur.
Myrrh = Antiseptic
Sage = High in sulfur

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A good supplement you can also try is the lymph gland cleanse

If you set the lymph fluid in movement you are also improving the function of the tonsils. The more you move this fluid, the more the tonsils can start to repair themselves.

You can also help the tonsils by removing the stones manually. A visitor had great luck in removing the stones by gargling with water and liquid grapefruit seed extract. The remedy he suggested was 5-10 drops of grape seed extract in 5-7 oz glass of water to gargle two - three times daily.

There are certain substances that help aid the tonsils in their work. Vitamin C and Sulfur as I said before are vital for healthy tonsils. By taking these as supplement you help to revitalize both the tonsils and the lymphatic system.

Kundalini Yoga
You already know about acupuncture, but there is a special yoga set you can do especially for revitalizing the lymph system and the tonsils. You can find it here Kriya for the lymph system. Remember that the movements of your body is what circulates the lymph fluid. This set is fine tuned to give you a healthy lymph system.

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