Your Drainage Funnel Explained | APEX Health
May 19, 2025
What Is the Drainage Funnel?
Before you dive into detoxes, parasite protocols, or healing chronic symptoms, you must support your body’s natural detoxification systems—and that begins with understanding the drainage funnel.
At APEX, we always say: “You can’t detox if you can’t drain.” Let’s break this down visually and layer by layer—so you understand how to get results, avoid setbacks, and truly support your health from the ground up.
What Is the Drainage Funnel?
The drainage funnel represents the hierarchical system through which your body expels toxins:
- Colon
- Liver & Bile Ducts
- Lymphatic System
- Skin & Organs
- Cells
Each level must function optimally to prevent toxin accumulation and back up, which can impede performance and well-being.
Why You Need to Open Your Drainage Pathways First
If you're dealing with chronic symptoms, low energy, bloating, constipation, brain fog, or planning to start a parasite cleanse or detox protocol, this should be your first step.
Think of detox like a funnel. If the bottom of the funnel is clogged, nothing above it can drain properly. That means toxins start to recirculate, overwhelm your system, and make you feel worse.

When your drainage funnel is open, detox symptoms are reduced

Your body can eliminate waste efficiently

You get better results from every health protocol
The Detox Drainage Funnel’s 5 Levels (From Bottom to Top)
Let’s walk through each level of the drainage funnel and what you can do to support it.
Level 1: Colon – The Foundation of Detoxification
The removal of waste depends on a healthy colon and bowel movements. Aim for 1–3 healthy bowel movements daily. If you're experiencing constipation, start here—before anything else.
Signs Your Colon Needs Support:

Rare bowel movements

Bloating or constipation

Detox symptoms like headaches or fatigue
Simple Ways to Get Things Moving:
1. 💪 Daily movement – Mild exercise such as walking or bouncing
2. 💧 Hydration – Warm water + lemon + sea salt each morning
3. 💊 Targeted supplements:
- Digestive Enzymes
- TUDCA Bile Salts – helps liver and bile flow - Use practitioner code OPMfaxqd
- Bowel Mover by CellCore - Use practitioner code OPMfaxqd
- Occasional Constipation Support by Equilife
- Alkalizing Vitamin C
4. 💆 Therapies
- Coffee enemas – Use only mold/toxin-free coffee
- Castor oil packs
- Increase dietary fiber
Read our full blog: How to move your bowels here.
Level 2: Your Internal Filtration System: Liver & Bile Ducts
Once your bowels are moving, it’s time to support your liver—the organ responsible for over 500 functions, including filtering toxins. The liver and gut are directly connected, so having a healthy liver will help your gut, and vice versa.
We’re being exposed to WAY more toxins than our livers were made for, and they are under a LOT of stress. We need to support our liver on a daily basis.
Here are a few ways to do that and make sure level 2 of the drainage funnel is moving…
Strategies for Liver Support:

Morning Routine: Drink some warm lemon water and sea salt to start the day.

Herbal Teas: For liver support, drink Milk Thistle or Dandelion Tea

Supplements: Utilize TUDCA – Our top supplement for bile duct and liver support.

Enemas: Coffee Enemas on a regular basis can improve liver detoxification
Level 3: Lymphatic System – The Unsung Hero
This is the simplest system to open up.. The lymphatic system carries cellular debris and waste out of the body and is similar to the circulatory system in that it has vessels but does not have its own pump. For this reason, we have to move our lymph by moving our bodies.
Stagnation allows toxic byproducts to build up, and this can brew dis-ease. Lymph fluid surrounds the organs, so we want this fluid to be as free of toxins as possible.
Enhance lymph flow through:

Exercise: Include exercises like yoga, gentle cardio, and rebounding.

Dry Brushing: Stimulate lymphatic drainage with daily dry brushing – do this before sauna or shower.

Massage: Regular self-lymphatic massage can promote lymph flow.

Vibration/shake plates

Supplements: Consider LymphActiv by CellCore for additional support (code OPMfaxqd)
If you're not sweating well or feel puffy or sluggish, lymph stagnation might be to blame.
Level 4: Skin & Organs – Detox Through Sweat
Your skin is your largest detox organ and sweating is one of the best ways to rid your body of toxins through the skin.
The Best Methods for Sweating:

Regular Exercise: Engage in consistent physical activity to induce sweating.

Infrared sauna – The gold standard for deep detox. Invest in a Therasage Infrared Sauna for deep detoxification.
- Lower heat, deeper penetration
- Promotes cellular repair and lymphatic flow
- We love the Therasage Infrared Sauna (low EMF + red light benefits)
- Dry brushing or massage before sauna = even more effective
- Epsom Salt Baths: Unwind in Epsom Salt baths to eliminate toxins.
If you struggle to sweat, travel up the drainage funnel and address your LYMPH first! Dry brushing, massage, using a shake plate, or exercising before jumping in your sauna can work wonders to open things up!
You may also be dehydrated. Even if you’re drinking enough, if you’re lacking minerals, your cells may not be holding enough water to sweat out.
Hydrogen water is the most hydrating water on the planet and provides 6-10x the hydration of any other liquid.
Level 5: Cells: The Root of All Function
The drainage funnel's final and deepest layer is cellular detox. When your cells are unable to eliminate waste, you continue to be caught in a cycle of inflammation, fatigue, and dysfunction.
Ways to Improve Cellular Detox:

Move your body!

Dry brush!

Support the voltage in your body

Hydrate hydrate hydrate! Hydrogen water goes deep into cells and provides a powerful cellular detox!

PEMF Therapy: Use the TheraPro Mat to enhance cellular function.

EMF Mitigation: Implement measures to reduce EMF exposure.

Infrared Sauna: Frequent use of an infrared sauna can enhance cellular detoxification.
Don’t Skip This Step
We hope this connected some dots for you and inspired you to work on opening up your drainage pathways. This alone can help you to feel SO much better.
Opening your drainage funnel is foundational to any detox, parasite protocol, or root cause healing plan. When your body is flowing, detox becomes easier, more effective, and you become less symptomatic.
Ready to Optimize Your Detox Pathways and Reclaim Your Energy?
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