If you follow the lifestyle of the majority of the population in the United States bad diet, little exercise, stressful lifestyle–you have a 50 percent chance of contracting a major disease such as cancer, arthritis, arteriosclerosis, heart disease, diabetes, or AIDS. It’s crucial to learn how to detoxify remove all the toxins that have accumulated in your body and let your fluids and tissues regenerate.
Diet
Eat as much organic food as possible. Your diet should include beans, brown rice, oat bran, vegetables, fruits, and chicken or turkey.
Make detoxifying juices from apples, aloe vera, beet greens, asparagus, cabbage, carrot greens, celery, cucumbers, parsley, and turnips.
Make a vegetable broth from the following items: collards, Swiss chard, kale, mustard greens, cabbage, dandelion, Brussels sprouts, daikon radish, watercress, seaweed, shitake mushrooms, cilantro, garlic, leeks, fennel, anise, ginger, and turmeric.
Squeeze one lemon into 12 ounces of hot water. Drink this first thing in the morning when you wake up.
Finally, to help draw out toxins, take a 20-minute bath daily with infusions of seaweed, wintergreen, eucalyptus, peppermint, fennel, cinnamon, and epsom salts.
Herbs
Most Americans do not like bitters because our tastebuds are accustomed to sweets and salty food. Nevertheless, bitters are great for the liver. You can take them in tinctures and teas, although many people find tea made from bitters distasteful.
Artichoke is a bitter (without the butter or mayonnaise). Artichoke is very regenerative and protective to the liver. It also reduces blood fat, stimulates bile elimination.
For a cold liver, try boldo. It’s good for bio release of toxins.
The herb barberry promotes bile flow and is helpful with jaundice and gall stones. Try a tincture of 15-20 drops three times a day or take a tea made of barberry.
Oregon grape (bitter) is good for slow liver function, slow protein digestion, and helps released stored iron in the liver. Usually a person with this problem will have sticky stools or the stool will float.
Yellowdock (bitter) stimulating and cleansing to the liver. Good for chronic constipation. Can also be helpful for acne, especially acne on the back and behind.
dandelion root (not the leaf) reduces heat and congestion in the liver and gallbladder.
Golden Seal (leaf) stimulates the production and secretion of bile.
blue flag increases bile flow in the liver and gallbladder. This is good for people who eat a lot of over processed junk food.
One last thing. If you have a sweet tooth and are trying to break that habit, eating bitters will take the craving away.
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Herbs for Detoxification
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It is strange really, if you think about it, we religiously was our dishes after a meal and our bodies on a daily basis but for some reason we neglect to clean our bodies from the inside. Great post! A good detox is a great starting point for any weight loss or health program.
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