Let us trust our friendly herbs and the trusted herbalist to purify the liver and prepare ourselves for the new season.
A couple of cups a day, morning and evening, of herbal tea with artichoke or dandelion are ideal to give it a hand, but they are also excellent licorice and mint and milk thistle .
Here are some simple recipes to start treating the liver.
Pure licorice herbal tea
Mentioned in the first herbarium of traditional Chinese medicine, licorice has been included among the natural remedies in Asia for about 5, 000 years to treat coughs, food poisoning and liver disorders, while in Europe it was introduced in the fifteenth century by Dominican friars.
Digestive, purifying, diuretic, anti-inflammatory, expectorant and protective of the gastric mucosa, licorice is a plant indicated for low blood pressure, against cough, sore throat, catarrh, cervical and gastric acidity also exerts a mild laxative function.
Ingredients and preparation : put 60 grams of licorice root in a small pan of boiling water and leave it to infuse in a liter of water for about an hour, drink hot. If you love the strong taste of this licorice infusion, consume it as is, otherwise add honey to taste.
Use : consume a hot cup in the evening, before going to bed.
Properties : purifying, refreshing, expectorant, diuretic.
Find out more about the purifying licorice herbal tea
Composite formulas of herbal teas for the liver
The artichoke, the dandelion and the milk thistle, which are the basis of the herbal teas that follow, are the liver plants par excellence.
The infusion prepared with artichoke leaves, to which other herbs may be associated, is truly miraculous in terms of stimulating diuresis and eliminating toxins: the taste is very bitter, but the benefit is assured.
Milk thistle is known to have a valid protective action on the liver, linked to silymarin. Its intake is indicated for detoxification due to hepatitis, cirrhosis, alcoholism, drugs, and environmental toxins, which enter the body through food, water, air and skin.
With its purifying and anti-inflammatory properties, the dandelion is an excellent ally in the treatment of diseases related to the liver: it stimulates the biliary, hepatic and renal function, ie it activates the excretory organs (liver kidney skin) used for the transformation of toxins, in the most common form suitable for their elimination (feces, urine, sweat).
Here are 4 ideas for your composite depurative herbal teas :
- Artichoke leaves, equal quantity of fennel, to a lesser extent dandelion root and some peppermint, mallow and lemon balm leaves;
- Dandelion basic root, then, in smaller quantities, gentian, rhubarb, orange peel, frangula bark, lemon balm, mint, licorice, star anise;
- Artichoke and milk thistle in equal quantities, burdock, fumaria, rosemary;
- Basic milk thistle, mint and cumin in smaller quantities.
Preparation : let the herbs be infused for 10 to 15 minutes in boiling water, then sweetened with honey if necessary.
Council : constancy. Excellent their function of detoxifying herbal teas if drunk regularly, morning and evening, for at least a couple of weeks, accompanied by a light diet and healthy movement.
