Herbal Ideas

Hi all,

One of our members William Burnham an herbalist sent this note to me and I wanted to share it.

Love and Light
Bill

Please note a few herbs for a good Spring and/or Fall Liver/Gall Bladder Cleanse. Dandelion root and leaf is one of the all time great herbs for the body. Be sure to back off some if there are any cleansing reactions...

Dandelion Root

Very nourishing and high in vitamin A. A blood, kidney, and liver cleanser and tonic. Useful as a diuretic and one of the best natural sources of potassium. This makes it an ideal balanced diuretic even with edema related to cardiac conditions. Its cholagogue action makes it an ideal remedy for inflammation and congestion of the liver and gallbladder. Dandelion root has a significant cleansing action on the liver and stimulates bile production. It is also mildly bitter and a gentle laxative.

Dandelion's bitter taste stimulates bitter receptors in the mouth and by reflex activates the entire digestive tract and the liver. It increases the flow of digestive juices thereby improving digestion and assimilation and enhancing the appetite. Dandelion cleanses the liver by increasing bile production and flow through the liver. Thus giving support to the liver's work as the major detoxifying organ in the body.

Dandelion root is one of the best detoxifying herbs. As is works on the liver and gallbladder to help convert waste products it also assists the kidneys to remove the toxins through urination. It encourages steady elimination from infection and pollution and has benefits for constipation, acne, eczema and psoriasis. Arthritic conditions are improved because it improves elimination of uric acid. It is a gentle detoxifying, bitter tonic cleansing the blood by increasing elimination of toxins and waste through the liver and kidneys.

Dandelion root and leaf have a strong effect on the gallbladder and are used to prevent and dissolve gallstones. Its stimulating effects act on the pancreas where it increases insulin secretion which assists in controlling diabetes and hypoglycemia.

Its use helps with problems associated with liver weakness including tiredness and irritability, headaches and skin problems. Dandelion helps to relieve emotional stagnation and release emotions such as anger, resentment and grief. It is cleansing and detoxifying to the emotions as well as to the body.

The young leaves in the spring make an excellent bitter tonic to cleanse the body of waste that may have accumulated through the heavy foods and inactivity of the winter months.

Add Milk Thistle and Burdock Root

The tea should be drunk 2-3 tmes per day for two weeks.... Milk Thistle is a another great Liver cleanser, while Burdock Root is the best of all the herbal Blood Purifiers. There are several good Digestive/Colon detoxilfication protocols plus Liver/Gall Bladder flushes that I can possibly share in future meetings. Additionally, brisk walking in the mornings with some hill work is great for the Lymphatics! Steam baths and/or Saunas are great methods of purification for the body through the skin.... Sun therapy without sun blocks for up to twenty minutes a day is essential.

Hope this information may be useful,

Bill