Sunday, November 22, 2009

Virtues and benefits of herbal cleansing

With the arrival of spring feels a strong desire and need for renewal. Nature is awakening from the long winter sleep and the man feels the need to start over, to be reborn, to be free from the heaviness of winter.
The lack of sun, cold and humidity on the one hand, but also the excesses due to the many other holidays, have weakened the organization which now finds the minimum and need to be purified in order to reiterate its full energy potential.
In particular, the liver, intestine and kidney are the organs that most need to be cleansed from the dross accumulated. Disturbances such as drowsiness after meals, nausea, bitter mouth, bad breath, flatulence, slow digestion, constipation, headaches, skin disorders sometimes as dull skin, pimples and acne, dandruff, but also mood swings, irritability, insomnia and even mild depression are all typical symptoms of this state of weakness typical of the beginning of spring.
This unbalanced situation can be resolved through a detoxifying action that will be able to restore the functions of the organs weakened by working on several fronts. First of all we need to improve your diet, giving up the most toxic substances and balancing meals to less fat and less protein foods in favor of lighter ones such as fruits, vegetables and carbohydrates.
Secondly, it should reintroduce a healthy daily movement. The winter has accustomed us to a more sedentary lifestyle, and is also why the toxins have accumulated. Easy walking and light some sports will give the body the ability to more easily eliminate toxins.
Third, we discover the virtues net of certain weeds that can selectively affect on improving the functions of individual organizations.
Start with the dandelion, whose name derives from the greek "Tarass" which means "heal", precisely because of its many beneficial properties.
The parts used are the leaves and root, which contains bitter principles that you owe a diuretic, choleretic and eupeptic. These in fact promote the activity of the liver and gallbladder positive influence on digestive function and intestinal, renal function also improved with the increase of urine output and thus decrease water retention, resulting in increased elimination of toxins and waste products of 'body. Dandelion also acts at the pancreas, through its active ingredient cholecystokinin, which increases the secretion of juice enzyme, thus improving the digestive process, providing a significant amount of potassium ions, increases intestinal motility by the action on the smooth muscle intestine, which thus improves functionality.
Also interesting is the artichoke is one of the most useful and healthy Mediterranean plants. Famous for its culinary use, it has important therapeutic properties.
The main properties of the leaves of the artichoke are the choleretic and cholagogues is been demonstrated that bile flow can be increased up to 90% compared to baseline. The diuretic action is also important due to flavonicis compounds and minerals, particularly potassium and magnesium. The active substances also affect the turnover of cholesterol and triglycerides, helping to maintain low levels to the benefit of the cardiovascular system. Another important and complementary action is hepatoprotective and antitoxic, manifested in various toxic substances, particularly alcohol, which can reduce the presence in blood as a result of increased urine output and accelerated metabolism 'ethanol.
Remarkable is the function of milk thistle epatoprotettrice that promotes the development and regeneration of hepatocytes, maintaining a healthy liver.
Burdock also has a diuretic effect and purification, active mainly in the skin, it is highly recommended in case of oily skin, acne, furunculosis in general, but also in the intestine plays a major function is to fight Peels dependent effects of the intestinal mucosa, due to abuse of food additives, unfortunately, present in almost all foods supply of mass, and even the abuse of laxatives.
The nettle leaves are a remedy very effective as a diuretic, cleansing, and are also an excellent re-mineralising, cholagogue and stimulating digestive functions, as well as having a significant action antiastenic.
Rosemary is also a plant with remarkable properties cholagogues-choleretic, liver antitoxic and protector of liver cells, is also stomachic and general stimulant.
Chicory is purifying, digestive, diuretic, choleretic, but also bitter eupeptic; then suitable for renal and biliary gastric and intestinal atony.
Gentian, finally, is the most bitter plant eupeptic hitherto known, and also has digestive and cleansing, but also stimulates the immune system. E 'especially suitable in case of anorexia or atonic dyspepsia, and gastric and intestinal.
In conclusion, these plants, properly mixed, can provide a natural remedy against many diseases, and especially a rational targeted intervention to eliminate toxins from our body that cause, if in excess, sometimes very annoying problems, which, if neglected, may deteriorate into a real disease.

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