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7 Cleansing Herbs to Keep You Clean From the Inside Out

For thousands of years, people used a more natural approach to treating the body with herbs. This became the foundation for modern medicine. Sadly, these healing plants have been replaced with synthetic chemicals. 

But we can choose to take back control, take charge of our health, and go back to our roots.

“It is not always easy to stop eating the many acidic food we’ve enjoyed for so long and have become addicted to. But it can be accomplished through cleansing and nourishing our bodies with the foods the Creator has provided.” —Dr. Sebi

Why We Need Cleansing Herbs

One of the key functions of plant-based nutrition and alkaline foods is cleansing mucus from the body and organs at a cellular level. The right cleansing herbs enhance the natural ways our body clears mucus and eliminates toxins, basically keeping it clean and pristine.

In ideal conditions, your body has its own self-cleansing and self-healing system to keep it in a tip-top state. With our current dietary lifestyles (away from natural and organic foods) and high exposure to toxins (from the air we breathe to the water we drink and the environments we live in), the strain on our body’s cleansing system (the liver mainly) is too great for it to handle alone. 

So, we need extra support, we need herbs that help us cleanse. They act like the sponge and cleansing liquid you use to wash the dishes. They get inside cells and help move substances out, dragging toxins and chemicals with them. Cleansing herbs also escort stagnant waste matter out of the bowel. Basically, they scrub you down on the inside, at a cellular level. 

7 Dr. Sebi-Approved Cleansing Herbs

Imagine trying to clean your house without any sponges, cloths, or cleansers, it would take a lot longer and be much less efficient. So, what can we use to make it easier to clean up on the inside? Each of these herbs works slightly differently, tackling a different aspect of your inner hygiene.

1. Dandelion

Dandelion has become known as a weed. People try and get rid of it from their gardens, but it's incredibly valuable, to those who know how to use it. 

Benefits: It can flush out waste and toxins, cleansing the kidney, liver, and intestines while helping to dissolve kidney stones. The bitter taste stimulates bile production. Bile acts like a detergent, dissolving away grease and fatty substances internally.

2. Yellow Dock

Yellow dock is a great cleansing agent and is rich in iron (most docks are). 

Benefits: It supports digestion and waste removal while also stimulating bile. The yellow dock is also a blood purifying herb that promotes a healthy circulatory system and optimal oxygen transport. 

3. Burdock Root

When we talk about support for your body’s self-cleansing system, burdock root is the herb for you.

Benefits: It helps with cleansing the liver and skin detoxification. Packed with iron and promoting liver health, the burdock is renowned for its purifying properties. It is also a diuretic, flushing toxins from the bladder and kidneys. It might even be growing wild on your doorstep. Need I say more?

4. Nettle

Okay, the sting that comes from nettle might make you think twice about coming into contact with it, but it promotes pancreas health and has a lot more to offer.

Benefits: Packed with antioxidants and anti-inflammatory properties, it reduces the root causes of chronic conditions.  Moreover, it has been used for skin detoxification and to promote joint health.  Eat it (cooked!) or make it into tea, the nettle has a salty-metallic taste due to its high dose of minerals.

5. Hombre Grande

Struggling with bloating or indigestion? Worry no more! Hombre grande is here to the rescue. 

Benefits: This herb is good for indigestion and constipation since it helps cleanse the colon against intestinal worms. It also helps get rid of liver and kidney stones. Where medicine fails (like it did for me), mother nature wins!

6. Chaparral

Benefits: Being a scavenger of free radicals makes chaparral an amazing blood cleanser and purifier. It also helps cleanse the lymphatic system and the gall bladder while helping detoxify heavy metals

7. Cascara Sagrada

If you struggle with constipation, cascara sagrada is an herb you may have come across. For a happy bowel, make it your best friend.

Benefits: In addition to helping ease constipation, it also stimulates the liver and pancreas helping improve digestion. You can use it as a flavoring, too, as it has a pleasant, fruity, honey-like taste.

What Cleansing Does for Your Body

Increased Energy

Lethargy is a common problem. It occurs when cells can’t produce enough to meet demands. Waste and reactive radicals build up on the inside and reduce the efficiency you can produce energy. Once the waste is removed, an environment that promotes self-healing is created. Mineral and iron reserves can then be nourished back into balance, further increasing your energy.

Weight Management

Your fat cells store excess toxins in your body, they make fat to buffer toxicity, not to make your clothes too tight, or to store excess energy. Fat is associated with toxicity, not excess eating — try binging on avocados, you won’t put on a pound! Your body is intelligent, it does its best to cope with toxicity and fat is a safe solution. Cleansing removes toxins from fat cells, shrinking them and enhancing weight loss.

Glowing Skin

Your skin is the external mirror of your internal environment. If your body is clean, your skin will reflect this by glowing and looking youthful. Your gut specifically represents itself through your skin, acne, and irritation indicate something is astray inside. Skin is the biggest detoxification organ and sweat is one of your best allies. If you are toxic on the inside your skin will let the world know. 

Stress Reduction

A clean body improves your mood, clears your mind, and sharpens your brain. This reduces the neurological inflammation which drives stress and anxiety. It feels like a mental block has been lifted from your mind. Brain fog is the result of the toxic soup of fluids permeating your body.

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Where would order because my diabetes is bad I heard gut health and figure I like to clean my gut

Caroline jeng

Cleansing the body

Sylvia steele

I would like to purchase your medicine . I have gallstones and fatty liver and is constipated badly

Theresa Brown

How can I purchase these organic herbs?

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How can I get these organic herbs?

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