Detoxification Part VII - How to Detoxify Your Body With Chinese Herbs

Detoxification Part VII - How to Detoxify Your Body With Chinese Herbs

As we mentioned in previous articles we know that the American diet contains high saturated fat, trans fat, and other harmful substances such as sugar, caffeine, pesticides, additive substances, and less in fruits and vegetables. These types of harmful substances are toxic. Our body's detoxifying functions try to get rid of them everyday, when they fail it causes a disruption of hormone production, damaging our body's detoxification organs and weakening our immune system resulting in hormone imbalance and many chronic illness consequently. In this article we discuss how to detoxify your body with Chinese herbs.

1. Fo ti tieng

Fo ti tieng is said to help revitalize nerve cells and to act as a blood purifier. It also contains powerful antioxidants temolin and rhein which help in fighting the forming of free radicals and treating tumors and cancer as well as rejuvenating our body by keeping our sex glands in top condition.

2. Ginko biloba ( Yin xing)

The extract of the Ginkgo leaves contains flavonoid glycosides and terpenoids that help to improve blood flow to most tissues and organs in our body, protect against oxidative cell damage from free radicals and is a central nervous system enhancer.

3. Ginseng

Ginseng is a slow-growing perennial plant with fleshy roots, in the family araliaceae. It not only helps in treating type II diabetes and sexual dysfunction in men but also helps to improve the body immune system, stimulating the production of growth hormone and anti-aging effectively.

4. Dandelion roots ( Pu gong yin )

Dandelion roots is a small rosette-forming perennial plant with a long thin taproot and a clump of entire or sinuate leaves. It has proven record in cleansing the toxins accumulated in the liver and digestive system. It is said to have strong effects in controlling, even curing hepatitis.

5. Jin yin hua

Jin yin hua belongs to a family of caprifoliaceae. It has been used in Chinese medicine for thousands of years in treating inflammation caused by toxins accumulated in the digestive system and infection caused by bacteria and virus. It also helps to strengthen our body's immune system's fight against the building up of free radicals in our body.

6. Silkworm (Jiang can)

Silkworm is a widely use folk medicine in Northern China. The bodies of silk worms contain chemicals that help to cleanse the toxins accumulated in the liver and lung. It also is effective in treating sore eyes, sores, swollen throat and loss of speech caused by bacteria infection.

7. Chinese dittany root (Bai xian pi)

Bai Xian Pi root is a Chinese herb that helps to strengthen our immune system and reduce the inflammation caused by infection of bacteria and virus. It also helps to detoxify our liver and reduce stress of chronic illness as well as removing toxins from our body through colon detoxification.