Looking for an herbal detox tea for liver cleansing? Baseline Nutritionals'® Liver Flush Tea helps flush toxins, fats, and cholesterol from the liver.
Detox Tea to Flush Toxins and Fats for Liver Cleansing:
- Flush toxins from liver.
- Best used as part of Jon Barron's Liver Detox.
- Reduces liver cleansing or nausea.
- Includes Dandelion Root to expel fat deposits from liver.
- Burdock Root to cleanse blood and push toxins out.
- Natural diuretic to improve function of kidneys.
This liver detox tea is best used as part of our kidney/liver/gallbladder/blood detox package.
| Supplement Facts | ||
|---|---|---|
| Serving Size | 1 cup | |
| Container Size | 45 cups (8 ounces) | |
| Click on ingredients below for more information | Amount Per Serving | % Daily Value |
| A proprietary blend of all organic or wildcrafted | ||
| Dandelion Root | N/A* | |
| Burdock Root | N/A* | |
| Cinnamon Bark | N/A* | |
| Cardamom Seed | N/A* | |
| Licorice | N/A* | |
| Fennel Seed | N/A* | |
| Uva Ursi | N/A* | |
| Juniper Berries | N/A* | |
| Ginger | N/A* | |
| Clove Buds | N/A* | |
| Black Peppercorns | N/A* | |
| Horsetail Herb | N/A* | |
| Erva Tostão | N/A* | |
| Parsley Root | N/A* | |
| Fenugreek Seed | N/A* | |
* Daily value not established |
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Liver Flush Tea not only helps with the process of liver cleansing, but also helps minimize any discomfort or nausea. The key herb in the tea is dandelion root, one of the strongest herbal lipotropics known. That is to say, it flushes fat deposits from the liver.*
*This statement has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This health supplement is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
Liver Flush Tea Instructions
Suggested Use: Drink one to four cups of Liver Flush Tea a day. Sweeten with honey or real maple syrup. Soak 3 Tbsp. of tea in 2 qts of pure water overnight. Simmer for 20 minutes in the morning. Drink throughout the day.
Liver Flush Tea Frequently Asked Questions
I really love the taste and smell of the Liver Flush Tea. It reminds me of Christmas. Can I drink it more often than just when I'm liver cleansing?
Absolutely. The Liver Tea is gentle and supportive of liver health. You can have it as often as you want. The Liver Tincture and the Blood Support™ formula are stronger formulas and should not be used every day without taking a periodic rest from using them.
For the liver detox, I keep the liver detox tea herbs in a 2-quart pot and just add a little of herbs per day. Is this okay or do I have to use fresh Liver Flush Tea herbs every day?
It is okay to leave the herbs for an extra day or two. However, you will probably want to make a completely fresh pot every two or three days at most.
I feel nauseous after I take the lemon/garlic olive morning shake. How soon should I drink the Liver Flush Tea each day on the liver detox?
You can start sipping the tea almost immediately after finishing your morning shake.
Is it common to experience frequent urination with the tea?
Yes, it contains diuretic herbs.
Can I use Agave sweetener or Stevia to sweeten the tea instead of honey or maple syrup?
Yes.
I don't have a strainer for the supplement's loose tea leaves. Do I need to strain the tea?
Yes, although most of the herbs sink to the bottom after simmering, some do not. Serving the tea will be much easier if you use a strainer. Strainers are not expensive and, in fact, are available at most 99 cent stores.
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Liver Flush Tea Ingredients
Below you will find a list and description of all of the ingredients featured in this health supplement.
Dandelion Root
Dandelion root is a bitter herb that is highly effective as a blood cleanser that strains and filters toxins from the blood.
Dandelion root is a superb diuretic that improves the function of the pancreas, spleen, stomach, and kidneys (reduces kidney inflammation) without depleting potassium from the body.
But primarily, dandelion root is one of the great liver herbs. It is the best lipotropic known, flushing excess fat from the liver, thereby helping to relieve chronic liver congestion. In addition, it increases the production of bile. And studies have proven that it actually has "liver healing" properties.
Burdock Root
Burdock root is probably the most famous detoxifying agent in the herbal arsenal. It cleanses the blood by increasing the effectiveness of all of the body's elimination systems. Its diuretic effect helps the kidneys filter impurities from the blood. Burdock root helps push toxins out through the skin, and it also boosts the ability of the liver to remove toxins. The bottom line is that by pushing toxins out through a variety of pathways, burdock root can purify the blood with minimal side effects and with minimal stress to the body.
Cinnamon Bark
Cinnamon contains compounds called catechins, which help relieve nausea and make it beneficial when doing a liver detox. In addition, the plant's essential oil has been found to stimulate movement in the gastrointestinal tract. And cinnamon's pleasing scent stimulates saliva production, which aids in digestion.
In addition, both test-tube and animal studies have found that cinnamon functions as a carminative, or gas-reliever, and as such can help relieve flatulence and bloating. It can relieve mild abdominal discomfort caused by excess gas.
Cardamom Seed
Famous for its expectorant action, cardamom seed is also used to treat various types of cough, conditions involving respiratory allergies, phlegmatic conditions and sore throats. Cardamom is also used to control various digestive problems like excessive thirst, nausea, vomiting, indigestion, and flatulence.
Cardamom seed also has a wonderful smell and flavor.
Licorice Root
Licorice root stimulates the production of digestive fluids and bile, soothes ulcers, helps reduce intestinal inflammation, and supports the healthy function of the kidneys, liver and bladder. Its action in soothing ulcers is unique. Rather than inhibit the release of acid, licorice stimulates the normal defense mechanisms that prevent ulcer formation. Specifically, licorice improves both the quality and quantity of the protective substances that line the intestinal tract; increases the life span of the intestinal cell; and improves blood supply to the intestinal lining.
Licorice Root has been shown to lessen symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia. By enhancing cortisol activity, glycyrrhizin helps to increase energy, ease stress, and reduce the symptoms of ailments sensitive to cortisol levels, such as chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia. In the 1800s, licorice extract was a common remedy for a type of persistent fatigue known as neurasthenia, the condition now known as chronic fatigue syndrome.
The phytoestrogens in licorice root have a mild estrogenic effect, making the herb potentially useful in easing certain symptoms of PMS (premenstrual syndrome), such as irritability, bloating, and breast tenderness. Although the glycyrrhizin in licorice actually inhibits the effect of the body's own estrogens, the mild estrogenic effect produced by licorice's phytoestrogens manages to override this inhibiting action. In addition, the phytoestrogens in licorice root may help to minimize menopausal symptoms by compensating somewhat for the natural decline in a woman's estrogen levels following menopause.
Fennel Seed
Fennel is a carminative herb that helps reduce colic, gas, indigestion, intestinal disorders, assimilation, nausea, and flatulence. It also can help break up kidney stones and uric acid in the tissues and is therefore used in treating gout.
Fennel will help clear mucus and phlegm from the lungs and it will also help rid the intestinal tract of mucus. Its tissue cleansing properties also have a cleansing effect on the gall bladder and liver.
Fennel is very effective for cancer patients after radiation and chemotherapy.
Fennel will help improve digestion and quiet hiccups. This herb will effectively reduce or eliminate intestinal and stomach gas.
Uva Ursi
Uva ursi contains a compound called arbutin which has the ability to drain excess water from cells, promoting an antiseptic effect on the kidneys. In the urinary tract, the arbutin in Uva Ursi is chemically transformed into an antiseptic chemical, hydroquinone. Uva ursi also contains diuretic chemicals, including ursolic acid, powerful astringents, and a chemical, allatoin, that helps promote the growth of healthy new cells. Uva Ursi may help with bladder infections, cystitis, diabetes, nephritis, water retention, liver ailments and chronic diarrhea.
During its excretion arbutin produces an antiseptic effect on the urinary mucous membrane and can therefore help eliminate urinary tract infections. Tannic acid is also contained in the leaves. This herb also helps to keep the pH balance of urine from being too acid. It actually strengthens the lining of the urinary tract and helps to relieve any inflammation in the system. It has a direct sedative effect on the bladder walls. Allantoin, also found in Uva Ursi spurs the healing of wounds. For chronic inflammation of the bladder or kidneys Uva Ursi has no equal. Two studies report that urine from individuals given uva ursi is active against the most commonly involved bacteria in bladder and urinary tract infection.
This study supports the results of a double blind study of 57 women with recurrent cystitis. After one year, the placebo group had 20% incidence of recurring cystitis, whereas the uva ursi group had no recurring infection.
In addition it has anti-lithic properties that help in dissolving crystals not just in the kidneys, but throughout the body as well. It has, therefore, been used for arthritis and other painful joint problems.
Juniper Berries
Juniper berries are a prime herb for eliminating congestion of the kidneys and for removing waste products from the system via the kidneys. And not only does the herb work through the urinary tract, it also strengthens and builds the tract, the urinary passages and the bladder as well as the kidneys.
Juniper berries have also been recommended to strengthen the pancreas and the adrenal glands, thus being of importance for people with diabetes.
Specifically, juniper berries are used to treat infections, especially within the urinary tract, bladder, kidneys, and prostate. Their antiseptic properties help remove waste and acidic toxins from the body, stimulating a fighting action against bacterial and yeast infections. Juniper Berries also help increase the flow of digestive fluids, improving digestion and eliminating gas and stomach cramping. As a diuretic, juniper berries eliminate excess water retention contributing to weight loss. Juniper berries' anti-inflammatory properties are ideal for relieving pain and inflammation related to rheumatism and arthritis. In addition, juniper berries are beneficial in reducing congestion, as well as treating asthma and colds. Juniper berries make an excellent antiseptic in conditions such as cystitis. But the essential oil present in this herb is quite stimulating to the kidney nephrons. Some texts warn that juniper oil may be a kidney irritant at higher doses, but there is no real evidence that this is the case, and the dosage in this detox tea is quite low. Nonetheless, people with serious kidney disease probably shouldn't take juniper berries.
Contemporary herbalists primarily use juniper berries as a diuretic ("water pill") component of health supplements designed to treat bladder infections. The volatile oils of juniper reportedly increase the rate of kidney filtration, thereby increasing urine flow and perhaps helping to "wash out" offending bacteria. The volatile oils, particularly terpinen-4-ol, may cause an increase in urine volume. According to some sources, juniper berries increase urine volume without a loss of electrolytes such as potassium. It is recommended by the German Commission E for kidney ailments.
Ginger
Ginger has a long history of use in herbal medicine.
- Ginger has strong anti-viral properties.
- Ginger helps control nausea, which makes it useful in treating motion sickness, chemotherapy, radiation, morning sickness during pregnancy, as well as in intestinal activating and detoxing formulas, and in liver cleansing programs.
- Ginger is also a strong COX 2 inhibitor, thus helping to relieve inflammation and pain in the body. And not just the common inflammation many experience in a knee or shoulder, but also inflammation throughout the body, even in the brain of an Alzheimer's sufferer. Scientists now have convincing evidence, from decades of research, that the unchecked activity of the COX 2 enzyme may play a major role in the onset of many forms of cancer (including colon, skin, bladder, esophagus, and pancreas), arthritis, and Alzheimer's Disease.
- In the far east and India, ginger is renowned for its aphrodisiac properties.
Clove Buds
The active ingredient in cloves is eugenol, which has long been known to kill bacteria and viruses. That's why clove is used as a food preservative. And in the same way cloves keep food fresh by killing bacteria, they also help prevent stomach upset and diarrhea.
One other important note on cloves is that it is one of the few things known to actually destroy most parasite eggs.
Black Peppercorns
Black peppercorns are whole immature berries that are harvested while still green and dried in the sun till they turn black. The berries contain a white inner kernel - the hottest part of the berry, which is quite fiery when used on its own - and a black outer husk, which has all the aromatic fragrance that enhances the flavor of food.
The use of black pepper, or piper nigrum, goes back 4000 years in the East. The Chinese used pepper to treat malaria, cholera, dysentery, diarrhea and stomach complaints. It is:
- analgesic
- antimicrobial
- antiseptic
- antispasmodic
- antitoxic
- bactericidal
- diuretic
- laxative
- systemic stimulant
- and aids in digestion
And, like cayenne, piper nigrum serves to drive other herbs into the blood, thereby making them more effective.
Horsetail Herb
Horsetail has not been extensively studied in people, but professional herbalists recognize that the herb has diuretic (promotes the excretion of urine) properties that may be useful for the following health problems:
- Urinary tract infections
- Kidney stones
Horsetail has been shown to possess hemolytic (blood clotting) and antibiotic activity, properties that contribute to the healing process. Horsetail also supplies calcium to the body, and is rich in several other minerals that the body uses to rebuild injured tissue.
In addition, horsetail's high silica content helps reduce the risk of excessive bleeding and contributes to the building of healthy blood cells. Research has shown that horsetail increases the number of phagocytes that kill germs and other foreign substances, which improves the functioning of the entire immune system.
Erva Tostao
The roots of erva tostao have held an important place in herbal medicine in both Brazil and India for many years. G. L. Cruz, one of Brazil's leading medical herbalists, reports erva tostao is "a plant medicine of great importance, extraordinarily beneficial in the treatment of liver disorders." It is employed in Brazilian herbal medicine as a cholagogue and diuretic, for all types of liver disorders (including jaundice and hepatitis), gallbladder pain and stones, urinary tract disorders, renal disorders and calculi, cystitis, and nephritis. Erva tostao is called punarnava in India, where it has a long history of use by indigenous and tribal people and in Ayurvedic herbal medicine systems. There, the roots are employed as a diuretic, stomachic, laxative, and emmenagogue to treat gonorrhea, internal inflammation of all kinds, dropsy, jaundice, menstrual problems, anemia, and liver, gallbladder, and kidney disorders.
Parsley Root
Parsley root is also listed in the German Commission E (an advisory panel on herbal medicines) Monographs as a diuretic for treating and preventing urinary tract conditions and urinary tract gravel. It also is traditionally used as an expectorant and treatment for bronchial cough, as well as for treating bone and joint complaints.
It restores digestion, supports the liver, kidneys and adrenal glands, purifies blood and body fluids, helps the body's defensive mechanisms and chokes negative bacteria. It is also great for immune system support.
It enriches the spleen, stomach, and liver and benefits the kidneys, uterus, and adrenal glands.
An important diuretic, parsley root also helps clear uric acid from the urinary tract and helps dissolve and expel gallstones and gravel – and prevent their future formation. It also inhibits the secretion of histamine and is therefore useful in treating hives and relieving other allergy symptoms. A decoction of parsley root can help eliminate bloating and reduce weight by eliminating excess water gain.
Note: the German Commission E also approved parsley for use in the prevention and treatment of kidney stones.
Fenugreek Seed
Historically, fenugreek has been used to treat both respiratory and stomach ailments. Specifically it is used for allergies, bronchitis, high cholesterol levels, diabetes, digestive ailments, emphysema, intestinal gas, gastrointestinal spasms, headaches, lung infections, mucous congestion and skin eruptions.
*The above statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This ingredient is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
