Can dandelion leaf tea help with water retention?!
Question: And if so, how much?
Answers: And if so, how much?
Dandelion leaves, alfalfa, aspargus, celery and vitamin B6 can all work as natural diuretics.
Dandelion tea works wonders on a sluggish liver (the primary filtering organ of the body), gall bladder (which produces bile to assist the digestion of fatty foods) and spleen ( an organ producing new red blood cels), and it also encourages bowel action and reduces fluid retention. Drinking Dandelion tea is one of the most effective ways to detox your body, because it stimulates digestive enzymes and bile to allow the easier metabolism of fatty foods.
Dandelion tea is excellent for ridding the body of excess fluid because, as the tea leaves contain high amounts of potassium, the body is not depleted of this important mineral through the diuretic effect of the tea?
Ensure, for therapeutic purposes, that you buy organic Dandelion leaf as the commercial or teabag varieties have had so much of their essential oils pulverised from them. Another reason to use organic is one of the properties of the Dandelion plant is to absorb metal pollutants from the atmosphere ~ as such organic really is essential. Add honey to taste if you like as the taste can be quite bitter ..... or lemons or limes if you like the tartness?;
2 - 3 teaspoons per teapot would be sufficient?By buying the organic variety, the essential oils are still so potent that the spent leaves could be reused 2 - 3 times ~ simply refill the pot with hot water and rebrew for 15 - 20 minutes.?
Ensure that you also hydrate your body properly with at least 2 litres of water per day as otherwise you may become dehydrated?
Good health to you & yours?
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Do you have the actual leaf? then putting them in a salad would be better....
But if you have the bags (otherwise, consider a teaspoon of herb in a tea ball or similar strainer) I would say three cups a day...should take a few hours before you know if its gonna work for you.....like meds, not every herb works for everyone.
Also - parsley, if you can get some, is great for the same purpose