warming detox herbs?

February 25, 2004

Hi Everyone,

Just looking for some herbal wisdom from you. My acupuncturist says not to use

detox herbs b/c most of them are cooling and we are really trying to warm me

right now. However, I need to detox in a big way -- we are renovating the

kitchen and my eating habits, although still better than most of America, have

not been up to my standards and I am feeling it. So she told me to use lemon

water with honey, b/c the lemon will stimulate and the honey will nourish the

liver. Well, lemons are cooling so I don't know if that is good, even though

she recommends it. The detox tea I would use is Yogi tea, and here are the

ingredients:

Yogi Detox Tea Ingredients : OG Cinnamon Bark, Sarsaparilla Root, OG Licorice

Root, Dandelion Root, OG Burdock Root, OG Ginger Root, Juniper Berry, OG black

Pepper, Cardamom Seed, OG Clove Bud, Natural Sarsaparilla Flavor, Philodendron

Bark, Honeysuckle Flower, Forsythia Fruit, Gardenia Flower, Scullap Root, Black

Cohosh Rhizome, Coptis Rhizome, Rhubarb Root, Winter Melon, Plantago Seed.

[OG-Organically Grown and processed in accordance with the California Organic

Foods Act of 1990.]

Now, I know dandelion and rhubarb are cooling, but most of those other herbs are

warming, right? I know the obvious spicy ones are, and also burdock, any other

thoughts about this?

Thanks,

Debbie

deb

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February 26, 2004

MessageHi Deb

>> My acupuncturist says not to use detox herbs b/c most of >them are cooling

and we are really trying to warm me right >now. However, I need to detox in a

big way

perhaps you need to nourish yourself more than " detox " ? Nurture your organs

and they will respond by doing their job...

So she told me to use lemon water with honey, b/c the lemon will stimulate

and the honey will nourish the liver. Well, lemons are cooling

..The honey is warming and that is excellent advice.

Dandelion Root, -cold

OG Burdock Root,-cold OG

Philodendron Bark- cold,

Honeysuckle Flower- cold

Forsythia Fruit-cool

Gardenia Flower- cold

Scullap Root-cold

Coptis Rhizome-cold

Rhubarb Root-cold

Plantago Seed-cool

Now, I know dandelion and rhubarb are cooling, but most of those other herbs

are warming, right?

wrong

I know the obvious spicy ones are, and also burdock

burdock is cold, too

any other thoughts about this?

that tea is definitely not something you want to be taking if your acu is

trying to warm you up! She must have you on a formula, right? Why not stick with

that and do the lemon and honey in warm water? And continue to feed yourself

good foods- like maybe a nice chicken stock with ginger...

Be Well,

Michelle

www.greentaramama.com

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Thanks,

Debbie

deb

Luxury for your skin, body and soul

www.debrasrhapsody.com

February 26, 2004

Hi Michele,

Thanks! I have been doing the honey and lemon water frankly b/c it tastes

darn good and it was a recommendation from acu who I trust. I just get

obsessive sometimes, and I sure know a lot more about eos than I do about

herbs, that is for sure! My sources have burdock as a warming, building

herb, though, I really didn't think that one was cool. I'll find out when I

go back to acupuncture today if my liver is better. I didn't drink any of

the tea, and I have been eating lots of yummy chicken soup! And drinking

ginger tea, too. She doesn't have me on any of her herbs right now, so

lemon water it is! :-)

Debbie

deb

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