Lose weight with herbs

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16-10-2014

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Which plant do you recognize in the picture and why? Maybe there are memories from school about collecting a herbarium, or do you make infusions to calm the nervous system, or bathe a baby in thyme and chamomile?

How many useful properties have such beautiful and sometimes unknown herbs.

But these are natural healers that help the body fight many diseases. Today, another benefit from them has become known - this is a quick and effective weight loss.

There are 5 groups of action on the body of herbal preparations:

1. Herbs that during the diet for weight loss. The principle of their work is that they envelop the walls of the stomach, swell and give a feeling of satiety for several hours. These plants include marshmallow root, flax seeds, angelica, spirulina. They allow a person to eat less, avoid short snacks, and therefore lose weight.
2. herbs that remove toxins, toxins and excess fluid from the body, do not allow food residues to turn into fat cells. But with such herbs, those who have problems with the kidneys and liver should be careful. These are burdock, bear ears, horsetail and lingonberry leaf.
3. Laxatives and choleretic plants are aimed at producing bile in the body and improving the functioning of the digestive tract. These are dandelion, barberry, volodushka and corn stigmas.
4. To increase energy in the body. Such plants burn calories quickly. Such herbs include rosemary, turmeric, and ginger.
5. Tonic herbs. They stimulate metabolism, remove fat reserves from the body. These are lemongrass, ginseng, eleutherococcus.

Before you decide to lose weight on herbs, you need to carefully familiarize yourself with the technique of their preparation.

1. Take one stalk of different plants, crush them and mix. Pour boiling water, in a ratio of 1 to 3, keep in a thermos for 15 minutes and here is a ready-made herbal tea for you. Pour into a container with a lid and insist for several hours.
2. We take 100 ml of food during the day, preferably half an hour before eating, for 2-3 months.
3. The result is slow but effective.
4. Before starting the use of infusions, it is advisable to consult a doctor, because the wrong herbs can harm your health.
5. You can not use such methods of losing weight for pregnant and lactating women.

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This product does not contain animal fats, mineral oils and, moreover, synthetic paraben preservatives. They can accumulate in the body and lead to serious health problems. Modeling cream from Mulsan Cosmetic consists only of natural ingredients and proved to be excellent, which satisfied consumers did not fail to write about on the mulsan.ru website.

Folk recipes for weight loss

• Mix one part each of chicory and dandelion roots, and three parts of burdock root. Pour in a glass of boiling water. Infuse for several hours, then strain and drink before meals for a month.
• . Birch, plantain, oregano leaves are poured with boiling water, and when the water cools down a bit, we lie down in the bath for 15-20 minutes. After that, rinse the body well, without the use of shampoos and gels. We go to bed. This is a wonderful remedy for cleansing the sebaceous glands and pores, as well as for healing wounds.
• Comprehensive wiping with a decoction of calendula and coltsfoot flowers will help stop inflammation, relieve fatigue, especially if you make foot lotions after a hard day's work.
• If you mix three parts of buckthorn bark, add the same amount of nettle leaves, one part of yarrow, you can get an excellent tea for washing the intestines.
• Diuretic tea from the leaves of horsetail, knotweed and strawberries will give the body freshness and vigor. Improve metabolism and speed up the metabolic process.
• An infusion of juniper fruits, cornflower flowers and angelica root will improve the complexion, give nails and hair a natural shine and elasticity.

Carefully study the instructions for herbs, an overdose can cause side effects, including dizziness, weakness, fever, burning in the stomach, increased acidity, drowsiness.

I offer a list of herbs that promote weight loss, burn fat, remove toxins from the body, remove excess cholesterol, and stimulate metabolic processes.

1. Black elderberry flowers, fennel fruit, chamomile flowers, lime blossom, mint. Pour boiling water over all this in proportions of 20 g and leave for 15 minutes. We drink one glass 3 times a day, preferably 30 minutes before meals.
2. Buckthorn bark about 40 g, dandelion root, parsley fruit, fennel, mint 15 g each. 2 tbsp. spoons of the mixture pour 2 cups of boiling water, leave for 20 minutes and drink in the morning on an empty stomach.
3. Pour a glass of boiling water over a leaf of blackberry, birch, coltsfoot and take before dinner.
4. Infusion of corn stigmas, 1 tablespoon 4-5 times a day before meals to reduce appetite.
5. Take 15 g of dandelion root, parsley, fennel and mint. The infusion dulls the feeling of hunger and has a laxative effect. We drink on an empty stomach before meals.
6. 50 g of licorice root, anise fruits, 100 g of cystoseira, pour a glass of boiling water and leave for 30 minutes. We drink one cup three times a day.

There is a slight laxative effect, stimulation of digestion, improvement of metabolic processes.

A folk remedy that is familiar to mankind due to the cleansing and healing processes in the body, but in order not to cause harm, you need to know the rules for its use.

• Do not take other medicines and plants with it.
• Strictly monitor the dosage and time of taking the infusion.
• Do not use during pregnancy, problems with the intestines, in the presence of tumors and ulcers.

1. Pour 50 mg of powder with boiled water at room temperature and leave overnight. In the morning, drink on an empty stomach, without sediment. The dose can be increased up to 250 mg.
2. The same infusion should be taken after meals, for the purpose of laxative properties. Can be used at a time up to 300 mg of herbal collection.

Cleanse the body with honey and herbs

For a full course, you need to prepare a mixture of: 100 g of chamomile, St. John's wort, immortelle, birch buds, chop and mix, put in one jar with a lid. In the evening, pour a tablespoon of 200 ml of boiling water, leave for 20 minutes and strain. Add a spoonful of honey and drink at night, after eating no more.

In the morning, just 20 minutes before breakfast. After several receptions, lightness will appear in the body, weight will decrease, vision and memory will improve. The rejuvenation mechanism starts.

The note. All phytocourses should be carried out no more than 2-3 weeks every six months, it is better to buy herbs for weight loss and infusions at a pharmacy and carefully read the instructions.

Natalya Zemnaya, the leader of the Healthy Herbs Project recommends:

1. Do not self-medicate, carefully study the dosage and do not use unknown herbs.
2. You can not combine incompatible herbs, you need to consult a phytodoctor or simply drink infusions with only one or two plants.
3. If you feel worse, it is better not to hesitate and contact the clinic, only professionals will be able to determine what went wrong and why.
4. Herbal weight loss is very effective, you can lose 3-4 kg per week if you combine diet with exercise.
5. Herbal infusions can improve the functioning of internal organs, the digestive system, relieve spasms, reduce inflammation, and calm nerve cells.
6. When bathing a baby in water, you need to add a few tablespoons of chamomile, thyme, sage - the child will sleep peacefully and colic will torment him less.
7. Broths can rinse hair, make face masks, soar legs, and nails.
8. Herbal preparations have effective medicinal properties.