Cleansing Drinks for your Skin

Spring is a great time for cleansing!  The extra daylight hours bring forth a vibrant renewal of energy allowing us to shed what we've acquired over the winter months.  It's a great time to do Spring cleaning of our own bodies so that we can enjoy the energy of this season.

Cleansing typically involves eating an organic whole foods diet, and taking a break from the things that have been keeping us going such as  caffeine, alcohol, and/or sugar.  In addition, cleansing focuses on supporting our primary organs of elimination which include our: liver, kidneys, lungs, intestines, and skin.  The skin is our largest excretory organ and can become compromised when our other organs of elimination are overburdened.  Thus, the skin always benefits from cleansing.  Ways to optimize the ability of these organs to eliminate properly is through eating an organic diet, drinking purified water, exercise, dry skin brushing, and castor oil packs to name a few.  See my blog post: Creating a Day of Wellness for more info.

Your skin will benefit greatly by incorporating fresh vegetable juices or herbal teas aimed at cleansing the body.

  

Do you have a vegetable juicer or blender?  Below are some ideas of fruits and vegetables to combine for a juice.  Be creative and try out your own!

1) Apple, Beet, Kale, Ginger

2) Carrot, Celery, Parsley, Lemon

Apples:  Full of vitamins and minerals, plus a soluble fiber called pectin that supports the intestines in elimination.

Beets:  The high mineral content make this veggie a great blood cleanser and blood builder.  Beets are very supportive for your liver.  Word of caution, don't be alarmed if you notice a beet color in your toilet after consumption.

Kale:  A dark leafy green rich in calcium, iron, chlorophyll, and beta carotene.

Ginger:  Stimulates your digestive fire.

Carrots: Full of beta carotene, calcium and other minerals.  Also a source of pectin that is great for intestinal cleansing. 

Celery:  Full of minerals that calm the nervous system.

Parsley:  Rich in beta carotene, vitamin C, chlorophyll, and minerals.  Both a blood cleansing herb and diuretic.

Lemon:  Great source of vitamin C and bioflavonoids.  The sour taste helps purify the liver and stimulates peristalsis in the intestines.

Herbal Teas:

Botanicals for the skin include: Sarsaparilla, Yellow Dock, Burdock, Oregon Grape, Red Clover, Nettle.  These blood cleansing botanicals improve the function of the liver, large intestine, and kidneys. 

You can either go to your favorite bulk herb shop and make your own combination herbal tea or reach for these convenient teas at your health food store.

Yogi Detox Tea:

Indian Saraparilla Root, Cinnamon Bark, Ginger Root, Licorice Root, Burdock Root, Dandelion Root, Cardamom Seed, Clove Bud, Black Pepper, Long Pepper Berry, Chinese Amur Cork Tree Bark, Japanese Honeysuckle Flower, Forsythia Fruit, Gardenia Flower, Skullcap Leaf, Chinese Goldenthread Root,Rhubarb Root, Wax Gourd, Juniper Berry Extract

New Yogi Skin Detox Tea:

Burdock Root, Cardamom Seed, Dandelion Root, Green Tea Leaf, Hibiscus Flower, Honeybush, Orange Peel, Oregon Grape Root, Red Clover, Rose Petal, Stevia Leaf, Yellow Dock Root, Natural Flavors

The Republic of Tea Get Gorgeous Tea:

Organic Rooibos (leaf), Orange (peel), Hibiscus (flower), Chamomile (flower), Red Clover (flower), Chaste Berry (fruit), Burdock (root). Other Ingredients: Natural Pomegranate Flavor