Weight Loss with Herbs
Here you can learn how extraordinary therapeutic qualities of some herbs can help
you prevent accumulation of extra pounds and get a fast weight loss.
Try to include some herbs in your daily diet, you will lose weight healthily without
side effects that can weaken your body.
Cabbage (Brassica oleracea)
Cabbage therapeutic qualities are used in treating various diseases.
The most popular use of cabbage is treating intoxicated persons. In this case it is recommended to drink cabbage juice or to eat sauerkraut.
Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica)
Stinging nettle helps in weight loss diets due to its therapeutic effect on constipation. Also stinging nettle remove toxins from our bodies, other important aspect in losing body weight.
Stinging nettle is a herb that is successfully used in treating pancreas diseases and urinary tract inflammations.
Stinging nettle stimulates gastric, intestinal and pancreatic secretions healing gastrointestinal insufficiency.
Common elder (Sambucus nigra)
Common elder is a well known herb for its therapeutic properties in obesity and weight loss. Common elder flowers tea is laxative and is very good in all detoxification diets. This tea cleans our bodies from toxins and helps in weight loss.
Common elder flowers have diuretic, sudorific and laxative actions; common elder fruits have anti neuralgic, laxative and fortified actions; common elder leaves have purgative and laxative effects and common elder bark is rich in diuretic substances.
Rice (Oryza sativa)
Rice is used in weight loss diets. These diets are based on boiled rice without salt, but pay attention!!! don't eat only boiled rice for a period of time to lose weight. It is better to have a balanced diet including boiled rice, fruits and vegetables, water and exercises.
Rice is a sweet food with various natural therapeutic properties. Rice is rich in proteins and carbohydrates.
Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna)
Regarding weight loss we can say that hawthorn hasn't a major contribution, being used only as good help in weight loss diets.
On the other hand hawthorn is used in curing various disease:
- headaches
- heart diseases caused by nervousness
- high blood pressure
- stress
- menstruation disturbances.
