Detox Teas: 4 Herbs That Detoxify Your Body

Horsetail tea is very effective for colds, aids digestion and has diuretic properties. Therefore, it also works against fluid retention. 

Detox teas help you to remove pollutants that have accumulated in the organism from the body. In this way you can cleanse your body and prevent diseases.

Detox teas for detoxifying the body

Various dehydrating and digestive foods or medicinal herbs can help rid your body of harmful substances. Then we’ll show you some very effective ways you can make  detox teas.

You can drink every day for three weeks. However, avoid sugar or sweeteners. You can use these drinks to replace coffee or cocoa at breakfast, or drink the detox teas after lunch or dinner.

They have a strong antioxidant effect  and, like classic herbal teas, are simply scalded with boiling water. Then you let the tea steep for 5 to 10 minutes and you can drink it.

Cleansing tea with horsetail

Horsetail has a strong dehydrating effect and therefore cleanses the organism. You can combine it with peppermint, licorice, green anise, or fennel. Mix all herbs in the same proportion.

This combination also has an expectorant effect and is therefore beneficial for colds or coughs with sputum.

You can also use it to improve digestion.

Detox tea with thyme

Thyme strengthens liver function and improves breathing. This tea is especially recommended for people who are nervous and have indigestion. It also has beneficial effects on the gallbladder and liver.

It also provides important antioxidants.

Mix equal parts of thyme, lemon balm, linden blossom and angelica and make a tea out of them. Let it steep for 10 minutes before drinking it.

Dehydrating tea made from strawberry leaves

This tea may not be as well known as the other detox teas, but it is very effective and provides important antioxidants as well.

If you are suffering from discomfort from too many pollutants in the body, uric acid levels are too high  (and you may have gout), then tea made from strawberry leaves is an excellent solution.

Mix equal parts mint, blueberry leaves, coltsfoot leaves, and strawberry leaves. This gives you a highly effective diuretic and antioxidant drink. Drink one cup of it a day.

Cleansing elderflower tea