HOW TO MAKE DETOX TEA

Today I am going to show you how to make one of my favorite tea blends for detoxification. This Detox Tea is great for blood purification and support of the liver and kidneys. It also helps those with hypertension, bladder and intestinal problems, skin eruptions, and diabetes. One of the first things you will notice when you start taking this tea is that your complexion will begin to glow.

Detoxification and repair of the liver and kidneys is vitally important in healing. These organs are responsible for clearing our bodies of toxins. If they cannot function optimally in that capacity we will get sick, period, end of story. This tea I am sharing with you will help support your kidney and liver among other things.

This tea consists of four herbal ingredients. Those are: red clover leaves (dried and crushed), milk thistle seed, burdock root, and lastly dandelion root. You will also need to purchase some cotton muslin tea bags. I will tell you where you can get those later.

This tea can be made one of two ways. The quick and easy way for people on the go is to place the herbs in a tea bag and put them in a Thermos bottle with boiling water. Now, I have to be honest and say that this method does not produce the most potent tea. And it will take longer for tea made by this method to work. I provide this first method only because it is quicker and more convenient than the traditional method. Some people just will not take the time to follow the traditional method so this approach is better suited for people on the go.

Here are the specific steps.

1. Take a cotton muslin tea bag and place 1 tablespoon of each herb into the tea bag except for the milk thistle seed. This assumes that you have purchased the herbs in powdered form. Dandelion and burdock root can be purchased as cut up roots or as powdered roots. I prefer the powder but both will work. If you purchased the cut roots follow the steps in the second method of tea-making below. 
2. Now for the milk thistle seed you will need to grind up the seeds before placing them in the tea bag. You can use a blender or a nut grinder to do this. Grind up no more than what you will need which is about 1 tablespoonful. Some people may be tempted to grind up a bunch of milk thistle seeds at one time and store it for later use. But this would be a mistake because once you have ground up the seeds they go bad and lose potency rather quickly.
3. 3. Once you have ground up the milk thistle seed place it in the tea bag with the other herbs. Cinch up the bag. Now place the tea bag into a 24 ounce Thermos bottle. Pour 24 ounces of boiling water over the tea bag and screw on the lid. Allow it to steep for at least one hour.
4. Drink 1 cup of the tea 3 times a day at least 30 minutes before meals. You can add a pinch of cayenne powder to give it zing. Try this tea for 2 weeks and see if it doesn't make a difference in how you look and feel.

Method 2 Traditional Approach

This is the best method for making the tea. The tea that is produced is stronger and will produce quicker results. Though it takes a little longer to make it is well worth the effort.

1. Take a cotton muslin tea bag and place 2 teaspoons of red clover herb into a tea bag. Now for the milk thistle seed you will need to grind up the seeds before placing them in the tea bag. You can use a blender or a nut grinder to do this. Grind up no more than what you will need which is about 2 teaspoonful. Some people may be tempted to grind up a bunch of milk thistle seeds at one time and store it for later use. But this would be a mistake because as I mentioned earlier once you have ground up the seeds they go bad and lose potency rather quickly.
2. Once you have ground up the milk thistle seed place it in the tea bag with the red clover. Cinch up the bag. Now place the tea bag into a 24 ounce Thermos bottle. Pour 16 ounces of boiling water over the tea bag and screw on the lid. Allow it to steep for at least one hour.
3. Now take the cut up roots of dandelion and burdock and place them in a small pot. You don’t need a lot of the root. You only need one piece of each herb about the size of your thumb.  Cut them up into smaller pieces and put them in the pot. Pour a pint of water over the roots and simmer until you have about half the content of water you had when you started. (Note if you are using dandelion or burdock powder instead of the cut-up roots, then use 2 teaspoons of each.) I normally use the powder.
4. Pour this tea (actually called a decoction) into your Thermos bottle that contains the other tea. You should now have about 24 ounces of tea. The 16 ounces already in the Thermos, plus the 8 ounces of the decoction that you just made.
5. Drink 1 cup of this tea 3 times a day at least 30 minutes before meals. You can add a pinch of cayenne powder to this tea to give it zing and to help stimulate circulation. Try this tea for 2 weeks and see if you don't begin to feel and look better.

Notes and Important Points:

• All herbs that you consume should either be wild crafted or organic. Wild crafted just means harvested in the wild. I prefer and recommend organic. If you just can’t find organic or wild crafted herbs use what you have available. That’s better than nothing.
• Always use distilled or filtered water when making tea.
• Always use stainless steel to boil or simmer your herbs. Stay away from aluminum pots for making tea.

Sources for materials:

For tea bags I use Mountain Rose Herbs. You can get reusable cotton muslin tea bags for less than 5 bucks. Always try to get unbleached cotton since bleached cotton contains dioxin.

For the best herbs I use Pacific Botanicals in Oregon. You can buy bulk herbs by the pound there including culinary herbs used for cooking. They sell only organic and wild crafted herbs.