Summary: Colon cleansing teas can include teas made from cascara sagrada or senna. A more gentle option for cleaning out the colon would be slippery elm or marshmallow tea, unfiltered apple juice or warm prune juice. Consider making a colon cleansing tea from licorice, dandelion root or ginger with advice from a practicing herbalist in this free video on alternative medicine.
Trina Sims has been a practicing herbalist for over 40 years, and is a professional member of the American Botanical Council. Sims is a certified herbal information specialist, and a...read more
"Hi, I'm Trina Sims of Greenstar Herbs and today I'm going to talk a little about colon cleansing teas. Unfortunately, most of the colon cleansing teas you find on the market include things like senna or cascara sagrada and other herbs in that class. These can be violent prerogatives and cause a pretty extreme bowel movement as well as potentially cause some cramping and pain. If you feel you need something that strong, please use it under the care of a qualified health care practitioner. There are some gentler herb teas available though. Among my favorite is slippery elm or marshmallow; warm unfiltered apple juice; warm prune juice is a wonderful remedy as a colon cleansing beverage and licorice, dandelion root or ginger can also make very gentle but effective colon cleansing teas. I hope you found this information to be helpful. Thank you."
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southaustin said
on 21/06/2009 Thanks for the information, very helpful stuff...