Spring Tonics To Cleanse Your Body

Spring has finally arrived after what seems like a very long winter hibernation. Our bodies may feel sluggish and tired after a winter of eating heavy, rich, comfort foods. Now is the time to feed our bodies and souls, to awaken and quicken our senses.

We do this with spring tonics, blood and liver purifying herbs, which flush out toxins and restart our metabolism. These are the first greens that appear each Spring, giving our bodies a nutritional kick start for the new season.

Herbs For Spring Tonics

These are common wild plants you have seen before but might not have known about their abilities to enhance the digestive and elimination functions in your body.

These plants can be eaten fresh in soups and salads, steamed or dried for later use through out the year for teas, infusions or tinctures. I’ll dry nettles so I can make nettle infusions to drink year round and dry dandelion roots and burdock root for digestive bitters.

When we eat spring greens and drink spring tonics, we are supporting and nurturing our bodies natural detoxification abilities.

If you don’t want to forage for the plants, you can buy them online as dried herbs or powdered herbs. Whole herbs have a much longer shelf life than powdered herbs.

Here are a few of the herbs you can utilize for spring tonics and food: