Natural Recipes for Body Cleansing

Body cleanses rid the body of toxins and impurities and help you to lose weight. Though scientists dispute the necessity of body cleansing, many people report feeling both better and healthier after a cleanse. There are many products sold to aid in body cleansing and detoxification, but you can do natural body cleansing yourself, cheaper and more naturally. Natural body cleansing is also less harsh on the system than using things such as enemas or laxatives.

Colon Cleansing

When beginning body cleanses, many people start with the colon. Colon cleansing is recommended by Dr. Ben Kim for a number of ailments such as constipation and irritable bowel syndrome, and is considered a good all-around place to start detoxifying your system.

A simple colon cleanse is a water fast. This can be too much for beginners, as the psychological and physical effects of not eating for several days can be difficult to handle. But a water fast can promote colon cleansing with no need to buy special ingredients. Water fasts are exactly what they sound like: going for a certain number of days consuming nothing but pure water.

Juice and fruit fasting will also cause a cleansing of the colon. In juice fasting, you consume only the juice of fresh (preferably organic) fruits for a certain amount of time, generally one or two weeks to thirty days. Fruit fasting is a similar diet. Those on a fruit fast eat only fresh fruits for ten days to two weeks, or longer.

There are also homemade recipes for colon cleansing using only fruits, herbs and water. One recipe calls for white raisins, senna (an herb) and rose hips extract. The raisins and senna are boiled in 1 L of water each and then left to infuse for thirty minutes. The raisins and senna are then filtered out, all the liquid poured into one container, and 200 g of rose hips added. Drink 100 ml of the mixture daily.

Another recipe reputed to be good for colon cleansing is raw green soup. The soup is made with 2 to 3 cucumbers (peeled), 1 or 2 avocados, 1/2 of a yellow onion, the juice of half a lemon, 3 cloves of roasted garlic, 2 cups of vegetable stock, 1 tbsp. of cilantro, 1 tbsp. of parsley and 1 seeded jalapeno pepper. All of the ingredients are blended together and consumed without heating.

Full Body Cleansing

If you prefer to not focus on one part of your body at a time, you can perform a full-body cleanse. Green smoothies can be used as a full-body cleanse. Just blend dark, leafy greens such as spinach or kale with water or juice and a complimentary choice of fruit together, then drink. One easy recipe for green smoothies is 2 cups of fresh spinach, 2 seeded peaches, and one cup of orange juice.

The master cleanse is also used as a full-body detoxifier. The master cleanse generally consists of drinking nothing but a lemonade made of 10 oz. of water, 2 tbsp. of freshly-squeezed lemon juice, 2 pinches of cayenne pepper, and 2 tbsp. of maple syrup for three to fourteen days. It is also recommended by MasterCleanse.Org that you either begin or end the day with a saltwater flush, consuming 2 tbsp. of sea salt dissolved into 32 oz. of water.