Each week our members can participate in a survey. Here’s what we asked this week…
Which best describes how a “blood purifying” herb, like Sassafras, works?
- A. Enhances the flow of bile via the gallbladder.
- B. Aids the kidney’s ability to filter impurities in the blood and release them in the urine.
- C. Acts as a natural “soap” in the blood, enhancing the body’s ability to eliminate toxins via the liver.
- D. Works through the lymphatic, glandular and mucous membrane systems to remove toxins.
- E. Aids the breakdown and elimination of metabolic waste in the body.
- F. All of the above.
We also asked a follow up question…
Have you ever used Sassafras?
- 6% – Yes, as a medicine.
- 3% – Yes, as a food.
- 23% – Yes, as a medicine and a food.
- 68% – No, I have not used Sassafras.
DID YOU KNOW?
A blood purifying or cleansing herb can work in several ways. Some are bitter herbs containing saponins that act as natural “soaps” in the blood enhancing the body’s ability to eliminate toxins via the liver by enhancing the flow of bile via the gallbladder. Others have diuretic effects that aid the kidneys ability to filter impurities in the blood allowing these toxins to be released in the urine. Others work through the lymphatic, glandular and mucous membrane systems to remove toxins, and some herbs alter the metabolic and catabolic processes associated with the breakdown and elimination of metabolic waste in the body that is carried in the blood and is then cleansed in the liver or kidneys.