Health through plants with Sandra

Fall treatment. Autumn feels itself, the drop in spirits and the first waves of cold that accompany it… Your body needs a little help adjusting to the changing season. At a time when the immune system is being challenged again, it is essential to strike a good balance of vitamins and minerals, a healthy gut and strong lungs. That’s fine, in Chinese medicine, it’s the season of the lungs and large intestine, and it’s time to drain and strengthen these swollen organs to allow them to function better before winter arrives.

So you’ll understand, it’s time to start your fall treat! Three weeks good timing. And since herbal tea is the simplest and most self-sufficient way to take care of your health, here is a recipe idea with plants that are easy to pick from your garden or from the wild. This mixture combines detoxification of the lungs, liver and intestines. Remineralizing the body, stimulating immunity: thyme (leaves, flowers), elderberry (leaves), elderberry (flowers), rosemary (leaves, flowers), dandelion (leaves), mallow (flowers or leaves), marshmallow or marshmallow, broth White (flowers), nettle (small leaves), black currant (leaves). Interesting for everyone and especially for people who suffer from inflammation of the lungs, chronic cough, asthma, allergies as well as tired intestines with difficulty passing through.

In the fall, making herbal tea can be complicated if you want to use fresh plants. Especially after a drought like the one we saw this summer. This is where we realize the benefit of drying plants during periods of plant growth (spring, early summer for flowers). So you have the plants you care about on hand all year round.

Alternative to herbal teas and gem therapy. This is an infusion of buds that you can buy and mix for an autumn cure: for example a mixture of rosemary (detox), birch (detox and remineralize), rosehip, hornbeam or pine (lungs) and walnut to cleanse the intestines and promote health. Intestinal germs.

You can add psyllium to your diet for hard-to-cross areas and nettle or spirulina for cooking or powder to provide you with minerals and vitamins.

This is also the time to help the intestines restore a good intestinal flora. Some plants and foods from prebiotics (which are a good ground for your plants): whole grains, legumes, bananas, tomatoes, onions, garlic, inulin (dandelion, artichoke, dandelion). You can add probiotics to better strengthen your body: buy, from laboratory culture or make at home by fermented foods (lactic fermentation, kefir, yogurt, etc.)

And don’t forget vitamin D for your morale and immunity!