There are herbs that you can take to lose weight. They help to normalize the metabolism, due to which, excess weight simply disappears. The process of self-treatment with herbs does not require large financial costs – they have a fairly cheap price. However, the question arises: is it really safe to lose weight on your own with the help of special herbal preparations?

Attempts to collect herbs in the field can end in failure – after all, often a plant, its drawing or photograph, from a book differs from the plant that grows in nature. Without special education, you can easily confuse plants with each other and pluck something completely different from what you need. Well, if the plants plucked by mistake simply turn out to be useless, but what if not? And you plucked a poisonous plant?

In order to properly collect medicinal herbs, you need to carefully prepare. It is necessary to study all aspects of collecting herbs: where certain plants grow, at what time it is better to collect them so that they bring maximum benefit. Knowing how to prepare herbs for long-term storage will also come in handy.

All this takes time and complete confidence in the right choice of grass for collection. Therefore, it is better to buy medicinal herbal preparations in specialized institutions, in pharmacies.

Statistics show that those who lose weight with the help of herbs use phyto-preparations, which include the following herbs:

– dulling appetite. Swelling, increasing in volume, herbs fill the stomach (for example, marshmallow root, flax seed, angelica officinalis, bladderwrack);

– normalizing the process of digestion (for example, stems and leaves of parsley, fennel, dill, anise fruits);

– normalizing metabolism (for example, elder flowers, turmeric, coltsfoot, ginger, rosemary);

– replenishing the lack of vitamins and other trace elements (for example, lingonberries, raspberries, wild roses, birch leaves, black currants);

– acting on diuretic and choleretic processes that contribute to the removal of excess fluid from the body (for example, bird knotweed, lingonberry leaves, horsetail, bear ears, dandelion, corn stigmas and columns, burdock, barberry, tansy, goose cinquefoil);

– having a laxative effect (for example, fennel seeds, buckthorn fruits, common anise fruits, pharmacy flowers chamomile).

Here are some types of herbal preparations and how to prepare them:

1. Infusion of fennel and parsley, dandelion roots and buckthorn fruits: Take 0.5 liters of boiling water and pour a couple of tablespoons of herbal tea (take 20 grams of peppermint leaves, dandelion root, buckthorn fruits, as well as fennel and parsley). The infusion must be infused for half an hour. Drink in the morning the entire volume of the prepared infusion on an empty stomach.

2. An infusion of anise fruits, licorice root and cystoseira herb: Take 0.5 liters of boiling water and pour a couple of tablespoons of phytocollection (about 50 grams of anise fruits, 50 grams of licorice root and 100 grams of bearded cystoseera). The infusion must be infused for half an hour. Drink 200-250 ml three times a day.

3. An infusion of St. John’s wort, cystoseira and yarrow: Take 0.5 liters of boiling water and pour a couple of tablespoons of herbal tea (about 40 g each of yarrow and St. John’s wort and 20 g bearded cystoseira). The infusion must be infused for half an hour. Drink 200 – 250 ml three times a day.

We remind you that it is advisable to buy all herbal preparations and herbal preparations in pharmacy kiosks. Don’t forget to read the instructions. Indeed, even the simplest and seemingly harmless herb can have many contraindications and side effects, as well as any drug.

From the foregoing, the following follows: in order to lose weight, use the following types of herbs

– have diuretic properties;

– stimulating the process of digestion;

– having a laxative effect;

– able to dull the feeling of hunger;

– Contributing to the process of excretion and production of bile. Such herbal preparations help to normalize the functioning of the gallbladder and liver, which has a beneficial effect on the process of digestion.

– to increase energy consumption.

It is recommended to consult a specialist before buying various drugs, because. there are various contraindications.

For example, most diuretic herbal teas cannot be used without any control, excessive fluid loss can be harmful to health. It is forbidden to take diuretic herbal teas for weight loss in case of any kidney disease.

There is an opinion that herbal decoctions and infusions are absolutely safe, so most prepare them on the advice of friends or relatives, forgetting about instructions. Why do we treat herbs so easily, not bothering to read the instructions, forgetting about the possible consequences of taking the infusion? No one will buy pills without first reading what contraindications are. With herbal preparations, you must do the same.

This attitude is very irresponsible. Among the plants there are a lot of poisonous and potent. For example, aloe should not be taken with uterine bleeding, during pregnancy and cystitis, diseases of the gallbladder and liver.

It is not recommended for a long period to take a decoction or infusion of birch buds, which have a diuretic effect.

Many freshly squeezed juices need to be diluted with water. So, ordinary freshly squeezed beetroot juice causes a very strong vasospasm.

Pomegranate juice has an irritating effect on the digestive organs and destroys tooth enamel. A decoction of pomegranate bark in case of an overdose causes convulsions and dizziness.

When St. John’s wort is used for a long period, an increase in blood pressure and narrowing of blood vessels occurs.

One of the contraindications to the use of nettle is increased blood clotting.

With prolonged use of a plant such as ginseng, heart palpitations and insomnia occur.

With an overdose of a therapeutic natural drug, its effect from useful becomes toxic.

Thus, first of all, it is necessary to get the recommendations of a specialist, study the contraindications of herbal remedies, follow the technology for preparing the collection, and follow the storage rules.

And then herbal preparations will help you with the normalization of metabolism and getting rid of excess weight.