Cleansing Remedies

• Cleansing remedies help detoxify the body. Oppenheim Bernhard/Digital Vision/Getty Images

  Cleansing and detoxifying your body can help flush out all of the toxins that build up in the body from the pesticides and hormones in the foods that we eat and from the pollution in the air that we breathe. Detoxing cleanses the digestive system, and it stimulates organ and tissue functions. This can give you more energy, smoother skin and a healthier body.

Cleansing Foods

• Avoid sugars when you want to cleanse your system. Eat a diet of mostly vegetables and whole grains. Whole grains are rich in vitamins and enzymes that help to aid the process of detox. Brown rice is a good whole grain for this process. To curb craving for dairy, natural dairy with live cultures, like yogurt, would be the detoxifying choice.

Cleansing Drinks

• Lemon water is the perfect drink for starting out each day while on a cleansing diet. Another good drink is dandelion root tea, which is also good for the liver, according to "The Complete Illustrated Book of Herbs." It detoxifies and heals. Boil the chopped up root of a dandelion in water, strain and then drink.

Herbal Cleansers

• Cleavers is an herb that helps to clean out the lymphatic system. Taking one teaspoon of this herb infused in a cup of boiled water up to three times a day will help keep the body cleansed. Psyllium is an herb that helps with the excretion of toxins and is available in tablet and capsule form at health food stores. Dosing is on the label.