Health: Burdock Root

What is it?

Burdock root nutrition

"Burdock root is an underground tuber of greater burdock plant that found its use as a vegetable and medicinal herb. The plant burdock is a short biennial which believed to be native to the Northern Europe and Siberia. In Japan, popular as gobo, it is being cultivated on a larger scale as a major root herb since earlier times. In the botany, however, burdock sighted as a wild, easy-growing, hardy plant existing in almost all parts of the planet.

Botanically, burdock belongs to the family of Asteraceae; in the genus of Arctium, and known scientifically as Arctium lappa."

More info can be found HERE

Nutrition and you

What is it for?

Burdock root is said to....

Where do you get it?

I buy mine from my favourite herbalist Baldwins or health & herbs stores.

How do you take it?

I take Burdock root in tea form with a tea strainer..x2 cups a day (Morning and Evening)

Does it work?

My first few weeks I did go to the bathroom a lot more.

-Burdock root is a diuretic, so this is to be expected.

I guess it helped to clean out my system of any unnecessary toxins.

My PMS definitely improved, I had no cramps after the 1st month and I noticed an increase in the amount of perspiration during exercise.

 All in all it seemed to do me some good cleansing wise and that

can only be a good thing.

@MsShayDivine

Health: Oolong Tea

***Oolong tea***

I recently went to Thailand and overheard some very youthful older ladies talking about their love of Oolong tea in the markets. I asked what I was for and one of them said "by the time you reach our age, you'll be grateful for oolong" and laughed. I didn't quite get the joke but I decided to do a little digging and find out more...

What is Oolong?

Camellia sinensis (aka Oolong) is a species of evergreen shrub or small tree whose leaves and leaf buds are used to produce tea.

What are the said benefits?

http://www.healthynaturaldiet.com/oolong-tea-for-weight-loss/

I bought my 1st Oolong vacuum pack from a herbal shop in Thailand and a tea infuser from Flying Tiger (London) and had my first cup.

Taste wise it's not my favourite type of tea (similar to green tea) but if it does all it is said to I will definitely keep drinking it.

@MsShayDivine