Spring Cleanse Shopping List

Get the complete, free 5 day spring cleanse for each dosha.

FOODS FOR YOUR SPRING CLEANSE

Foods to cleanse your liver

In the spring your liver becomes congested with fats as your body starts a natural detox cycle. The best way to purge fat soluble toxins and encourage weight loss is by flushing bile.

• Mild: Beets, Artichoke
• Medium: Grapefruit
• Strong: Lemon, Vinegar
• Strongest: Raw garlic

Beans for High Fiber

Fiber traps fatty bile and prevents reabsorption, ensuring you get rid of toxins and excess fat. Beans offer a valuable, fiber food that also cleans your digestive tract.

• Easy to Digest: Green beans, Mung
• Medium To digestion: Chickpeas, Black beans, Adzuki
• Hard to digest: Pinto beans, Lentils, navy

Bitter Greens

Bitter greens aid your liver cleanse, and cleanse the Gi tract as well. Also, they provide vital nutrients to help revitalize your body after the long winter.

• Mild: Kale, Chard, Collards, Sprouts
• Medium: Asparagus
• Spicy: Arugula
• Strong: Dandelion, Fresh Parsley, Fresh Tarragon

Light Veggies

• Mild: Cabbage, Cauliflower, Broccoli
• Strongest: Radish, Daikon Radish

Light Grains

• Millet, Barley, Quinoa

Proteins:

• Light: Pumpkin seeds
• Medium: Fish, Poultry

Top Spices

• Fenugreek - Great blood cleanser
• Turmeric, Fresh Ginger
• Raw chopped scallions - Strong vasodilator and diaphoretic that cleanses your skin

Cleansing Oils

• Fresh, uncooked olive oil

HERBS FOR YOUR SPRING CLEANSE

Cleansing Tea

Choose one of the following. Sip between meals throughout the day. Do not take Liver & Lymph Cleanse within an hour before eating.

• Mild: CCF tea
• Stronger: Liver & Lymph Cleanse Tea - 5 Guduchi, 3 Amalaki, 3 Bhumyamalaki, 1 Manjistha, 1 Turmeric, .4 Pippali

Liver Flush

Take 1 tsp in the morning when you first wake up, and 1 tsp before lunch.

• Bitter ghee - Take before meals

For Respiratory Congestion

Take only if needed.

• Trikatu - before meals
• Brew 1/4 tsp Triphala + 1/8 tsp salt in 1 c water then strain. Use as neti pot solution.

To Clean Bowels

• Triphala - Take 1tsp in hot water before brushing teeth for bed.

SUPPLIES FOR YOUR SPRING CLEANSE

3 Day Kitchari Cleanse

• Pick one of these Kitchari recipes

Home Spa

• Neti pot
• Dry brushing
• Tongue scraping
• Rinse eyes with Rose water.

Reading

• Explore Your Hunger Weight Loss Book
• Your Personal Body Book
• Your Personal Recipe Book