A famous detox tea and digestive blend to detoxify your blood and lose weight. You will feel light and vibrant as you reduce puffiness and improve your metabolism. CCF tea is typically drunk throughout the day in a hot thermos.
Gentle and cleansing bowel tonic that is stimulating, sour, and astringent. It rejuvenates and refreshes your body as it gently detoxes.
Immune and respiratory tonic for cold, weak, underweight Vata. Sweet, sour, & spicy. Prevents seasonal colds and flus, improves circulation, metabolism, digestion. Nerve tonic and whole body rejuvenative especially during periods of stress.
Classic Ayurvedic digestive formula. Trikatu supports metabolism of fat and reduces toxins. It is the preferred digestive for Kapha body type, although Vata individuals may use it as well.
Sour rejuvenative and anti-inflammatory. Cooling alterative and detoxicant. Astringent yet dilates capillary beds.
This famous, gentle laxative cleanse and tones the colon. Used for millenia in India for all Vata disorders.
This ideal Vata reducing formula is warming, relaxing, opening, and cleansing. Dashamoola calms your mind, clears the lungs, clears and tones your colon, and supports your bones.
Ghee is one of the most important medicines in Ayurveda because it is easy to digest and builds excellent tissue. Ghee is lighter, improves fat metabolism and has much less cholesterol than butter.
Shelled mung bean is used for cleansing in Ayurveda. It is easy to digest.
K- rejuvenative that reduces water retention and dilates blood vessels, improving circulation and restoring vitality and lightness. Reduces blood sugar & improves fat metabolism. Heart & liver tonic. Uterine stimulant.
A warming, intensely bitter herb that 1) both restores and detoxifies the liver, and 2) regulates and calms the immune system. Uniquely among strong bitters, it has a calming effect on Vata,making it truly tridoshic in nature.
A warming digestive and anti-spasmodic in block form.
A bitter cholagogue that strengthens and cleanses the liver. Supports healthy skin. Anti-inflammatory & diuretic. Calms the immune system.
Nettles provide a stellar nutritional profile to strengthen your body and build stamina.
Skin tonic. Cools and soothes irritated tissues. For dietary, cosmetic and household use.
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