Carrot, lemon, garlic and green leafy vegetables are good for blood purification, a natural health practitioner, Dr Chigoziri Moses, has said.
In an interview with The Nation, the medic said fruits and vegetables help to remove toxins and unwanted substances from the blood.
Moses said fruits and vegetables contain micro-nutrients, which remove impurities from the body, particularly the blood.
He said people who eat raw herbs, especially juice, would maintain a healthy blood.
“A simple way to remove toxins from the blood is to drink a glass of carrot juice one hour before or after breakfast. Carrot is a rich source of vitamin A, which helps eliminate toxins from the body,” he said.
Beet, Moses said, is another vegetable that is well-known for its strong blood purifying properties.
It is a rich source of nutrients, such as flavonoids, amino acids, folic acid, magnesium, calcium, potassium, vitamin A, and vitamin C, he added.
“Beets help to reduce blood pressure, purify blood, and support the production of red blood cells. Beet juice is very strong and so it is recommended that people drink only one-fourth of a cup of beet juice or mix it with juices of other vegetables, such as carrot, spinach or cucumber,” he said.
He described lemon as an effective blood cleansing agent, adding: “People can add some drops of lemon juice and a tablespoon of honey to a glass of warm water and drink it on an empty stomach in the morning.
“This also helps people to lose weight. It strengthens immune system, improves the glow of your skin and enhances digestion, as well as treats respiratory problems, toothache and gum bleeding.”
Garlic, he said, can also help to lower high blood pressure. “It eliminates plague from arteries. This medicinal herb is also useful to improve the flow of blood and relax its vessels. So, people can eat a few cloves of garlic daily to purify their blood.
“Garlic supplements are also available in the market. People may not feel comfortable to chew cloves of garlic due to its foul odour. This should not pose a challenge to anyone as they can get the same result by cutting a clove into pieces with a knife; after that pour the pieces into the mouth and drink it with a glass of clean-drinking water. This way, you overcome the foul-smelling garlic odour.”
Green leafy vegetables, he said, contain chlorophyll, which is good for cleansing the blood.
“The green leafy vegetables have excellent blood purifying properties. It helps to remove toxins from the blood and intestine. In fact, juice fasting is considered to be one of the best ways to purify or cleanse the blood. People can drink juices of green vegetables, such as stinging nestle, barley grass, spinach, parsley, alfalfa, and garden-egg leaves to get rid of toxins from the blood,” Moses said.
Explaining how blood purification works, he said blood can be likened to a car, which is used for transportation, and as such, require a routine maintenance if it is to last.
Blood, he said, can be purified through a simple and affordable way by using herbal juices or direct eaten of raw dietary herbs.
This, he said, would save people the pain of visiting the hospital.
Moses said there are many disorders in the blood, caused by oxygenated blood that cannot make the circuit of the body without restriction.
“There are many reasons blood flowing around the body may be inhibited. For example, clots may form in the larger veins in the leg or pelvic area, travel to the lung, and become trapped in the pulmonary artery; that results in diminished blood flow and less oxygen getting pumped to the rest of the body,” he said.
He urged people to purify their blood with dietary herbs, saying they are readily available.
“When you take appropriate measures to take care of your blood, you avoid a lot of health crisis which include a condition called pulmonary embolism, which is difficult to detect, but usually accompanied by a sudden shortness of breath and can be life-threatening. When plague or fatty deposits form along the walls of the arteries, it causes them to harden and constrict. Hypertension also known as high blood pressure (HBP) occurs because blood exerts greater force against the walls of the narrowed and/or more rigid blood vessels.
“Hypertension can lead to stroke, pectoris angina (chest pain), kidney damage, and heart attack. There are other health challenges associated with blood circulation performance,” he said.
Moses said if toxins and other unwanted substances are eliminated from the body, the people would have healthy body, adding: “A proper blood cleansing process done effectively, will remove toxins from the body.”
He said blood purification would also improve the conditions of people’s skin, boost energy and ward off skin conditions, such as acne, rashes, skin infections, eczema, and psoriasis,” he said.
People, Moses said, can purify or detoxify their blood by adding blood cleansing foods and herbs to their diet, and as such, flush toxins out of their blood.
