How to Use Chickweed Diet Agent

Chickweed, the small, delicate creeping vine that gardeners go to great lengths to eradicate, is purported to have great value as a diet agent, helping to dissolve fats so that they are then expelled in the urine. While chickweed is widely used by herbalists as a gentle diuretic, there is no scientific proof of its efficacy as a diet agent. Nonetheless, you'll find it quite widely available in pills--which should be taken as indicated on the product label, usually two to three pills or more daily--or more conveniently as tea.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Tea diffuser
• Teapot or mug

1. Scoop 2 to 3 tsp. of dried chickweed into a tea diffuser.

2. Place the tea diffuser in a mug or tea pot, then fill that mug or pot with water just shy of boiling temperature.

3. Let the chickweed herb, inside the diffuser, steep in the hot water for five minutes.

4. Remove the diffuser from the hot water, dump the spent chickweed out and rinse the diffuser clean.

5. Drink the chickweed tea, which should be cooled off to a drinkable temperature by now. Test it carefully on the first few sips to see if it's too hot; if so, let it sit for a few more minutes.

6. Take chickweed tea two or three times daily, or more, to reap its benefits as a supposed diet agent.

References

• Sacred Earth Ethnobotany
• The Essential Herbal
• Herbs and Natural Remedies

Resources

• Description of Chickweed

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