Diuretics

Diuretics are substances that promote the flow of urine and cure fluid retention. Many natural substances were thought to have diuretic properties. These include watercress, lemon, wheat, carrots, onions, turnip and cucumber. Dandelion, parsley, plantain, burdock, nettle, garlic and yellow dock were also considered to be natural diuretics.

Practitioners of folk medicine had no shortage of plants that were held to have diuretic properties. As well as those above, they could choose from rosemary, rose, marigold, and yarrow. Lavender, juniper, thyme, hawthorn, borage, elder and meadowsweet were also regarded as natural’s diuretics, some being stronger in their effect than others.

Other natural diuretics include agrimony, arnica, asparagus, bearberry, bilberry, bittersweet, blackcurrant, boneset, buckthorn, burdock, burr, marigold, catmint, chervil, golden rod, groundsel, heartseas, hyssop, kidneywort, lily of the valley, madder, wild lettuce, marjoram, white poppy, sorrel, speedwell, ragwort, holy thistle, vervain and yarrow.

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