Cleanse Your Sinuses With These Herbs

These deep cleansing sinusitis herbs may be just what you need to get rid all that air pollustion that has accumulated in your sinuses.

Sounds a little disgusting doesn’t it, but most likely true. With that in mind you can understand how important a deep cleansing sinusitis herbs program can be.

Herbalists recommend this combination of herbs for cleansing the respiratory tract:
Marshmallow Root
Mullein Leaves
Slippery Elm Bark
Lobelia Herb
Chickweed Herb

Let’s take a look at each of these herbs individually.

To identify marshmallow in the wild look for a tall stem of flowers that resemble blackberry flowers, but are larger than blackberry flowers. And yes it was the inspiration for the candy known as marshmallow because a confection was made from it. In fact one of its common names is Sweetweed.

Few people eat it these days. Some folks in France enjoy eating the freshly picked green tops in the spring because they act as a tonic. Middle Easterners fry the root with onions after its boiled.

But alas, the marshmallow candy contains no marshmallow plant which might give the candy some redeeming qualities. For the herb contains mucilage which helps loosen and remove mucous from the sinuses as well as sooth irritation. Some of its nourishing components include high levels of vitamin A and zinc. These two nutrients help mucous membranes heal and normalize.

Mullein grows as a weed in our area. You may have seen it in yours but not recognized its herbal benefits for sinuses and the respiratory tract in general. It has those big pale green velvety leaves with a spire of yellow flowers reaching up to the sky.

In the lineup of sinusitis herbs it ranks high. Drinking mullein tea aids sinusitis. Mullein calms down those nerves irritated by drainage down the back of the throat. Like marshmallow, it loosens and moves phlegm out of the body. Your sinuses and other respiratory organs will be fed and strengthened by the high levels of iron, magnesium, sulphur and potassium found in mullein.

Chickweed grows abundantly in the temperate regions of North American as a sprawling, thin vined plant with oval leaves and small white flowers. Some love it as an abundant source of greens for salads. Some hate it as an invading weed.

Herbalists say chickweed helps move toxins out of the body and soothes inflammation. Its nourishing qualities include rich levels of iron, copper, vitamin C, calcium, and B-complex vitamin.

Lobelia, a lovely small garden flower with small purple blossoms, graces my garden. According to herbalists this herb rates high in helping the respiratory organs. A lobelia tincture can calm a cough with its powerful relaxing effect on tissues. Full of healthy minerals, Lobelia moves mucous out of swollen tissues.

Slippery Elm Bark comes from a large Elm tree actually called Slippery Elm because boiling the bark produces mucilage. So add this herb to your sinusitis herbs to help soothe irritation and inflammation in the mucous membranes of your sinuses. Actually herbalists say that it removes mucous more powerfully than any of the other herbs and draws out the toxins to get rid of them.

To keep from releasing toxins from your sinuses too fast, start with small amounts of these herbs and increase them a little at a time. If tissues can’t get rid of the mobilized toxins rapidly enough folks may feel worse before they feel better. Drinking plenty of water and keeping the bowels moving flushes out the toxins too.