Fluid Retention - Parsley & Dandelion

If you get fluid retention parsley - 4-6 teaspoons of leaves in a tea or fresh/dried in food works wonders. For the ladies This also works when this happens around your period - eg with swollen breasts/ distended abdomen. 

Parsley is also good generally for gas, bloating, IBS, hypertension, arthritis, halitosis (smelly breath) and is also a chelating agent (like coriander, it helps remove heavy metals from the body - so great to have with tuna or shellfish/crustaceans which are high in mercury). 

Dandelion is another herb helpful for fluid retention. It’s bitter so is also good for the liver, but be careful as its cooling and in large doses can cause diarrhoea.