Innocence Blend
A Lymphatic Flush derived from the Canelos Nation

Ingredients:  Yellow Dock Root, Echinacea Root, Burdock Root, Tamarack or Tamarisk, Chamomile Flower, Parsley, Violet, Red Clover Blossom

When to use:  When you are focused on purifying and strengthening the lymphatic and immune systems.  During times of urinary or skin infection, glandular swelling, hemorrhoids, or chronic digestive tissue irritation.  As a mouth rinse (bleeding, inflamed or irritated gums).  Or use in conjunction with Sun Blood & Vitality Blends in the Two Moons Tea Seasonal Cleanse trio.

How much to use:  For a seasonal cleanse, alternate 1 quart a day of Sun Blood, Innocence and Vitality Blends for 30 days with each season.  Eat healthfully for the duration of your cleanse.  Allow 20 minutes between drinking tea and meals.  Caution:  Not recommended for use if serious medical conditions exist.

Preparation:  Steep 1 tablespoon of herb per quart of hot water (distilled, spring or filtered water) for 20 minutes.  Strain herbs.  Sip (don't gulp) tea throughout the day.

Notes from Lee Nelson White Deer about this blend:

• Yellow dock is a blood purifier and a stimulant to the small capillaries, in order to clean out the lymph system which is the sewer system of the body. 70% of all toxins are released through the skin by way of the lymphatic system.  Every blood vessel has a lymphatic line running parallel to it throughout the whole body. It is important to keep things clean.
• Echinacea is to keep our blood system, small veins and arteries, operating in order to get it into the lymph system.
• Burdock root is the old stand by for getting rid of dead cells. Dead cells are hard to clean out of the blood but burdock is the one to use for that. It’s also a back up for anything that the other herbs didn't get to.
• Tamarack makes water wetter.  We want things to be nice and wet to pick up debris and keep anything from scaling on the walls.
• Chamomile is a sunshine herb, has a tendency to bring light and airiness, brings an effervescence to your blend that helps drive herbs into the system.  It's a relaxant and gets rid of gas.
• Parsley is our oxidizer, instead of watercress because watercress and blue violet don’t get along and we need blue violet in this blend.
• Blue violet works on the bowels to cause porosity. Everything that goes through the bowels doesn’t actually enter the body until it goes through the walls of the intestines and is picked up by the blood stream. The blue violet works the intestinal lining so the material can get into the blood stream.
• Red Clover works as a solvent.  It works on the blood as a cleanser but it is more effective on the lymphatic system.  It has a tendency to throw things into a liquid solution, to liquefy almost everything it hits. You can soften bear grease with it. Pour it on the top of bear grease and it becomes a liquid even though you have the same temperatures. Piled up lard and grease in the system is liquefied and carried out of the body.