This week I’ve embarked upon a juice ‘fast’. It involves drinking only freshly pressed juices, coconut water and the occasional herbal tea. For me it’s a detox for the mind, body and spirit. It is giving my digestive system a chance to rest, whilst my body focuses more on deep cleansing. It heightens my senses and my inter-connectivity with all sentient life.

In this post I decided to share one of my favourite, herbal elixir juices. I had a little forage throughout my garden this morning and came back with borage leaves, evening primrose leaves, lemon balm, sorrel, dandelions and kale. I’ve added in bok choi, apple, cucumber and lemon for an incredible infusion of health affirming goodness.

It may not be possible for you to find all of these leaves. If not, let it inspire you to use what you do have available instead. Here are some of the health benefits of the things I used:

Borage leaves – good for renewing adrenal glands and for healthy skin

Lemon balm – good for inducing calm and relieving depression

Evening primrose leaves – perfect for overall skin health

Sorrel – good for the digestive system, blood pressure and eye health

Dandelion – excellent for skin health, bladder issues and work as a great diuretic

Celery – powerful anti-inflammatory and great for health joints

(scroll down for links to articles about the health benefits of some of these plants)

Fresh 'Herbal Elixir' Juice

Name: Fresh 'Herbal Elixir' Juice
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 8 large celery stalks; 1/2 long cucumber; 2 small apples; 1/2 lemon; 8 bok choi leaves; 2 large kale leaves; Handful dandelion leaves; Handful lemon balm leaves; 10 evening primrose leaves; 5 borage leaves; 10 small sorrel leaves

Yield: 1 to 2 glasses

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 10 minutes

A delicious recipe for juice using fresh garden herbs like borage, lemon balm, evening primrose, dandelion and sorrel.

Ingredients

8 large celery stalks
1/2 long cucumber
2 small apples
1/2 lemon
8 bok choi leaves
2 large kale leaves
Handful dandelion leaves
Handful lemon balm leaves
10 evening primrose leaves
5 borage leaves
10 small sorrel leaves

Instructions

Chop the celery and cucumber and apples so that they will easily fit in your juicer tube.

Roughly chop the skin off your lemon, leaving on plenty of white rind.

Push everything through the juicer, mixing the harder veggies with the leaves (this helps the juicing process).

Enjoy fresh.

If you do need to keep it for a few hours, add some extra lemon and store in a sealed contained in the fridge to stop it oxidizing.

Some related articles that you might find interest:

Lemon Balm Benefits and Uses – an absolute must in any vegetable garden:
https://www.kindearth.net/lemon-balm-benefits-and-uses-absolute-must-in-any-vegetable-garden/
All About Dandelions and their Health Benefits:
https://www.kindearth.net/all-about-dandelions-and-their-health-benefits/
The Superfood Health Benefits of Celery:
https://www.kindearth.net/celerys-superfood-health-benefits-lots-of/
Which Juicer Do I Recommend for Health?
https://www.kindearth.net/which-juicer-do-i-recommend-for-health/

Enjoy your adventures in juicing and please do feel free to let me know if you come up with a stellar combination.

Trinity
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