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GET IN BALANCE WITH A TEA TOX    By Dr Anna Cabeca, DO, FACOG I love an occasional tea tox, especially with hormone-balancing teas. These include teas such as black cohosh, chasteberry, ginseng, mint, chamomile, passion flower, red clover, and many other herbal teas. I cover the power of such teas in my new book, Menupause . What exactly is a “tea tox”?  It is essentially a cleanse in which you consume several cups of tea throughout the day. How you tea tox varies. You can do: One day of tea toxing in which you consume nothing but  various types of tea for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks. I recommend limiting this type of tea tox for one day only and using it no more than once or twice month. A partial tea tox in which you consume tea for breakfast and lunch, but have a full healthy meal for dinner. You can do this type of tea tox for up to 6 days, depending on how you feel. A less aggressive tea tox. Consume a couple of cups of tea in the morning – plain without creamer or sweete