TLDR
The ParaFy Kit is four separate products, not one formula: a herbal tincture called ParaFy, a second tincture called Sustain, a third called Metal Flush, and a binder capsule called Cinnabin. Between them they contain around fourteen active botanicals.
Below is every ingredient, what each one is traditionally used for, why the kit is split into four parts rather than one, and who is advised to avoid it.
If you have gone looking for what is actually inside a parasite cleanse kit, you will have noticed how rarely anyone lists it plainly. Most product pages describe a feeling. Fewer describe a formula.
So this is the plain version. Four products, fourteen or so botanicals, and a reason for each one being there.
The Kit Is Four Products, Not One
This is the part most people miss. A parasite cleanse is not just antiparasitic herbs. Herbs that disrupt organisms are only the first job. What those organisms release still has to be bound and carried out of the body, and the organs doing the carrying need support while it happens.
The kit splits that work four ways:
- ParaFy — the antiparasitic tincture
- Sustain — antimicrobial and digestive support
- Metal Flush — support for drainage pathways and metals
- Cinnabin — the binder
Three are liquid tinctures taken by the drop. One is a capsule. They are taken at different times of day for reasons that matter, which is covered further down.
ParaFy: The Antiparasitic Tincture
Full ingredients: Black Walnut Hull (Juglans nigra), Clove (Syzygium aromaticum), Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna), Wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), Garlic (Allium sativum), raw honey, distilled water, grain alcohol at 20–25%.
Black walnut hull is the green outer casing of the nut, not the nut itself. It is rich in juglone and tannins, and it has been the backbone of Western antiparasitic folk formulas for generations.
Wormwood is the bitter one. It is the herb the whole category is named after, and the one that needs the most respect when it comes to amounts and duration.
Clove is traditionally included for a specific reason: the other two herbs are associated with adult-stage organisms, while clove is the one folk protocols associate with eggs. That is why these three almost always appear together rather than alone.
Garlic adds broad antimicrobial support through allicin. Hawthorn berry is the surprise on the list, because it is not an antiparasitic at all. It is a circulatory and cardiovascular herb, and it is there to support the system doing the transporting rather than to kill anything.
Sustain: Antimicrobial and Digestive Support
Full ingredients: foraged Usnea (Usnea spp.), Oregon Grape Root (Mahonia aquifolium), Peppermint (Mentha piperita), raw honey, distilled water, grain alcohol at 20–25%.
Usnea is a lichen rather than a plant, traditionally used for its antimicrobial properties. Oregon grape root contains berberine, a compound with a long history in gut and microbial support. Peppermint is the digestive settler, and it does useful work when bitter herbs are being taken three times a day.
Sustain exists because clearing organisms leaves space behind. What fills that space matters, and a formula aimed at the wider microbial picture is the reasoning here.
Metal Flush: Drainage and Metals
Full ingredients: foraged Lungwort lichen (Lobaria pulmonaria), Burdock Root (Arctium lappa), White Willow Bark (Salix alba), Cilantro (Coriandrum sativum), Dandelion Root (Taraxacum officinale), raw honey, distilled water, grain alcohol at 20–25%.
This is the drainage component, and it is the part homemade recipes almost always leave out.
Dandelion root is a traditional liver and bile support herb. Cilantro appears in most metal-focused formulas. Lungwort lichen is associated with respiratory support, and white willow bark is the traditional source of salicin, which is where aspirin originally came from. Burdock root rounds it out as a long-standing blood and lymph herb.
That salicin point is worth holding onto, because it becomes relevant in the warnings section.
Cinnabin: The Binder
Full ingredients: Ceylon Cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum), coconut-derived activated charcoal, pullulan capsules.
Activated charcoal is the binding agent. Its whole job is to be porous enough that unwanted material sticks to it on the way through rather than being reabsorbed. Ceylon cinnamon is the true cinnamon species rather than the more common cassia, and it is included for blood sugar and digestive support. The capsule itself is pullulan, which is fermented rather than animal-derived.
Binders are the least glamorous part of any cleanse and arguably the most important. Disrupting organisms without binding what they release is the single most common reason people feel dreadful partway through.
The Same Three Herbs as the Amish Cleanse
Anyone who has looked into the Amish parasite cleanse will recognise the core of the ParaFy tincture immediately. Black walnut hull, wormwood and clove are exactly the three herbs at the centre of that folk tradition, and they appear in the same role here.
The difference is not the herbs. It is everything built around them. A traditional Amish recipe gives you the antiparasitic step and leaves the drainage, binding and microbial support for you to work out. The kit sequences all four.
Neither approach is automatically better. The homemade route costs less and gives you full control over what goes in. The structured route removes the guesswork about timing and proportions. Which suits you depends on how much of that planning you actually want to do.
How the Kit Is Taken
The published instructions are specific:
- ParaFy, Sustain and Metal Flush: 15 drops of each, three times daily, before meals.
- Cinnabin: one capsule first thing in the morning or before bed, as needed for die-off symptoms — and skipped if you are constipated.
- Spacing: leave two hours either side of the Cinnabin capsule before taking food, medication or the tinctures.
That two-hour gap is not arbitrary. A binder cannot tell the difference between a toxin and your medication, so anything taken alongside it risks being bound too. The same logic is why it is skipped during constipation: a binder with nowhere to go makes the problem worse, not better.
The kit is designed to run for 30 days.
Who Is Advised to Avoid It
The published guidance says to avoid the kit if you are:
- taking blood thinners or chemotherapy medication
- pregnant or breastfeeding
- under the age of three
The blood thinner warning is the one to take most seriously, and the ingredient list explains why. White willow bark contains salicin, which is closely related to aspirin and carries a similar effect on clotting. Combining that with prescription anticoagulants is a genuine interaction, not a precautionary footnote.
Anyone managing a health condition or taking regular medication is better off running the ingredient list past a pharmacist or a practitioner who knows herbs. That is a short conversation and it removes the guesswork entirely.
What the Evidence Actually Supports
Being straight about this matters more than being persuasive.
Several of these botanicals have genuine research behind them at the compound level. Berberine, allicin and juglone have all been studied for antimicrobial activity, and wormwood’s artemisinin relatives are well documented in antiparasitic medicine. That is real.
What does not follow is that a herbal tincture reproduces those laboratory results in a human body at these doses. Compound-level activity and clinical outcome are different claims, and the honest position is that herbal cleanse kits have not been through the trials that would settle it. They are food supplements, not licensed medicines, and they have not been evaluated by the FDA to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent anything.
A confirmed parasitic infection is a medical matter with tested prescription treatments, and it is worth testing rather than guessing. If a stool test comes back positive, that is a conversation with a doctor, not a shopping decision.
Want the Full Picture First?
How a structured cleanse is sequenced, from drainage through to gut repair.
How a Parasite Cleanse WorksReading Any Cleanse Label, Not Just This One
The useful skill here transfers to any kit you are weighing up. Four questions cover most of it.
Is there a binder? If a kit contains only antiparasitic herbs, it is doing one job out of the four described above.
Is drainage supported? Bowels, liver and lymph need to be moving before anything is disrupted.
Are the botanicals named by species? “Cinnamon” and Cinnamomum verum are not the same claim. Latin binomials suggest a formulator who knows which species they bought.
Are the warnings specific? A vague “consult your doctor” tells you nothing. Named interactions tell you someone thought about the formula.
Common Questions
What are the ParaFy ingredients?
The ParaFy tincture contains black walnut hull, clove, hawthorn, wormwood, garlic, raw honey, distilled water and grain alcohol at 20–25%. The wider kit adds Sustain (usnea, Oregon grape root, peppermint), Metal Flush (lungwort lichen, burdock root, white willow bark, cilantro, dandelion root) and Cinnabin (Ceylon cinnamon and coconut activated charcoal in a pullulan capsule).
Does the ParaFy Kit contain nuts?
The standard kit contains black walnut hull, which is the green outer casing rather than the nut meat, but it is still walnut-derived. A nut-free version of the kit is produced for that reason. Anyone with a tree nut allergy should treat the standard formula as unsuitable.
How much alcohol is in the tinctures?
All three tinctures are 20–25% grain alcohol, which is standard for herbal extracts. At 15 drops per dose the actual quantity is very small, but it is worth knowing if you avoid alcohol entirely.
Why is there a binder in a parasite cleanse?
Because disrupting organisms releases material the body then has to remove. A binder gives that material something to attach to on the way out, which reduces the chance of it being reabsorbed. Cleanses without binders are a common reason people feel worse partway through.
Why does the kit contain hawthorn if it is not antiparasitic?
Hawthorn is a circulatory herb rather than an antiparasitic one. Its role in the formula is supporting the systems doing the transporting rather than acting on organisms directly.
Can children take it?
The published guidance says the kit is suitable for adults and children aged three and up, and advises against it under the age of three. Dosing for children is a conversation worth having with a paediatric practitioner rather than scaling adult drops by guesswork.
How long does a kit last?
The kit is built around a 30-day cleanse. Some people repeat cycles rather than running continuously, on the reasoning that organism life stages are better matched by rounds than by an unbroken stretch.
Curious About Where to Start?
The ParaFy Kit is made by RogersHood Apothecary, which is where we would point you for current formulations and pricing.
See the ParaFy KitKnowing what is in a formula is the part that lets you make your own decision about it. Everything above is on the label. The only thing worth adding is that a list of good ingredients is a starting point for a conversation, not a substitute for one.
