The alternatives are very important for long term use. Everyone can form a daily tea based on important alternatives such as red clover and alfalfa with other herbs added for personal taste and preference. Chickweed is the herb most often thought of for metabolizing and burning fat. It also serves as an appetite depressant. It is wonderful in salads.
Tinctures are preferable to the dried leaf.
Regulators such as kelp are extremely important because they are so good for the glands. Diuretics can be important when the weight appears as edema or water gain. Dandelion, nettle, and fennel are good additions to a daily tea. I was interested to see gotu kola as the first herb on Chrystal Star's Appe-tight capsules. It is often cited as an appetite depressant, which is in addition to its use as a brain tonic.