Natural Herbal Skin Care
For Healthy Skin & Body
Herbal skin care work at replacing the skin’s healthy integrity. Natural herbal remedies relieve dry skin and cleanse clogged up pores. Impure blood or infection is the cause of many skin disorders. The secret is to understand how our skin functions, and to take care of it properly. The skin is continually repairing and renewing itself. This is where a good diet comes into play. It is crucial that we eat good healthy foods in order to repair and to renew our bodies, skin included.
Natural Herbal Remedies For Skin
Make a strong tea of red clover blossoms, using three or four tablespoonfuls (granulated) to the quart of water. Steep one-half hour in boiling water, covered. Drink this tea freely in place of water to aid with natural herbal skin care.Chickweed tea may be used in the same way, the taste being similar to spinach and not at all disagreeable. The following herbs are also beneficial in skin disorders; burdock root, yellow dock root, hyssop, sanicle, blue violet, golden seal, plantain, echinacea, beech, bittersweet, buckthorn bark, elder, bloodroot, dandelion, sassafras, sarsaparilla, and spikenard. These can be taken singly or combine two or more in equal parts. Drink four cups a day, one an hour before each meal and one upon retiring.
Alternative Remedies To Apply
A very effective external remedy, is the following; make into a tea, and bathe the affected parts. Equal parts golden seal, echinacea, yellow dock root, burdock root, and witch hazel bark, mixed thoroughly. Use a heaping tablespoonful of this mixture to a pint of boiling water, steep one-half hour, pour off the liquid or strain, add a level tablespoonful of boric acid; this will keep the fluid from souring. Apply this a number of times during the day to the affected parts.
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Health and Beauty Aids
During our youth the main skin complaints are greasy skin and acne. But as we grow older, the skin gets dry and the challenge is to counteract the dryness of the skin. However, we can have beautiful skin no matter what our age, race or color.Two antioxidant vitamins are especially important to maintaining healthy skin cells, which the body doesn't slough off like it does dead, dry cells, says Lucy Smith, a naturopathic physician and assistant professor of clinical medicine at Seattle-based Bastyr University, a naturopathic medical school. Vitamin A helps moisturize skin cells; vitamin E increases the biological activity of vitamin A and also helps protect all the body's cell membranes, including those of skins cells. Vitamin A is potentially toxic in high doses, so if you use supplements, take beta carotene, which converts to vitamin A in the body. To prevent dry skin, a reasonable amount to consume would be about 25,000 international unts (IUs) of beta carotene every day (equal to 1/2 cup of carrot juice or five medium carrots). It's almost impossible to get a therapeutic dose of vitamin E through your diet; to maintain sufficiently moist skin you may need to take 200 IUs to 400 IUs daily. (Vitamin E is made of compounds called tocopherols; look for the words "d-alpha tocopherol," the most potent form of vitamin E, not to be confused with the synthetic and less active "dl-alpha tocopherol." Essential fatty acids (EFAs) are also important, because they keep the body's cells moist. Flaxseed oil is most effective, though borage, evening primrose and black currant oils also are high in EFAs. One teaspoon and one tablespoon of flaxseed oil a day, depending on how dry your skin is; a teaspoon may be enough for prevention, while one tablespoon may be necessary for treatment. Remember, with herbal skin care everyone can have beautiful skin no matter what our age, race or color.
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