On our skin we can read our state of well-being or discomfort. The color, texture, elasticity and tone are all indicators of our conditions inside and out.
For a healthy, moisturized, nourished, fleshed out, clean and fresh skin it is not enough to operate only at a topical level, because we would limit ourselves to the symptom.
It is also necessary to act from the inside to cure the cause. There are many skin friendly plants with proven eudermic properties.
Burdock, to purify the skin
In the case of mixed skins, which tend to be fatty, which present impurities, with acneic manifestations and dilation of the pores, burdock is a remedy with a purifying intervention.
This plant exerts from inside a detoxifying, draining and purifying activity of the hepatobiliary and blood pathways. It has hypoglycemic and cholesterol-lowering properties. From the outside at topical level it carries out a sebum-regulating, purifying and astringent action.
- Mother tincture: 30 drops 3 times a day between meals
- Decoction: 1 or 2 cups a day to drink away from meals
- A remedy from naturopathy - Clay mask: dilute the clay in a little water, 20 drops of TM burdock, 2 drops of lavender essential oil, 5 drops of wheat germ oil.
- Mix well and spread on the skin of the face, avoiding the eye area. Leave to act 15/20 minutes. Rinse with warm water and tone the skin with Burdock decoction .
Calendula, to soothe the skin
In the case of delicate skin, often reddened due to climate change, cold air, or excess heat, couperose, burns, dry dermatitis, lacerations, Calendula has an effective emollient, rebalancing and vulnerable action.
In fact, at topical level it moisturizes, softens and nourishes the skin. It disinfects tissues and balances elasticity, heals wounds. From inside it exerts a regulatory action on the production of cholesterol and triglycerides. It stimulates bile secretion, protects the gastric mucosa thanks to its saponosidic component, regulates arterial pressure and strengthens the venous walls. Exerts its broad spectrum soothing action .
- Mother tincture: 30 drops 3 times a day
- Infusion: 2 or 3 cups a day
- A remedy from naturopathy - Rebalancing tonic : keep the infusion in a vial, add 5 drops of argan oil, 2 drops of essential carrot oil, mix well. After cleaning the skin, tap this emollient and skin restorative tonic on the face.
Aloe Vera, to re-mineralise the skin
In the case of asphyxiated, demineralized, atonic skins, intoxicated by a bad diet, by smoke and alcohol, with a pale grayish color, it is necessary to resort to a remedy with great regenerative strength like that of Aloe Vera.
From the inside, this plant has a purifying, anti-inflammatory, nourishing and re- mineralizing action . It purifies and regulates the intestine, restoring the correct habitat of the bacterial flora.
It acts on the immune system strengthening it, protects the gastric mucous membranes thanks to its gel rich in mucopolysaccharides. It stimulates the production of collagen, thus helping the tissues to regain tone and vitality, not only for the well-being of the skin but also of the cartilages.
From the outside, Aloe Vera performs a refreshing, invigorating, and inflammatory action . It stimulates microcirculation, moisturizes, nourishes, stimulates cell regeneration: a burst of life for our skin.
- Aloe Vera juice: 2 tablespoons twice a day. In the morning on an empty stomach and during the day away from meals
- Aloe Vera gel: topical use. Also excellent on mucous membranes (lips, nostrils)
Council to use the Aloe preparations on the market, since they are already treated without the aloin, a constituent principle of toxic nature.