Herbs for Acne

Finding herbs for acne is simple nowadays. Herbal remedies for acne wage a solution to treating the bacteria and inflammation that acne can create. Many common home remedies for acne contain herbs such as neem, chamomile or burdock root. Herbs for acne cure not only the bacteria that can cause acne but also the production of excess oil as well.

Herbs for Acne Cure

Burdock Root – Root harvested from the Burdock plant (Arctium lappa) Burdock root is a blood cleanser and anti-inflammatory agent that is very good at detoxification. Many combine burdock with yellow dock and/or dandelion. Burdock root can be effective in treating more than just acne including eczema, psoriasis, boils and even gout.

Burdock root can be taken as a tincture internally to treat staph and other infections such as empetigo.

Burdock root can be prefabricated into a tea for consumption, stated to be a “blood cleaner” it is thought to clear your body of impurities. Burdock root tea is prefabricated by simply boiling burdock root in water.

Neem – Neem  is cultivated from the Neem Tree ( Azadirachta Indica) sometimes referred to commonly as Margosa. Pressing the Neem fruit seed extracts an oil from the kernels to produce Neem oil.

How does Neem help with acne? Well all of the parts of the Neem tree are highly anti-bacterial and also contain anti-inflammatory properties these two things together make a highly effective treatment for mild to moderate acne.

Neem has become a favourite additive in organic beauty products lately.  You can find soaps and creams infused with neem in many organic stores.

A face mask of softened neem leaves is a great acne treatment. If you don’t have access to fresh Neem leaves you can make a paste of Neem powder as an alternative.

Chamomile – (Chamomilla recutita) Chamomile is widely believed to have sedative effects and most think of chamomile tea as a natural sleep aid. You can also use that tea as an astringent to gently clean your acne affected skin. It also has anti-inflammatory properties to help treat your irritated skin. So after you make that cup of soothing tea give your face a gentle once over with the tea bag.

Tee Tree Oil – A natural antiseptic, Tea Tree Oil is alwo an antifungal and antiviral.  Make sure you never ingest tea tree oil as it is toxic and should only be used as topically.

An application of 5% tee tree oil has shown comparable results when compared to 5% benzoyl  peroxide in treating moderate acne.

There are many other very effective herbs for treating acne.  If you investigate the options you’ll be sure to find something to help your skin.

Many commercial acne products contain these herbs in some form. Plants and herbs have been used for medicine for thousands of years before the invention of pharmecutical companies or the FDA.

Natural herbs for acne can be a very effective cure.

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