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| Drinking Aloe Juice- For Better Skin and Health |
By:
je Dunn |
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Natural skin care products in the form of herbal preparations have been used by man for many thousands of years. Once science has learned how to synthesize new chemicals and mass produce them it was almost the death sentence for many herbal skin care products.
Not only have many of the recipes been lost but herbal products are not as popular as they once were as science has gradually changed people's attitudes towards skin care.
While we can blame large companies for supplying us with skin care products relatively inexpensively, part of the problem has been our own reluctance to do things for ourselves.
The problem with the new generation of herbal products is the preservatives that are added to them in the production process so they will last longer; which unfortunately means they are less effective than home made versions.
Growing numbers of people are going back to the old ways and using herbal products made in small batches by tiny companies that specialize in using the old techniques.
The increase of commercially available herbal products is not likely to lose to much ground though to these small independent companies but do you know what sort of products I am referring to?
Almost everyone has heard of aloe Vera but did you know is an excellent skin moisturizer and can treat sunburn, cuts and other skin problems?
Other household herbs like dandelion, chamomile, lime flowers and rosemary are good at cleansing but usually when they are in combination with other herbs.
Nature has also supplies us with natural healing herbs that have antiseptic properties like lavender, marigold, thyme and fennel and people still use rose water and lavender water to help condition their skin.
If you have ever had an excess of UV radiation while sunbathing then one of the herbal skin care products you used may have contained extracts of tea.
Other herbal skin care products make use of oils, the level of concentration can vary depending on use; common versions of these are borage oil, primrose oil and tea tree oil for example.
Even skin complaints such as eczema and psoriasis can use herbal oils to relieve the discomfort as well as others that are used in bath products because they re-hydrate the skin.
There are very few if any adverse reactions to herbal skin preparations which is why they are often preferred over commercially available synthetically produced products and some people still make them at home.
Despite the apparent love for all things herbal, whether mass produced or not, there are occasions when a synthetic skin care preparation may be better than a herbal one.
If you want your skin to look for your whole life, you will take care of it irrespective of whether it is with herbal or synthetic skin care products. |
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