Let’ get introduced to herbs

Herbs have been used for various purposes all over the years. Not only for curing acnes but they have been used to promote love, spirituality, birth, energy. Herbal medicines are most popular because of their gentle qualities and no side effects.

Herbs are filled with important nutrients that we are not able to get from the food that we eat. Herbs work wonders with our body in order to temporarily balance it and to help in the healing process. Herbs help treat not only symptoms of a diseases but they help in dealing with the root cause itself.

Over my seven long years of research I have tested various different herbs with various levels of potency and with different individuals suffering from different kinds of acne of varying levels of severity. And the conclusion that I have drawn from my research is: herbal acne treatments really work. However, there’ a short coming; herbal treatments only work short term and they need other protocols to help them.

How do herbal acne treatments cure acne?

Not every herb is the same neither do they work in the same way. Herbs in fact work different and at a different pace with different individuals. Herbs are packed with nutrients and they work through our glands and help nourish our body and help in the production of hormones. They also help in toning, nourishment and cleansing, regulation and the healing process. Since herbs work with the body they are able to address not only the symptoms like the conventional methods, they address the root cause itself. And since herbs address the deep rooted actual cause they work in a low and gradual process.

Herbs work collectively as each herb works in dealing with one factor that induces the disease. And when herbs are accompanied with the right food like fresh fruits and vegetables they prove to be more effective.

Herbal acne treatment like with any other natural cure lead to a temporary crisis i.e. the situation worsens before becoming better. Herbs stimulate the body towards a intensive detoxification and that leads the liver to discharge a lot of toxins in the blood stream which aggravates the situation for a while. But this is proves effective as it helps the body to restore to its natural tendency of healing itself and return to the state of homeostasis and work really hard to heal itself.

When taken in the form a blend or a tincture the herbal acne treatments prove really effective in purifying the blood of toxic element and in achieving the hormonal balance, and in helping the liver to expel toxics out of the system. They also help in fighting various fungal diseases like Candida that affect the elimination organs and worsen acnes.

The only drawback herbal treatments only give a temporary respite.

Why do herbal acne treatments only give a temporary respite?

Herbs do help the body in healing and rejuvenating itself by breaking up toxins and helping in the cleansing process but herbs can never completely and permanently cure your acnes.

Two reasons why this is so:

1. To permanently and completely cure your acnes you need to optimize your lifestyle and help your hormones reach the right balance, you also need have your elimination organs in good health. Herbs though definitely help in this process but they can never be a substitute.

Example: If you are suffering from toxic build up in your blood like most acne sufferers herbs that help in cleansing the blood however potent they may be they can never be a substitute for blood and liver cleansing processes. In the same way that a mechanical issue in your car can’t simply be fixed by just a change in the oil or the fuel.

2. There are some herbs like the Echinacea that helps in reducing inflammation and the aloe vera that has splendid astringent qualities and antibacterial properties that can be in fact continued to be taken for a long time. But most herbs should not be taken regularly. Most herbs like the dandelion work in cycles, i.e. they boost up a certain organ for some time and encourage it too work in high gear and then after some time the herbs stop working, that’s their nature.

There’s another reason why herbs work only short time is due to the crisis on the healing system – your body is pushed to work harder to cleanse and regulate itself, thus in a way the potency of the herbs is neutralized over time.

Herbal treatments need to work in tandem with other protocols to succeed

There are specific herbs that help in reducing symptoms induced by acnes. There are herbs that help in the cleansing process. Some herbs help in boosting various elimination organs, some help in achieving the hormonal balance. Some help in fighting fungal infections, harmful bacteria and parasites. Some help in strengthening the liver and purifying the blood. All of these together help in positively affecting your acne condition.

However, these herbs end up in tiring the liver by over stimulating it in expelling toxics and thus eventually when the liver exhausts itself the positive effect of the herbs over your acne condition also gradually diminishes.

It is better in fact to strengthen the liver beforehand so that even the temporary effect of the herbs reduces the liver still continues to expel the toxins from the body like before.

Also, since toxic build up and hormonal imbalance is caused by various internal and external factors, and the cleansing process being very complex it requires other protocols too other than a strong liver to succeed.

Conclusion: A herbal acne treatment to work effectively needs to be accompanied with various other protocols and also it needs to be kept in mind that herbs need to be taken in cycles such as 2-3 weeks on and then again the same number of weeks off.

Some people prefer herbal acne treatment methods instead of the chemically based medications for acne. In all cases, an herbal acne treatment is based solely on botanicals which are organic and have little or no adverse side effects on people. The use of alternative medicine to treat acne has many different methods.

Acne is caused by overproduction of the sebaceous glands and not enough cleansing of the face and other skin areas. Other causes are hormone imbalance caused by puberty and the consumption of too many fatty foods. Irregular waste disposal can also be a trigger for acne in some people as well as the wrong kind of diet.

Tea

Many herbal acne treatments come in the way of drinking tea. Tea is a beverage made from plant components which usually focus on leaves, flowers and other plant parts. Tea as an herbal acne treatment is most effective in a combination of nettles and cleavers. If your acne is stress related, drinking chamomile tea or lavender tea can help to calm you down and relieve stress as well.

Capsules and Pills

Herbal acne treatment ingesting capsules blackcurrant seed oil and also those of evening primrose seed oil are also effective herbal acne treatments. These are most effective if taken in accordance to the prescribed strength depending on the severity of the acne break outs.

Applications

Aloe Vera is also used as an antibacterial and astringent application for acne. This helps to control the eruptions by keeping the facial skin clean and free of irritants. Another herbal acne treatment is tea tree oil. It is usually watered down or diluted before direct application of facial skin. It acts as an antibacterial agent to keep dirt and bacteria controlled. This herbal acne treatment also helps to heal oozing or infected pimples.

Many other herbs can be used as a skin wash for acne prone skin. There are also herbal acne treatments that can be taken internally and can help to control the production of oil. These herbal acne treatments have been developed a long time ago and many are truly effective in controlling and managing acne while others indirectly help by cleansing the colon and helping the liver.