Traditional Chinese Herbs In Battling Acne By Steff X
Chinese love to drink herbal tea to eliminate toxin and maintain body well-being. Herbal tea is known to bring down heatiness in the body. But what is heatiness? The Chinese believe that excessive heat can result from obstructed flow of energy (a.k. a chi), aggresive diet, and life on the fast lane. Examples that bring about stagnant chi are stress, frustration and emotional woes.
We also believe that hormonal activities are stimulated by heatiness. See the scientific connection here? They lead to the same conclusion : our skin will translate this heatiness into symptoms like infections, redness, acne and other forms of inflammation.
Chinese medicine practitioners also go one step further to conclude that acne is caused by dampness in the body. The damp element allows microorganism to thrive. In acne, the damp factor is most likely the excess oil that bacteria feed on.
Traditional Chinese medicine offer acne solution from topical application (root water), herbal supplements and even acupunture. We are going to focus on mainly herbal supplements. Below are the different types of heatiness and its solutions:
Lung Heat: Rosacea sufferers usually fall into this category. If you have acne near the nose area or around the forehead, you may be suffering from lung heat. Examine your tongue and see if it is red with a thin yellow coat. You'll most probably have respiratory symptoms such as a dry cough or a congested nose and slight breathlessness. Another sign of lung heat is prolonged thirst and feeling chilled easily due to wind. Pulse is overflowing and rapid.
* Recommended herbs: Chao Sang Bai Pi (cortex mori albae radicis), Pi Pa Ye a.k.a. loquat leaf (folium eriobotryae japonicae)
Damp Heat: As the name suggest, the root problem here is excessive dampness. The skin is oily, leading to painful, big pus-filled pimples. A patient experience constant thirst but funnily, do not desire to drink. Loose stool, dull headache, blocked nose, feeling of fullness and loss of appetite are also signs of damp heat. This is most common in young people.
* Yi Yi Ren a.k.a job's tears (semen coicis), Lian Qiao (fructus forsythia suspensae), Jin Ying Hua a.k.a honeysuckle flower (flos lonicerae japonicae), Tu Fu Ling (rhizoma smilacis glabrae)
Stomach Heat: This usually indicate that you have digestive problems and occasional constipation due to dry stools. Are you a heavy eater with preference for greasy and spicy food? Feel thirsty all the time? Here's other signs to look for : thick yellowish clot on tongue, nausea, excessive hunger and bad breath. All these with acne breakouts on the chest, shoulders, back and mouth are the indicators of stomach heat.
* Recommended herbs: Da Huang (radix et rhizoma rhei), Mang Xiao (mirabilitum)
Blood Heat: People with blood heat will have long term acne problem. Acne condition will be accompanied by flushed face, constant thirst, dry stools and deep colored urine. The tongue is very red with yellow coating. Patient also feels hot all the time.
* Recommended herbs: Mu Dan Pi a.k.a peony bark (cortex moutan radicis), Sheng Di Huang (radix rehmanniae)
Toxic Heat: Some signs include large painful acne on the face. Acne is usually severe with redness around inflammed area. Red tongue with red tip are commonly accompanied by sticky yellow coating.
* Lian Qiao (fructus forsythia suspensae), Jin Ying Hua a.k.a honeysuckle flower (flos lonicerae japonicae)
Traditional Chinese herbs are safe and powerful alternatives to rid acne from the inside. Consult your local herbal store pharmacist on dosage upon purchase. They will also be glad to help you with boiling instructions.
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Exercise And Kids
Good post on the benefits of good diet and exercise on kids' brains.
I see this in myself. When I?m exercising, I find I focus better. I haven?t studied it, but I probably ought to - I have a hobby that requires intense concentration and decision-making, and I saw immediate improvements in the past two weeks. Thinking back two years to when I was exercising every day, I was participating in this hobby successfully with some of the best participants in the world.
But it doesn?t end with clothes. Both Kid Carson and my brother could probably be labeled as metrosexual. They ?take care of themselves? by buying a series of designer skin care products, using salon shampoos and conditioners, and taking more time to prepare for a casual dinner than their female counterparts. I can?t even begin to count the number of times I hung out in the living room with my brother?s (now ex-)girlfriend as he was still showering, primping, or pruning himself upstairs.
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Winter Forever
Tired of cold weather and dry skin here.
But I am not liking minus twenty-nine degrees and I am tired of all the crap that keeps falling out of the sky. I am sick of winter clothes and dry skin and yucky produce and trying to plan my runs around the sidewalk conditions.
I'm ashamed to say that I even know who Zahara is in this tabloid-celebrity obsessed world. To be put on the world stage at such a young age is problematic enough let alone dealing with the politics of hair, so little Miss Pitt has her hands full. So when I came across a recent article concerning hair issues with children of color and their White adoptive and/or biological parents, the Pitts' famous daughter quickly comes to mind.
Now I certainly don't pretend to be a doctor, (though Dr. Andrew G.R. has a nice ring to it), but there are several common sense type things you can do to save yourself from pushing your eyes to the limit and eventually needing eyeglasses, lasik surgery - or worse!
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Quick Fixes
Some good skin care products when you need that quick fix.
Well, today I want to add a few things this list of quick fixes and sin-coverers. Say for instance you are in L.A. and have no power in 115 degree weather, coupled with hard core hang overs every day and you can?t seem to fit in a trip to the best waxing place in the universe (Pink Cheeks on Ventura) Then Carefree?s Face and Bikini Total Wax Strip Kit to the rescue! Carefree has just come out with a great line of products for getting rid of unwanted body hair. They also have a leg depilatory Totally Smooth Leg Cream with Blade Free Razor, and to maintain those smooth legs After Hair Removal Totally Smooth Daily Moisturizer.
Being pregnant really does take a toll on your body that is for sure. From the stretch marks to the varicose vein there are many things that you body goes through that are not necessarily the most eye pleasing and most comfortable!
Given it?s my favorite day of the week, it seemed appropriate to offer up something, um, perky. Enter Lift Me Up Cards, a hilarious line of congratulatory greetings for friends and loved ones who have just gone under the elective knife.
It?s a little surprising that we missed some spots, too. L.A. Mommy bought this new sunscreen that comes out in a different color, other than white, so you?ll be able to notice which spots you miss. But she made the mistake of buying the blue version. Now, I don?t know if you can picture what it looks like to put something blue all over your skin, so I?ll give you a hint:
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The Culprits
From a list of acne causing culprits, caffeine.
Caffeine intake can cause or worsen acne or breakouts in many ways? first of all it is known to throw off hormones in women. In addition to the caffeine in coffee or chocolate, there are other ingredients you should worry about too ? processed sugar and milk fats are also known causes for breakouts!
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Cronic Dry Eye
Lasik is not the cause of this dry eye problem.
I would like to note that this is not because of my Lasik surgery. I would have had this issue without it. I sleep with my eyes slightly open. Fun, huh?
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