Natural Wonders For Skin Care
Water - The ancient most healing medium, used by humans and animals to heal injuries, relax tense muscles and cleanse the body. Drinking helps eliminate toxins, improves the condition of our skin, nails and hair. Water works as a natural diuretic to reduce high blood pressure by decreasing water retention in our blood. Thermal spring water can treat rheumatic, muscular disorders, skin aliments and respiratory problems. Hot springs bath increases the flow of oxygen-rich blood throughout the body, bringing improved nourishment to vital organs and tissues. The exercise treatments in pool in water therapy are used as curative for variety of conditions.
Salt – An ideal perfect way to rub away those sluggish flakes or scales of dead skin cells is through salt scrub or bath. It improves blood circulation giving skin a radiant look. Salt baths combat stress, alleviate muscular pains and aches. Exfoliate your skin with a paste made of coarse sea salt mixed with either water or olive / almond oil to achieve glowing skin.
Clay - Clay or mud masks are effective deep cleansers.
Clay paste when patted over the face and left to dry, pull out impurities and moisturize the skin. Fuller's earth is one of the most popular clay rich in silica, alumina and magnesia for soft supple skin. Several varieties of clays varying in colour, suitable for all skin types are used to absorb excess secretion and dirt. White clay works wonders on oily skin, brown clay is good for dry skin, and for skin prone to blemishes, green clay benefits.
Fruits - Fruits are packed with hordes of skin conditioning properties. Bananas, strawberry, pineapples and more are all choc-a-block with skin conditioning, softening properties, natural vitamins and essential oils. Strawberries are an effective cleanser for all skin types. Packed with Vitamin C, it neutralizes oily patches and calm rashes. A natural exfoliant, pineapple acts as an effective, gentle buffer, leaving the skin clean. Ideal for dry skin, banana nourishes and provides excellent moisture boost to dehydrated skin. It makes a great moisturising and anti ageing facemask.
Seaweed – Seaweeds, brown, red, green and blue incorporated into body wraps and anti cellulite products reduce impurities, flush out toxins and leave the skin cleansed, toned and refreshed. Seaweeds are also used for treating skin problems such as psoriasis. Seaweeds, rich in copper, a nutrient vital for healthy collagen and zinc help repair damaged skin cells. Thalassotherapy uses seaweeds, while sea water baths and sea mud body wraps are popular spa treatments.
Herbs – Rosemary, lavender, mint, ginger and chamomile, to name a few, are commonly used herbs in skin care products. Essential oils are extracted, added to lotions, creams, gels, etc, help to soothe, stimulate, calm and balance and treat certain skin ailments and irritations. Essential oils are used in aromatherapy to promote health and well being. Lavender is great antidote to stress, while lemon grass works as quick perk me up. Rosemary is effective digestive aid and a natural antiseptic in reducing appearance of scars. A strong concoction of mint alleviates chapped hands.
thanks t_cof.. we need to go back to the 'fruits' of the earth (unless we destroy the planet first). A good article below. I have yet to try this therapy but heard of some who have done it with some good results.
(CoolQ not meaning to put you out of business!!)
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AMAZING WATER THERAPY - DR.MAHMOUD HUSSAIN (IBN SINA COMPANY)
Introduction
* Drink six (6) glasses of water (1.5 liters) everyday and avoid medicine, tablets, injections, diagnosis, doctor fees, etc.
* You can never believe it before practicing it.
List of Diseases That Can Be Cured By Water Therapy
* Blood Pressure/Hyper Tension
* Anemia (Blood Shortage)
* Rheumatism (Pain in joints/muscles)
* General Paralysis
* Obesity
* Arthritis
* Sinusitis
* Tachycardia
* Giddiness
* Cough
* Leukemia
* Asthma
* Bronchitis
* Pulmonary Tuberculosis
* Meningitis
* Kidney Stones
* Urogenital Diseases
* Hyper Acidity
* Dysentery
* Gastroenteritis
* Uterus Cancer
* Rectal Piodapse
* Constipation
* Hostorthobics
* Diabetes
* Eye Diseases
* Ophthalmic Hemorrhage & Opthalmia (Reddish eye)
* Irregular Menstruation
* Breast Cancer
* Laryngitis
* Headache
* Leukemia
Therapy Procedure
* Early morning, after you get up from bed, (without even brushing your teeth) drink 1.50 liters of water i.e., 5 to 6 glasses. You may wash your face thereafter.
* Here it is very essential to note that nothing else, neither drinks nor solid food of any sort should be taken within 1 hour before and after drinking these 1.5 liters of water.
* If required, boiled and filtered water may be used for this purpose.
* It is difficult to drink 1.5 liters of water at one time, but you will get used to it gradually.
* Initially, while practicing you may drink four glasses first and to balance two glasses after a gap of two minutes.
* You may find the necessity to urinate 2 to 3 times within an hour, but it will become normal after quite some time.
By Research and Experience
* The following diseases observed to be cured with this therapy within the indicated days as below:
- Constipation - 1 day
- Acidity - 2 days
- Diabetes - 7 days
- Cancer - 4 weeks
- Pulmonary TB - 3 months
- BP & Hypertension - 4 weeks
Note:
It is advised that persons suffering from Arthritis or Rheumatism should practice this therapy thrice a day, i.e. morning, midday and night, 1 hour before meals for one week; and twice a day subsequently until the disease disappears.
How Does Pure Water Act?
* Consuming ordinary drinking water by the right method purifies human body. It renders the colon more effective by forming new fresh blood, known in medical terms as "Haematopaises". That the mucousal folds of the colon and intestines are activated by this method, is an undisputed fact, just as the theory that new fresh blood is produced by the mucousal fold.
* If the colon is cleansed then the nutrients of the food taken several times a day will be absorbed and by the action of the mucousal folds they are turned into fresh blood. The blood is all important in curing ailments and restoring health and for this water should be consumed in a regular pattern.
EAT FRESH FRUITS
We all think eating fruits means simply buying fruit, cutting it and just popping it into our mouths. You will benefit much more if you know how and when to eat fruit.
CORRECT WAY of EATING FRUITS
Fruits should be taken on an empty stomach.... not as dessert after the meal as is often done.
If you eat fruit like that, it will also serve a major role to detoxify your system, supplying you with a great deal of energy for weight loss and other life activities.
FRUIT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FOOD
Let's say you eat two slices of bread .. . . and then a slice of fruit.
As fruit digests faster than bread, the slice of fruit digests quickly and is ready to go straight through the stomach into the intestines, but its passage is blocked by the bread which takes longer to digest...
...In the meantime the whole meal ferments and turns to acid. Consequently, when the fruit comes into contact with the food in the stomach and digestive juices, the entire mass of food begins to spoil!
So it is better to eat your fruits in an empty stomach or before your meals.
You have heard people complaining -
• every time I eat water-melon I burp,
• when I eat durian my stomach bloats up,
• when I eat banana
• I feel like running to the toilet etc -
The fruit mixes with the putrefying other food and produces gas and hence you will bloat! Actually, all this will not arise if you eat the fruit on an empty stomach.
Graying hair, balding, nervous outbursts, dark circles under the eyes -
all these will not happen if you eat fruit on an empty stomach. It is incorrectly presumed that some fruits, like orange and lemon are acidic and will enhance acidity in the stomach. Research however shows that all fruits become alkaline in our body.
WHEN YOU NEED TO DRINK FRUIT JUICE -
Drink only fresh fruit juice, NOT from the cans.
Don't drink juice that has been heated up.
Don't eat cooked fruits because you don't get the nutrients at all. You only get the taste.
So stop making 'durian porridge' if you want nutrients. Cooking fruit destroys all the vitamins. Eating the pulp or whole fruit is far better than drinking the juice as the fibre is good for you.
If you should drink the juice, drink it mouthful by mouthful slowly,
because you must let it mix with your saliva before swallowing it.
FRUIT FAST
A 3-day "fruit fast" is a very simple and effective way to cleanse and de-toxify your body.
Just eat fruits and drink fruit juice throughout the 3 days and you will be surprised when your friends tell you how radiant you look!
During the "fruit fast" you can eat different fruits at different times, although occasionally mixed fruit salad would also be permissible and more interesting.
If you have mastered the correct way of eating fruits, you have the secret of beauty, longevity, health, energy, happiness and normal weight.
good.