Herbs — a large group of plants, the parts which are used as raw materials for preventive and therapeutic purposes in medicine and cosmetology. You can make wonderful masks for the face, which can solve a variety of problems, from wrinkles, to eliminate the inflammation of the pimples. Just need to know how to use herbs for the face and which the special qualities of each of them. This does not necessarily mean that you can properly collect, store and dry herbs, because pharmacies sold ready for application fee.
Overview of herbs for the skin
Medicinal herbs for the face — a lot, and understand them very difficult. Do not get lost in this genre, it is enough to determine what problems you most want to get rid of. This can be pimples or pigmented spots, wrinkles or double chin, and dryness or oiliness of your skin. To remove the obstacle, and to live they need to pick up and the grass itself.
- Aloe Vera — anti-acne and for oily skin.
- Butterbur control of the sebaceous glands.
- Immortelle — anti-inflammation on the face is different.
- Birch — for oily skin.
- Oak — eliminates oily Shine from your face.
- Oregano — for humidification.
- St. john's wort — has anti-inflammatory properties that are useful against acne and acne.
- Calendula is invaluable in inflammation, rashes, allergies on the face, soothes irritated skin, moisturizes.
- Nettle is one of the best care products for oily skin, the cleansing properties.
- Lavender — has a calming effect on irritated and stressed skin.
- Linden — vs of sebaceous glands in the skin.
- Burdock (root) is useful for oily skin.
- Mother and mother in law — makes the skin smooth and silky, rashes.
- Mint — is used against the fat and the size of the secretions of the glands.
- Parsley has bleaching properties.
- Plantain — heals oily skin and acne.
- Dandelion against dark spots.
- Rosemary — smoothes wrinkles, has a rejuvenating effect.
- Chamomile is anti-inflammatory and regenerating agent: stop the aging process, prevent early appearance of wrinkles, heals all the acne and pimples.
- Rowan is a very effective cleaning action: removes blackheads.
- Thyme — needed to hydrate dry skin.
- Series — used for the treatment of allergies and various rashes on the face.
- Sage — has a lifting effect, makes skin glowing and youthful.
- Horsetail — recommended for oily skin.
All of these beneficial herbs for the skin — this is only the tip of the iceberg in a large sea. Actually them much more (in medicine, which is more than 2 000 names of medicinal plants), but for in-home cosmetology will be enough of these 20.
If they have grown so large that it disrupts the life they have chosen for specific medicinal plants: there are certain indications.
Indications for use of medicinal plants
Very often the question arises, what herbs you can use, if you face one problem or another. For an easier search of the necessary raw materials, in herbal medicine there are specific indications for home treatment of the skin of the herbs. Use them to consciously, and not accidentally, to stock up on the desired grass.
- Herbs for acne: aloe, immortelle, st. john's wort, calendula, lavender, mother and stepmother, plantain, chamomile,.
- Herbs for oily skin: aloe, Butterbur, birch, oak, nettle, Linden, burdock root, mint, plantain, horsetail.
- Herbs for dry skin: oregano, calendula, thyme.
- Herbals anti-wrinkle: mother and stepmother, rosemary, chamomile, sage.
- Herbs with the effect of the cleaning- mountain ash, nettle.
- Herbs against age spots: dandelion, parsley.
As can be seen from this list of indications herbs from acne on the face is one of the most numerous group, and this is not surprising. The medicinal plants contain sufficient amount of organic acids, volatile and tannins, which have anti-inflammatory properties. They disinfect the affected skin, soothes irritation and localized, and then remove the foci of inflammation. So for my skin herbs that are recommended for mandatory use. In teenage years, in the absence of allergies, drug costs can also be used for the treatment of acne vulgaris. The maximum benefit from herbs you can achieve if you do everything correctly.
The rules on the use of herbs
For the herbs for skin have fulfilled your task, you need to know how to prepare a medicinal decoction (infusion) and implement at home. No need to think that they are medicinal plants, which are completely safe and cause no harm. Those who are familiar with the basics of herbal medicine, I know that they sometimes cause the most severe allergic reactions, even when applied topically. So to start you need to familiarize yourself with the basics of homemade cosmetics with herbs, and then put the whole thing in practice.
- The simplest solution to skin problems is to buy an appropriate reading of the grass (as dry charge) at your local pharmacy, read the manual welding, and, consequently, the soup, is used for this purpose. The healing herbal infusions and decoctions for the skin, can be added to any mask.
- The most effective solution for the collection of medicinal raw material, itself in the forest, field, suburban area — anywhere that is far enough away from cities, factories, industrial zones, main roads.
- Check the grass for the presence of allergens to your skin.
- If the herbs are independent, they can be used immediately, fresh: perhaps it would be more useful, because it will still be full of different substances. You can stock up on them for the future, to enjoy their cosmetic effect on the long winter evenings. Drying of the collected medicinal plants in ventilated and dry places, which do not penetrate through the direct rays of the sun. When you do this, you will need to constantly stir them so that they are old and not moldy. It will take two weeks — not less.
- One rule about the use of herbs for cosmetic purposes it is necessary to take into account strictly. Fresh feed should be used immediately, within 1-2 days. Shelf life of dried herbs (if you keep them in boxes or paper bags) — not more than 2 years.
- It is very important, how to prepare herbal teas (or infusions). To start a plant to grind: fresh chopped herbs with a knife and dry enough to grind in his hands. Then, the resulting powder (1-2 tablespoons) pour boiling, just remove them from the fire water (a glass). All this is best done in a glass or ceramic bowl. If, after the drug, close the lid and leave for half an hour, the output will be flavorful and very good for the skin infusion of herbs. If you put this to languish in a water bath for 20-30 minutes, at the end get nothing less than a healing potion. It will only drain both and add to the beauty of homemade face masks.
- But most of the resources used for the face still crushed leaves or flowers of plants.
- In General, all of the face masks from natural products that we used to do at home, it can be done with herbs. This is enough fluid in their composition (water, juice, milk) is replaced with decoctions and infusions from medicinal plants in equal quantities specified in the recipes.
- Herbal mask is recommended for oily skin — every other day for oily skin twice a week, dry — 1 time per 7 days. If herbal decoctions for the skin, for use as regular prevention funds (from the premature emergence of wrinkles, prevents the formation of pimples, etc), these masks will be enough to do 1 every 10 days, because they are very strong and effective in its impact on the epidermis.
- The skin can be treated not only through herbal masks. Another way to use the medicinal plants for this purpose daily cleaning. The same prepared infusion or decoction is poured in a bowl of filtered warm water (1 Cup of raw materials in 500 ml of water): the face is enough to wash the solution twice a day.
- If there is no time to do such procedures, it is possible several times a day wipe face with a cotton pad, soaked in the prepared herbal decoction.
Ways to use herbs good for skin, — a large number of. Important — you can choose to solve your problem you need a medicinal plant and to use it properly. In the folk medicine and home cosmetics, you can find great recipes for all types of masks, tonics based on herbs. The goal of each of them — if you want to prolong the youthfulness and beauty of skin.
Recipes for masks from herbs for face
Despite the diversity and abundance of different recipes, not to get carried away with the herbs too. You can start with the treatment mask and then change the plant and deal with the rubbing cubes of ice, then use the toner daily, and then again from the other herbs. Everything should be in moderation.
- Dandelion against pigment spots
Chop the dandelion greens (3 table. spoon), add cold filtered (or boiled or mineral) water (2 tea spoons), melted to liquid honey (2 tablespoons).
Prepare a decoction of wormwood, dissolve (2 tables. the spoons) it's still hot, thick porridge, cooked with fresh, whole milk (for the same amount, as is the soup and sage), add chopped lemon zest (2 tsp).
Stand with the leaves of the aloe in the fridge 1-2 weeks, squeeze in the juice (table. lie.), mix it with grinded in the meal of natural oatmeal (2 tablespoons).
Chamomile flowers (2 tables. lies.) crush, mix with fresh, natural, preferably with a fat yogurt (same amount), add a raw egg.
- Yarrow for improving complexion
Fresh yarrow flowers and leaves of the sorrel, minced (1 tablespoon), add to them chopped into the flour flakes (1 tablespoon L.), raw egg yolk (whole egg).
Fresh young nettle leaves and flowers of Hypericum perforatum (1 tbsp.) grind and add fresh, low fat sour cream (2 tablespoons liters), concentrated lemon juice (1 teaspoon).
Fresh leaves of dandelion and peppermint in equal amounts (1 table lodges.) crush, mix with raw egg, add melted on a water bath honey (1 spoon of tea).
Fresh sheets of plain psyllium to wash, grind, mix with flour from rolled oats in equal amounts (1 table lodges.).
Need to know what are useful herbs for the face for use on personal beautician is not be harmful chemicals from store-bought pipes, and mother nature. This will very quickly affect the condition of the skin: it will become more smooth, clean, firm and elastic. The aging process will be slowed down, and will not be afraid of premature wrinkles and wrinkles SAG. To make all this a reality, and medicinal herbs for cosmetic purposes, you need to use regularly and properly. Then the results will not keep itself waiting long.
05.10.2018
