Natural Home Remedies - acne herbal remedies

Acne Herbal Remedies

Acne herbal remedies are quite effective in treating acne. Although acne isn't life threatening (unless you're talking to a teenager), it's hardly a pleasant condition.
Acne is the result of excessive excretion of sebum by the sebaceous glands. This build up of sebum clogs up pores and the natural reaction of the body in this condition is to form pimples (both white heads and black heads).

Although most believe that pimples or acne are only suffered by teenager this isn't true. Acne is suffered by many age groups even those in their 50's.

What is true however is that acne is more the outcome of hormonal swings and bad diet and toxic build up inside the body than anything else. This is why most acned herbal remedies focus on cleansing the skin and better home remedies for acne focus on cleaning up or detoxifying the system.

A good systemic acne remedy is to drink a class or two of wheat grass juice daily to purify and detoxify your system.

One good home remedy for acne is aloe vera. Not only does it help clear acne but it also helps with sun damaged skin. Aloe vera soaps and skin treatment packs are widely available. Aloe has excellent antibacterial properties. In addition to this aloe is great for preventing acne scars from getting deep to the point where they become what is called "depressed acne scars." Once the scars get to this point home remedies for acne become less effective. Which leaves you with the expensive option of laser treatments and chemical peels etc. So regualar or daily application aloe vera will help prevent existing scars from getting deeper or more noticable.

Goldenseal is useful for reducing oozing.

Mixing Sandalwood powder with a touch of rosewater to form a paste or facial helps many as well. As with most many of these types of acne home remedies you need to stick with them for a number of months to see results. You can leave these homemade masks on for up to an hour.

Applying mint juice (preferably fresh) on a nightly basis is also a fairly effective home remedy for acne.

Milk thistle is another acne remedy that works to strengthen the liver. Seeing that the livers function is to detoxify the body, this a good systemic way to clean up an acne problem.

Other good home remedies for acne is through a superior diet. Elimination of fatty foods and chocolate in favor of foods rich in vitamin C and E is another good cure for acne. It's important to note that synthetic sources of vitamin C and E are not nearly as good as having a diet that is rich in natural sources of C and E as found in fruits and vegetables. Both vitamin C and E are also high in anti-oxidants and so they help with overall skin health.

If you have scars from acne and want to know what you can do to make the scaring less noticable or eliminate them all together check out our page on some of the best ways to eliminate acne scars.