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Does Honey Help Acne?

 
Honey and Acne
 
Honey contains natural antibacterial qualities and is often used as a facemask in spas and home treatments.  These masks are inexpensive and can be purchased from your local drug store. 
 
Honey and Acne – How to Use?
 
Apply the mask once or twice a week, and enjoy the results. It works exceptionally well!

Fenugreek for Acne – A Simple Remedy

 
Fenugreek and Acne – Methods to Apply
 
Rather than cure acne, fenugreek leaves help prevent acne from returning once you have it under control.  You simply crush the leaves into a small bowl, and add water to form a paste.
 
Apply this to your face, as a mask, and leave it on overnight. Make sure to use [...]

Fruit Juice for Acne – How to Use?

One simple yet effective strategy is to use natural fruit juices as a way to alleviate the presence of external cysts and painful blackheads.
 
Fruit Juice Acne – Best Juices
 
You use these juices as a topical application, stirring a bit of cucumber or citric fruit juice with a bit of almond oil.
Once mixed up, apply it [...]

Hot And Cold Compress Packs for Acne

 
Hot Compress For Acne
 
This is one of the most popular home based remedies and a very simple one to try.  All you do is wet a towel and press it up against the area of your body that has acne, whether it’s your face, chest or back. 
This will reduce swelling and instantly eliminated clogged pores, [...]

Natural Acne Remedies

Natural, holistic or at-home remedies can be an inexpensive way to combat acne.  
Natural and herbal remedies are derived from living plant life. If you every have taken a vitamin supplement you might have noticed the taste just before swallowing, it tastes like ground plants, leaves etc, that is because it is. There are no chemicals [...]

What is Shiatsu Massage?

Unlike the other 4 types of popular massage, Shiatsu looks to the East for its origins and traditions.  Shiatsu is Japanese.  It is often called a form of Chinese Acupressure.  Its name, in fact, means “finger Pressure.” While considering some aspects of modern Asian medicine, it is principally traditional in its approach to human physiology.  [...]

Swedish Massage Therapy

Swedish Massage or Classic Massage is the oldest of the western traditions.  It dates back to the early attempts by Per Henrik Ling (1176-1839) to introduce a method of massage into sports education.  In doing so, he integrated a number of different existent Eastern healing techniques into a Western system of anatomy, physiology and blood [...]

Sports Massage

Sports Massage is also a variation of Swedish Massage.  It includes some aspects of Trigger Point Therapy.  Sports Massage is a method of treating athletes.  It is usually injury or athlete specific in its application.  Sports Massage emerged as a means to address the needs of athletes.  This includes equine athletes.
The techniques of Sports Massage [...]

Deep Tissue Massage Therapy

Deep Tissue Massage Therapy is a direct descendent of Swedish Massage.  In some instances, Deep Tissue Massage is a technique and not a specific type of therapy.  In fact, it is utilized in various different kinds of massage therapy.  In Deep Tissue Massage, a practitioner can utilize a number of techniques to free the body [...]

What is Trigger Point Massage Therapy?

Trigger Point Massage is the creation of Janet Travell M.D.  (1901-1997).  A former White House physician, she explored and, with David Simons, is responsible for the Bible on this variation of massage therapy.  Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction: The Trigger Point Manual came out in 1983.  It contains the basic techniques, purpose and philosophy behind Trigger [...]