Toothpaste on Acne – A Simple Acne Remedy

When I first heard about this home based remedy, I’ll be honest, I thought there was no way in heck this was going to work. Still, with nothing to lose, I decided to give it a shot and was very glad I did. 

Toothpaste on Acne – Is it Good Treatment for Acne?

Not only does it work exceptionally well, but also takes only a few seconds to do.

Toothpaste on Acne – What You Need?

All you need is a dab of your favorite toothpaste.

Toothpaste on Acne – How to Apply?

Apply a small amount to your acne spots, zores and zits and leave it on to dry overnight. (Make sure to use an old pillowcase). 

You can also substitute toothpaste with baking soda and water.

Rinse it off in the morning, and you’re done!  Do this 2-3 times a week during painful breakouts

Home Based Acne Remedies  with White Vinegar Treatment

Once again, this is a topical treatment that works wonders.  With a cotton ball, soak in white vinegar and apply to infected area, leaving it on for 5-15 minutes. 

Rinse off with cold water. If you find the vinegar too strong, dilute it with 1/3 cup of water, and apply.

Home Based Acne Remedies  with Yeast

Mix 1 tablespoon of dried or fresh yeast with 2 tablespoons of lemon juice; apply on face, wait until it gets hard (try not to move), peel or wash with warm water.

Home Based Acne Remedies  using Bay Leaf

Grind bay leaves and blanch in warm water, Cool and apply to your face.  Rinse off after ten minutes.

Home Based Acne Remedies  with Lettuce

Saturate clean, rinsed lettuce leaves in water.  Rinse your face with the water. 

Home Based Acne Remedies  using Tea Bag

Mix 2-3 tea bags to some basil and cook in boiling water for 10-20 minutes. Then apply on the acne with a clean cotton ball.
The home remedies listed above are ones that been used over the years successfully.

Oatmeal Acne Mask – How to Make?

Simply cook a small amount of plain oatmeal and apply to your face.  Allow this mixture to set on your face for 15 minutes before rinsing off. 

Oatmeal Acne Mask – Duration

Oatmeal acts as a natural exfoliate, and provides instant relief.  Try to integrate this method at least twice a week, as it takes very little time and effort and will yield great results.

Personally, I have found the Oatmeal mask formula has helped me keep my acne under control without the need for expensive third party treatments.

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 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 an old pillowcase, as it can leave light stains.

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 the entire area where acne exists and leave on for a period of 15 minutes.  Rinse off with lukewarm water and pat dry.

Almond oil and other natural substances like it, are easy remedies that will help remove acne if applied regularly.

Do this 2-3 times each week.

You can also replace cucumber juice with apricot juice or lemon juice, as long as they are natural with no added sweeteners or sugars.

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, which is a primary culprit in the cause of 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 involved.

Natural herbal remedies do not alter hormone balance, change chemical levels in the brain or trick your body.

Why? Because the herbs contain certain properties that are meant to regulate functions the body to promote healing and health.

They are not synthetic or man made, they are simply from the earth and are here to help with problems that we face.  Herbal supplements are a healthy alternative to prescription drugs. 

Some of the natural remedies are listed below.

 *Drinks rich in antioxidants and Vitamin C and/or E can assist in freshening and rejuvenated skin. 

*Vitamin E rich foods can diminish acne-related scarring. 

*Tea tree oil is a popular home remedy for acne. It is an essential oil that is diluted and applied topically to acne lesions. Because tea tree oil can kill bacteria, applying topical tea tree oil to acne lesions is believed to kill the bacteria that cause acne. 

 Additionally, there are certain herbs that can be digested that can relieve chronic inflammatory problems especially relating to the skin, such as acne.

These herbs include burdock, cleavers, red clover, figwort, poke root, echinacea, and blue flag. A great combination is blue flag, burdock, yellow dock, and echinacea. These can be mixed together and infused with hot water to make a tea.

Drink a cup of this 3 times a day. You can put a little honey in it to make it taste better.

 Homeopathy – Alternative Medicines for Acne

In homeopathy, illness is fought with substances which would produce the same illness in healthy people. The basis of homeopathy is: to heal like with like. Instead of suppressing an illness, the patient’s own natural resist­ance is stimulated. Natural substances are used, mainly obtained from plants. These medicines are strongly diluted in order not to make the illness worse. When making his diagnosis, a homeopathic doctor looks at the patient as a whole and not just his illness; this means that psychological and social factors are included in the diag­nosis. There are various homeopathic preparations for acne.

Natural Medicine – Alternative Medicines for Acne

In natural medicine, the healing powers present in every human organism are supported in order to cure or pre­vent illness. An illness is seen as a sign that the whole body is disturbed; there is no such thing as a diseased organ. According to natural healing practitioners, all illnesses can be traced back to the accumulation of too much waste matter in the body as a result of persistent faulty habits of diet, posture, movement, breathing and emotional tension..

One of the main natural medicine cures for acne is high colonic irrigation (when the bowels are thoroughly cleaned out). The idea behind this is that the acne has been caused because of an accumulation of waste matter in the intestines. Food that stays too long there begins to ferment and this gradually poisons the body. These harmful substances are normally purified by the liver. If, however, the liver has to process too many poisonous substances, the overload has to be cleared through other channels, the skin being one of them, and this produces acne. By cleaning out the intestines – a painless treat­ment – the blockage is cleared, the body cleansed and the acne should subside. In a German books the following tips are given for acne:

1) Take regular steam baths with infusions of cornflowers, chamomile, and com horsetail; then rinse the face in cold water.

2) A chamomile and corn horsetail infusion is also suit­able for washing the face. Face masks can be made with clay or yeast.

3) For internal use, drink nettle and dandelion tea. Iceland moss tea is also effective when drunk over a long period.

Herbal Medicine – Alternative Medicines for Acne

For centuries herbal medicine has been an important method of healing. Herbs are prescribed by many alter­native medical practitioners. However, there are some practical problems: herbs are difficult to store and to make up into precise doses and their availability depends on the harvest.

A Dutch book says the following about acne:

Acne treatment lasts at least a year and may not always produce results. Certain oils are prescribed to nip illness in the bud and remove infections. The patient is advised to eat only small amounts of carbohydrates, sugar, potatoes, bread and pulses. Acne patients with emotional problems are given traces of silicon in combination with vitamin C as well as manganese with copper, copper, gold and silver combined, and herbs such as lady’s mantle, gromwell and stonecrop.

Herbs containing silicic acid can be used on the face. Lady’s mantle applied to the face will give good results. The acne patient can make their own clay facemasks and apply them twice a week. (Mix one dessertspoonful of clay to 150 cc water, brush on the face and leave for twenty minutes.)

Others recommend the following herbal remedy.

Yarrow helps to clear spots and is good for a greasy skin. It can be used in a face pack or drunk in a tea made from the leaves and flowers. Leaves of the dead-nettle can be made into an infusion which can be used as a mildly astringent face lotion. Lemon balm and lime flowers also make good face washes. Eating watercress is said to help maintain a good complexion. Lotions and creams can also, be made from cucumbers and elderflowers.

Water Therapy – Alternative Medicines for Acne

The following tips are from another German book. Wash in cold water in the mornings. Take a cold footbath one evening, and sprinkle the thighs with cold water the next. A warm cornflower compress is also useful. Toughening the skin is essential. Water and air are con­sidered the most important medicines for the ill and sensitive skin. A daily brisk stroll is advised and the more rain, wind or hail there is the better. Umbrella and mackintosh should be left at home. Those with chronic skin complaints are advised to take a water cure, as can be found at seaside spas and certain specialist health spas on the Continent.

Bee Ointment – Alternative Medicines for Acne

Tests have recently been carried out in Sweden with bee ointment as a cure for acne and it seems to have produced good results. The main ingredient is beeswax which is used in folk medicine as a natural antibiotic as well as to increase resistance to germs. Bee ointment otherwise consists of pollen, vitamin A and essential pine oils which themselves help to disinfect the skin and stimulate the circulation.

Bee ointment produces no undesirable side-effects and is on sale at most health food shops.

Old Wives’ Remedies – Alternative Medicines for Acne

There are almost as many old wives’ remedies for acne as myths about what causes it. Some of these are: eat a moderate amount of fresh yeast, wash in cold water in the mornings, drink orange juice on an empty stomach, rub your saliva or urine into your face in the mornings. Barley water and onion water are also said to be good for acne. These are prepared as follows:

1) Wash the grains of barley and simmer for an hour; add lemon peel after half an hour. Drain off the water, set it to cool and drink a glass three times a day.

2) Boil a chopped onion in two large glassfuls of water. After five minutes remove from the heat and leave to stand for ten minutes, then strain. Drink a glass every morning and evening. I also found information on treating acne in my reading on acupuncture and reflexology. The information was, however, too insubstantial to be worth summarizing here.

Skin covers the internal organs and protects them. It balances the body temperature and elimination of waste products through sweat. Acne is mainly due to disturbance and imbalance in functioning of the body.

Acne presents as black heads pimples and sebaceous cysts and sometimes as scars. These are seen on forehead, temples, cheeks and chin, back and chest.

External ointment does not serve the purpose also obstructs sebaceous glands. It is better to resort to nature cures. All fruit diet for one week of apples, pears, grapes, and pineapple. Citrus fruits, banana and tinned fruits are not at all good. The lemon without sugar or cold or hot should be drunk.

Natural Cures for Acne Pimples with Fruit Diet

A well balanced diet with raw vegetables, fresh fruits and sprouted seeds, whole grain cereals and raw nuts are advised. These should be taken at least for one week up to one month. If necessary depending on the response of the skin ointment.

Acne Pimples Home Remedies #1

Carrot juice is very useful in acne pimples. Raw carrot juice is a rich source of Vitamin A. It normalizes the entire system and is a natural solvent for ulcerous conditions. When combined with beet-root and turnip, it is a powerful blood purifier. Depending upon the condition of the individual, raw carrot juice may be taken indefinitely and in quantities from one to six pints a day. Besides being the richest source of Vitamin A, it also contains an ample supply of Vitamins B, C, D, E, G, and K. It helps to promote the appetite and is an aid to digestion.

Acne Pimples Home Remedies #2

Linseed oil cakes with water if applied externally give some relief.

 Acne Pimples Home Remedies #3

Pimples disappear without leaving a scar if rubbed several times daily with garlic juice.

Acne Pimples Home Remedies #4

The margosa leaf juice is an efficacious remedy for acne pimples.

Acne Pimples Home Remedies #5

A paste of cummin seeds  if applied over the pimples gives some relief.

Acne Pimples Home Remedies #6

The milky juice exuding from wounds of the un­ -ripe papaya fruit applied locally removes acne pimples.

Acne Pimples Home Remedies #7

Raw potatoes made as paste to be applied on the Acne pimples gives very good benefit. Raw potato comprises of Sulphur, phosphorus, chorine, and potassium.

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