Treat Acne with Herbal Treatments

An acne breakout is annoying for some but for others, it’s a source of deep embarrassment. The shelves of cosmetic counters feature every new chemical, ointment and peel, promising to heal your pimples, but these herbal remedies are a great way to prevent these breakouts.

Steps
Vegetable Glycerin, Neem, Chaste Tree, Forsythia, Gardenia, Honeysuckle, Red Dahlia, Yellow Dock, Burdock, Dandelion, Chamomile, Sarsaparilla, Milk Thistle, Schizonepeta, Red Peony Root, Sage, Coltsfoot, Yarrow, Balm Mint, Chamomile, Rosemary, Althea, Wild Thyme, Horsetail, Cucumber in Purified Water.
 * 1) Hunt the bright yellow marigold in search of calendula, the herbal ingredient found in essential oils and tinctures and known for its ability to control acne by reducing the inflammation and redness. Apply a dab of calendula tincture on pimples at bedtime. Dilute a drop of essential oil with olive oil and gently apply before you go to sleep.
 * 2) Use the oil from the tea tree. Apply to pimples after washing and drying the skin, tea tree oil can reduce the duration and swelling of a blemish.
 * 3) Follow the honeybee’s lead and apply a natural ointment that contains pure bee pollen. Dabbing bee pollen on your blemishes provides a dose of healthy antioxidants directly to the infected skin.
 * 4) Keep blemishes at bay with nature’s own remedy: garlic. Peel and slice a garlic clove in half and hold the cut side on your blemish or use a small adhesive bandage to hold it in place all night.
 * 5) Apply the jewelweed Apply it and leave on the skin for an hour or longer.
 * 6) Take grapeseed supplements This herb, helps build up your skin’s production of collagen, speeding the healing process of a breakout.
 * 7) Try Zenmed's Derma Cleanse Acne System, which is a complete herbal treatment, comprised of the following ingredients:

Warnings

 * Always dilute herbal essential oils because the highly-concentrated extracts may burn your skin. Use olive oil or almond oil and blend a drop of each together before applying to skin.

Things You'll Need

 * Calendula
 * Bee pollen
 * Garlic
 * Jewelweed
 * Grapeseed
 * Olive oil (to dilute essential oils)