Anyone heard of neem? (Herbs/Herbalism)greenspun.com : LUSENET : Countryside : One Thread |
I did a search for herbs for acne and several sites mentioned neem. Has anyone used this, or any other herbs for acne with success? Thanks!
-- Elizabeth (lividia66@aol.com), October 11, 2001
all blood cleansers,, golden seal, dandlion, red clover. Stay away from ALL caffine, coffe,, soda,, choclates. Cleanse at least twice a day to remove oils
-- stan (sopal@net-port.com), October 11, 2001.
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Try these !!
-- Scott (ssbitzer@aep.com), October 11, 2001.
Elizabeth--All it takes to clear up acne is an egg yolk. For 1 month put egg yolk on for 10 minutes a day and rinse off well with warm water. Egg yolk has lots of retinol which I believe is the precursor to Vit. A. This really works. After the first month, use it just a couple of times a week.--Vicki
-- vicki in NW OH (thga76@aol.com), October 11, 2001.
I use neem in a homemade mask (french green clay, neem oil, tea tree, oil, lavender oil...mix with water to form a paste). I think it works great. As a 30 year old who still breaks out I'm always on the look out for something to help without being too harsh. The items I mentioned above work great, although you may want to use another clay if you don't have very oily skin.
Here's a link with info about essential oils that are good for acne: Essential oils used to treat acne
Also, you could search Soapnuts for neem or acne. Lots of good posts their about the subject. It's a password protected site, but it's the same for everyone and there is no sign- up so I'll don't see why I couldn't share it (username: smitten, password: kitten).
Interestingly, neem is a great insect repellent (I didn't get any until late this summer when the mosquitos were mostly gone, so I can't vouch for this) and is used by many organic gardeners to keep pests off plants. Beware, it does have an odor, kind of garlicky. HTH
-- Tonya Bednarick (tbednarick@hotmail.com), October 12, 2001.