Herbs for facial: overview, indications, rules of application, the best recipes

Medicinal herbs — a large group of plants, parts of which are used as raw material for prophylaxis and therapy in medicine and cosmetology. From their you can make wonderful masks for the skin of the face, that are able to solve the most different problems — from smooth the wrinkles on the resolution, the more inflamed pimples. Just need to know how to use the herbs for the face, and what specific properties it possesses each of them. When this is not necessary to be able to collect, store and dry the medicinal plants, because in the pharmacy sold already ready for the application of commissions.

Review of herbs for the skin of the face

Medicinal herbs for the face — a great multitude, and to understand them is very difficult. In order not to get lost in this variety, it is sufficient to determine, from a problem that most want to delete. This can be pimples, or dark spots, wrinkles, and double chin, dryness or oiliness of the skin. To resolve from living in adversity need to collect and grass.

• Aloe — acne and for the care of oily skin.
• Butterbur — control of the functioning of the sebaceous glands.
• Helichrysum — anti-inflammatory in the face of various kinds.
• Birch — for fatty skin type.
• Oak — eliminates fat shine with the face.
• Oregano — to moisturize.
• St. john's wort — has anti-inflammatory properties, is useful against acne and acne.
• Calendula are fundamental in inflammatory processes, skin rashes, allergies on the face, soothes irritated skin, moisturizes.
• The stinging nettle is one of the best products for the care of oily skin, with detergent properties.
• Lavender — has a calming effect on the irritated, tired skin.
• Lime — against the sebaceous glands of the skin.
• Burdock (root) — it is useful for oily skin.
• Mother and stepmother — it makes the skin smooth and silky, eliminates skin rashes.
• Mint — used against fat and the abundance of the sebaceous secretions.
• Parsley has bleaching properties.
• Plantain — care oily skin and pimples.
• Dandelion — against dark spots.
• Rosemary — smooths wrinkles, has a regenerating effect.
• Margherita — best anti-inflammatory and remedy: stop the aging process, prevents the early appearance of wrinkles, heals any blackheads and pimples.
• Sorbo — it's highly effective cleansing effect: removes blackheads.
• Thyme — it is essential to moisturize the dry skin.
• A series of — used for the treatment of allergies and redness on the face.
• Sage — has a lifting effect that makes the skin radiant and youthful.
• Horsetail — recommended for the care of oily skin.

All these herbs are useful for the skin of the face, are only the tip of the iceberg in the vast sea. In reality there are many more (in medicine, there are more than 2 000 medicinal plants), but for the house of cosmetology will be sufficient, and of these 20.

If you have grown up so, that already from living, to collect under their specific medicinal plant: for this there are some indications.

Indications for the use of medicinal plants

Very often the question arises what are the herbs for the face to use for this or that problem. In order to facilitate the search of raw materials, there are herbal special notes for the home, skin treatments herbal. Take advantage of them, in a targeted way, and is not a case the basis of the desired grass.

1. Herbs for acne: aloe vera, helichrysum, st. john's wort, calendula, lavender, mother and stepmother, plantain, chamomile, and a succession of.
2. Herbs for oily skin: aloe, butterbur, birch, oak, stinging nettle, lime blossom, burdock root, mint, plantain, horsetail.
3. Herbs for dry skin: oregano, calendula, thyme.
4. Grass against wrinkles: the mother and stepmother, rosemary, chamomile, sage.
5. Herbs with effect of purification: sorbo, stinging nettle.
6. Grass against age spots: dandelion, parsley.

As you can see from this list of readings, herbs for acne on the face — one of the most numerous groups, and in this there is nothing surprising. In medicinal plants contains a sufficient amount of organic acids, production of volatiles and tannins, which have anti-inflammatory properties. Disinfect the skin, soothe irritations and locate, and then eliminate the inflammation. Therefore, the owners of a skin problem of the herbs recommended for mandatory application. In adolescence, in the absence of allergies, medicines, taxes can also be used for the treatment of acne youth. The maximum benefit from herbs you can achieve, if everything is done correctly.

Rules for the use of herbs

For the herbs for skin have performed their entrusted with the task, you need to be able to adequately prepare their officinalis broth (infusion) and the jurisdiction of apply home. We must not think that medicinal plants are absolutely safe and can not cause damage. Those who are familiar with the basics of herbal medicine, they know that sometimes cause the most terrible allergic reactions also for external use. So, for starters, you need to familiarize yourself with the basics of cosmetics based on herbs, and then put this thing into practice.

1. The easiest solution for any skin problems — buy the corresponding testimony of the grass (in dry form of picking) in the pharmacy, study, education, beer and broth to use for other purposes. Healing herbal infusions and decoctions for the skin, you can add any mask for the face.
2. The most effective solution — to collect medicinal raw materials alone in the woods, the field, on an area of land in any place, that is located a sufficient distance away from cities, factories, industrial zones, major highways.
3. Check the grass for the presence of allergens to the skin.
4. If the collection of herbs is independent, you can use them once, in the form of fresh: so it will be even more useful, because it will still be full of drugs. You can stock up on them for the future, to enjoy their cosmetic effect the long winter evenings. Dry crops and medicinal plants the need for a ventilated, dry environments, where do not penetrate the direct rays of the sun. For this you need to mix, so that no unsold and not mold. It will take two weeks — not less.
5. A rule on the use of herbs for cosmetic purposes, it is necessary to strictly adhere to. Fresh raw materials, it is necessary to use a time, in a matter of 1-2 days. The shelf life of dried herbs (if you keep them in boxes or paper bags) — not more than 2 years.
6. A very important moment is that, how to properly prepare decoctions of herbs for the face (or infusions). To start the plant needs to grind fresh grass chopping with a knife, and dry, simply rub it between your hands. Then the resulting powder (1-2 tablespoons), pour boiling water, just taken with the fire water (a glass). All this is best done in glass or ceramic. If then the drug close the lid and leave for half an hour, the output works fragrant and very useful for the skin of the infusion of herbs. If put to languish in a bath of water for 20-30 minutes, we get in the end is not less healthy than broth. Will only exhaust both the tools and add in cosmetic homemade mask.
7. But in the majority of the funds for the face are used east chop the leaves or flowers of plants.
8. In general, any type of face mask based on natural products, that are accustomed to do in the house, you can do herbal. For this it is enough liquid in their composition (water, fruit juice, milk) to replace decoctions and infusions of medicinal plants in the same quantity, which are indicated in the recipes.
9. Masks herbal facial is recommended for impure skin — through the day, for oily skin — twice a week, for dry skin — 1 time per 7 days. If decoctions of herbs for the skin to use as a normal preventative measure (the early appearance of wrinkles, to advise the formation of pimples, etc.), the masks will be enough to do it 1 time every 10 days, as they are very powerful and effective for his influence on the epidermis.
10. The skin can be treated not only with the help of masks made of herbs. Another way to use medicinal plants for this purpose — daily cleaning. The same preparing an infusion or decoction translates in a bowl with filtered warm water (1 glass of raw materials in 500 ml of water): the face is enough to wash the obtained solution two times per day.
11. If there is no time to do these procedures, it is possible to a couple of times a day, clean the face with a cotton pad soaked in a mixture of herbs broth.

Ways to use herbs that are useful for the skin, — a large number of. The important thing is to be able to select to solve his problem the right medicinal plant and to use it properly. In folk medicine and home cosmetics, you can find a lot of recipes of all types of masks and tonics to herbal. The objective of each one of them — to prolong the youth and beauty of the skin of the face.

Recipes for face masks, herbal facial

Despite the variety and abundance of different recipes, not to be involved herbs too. You can start a cycle of treatment of the masks, then change the plan and do it cleaning cubes of ice, after which — day-to-day use the tonic, but again, from another grass. Everything should be in moderation.

• Dandelion against dark spots

Chop the leaves of the dandelion (3, table. tablespoons), add cold filtered (or boiled or mineral) water (2 tsp l.), melted to the liquid state of honey (2 tablespoons).

• Artemisia against skin rashes

Prepare a decoction of wormwood, diluted (2 tables. tablespoons) still not chilled, dense oatmeal, and welded to, milk fat (take the same number, as a decoction of wormwood), add the chopped lemon zest (2 teaspoons).

• Aloe acne

Bear the leaves of aloe in the fridge for 1-2 weeks, squeeze the juice from them (table. lie.), mix with chopped flour, natural cereals (2 tablespoons).

• Chamomile for dry skin

Chamomile flowers (to 2 tables. lies.) grind, mix with a fresh, natural, preferably in bold yogurt (in this issue), add a raw egg.

• Yarrow to improve the color of the face

Fresh flowers of the yarrow and the leaves of sorrel, chopped (1 tablespoon), add chopped cereal flour (1 tbsp. l.), raw egg yolk (you can have the whole egg).

• St. john's wort acne

The fresh leaves of the nettle is young, and flowers of hypericum perforatum (1 tablespoon) finely chop, add the fresh, low-fat sour cream (2 tbsp. l.), concentrated lemon juice (1 teaspoon).

• Mint for tired skin

The fresh leaves of dandelion and peppermint in equal amounts (1 tablespoon lies.) grind, mix with a raw egg, add the melted in a bain marie, honey (1 tsp-teaspoon).

• Psyllium for oily skin

The fresh leaves normal plantain wash, chop, mix it well with the flour and oatmeal in equal amounts (1 tablespoon lies.).

Need to know which herbs are useful for the person to use for personal beautician was not the harmful chemical in those tubes, and mother nature. And ' quick impact on the condition of the skin will be more smooth, clean, supple and soft. The aging processes are slowed down, and you will not need to fear that the early onset of wrinkles and folds that are folded. To do all this, it became a reality, and medicinal plants for cosmetic purposes must use it regularly and properly. Here, then, the results will not wait.