Skin Cleansing With Plants

2024 Author: Sebastian Paterson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:47

The skin is the largest organ of the body, if we talk about its area, in an adult it weighs about 3 kilograms and makes up 6-8% of the total body weight.

A piece of skin the size of a ten-kopeck coin contains about 3 million cells, hundreds of sweat glands, 50 nerve endings, about 90 cm of blood vessels and the same amount of lymph. Accordingly, the number and variety of skin functions is enormous.

Skin thickness varies greatly: the thinnest - 0.1 mm - hair channel on the eyelid; the thickest - 3-4 mm on the back of the hand and on the foot.

The skin has many tasks

It prevents the penetration of foreign substances and prevents excessive loss of fluid, and most chemical cosmetics are considered by the skin as "foreign formations" that must be protected from.

The skin regulates temperature and contains more blood vessels than it needs to nourish it. The sweat glands moisturize the skin and cool the overheated body through evaporation.

Due to the presence of sweat glands, the skin is an excretory organ. It is an important part of our immune system, as it is supplied with a dense network of lymphatic vessels and because the chemical components of its tissues are actively functioning. The surface of the skin has an acidic protective coating that helps to fight off bacterial attacks and the action of chemical agents. Therefore, it is so important not to destroy this layer by constant irritation or even inappropriate care products. That is why long-term allergies are often observed after using modern chemical products for hand washing, or even in cases where hands often have to be washed.

The skin is involved in metabolism, fat storage and removal, and in the normalization of water and salt levels. If the liver is dysfunctional, the skin shows signs of the disease: allergies, dermatitis, diathesis, urticaria, eczema, etc.

The skin is the site of the formation of vitamin E under the influence of sunlight, and at the same time, it protects the body from the harmful effects of sunlight, if it is not overloaded with constant radiation and sunscreens. Sunscreens do not support this function, but replace it. And when they stop using such cosmetics, the skin becomes too sensitive to sunlight.

The skin helps regulate blood pressure: The opening and closing of blood vessels in the skin regulates the supply of blood. If you wear red clothes, then this contributes to the expansion of blood vessels, and if you wear blue, then narrowing.

The skin functions as a sense organ. Through touch, massage and skin care, we can have a positive effect on any internal organ and even heal it. The sensitivity of the skin, together with the ability to receive a huge number of signals, transmit them and respond to irritation is very high. Depending on the care, stress, the skin changes, it can become either sensitive and tender, or rough and insensitive.

The skin continuously sheds cells from its surface. For 70 years of human life, it replaces up to 850 layers of skin. The lowest layer of skin is made up of living cells that divide. They detach and slowly move through the two middle layers, turning into dandruff at the top, which falls off, thus the upper skin is constantly renewed, completing the cycle in 28 days, i.e. for the lunar month!

With the waning moon, the skin is ready to part with dead cells and cornification, and if you help it, it will remain tender for a long time. During this period, it is best to carry out cosmetic procedures (peeling) - the removal of dead skin cells by artificial means. After that, it becomes soft and velvety for a long time. But the skin is cleared even better during the bath procedures. Don't we feel rejuvenated after a Russian bath with a broom? The entire skin is freed of old dead cells, and the body begins to breathe freely throughout the entire body surface.

If the skin tends to form blackheads, then a bath may not be enough to clean it. In this case, a gruel of almonds, oats and corn is made and applied to the face when warm, it removes blackheads and makes the skin soft, elastic. Or you can take oat flour, corn flour and the protein of one chicken egg for a mask. Apply on face for 20 minutes, then rinse with water and sea salt. The remaining blackheads are removed with pressure, then the skin is treated with lemon juice.

With normal skin, dandruff cells lie relatively smoothly on the surface, but with dry skin, a stratum corneum forms, which leads to deeper penetration of microorganisms, so pimples can form. In this case, frequent exfoliation leads to rapid skin aging. There are no blood vessels in the upper layers of the skin; they are nourished by the middle layers, which also contain lymph nodes. The lymphatic vessels play an important role in the elimination of harmful substances from the body. The ideal time for their massage is the waning moon.

In the upper layers of the skin, there are hair canals and associated sebaceous glands. The sebaceous glands secrete a secret necessary to keep the skin soft. Acne indicates a violation of sebum production, the sebaceous glands become clogged and inflamed. Children and adolescents most often suffer from acne, but you should not fight only with the acne itself, you need to cleanse the blood using nettle tea. Properly selected acne removers accelerate this process, and mild hygiene products can improve the sebum production process, thus eliminating the cause of acne formation.

By the way, the waning moon is also the most convenient time to remove tartar. At the same time, it is best to treat periodontal disease. Sea salt, bread leaven and herbal teas (with sage, with chamomile for inflammation, with a shepherd's bag for bleeding gums) are excellent natural remedies for cleaning teeth. They remove plaque and strengthen the gums. If the gums bleed, then the lingonberry leaves help well, you need to chew them.

Lymph purification

The waning moon is well suited for lymphatic drainage, especially if it is in the signs of water (Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces), since the fluid in the body is most easily set in motion during this period. An important element of cleansing the lymphatic system is water procedures, which it is advisable to supplement with a Swedish massage (hard brush). Massage lymphatic drainage can work wonders. Massage helps to remove harmful substances, stabilizes the heart and blood circulation, it stimulates the activity of all internal organs.

Before the new moon, a special force begins to act on people, animals and plants: many diseases can be avoided if at this time you fast and eat a lot of fruits. During this period, harmful substances can be removed from the body more efficiently. In addition, you should strive to:

• drugs that suppress immunity were removed from the blood in a timely manner and in the required volume (many drugs have this property);
• the kidneys were loaded, but not overloaded: the more water flows through them, the more dirt will be flushed out of the body, but excessive volumes of pumped water can damage the kidneys;
• sweating occurred with a normal intensity, and in emergency cases even with increased, in such cases it is better to wash again than to use antiperspirants;
• E. coli, which lives in the digestive tract, did not suffer from antibiotics - after each drug treatment, the intestinal microflora must be improved;
• the bulk of the harmful substances was taken out, and not deposited in the adipose tissue, (subject to the previous rules).

Tea from herbs cleans lymph: lemon balm, thyme, meadowsweet, willow-herb, knotweed, calendula, St. John's wort, hawthorn, birch leaves, licorice root.

Apple cider vinegar liquefies, dissolves hardening, improves lymph flow. They drink it, adding 1-2 tsp. a glass of warm water 2-3 times a day.

To cleanse lymph, it is recommended:

· Drink coffee from toasted and ground dandelion roots with the addition of honey - 1 tbsp. l. three times per day; or dry dandelion roots grind into powder and brew 1 tbsp. l. powder in 1/2 liter of boiling water. Insist in a thermos overnight, drink a glass 2-3 times a day. Course 7 days.

· Boil a tablespoon of knotweed herb (bird knotweed) with a glass of boiling water, leave for 30 minutes. Drink 1/4 cup 4 times daily before meals.

· Infusion of garden horseradish on water in a 1: 1 ratio drink a teaspoon three times a day before meals for 10 days. With the same infusion, make compresses on the lymph nodes, if they are enlarged;

· Pour a tablespoon of oregano herb with boiling water and insist overnight (in a thermos). Drink 1/4 cup three times a day before meals, the course is three weeks. Then repeat.

Grind 1 kg of fir branches into powder, add 1/2 kg of ground raspberry roots. Place in a jar with layers of honey (1.5: 0.5). Pour a glass of boiling water, leave for a day, warm up in a water bath for 8 hours and leave for two days. Infusion take 1 tbsp. l. before meals for 12-14 days with a week break.

· Pour a tablespoon of leaves and flowers of willow tea with 1/2 liter of boiling water, insist overnight in a thermos, drink 1/2 cup five times a day before meals.

· Daily use of fresh red beet juice and grape wine 1: 1 to 1/2 cup gives a wonderful effect in the treatment of the most severe diseases, including lymphosarcoma. Use beet juice 3-4 hours after preparation.

· Marsh cinquefoil is a very effective cleaning agent. Fill a 1/3 liter jar with crushed stems and rhizomes, pour boiling water up to the top and close with a tight lid, insist for two weeks. Drink 1 tsp. 3-4 times daily before meals. After the infusion is over, take a break for 20-30 days and repeat the course.

Drink 1-2 glasses of milk whey every day on an empty stomach. Add 2 teaspoons of table salt to 1 glass. The procedure is designed for two days. Clean the intestines first in the evening. 1st day - drink only kefir (1-3 l) and eat nothing; 2nd day drink only fresh vegetable and fruit juices. Repeat the procedure after 3-4 weeks.