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HAIR CARE: “SAVE MONEY AND YOUR HAIR”

admin — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 08:08:11 +0000

The condition of your hair is a good indicator of the general state of your health. The hair and scalp are able to absorb substances that not only change the hair but our health in general.

The majority of hair cafe products sold today have a synthetic or chemical base, even the so called natural products. They can strip the hair of its natural acidity, leaving it dull and lifeless.

Shampoo

A majority o shampoos contain ingredients such as sodium lauryl sulphate and other syndets. These ingredients are not made from coconuts as many cosmetic manufactures claim. They’re produced synthetically via the Ziegler process with sulphur trioxide or chlorosulphuric acid. Syndets used in shampoos do the same kind of harm to our environment that laundry and household detergents do.

Conditioner

Hair conditioners are mostly made of quanternary ammonium compounds. These are the chemicals originally developed as fabric softeners. They are quite toxic and do nothing for the long-term health of your hair. Read the labels on all the products you are using. Here are just a few synthetic ingredients you should avoid buying in any cosmetics. Cocamide DEA, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Sodium laureth sulphate, sodium lauryl sulphate and TEA-lauryl sulphate.

Ask yourself what synthetic or chemical cocktail you are using on your hair and have you ever wondered whether your shampoo could be causing you ill health.

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SKIN CARE REMEDIES: BUSH REMEDIES USED BY THE ABORIGINES

admin — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 08:04:46 +0000

Aboriginal people lived in harmony with their environment. The plants were used generally without elaborate preparation; plant material was often bruised or pounded to be used as a poultice, or extracted with water. Aborigines believed that if a person became ill, he had either done something to offend the Ancestral Beings, or had wronged or injured another person who had then made him sick by sorcery. One cure the aborigines had was to remove the evil substance, then they called on the medicine man, the sharman or the cleaver man or cleaver woman.

Another cure, if the ailment was psychological, the healing ritual was done by the women. They had a special ceremony around the patient through song and dance. The cleaver men and women had special medicines and treatments, which would be used in addition to the faith healing.

Eye diseases were common for aborigines. A lotion was made of native plum-tree leaves and breast milk was used to soothe sore eyes. Treatment for cuts or gashes, they used to put a pad of mud, clay or ashes on the wound, or sometimes the cut was smeared with animal fat. In some tribes a deep wound was closed with an eaglehark feather before being bandaged with paper bark and kangaroo skin.

In Arnhem land the aborigines chopped up flower stalks, mixed them with warmed urine, and applied them to spear wounds. Some tribes used mud or ashes to dress wounds with no other treatment survived frightful wounds.

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SKIN DISORDERS: ACNE

admin — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 08:01:33 +0000

Food: a paste can be made by soaking a slice of white bread in 1/4 cup of milk and 1 packet of dried yeast. Apply to the skin and leave on for 30 minutes, then remove with water. Wash your face with oatmeal, butter milk or honey. As a facial mask use either egg white, tomato pulp, lemon juice, cabbage juice or grated carrot once a week. Fresh garlic can be rubbed onto the spots.

A peeled cucumber, placed in a blender and pulped, makes a great acne lotion Facial steam baths consisting of the following herbs – marshmal-low. burdock and sage together with grated onion can also be used. Papaya: fresh latex from papaya is used to treat the affected areas. A mask using the fleshy side of the skin of a half ripe papaya on the acne areas is also recommended. Papaya diet supports the treatment internally. Papaya vinegar can be used weekly as a mask.

As a skin cleanser papaya vinegar is diluted 1:10. Stubborn areas are treated with undiluted papaya vinegar and papaya oil or apply hot compresses of double strength papaya tea.

Guava: wash the face repeatedly with guava leaf infusion. Drink guava tea daily, guava lotion can also be applied – Blend fresh guava with lemon juice and apply to the face, leave on for 5 minutes then rinse well. Kefir: drink half a litre of kefir daily and rub some kefir into the affected area.

Urine: washing the face with fresh urine, whenever possible or at least twice a day.

Water: wash the affected areas with “dead water” (acid water pH 4) and then with “living “water” (alkaline water pH 10) refer to “Water Medicine” written by Harald. W. Tietze for further information. This is also excellent as a prevention for acne as well.

Essential oils: bergamot, carrot seed, chamomile, cypress, geranium, juniper, lavender, lemon, orange, tea tree, thyme and yarrow.

Kombucha: cleanse the skin frequently with kombucha tea, then apply kombucha cream. Rub the skin with a kombucha fungus and also drink kombucha tea for detoxification.

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NUTRITION TROUGH THE SKIN: ENZYMES AND COSMETICS

admin — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 07:56:24 +0000

The art of using enzymes in cosmetics has long been known. Raw fruits, fresh vegetables, kelp and spirulina are rich in enzymes and vitamins and minerals. When enzymes are applied to the skin, they help to stimulate the life processes in your skin cells, making them firmer and fresher, with a healthy glow. For the enzymes to have a beneficial effect on the skin, only small quantities are needed.

When preparing plant-enzymes for home beauty treatments, you need to make up fresh preparations each time. It is the same as preparing your fresh live food for your daily diet

Raw fruits and vegetables contain valuable vitamins, minerals and enzymes to bring out the best in your skin. Add fresh fruit or vegetables combined with other ingredients in a fruit facial once a week.

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