Acne Natural Treatment Using Herbs

• Powerful short-term immune stimulant, increasing toxin removal.
• Internal use as an antibacterial and to accelerate wound healing.
• External use as a poultice or local compress, applied several times daily.

Figwort**-Scrophularia nodosa
• An herb with a broad range of applications in treating skin disorders.
• Promotes lymphatic cleansing, restores body’s elimination pathways.
• Combines well with dandelion and burdock roots.

Myrrh**-Commiphora myrrha
• Antiseptic, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and astringent herb.
• Use externally to treat boils, abscesses, pressure sores and wounds.

Oregon Grape***-Berberis aquifolia
• An excellent herb for chronic acne and rosacea, as well as psoriasis, eczema and other skin disorders. Helps prevent pitting scars.
• Antimicrobial, like goldenseal, against candida, strep and staph, etc.
• Stimulates the liver, gall bladder, and heals the digestive membranes.

Red Clover***-Trifolium pratense
• Specific for skin disorders and safe to use in children and the elderly.
• Immune-enhancing, blood-purifying herb with hormone-balancing effects.
• Treats ulceration and sores. Used in traditional cancer formulas.
• Particularly for acne on forehead, scalp, nose. Treats rosacea, oily skin.

Red Root***-Ceanothus americanus
• A traditional detoxifying herb and important blood and spleen tonic.
• Rids the body of excess heat and assists in tissue waste removal.
• Used internally to treat fevers and congested tissues of the body.

Tea Tree Oil***-Melaleuca alternifolia
• Used externally, will destroy a broad range of invading microorganisms.
• As effective as benzol peroxide solutions, but without their side effects.
• Improves skin dryness, redness, itching, stinging. Gentle on the face.

Wild lindigo**-Baptisia tinctoria
• Immune-stimulating and antimicrobial, reduces enlarged lymph nodes.
• Internal use for deep tissue cleansing and for generalized toxicity.
• Use externally to bathe infected wounds, or as a gargle or compress.

Yellow Dock***-Rumex crispus
• External compress used to discharge pus and infection from the skin.
• Eliminates wastes and toxins from the skin and deeper tissues.
• Combine with burdock and dandelion for blood and liver detoxification.

• Mild laxative effect that corrects sluggish and congested intestines.

The Herbal Approach Infections within the pores and sebaceous glands of the skin can manifest as abscesses, boils and pimples. In acne, hormone imbalance overstimulates the skin’s oil glands, making it particularly common during infancy, adolescence, menses and menopause. Underlying factors include nutritional deficiencies, hypoglycemia, stressed adrenals, food allergies and environmental toxins. Though these skin infections are caused by bacteria, they indicate a toxic overload in this, the body’s largest detoxification organ. Eliminating as much waste per day as the kidneys, the skin must take over when other detox organs, such as the colon and liver, are not functioning up to par. Poor liver function also increases the buildup of acne-producing steroids in the body. Suppression with antibiotics or topical treatments have significant side effects and are hardly a cure.

Herbs with natural antibacterial effects can be used alongside those that strengthen the immune system and improve various detoxification pathways-especially the liver and intestines. Elimination of dairy, coffee and individual dietary allergens is crucial. Appropriate plants are also needed to restore hormonal balance.