Garlic Treatments For Skin Problems

A small clove of garlic has been regarded as having health benefits for the body for thousands of years. Raw garlic is chalked full of natural agents that help it function as an antibiotic, antiviral, antifungal, antiseptic and a germicide. It is also an antioxidant, so a diet rich in raw garlic fights against harmful free radicals. Garlic is also known to be a diuretic helpful in combating water retention and helpful in flushing toxins.

Applied topically garlic can work as a skin minimizing anti-inflammatory. There are many ways in which garlic can be used to directly battle beauty problems, but a regular regimen of fresh garlic intake can help prevent against needing to use garlic topically. One easy way to get all of the beneficial properties of garlic fresh every day is to eat a clove of minced or chopped garlic each day in a cup of applesauce, yogurt or cottage cheese. Add it to any meal after it is done cooking to seal in all of the beneficial properties that can be cooked out by frying or baking.

Try using garlic the next time you are suffering from one of these common beauty complaints:

Acne
Our very own garlic works to eliminate acne because it contains active sulphur and is considered to be one of the finest natural antibiotics. Garlic treatment for acne is quiet simple and does not involve any elaborate preparation. You may just cut open a garlic clove and apply it on the affected area.

Like external application, the consumption of garlic also helps with acne problem. Eating three seeds of raw garlic everyday for three months purifies the blood stream. The purification of blood improves oxygen supply to skin cells, which helps skin fight acne better and get rid of them faster.

Garlic has been used successfully for a variety of skin disorders. Pimples disappear without leaving scars behind when rubbed with raw garlic several times a day. Cut a garlic, and leave it on a clean surface for about 5 - 10 minutes before applying it onto your skin. Garlic enzymatically produces allicin, a potent anti-microbial agent when it is injured.

For better results, squash a garlic clove, mix it in a cup of warm water, and apply the mixture on the affected part with a clean piece of cotton cloth. Mixed with water, garlic juice is an excellent cleanser and a great natural medicine for acne. Applying garlic can not only remove the toughest of acne but can also remove spots, boils and pimples.

Or you can mix the juice of 2 cloves of garlic with an equal amount of white vinegar. Use a cotton ball to apply the mixture to affected area several times a day. This garlic vinegar acne treatment uses the antibiotic, antifungal, antiseptic and germicidal properties of garlic to fight the acne while its antioxidants help repair and protect the skin from free radical damage and help draw out infections. The vinegar balances your skin’s pH levels.

Adults with chronic and persistent acne will also find that with regular use, garlic will heal their acne problem. So, hope is not lost. The external use of garlic helps to clear the skin of spots, pimples and boils. Do not ever resort to using harsh anti-acne medication as they will only treat surface problems. And do remeber that harsh chemical-based medications will also weaken the skin’s surface and thus making it more vulnerable to pigmentation.

The underlying source of acne is bacterial buildup. The process is further helped by taking the garlic orally also. This is in order to help purify the blood-stream so as to secure a long-term clearance of the skin. If possible, take 3 garlic capsules on a regular basis will also help to clear minor skin infections from the inside out.

Cold sores
The next time you are suffering from a cold sore, cut open a raw clove of garlic and apply it directly to the sore. The garlic juice will sting, but it will aid in healing the sore and making sure it does not get infected.

Psoriasis
Treat the red and itchy skin patches characteristic of psoriasis with garlic oil. Purchase garlic oil gel capsules full of oil at a health food store or online and simply poke a needle hole in the capsule and apply the oil liberally to the affected area.

Cuts and bruises
For mothers with children, you can also use garlic for minor cuts and bruises on your childrens’ skin. Works well with insect bites too as allicin is mother nature’s insecticide. Helps reduce itching and therefore, your child will scratch himself less.

Anti-aging treatment
If you want to use it for anti-aging purposes, there are several easy ways to do so. Chop up a raw garlic clove onto a salad every day. The beneficial anti-aging properties of garlic are at their strongest when the garlic is raw. Swallow one to two whole garlic cloves each day, just as you would a vitamins. This is a good way to get raw garlic for people who don't like the taste of it.

Roast an entire head of garlic in the oven until the cloves are soft. Squeeze the cloves out of their thin, papery husks onto a plate, then use a butter knife to spread the cloves on bread as a substitute for butter. Do this once a week.

Wait ten minutes after chopping up garlic for soups or sauces before putting it into the cooking pot. Leaving garlic out for ten minutes before cooking it allows it to retain more of its anti-aging compounds during the cooking process.

Take a garlic supplement every day. Garlic supplements have the beneficial properties of garlic concentrated in pill form, without any lingering smell associated with them.