Golden paste: mix turmeric powder with honey and a little ghee; apply to face or take internally with warm milk. Aloe vera gel on empty stomach promotes skin from within. Lemon with honey in warm water daily for clear skin.
Never neat on the face — it stings and darkens in sunlight. One part lemon juice to three parts water or honey, five minutes, rinse, and keep out of the sun that day.
Traditional
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हल्दी · Turmeric
A pinch of haldi in raw milk or curd, spread thin, fifteen minutes, rinsed with plain water. Twice a week — oftener and it stains.
Traditional
CautionThe amount used in cooking is safe. In tablet or extract form it does not go with blood-thinning medicines. Avoid larger amounts if you have gallstones. Stop before surgery.
शहद · Honey
Raw honey on damp skin for ten minutes draws water into it; rinse warm. Suits dry and rough skin, not oily.
Traditional
CautionNever give honey to a baby under one year — the risk is infant botulism. This rule has no exceptions.
घी · Ghee
A drop warmed between the palms and pressed into dry patches at night — lips, elbows, heels. A teaspoon in food also keeps skin from drying from within.
Traditional
नारियल का तेल · Coconut oil
Warm coconut oil rubbed gently into the scalp or affected skin at night and washed off in the morning.
Traditional
On this page Documented — There are human studies behind this ingredient for this particular complaint. Traditional — Carried by tradition and experience; modern evidence for this particular complaint is limited.
All of this is what others have found — tradition, shared experience and the studies done so far. It is not advice given to any one person. Before changing your diet, and especially if you take any medicine, ask your dietician or doctor.
Naturopathy
Two litres of water and eight hours of sleep; steam then cold splash weekly.
Mud pack twenty minutes; early sun daily.
Foods that help
नींबू · Lemonहल्दी · Turmericशहद · Honeyघी · Gheeनारियल का तेल · Coconut oil
Limit these
तला-भुना · Fried foodsचीनी · Sugar
Pick what's in your kitchen and see which remedy fits you best.