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This acne home remedy is a facial mask made with raw unprocessed honey, powdered cinnamon, powdered nutmeg and lemon juice from concentrate. Honey you buy at the traditional grocery store has been pasteurized which destroys many of the nutrients in raw honey. These nutrients are often the very element we need when using honey for our health.
Honey is used as the base for our mask because it naturally has anti-bacterial properties, works as an anti-inflammatory and has peroxide in it that is slowly released. The nutrients in honey help provide the skin the materials it needs to regenerate itself. This is important because pimples are nothing more than infections in clogged pores.
Nutmeg is an anti-inflammatory. The inflammatory properties of nutmeg and honey help reduce any swelling, redness and irritation you may have.
Cinnamon is a stimulant. Think of it as an all natural exfoliant. Cinnamon helps stimulate the pores, which can help the other ingredients gain access so they can do their jobs.
Lemon juice is acidic and it should never be used alone but mixed with the other ingredients that balance out its high acidity it can work great.
Your zits do need zapping and the lemon juice aids in this department. Lemon is a natural bleach and can, in time, calm down the skin darkness caused when you pick at your pimples.
In a small bowl, scoop out a good heaping tablespoon of honey. Add a teaspoon of cinnamon and a teaspoon of nutmeg. Then splash in about half of a teaspoon of lemon juice. (The concentrate lemon juice has been recommended over fresh squeezed lemon juice because it keeps better and will not go bad as fast.)
Use a small spoon to slowly mix together all the ingredients until the mixture is the color of chocolate. Stir until the mixture is smooth and lump free and add more cinnamon if it is not dark enough.
Before using this mask, wash your face with a gentle cleanser and pat it dry. Do NOT rub dry or you will irritate your acne.
Use your fingers or a spoon to smooth the honey based mask over your face. It is a good idea to cover your whole face and not just where you have acne visible. You can use it around your lips because the honey will moisturize them which helps eliminate chapped lips. Do NOT put this mixture under your eyes or on your eyelids because the cinnamon and lemon are probably going to irritate these sensitive areas. Make sure you smooth the mixture on thick enough so the brown color is highly visible but not so thick it drips.
Leave the honey mask on for at least 30 minutes but longer is better because the honey, cinnamon and nutmeg work best over time.
When you are ready to remove the mask, use a washcloth that has been dipped in warm water to gently wipe it off.
Any left over mixture can be refrigerated and used as spot treatments for fresh pimples or another mask. It should keep in the refrigerator for about a week but will go sour quickly if left out because of the lemon juice.
You have many options available to you for treating your acne and this is just one acne home remedy.
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Many people use a gall bladder flush as a home remedy for gallstones. This article will tell you what gallstones are often made up of and give you a recipe that will let you flush your gall bladder without drugs, chemicals or surgery.
What Are Gallstones?
Gallstones are collections of cholesterol about 80 percent of the time and collections of bilirubin and calcium salts the other 20 percent of the time. These stones can vary in size from a grain of sand to the size of a golf ball.
Will a Gall Bladder Flush Eliminate Gallstones?
Not necessarily but it may. Gallstones can reside in the gall bladder or anywhere in the biliary tree so a gall bladder flush might not remove the stones in the bile duct.
How Do I Do A Gall Bladder Flush?
You need the following ingredients for this particular gall bladder flush recipe:
- 1 pint Lemon Juice
- 1 pint Olive Oil
Do NOT attempt to do a gall bladder flush unless you can devote at least one full day to the process. You WILL be spending a LOT of time in the bathroom because you will be flushing out both your gall bladder and bowels.
The first step in the process is to eliminate solid food intake then fluids to prepare yourself for the gall bladder flush.
Starting at 12 noon, quit eating solid food and start drinking only clear fluids.
At 6pm end all consumption of fluids of any kind.
At 7pm you will drink 1/4 cup of olive oil out of a glass and a 1/4 cup of lemon juice right after that out of a second glass.
Lay on your right side immediately after drinking these 2 liquids.
Sit up and repeat the drinking of the olive oil followed by the lemon juice every 15-20 minutes until you have consumed the full pint of each liquid.
It will take you 3 hours or less to consume the olive oil and lemon juice.
You MUST lay back down on your right side as soon as you have finished each dose. Do NOT get up or change positions until you have to go to the bathroom.
Go to bed as soon as you have consumed the two liquids but stay on your right side. By noon the next day, you will have completed the bowel and gall bladder flush.
If you enjoyed this article, I urge you to get and read The Gallstone Survival Guide to learn about gallstone prevention and additional gallstone removal options.
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