Herbs For Healing Skin
Blisters
Skin blisters seem to come out of nowhere. Maybe you were blissfully working on the garden all afternoon, or maybe you couldn’t resist wearing those too-tight shoes. Or maybe you went all out to make a big dinner and accidentally burned yourself on a hot pan. However it may have happened, chances are you will find yourself with a throbbing skin blister. Blisters are small areas on the skin where the skin cells have broken, causing fluid to leak. The fluid leaks and then pools, and then causes the outer layer of skin to separate from the underlying skin tissue. This results in a painful blister. If you find yourself with a particularly painful skin blister, the best thing to do is to leave it intact. If you touch or break the blister, there is a much higher chance that it will eventually become infected. Take a hands-off approach to skin blisters and let it heal on its own. However, if you want to help nature along, there are many easy and gentle herbal remedies that you can use to help repair the broken skin cells. Lavender Essential Oil: The essential oil from the lavender plan is believed by many herbalists to contain many skin cell-rejuvenating properties. Many herbalists and naturopath doctors believe that lavender essential oil can help speed the healing of a blister. Although lavender essential oil is powerful and effective, it also stands as one of the few essential oils that can be applied directly to the skin without first diluting it in a carrier oil. Simply put a few drops of pure lavender essential oil onto a cotton ball and apply to the blister. You can even cover the cotton ball with an adhesive bandage for long-term healing. Make sure you are using pure lavender essential oil, and not perfume or lavender fragrance. You can apply lavender essential oil to a blister up to two or three times a day.
An Interesting Herb FactAntioxidant Rich Milk Thistle Herbal RemediesThe plant milk thistle got its name because it has traditionally been used to stimulate milk flow from nursing mothers. The plant's scientific name is Silybum marianus and it has been used to make healing herbal remedies since the Middle Ages. The leaves of the milk thistle plant are distinctive for their white streaks, and they are said to symbolize milk. Milk thistle was also once used as a highly versatile vegetable, and today the plant is highly regarded by herbalists as an important... Horse Chestnut: To reduce skin blister swelling, the herb horse chestnut can help draw out the collection of fluid in most blisters. One naturopath doctor recommends adding one teaspoon of horse chestnut tincture to one cup of cool water, and then letting a clean cloth soak up the liquid. Apply the cloth over the blister for 20 minutes or so. You can do this for up to two or three times a day until the blister has been emptied of fluid.
Calendula: The herb calendula is known as a soothing and calming herb that can help the skin heal in case a blister has broken open. You can use calendula oil or a calendula tincture to help heal broken blisters. If using calendula oil or a tincture, first combine one part calendula with ten parts distilled water. Apply the mixture directly on the broken blister and cover with an adhesive bandage until the skin has healed.
Dandelion: Use the fresh stems of the dandelion plant to enact faster skin healing. The sap of the dandelion stems is known to contain high levels of vitamin A, which can help speed up the healing time of most blisters. If you have dandelions in your yard, make sure they are pesticide-free before picking them for medicinal purposes. |