The cure for acne from the inside out

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The body’s largest organ of elimination is the skin, your skin flushes out wastes and toxins through its pores. When you build up more than your skin, kidneys and liver (also cleansing and filtering organs) can handle, lump and bumps, welts, blemishes and pimples result.

No intensive blemish-clearing wrinkle erasing “recipe” can be absorbed through clogged, constipated skin. Skin must be clean not only for the outside in, but from the inside out as well.

Essential Oils

Essential oils are actually extracts from certain plants, trees, and fruits using a technique called distillation.  Since plants contain such a small amount of extract, several pounds of plants are needed to provide a small bottle.  The essential oils are then refined and distilled and packaged in containers that help maintain the scent and fragrance for a good amount of time.  The following is a list of treatments and extract procedures that produce the essential oils for us to use in aromatherapy or natural skin care products.

Steam Distillation

Steam distillation is the most popular and the oldest distillation process available.  Old time, traditional aromatherapy professionals believe this method is the best way to produce the best quality extracts.  This system takes dried or fresh plants and places them into a steam chamber.  The steam is put under pressure and then circulated in and out of the plant material.  The heat from the pressurized steam causes the plant’s cellular structure to open and the essential oils pour into a holding container.  This is a delicate method since the heat must be well balanced to open the plant but not too hot causing destruction of the delicate oil.

After the steam and oil are distilled into a container, the steam returns to a liquid while the oil creates a film at the top of the solution.  Both the liquid and the oil are both therapeutic by-products of the process.  The oils can be packaged as pure essential oil extract.  The water still holds a lot of the oil properties, so it is used by cosmetic companies in toners or skin creams.

Cold Pressing

Extracts from fruits such as bergamot, grapefruit, lemon or limes use different forms of processing.  The essential oils are mainly in the fruit’s peel, so they need to be penetrated.  The fruit’s peel is rolled over a large array of sharp objects that cause the peel to burst and the oils extracted.  Then the fruit is squeezed and the juice contained.  Like steam distillation, the essential oils rise to the top of the juices as a film.  They are separated by centrifugation into containers that are then packaged for sale.

Effleurage

This method of extraction is used for flowers or plants that are very delicate.  Some plants are too delicate to withstand the heat from steam distillation.  Effleurage uses animal fat to absorb the essential oils from the delicate flowers.  As the petals are depleted from their oils, more are placed on the animal fats until it is completely saturated with the extract.  After the fat is saturated, the fat is treated with alcohol which solvates the essential oils.  Once the mixture is contained, the alcohol will evaporate leaving behind the essential oil product. This is usually very time consuming but is the only way to extract oils from delicate flowers like jasmine and rose, and the reason why they are usually more expensive but so worth it!

Solvent Extraction

Solvent extraction is the most efficient and affordable way to separate the extract from the plant.  In this method, a solvent is used to saturate the plant and absorb the oils.  After saturation, it is then treated with alcohol.  Like effleurage, the alcohol eventually evaporates and it leaves only the essential oils for packaging.  This method is especially useful for more expensive extracts where each plant needs to be squeezed for its extract as much as possible.  Although this method is the most cost efficient, it can leave solvent in the product which can cause side effects.

Essential oils are a wonderful addition to natural skin care recipes and offer amazing therapeutic properties along with pleasing and stimulating scents. There are many simple recipes and remedies that can be blended using essential oils, so if you have not ventured into aromatherapy much yet now is the time, there is always something to learn or create.

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Other Names:
Buxus chinensis, Deernut, Goatnut, Huile de Jojoba, Jojoba Oil, Pignut, Simmondsia californica, Simmondsia chinensis.

Jojoba is a shrub that is grows in dry regions of northern Mexico and the southwestern US. Jojoba oil and wax are produced from the seeds and used for medicine.
Jojoba is applied directly to the skin for acne, psoriasis, sunburn, and chapped skin. It is also used topically to encourage the regrowth of hair in people who are balding.
100% pure jojoba is a natural plant extract which has a light texture. The chemical structure of jojoba resembles sebum, the skin's own natural oil, giving it excellent moisturizing properties without leaving any oily residue. It also contains protein, minerals, and myristic acid, an anti-inflammatory agent. It is good for all skin types, including blemished and oily skin, as it helps to unclog the pores leaving the skin clean.

In manufacturing, jojoba is used as an ingredient in shampoo; lipstick; makeup; cleansing products; and in face, hand, and body lotions.
Jojoba is UNSAFE for anyone when taken by mouth. It can cause serious side effects such as heart damage.
Special Precautions & Warnings:


Pregnancy and breast-feeding: Applying jojoba to the skin during pregnancy and breast-feeding seems to be safe.