With the help of decorative cosmetics, our skin can appear healthy and beautiful. But appearing healthy and being healthy are two different things. Time does not spare our beauty, but, fortunately, science does not sleep, modifying cosmetics and giving them new meaning and a serious role. Due to the deterioration of the environmental situation on the planet, the condition of our skin is not getting better under the influence of many negative external factors. By its nature, the skin has the ability to adapt to the state of the environment, developing immunity, which, however, does not improve its condition. The company's specialists make special demands on their cosmetic products - to influence the vitality of the skin cells themselves, to make them work, ensuring the health and beauty of the skin from the inside, without relying on the body's immune forces.

The raw materials for the production of cosmetics invariably become components extracted from plant gifts of nature.

Specialists, using the latest technologies and the latest achievements, have achieved the best possible results in this area, extracting from natural raw materials the most effective plant components for the health of cells and skin in general, of exceptional purity, without any impurities, thus challenging modern science.

Cosmetics containing a cellular complex of plant origin affect the functioning of skin cells.

Thus, careful research, unique techniques and an ideally selected composition of cosmetics, including plant extracts, allow us to confidently declare ourselves on the market and offer a new effective weapon in the fight for our beauty.

History of decorative and herbal cosmetics

There is a legend about a sage who, lying on his deathbed, called his daughters and told them: “I am poor and can leave you nothing as an inheritance except good advice: be smart if you can, be kind if you want, but be beautiful.” Always".

Beauty is one of the greatest secrets of nature, and the desire for it is one of the strongest properties of human nature; People persistently and constantly dreamed of beauty and strived for it. And over the centuries, from time immemorial to the present day, the aesthetic demands of peoples are primarily satisfied by the beauty of man himself, and in all eras humanity has strived to increase this beauty.

It was not for nothing that ancient peoples endowed their gods with eternal youth: the idea of ​​undying, eternal physical beauty was associated with it. But, since youth did not always guarantee external beauty, people had a desire to be or at least seem more beautiful, to decorate themselves, to fill the gap allowed by nature, to strengthen and more clearly demonstrate what it had not given very generously. From this thirst for beauty and youth, from this natural struggle with merciless time, a special art was born - cosmetics. One should not think that cosmetics are a sign of our time. It can be said without exaggeration that cosmetics originated simultaneously with the advent of man.

Egypt - the cradle of cosmetics

The Egyptians brought the application of ointments and paints to the skin, which served our prehistoric ancestors as a purely symbolic decoration, to the level of a high art, including medical art, and household makeup was known to them about 5 thousand years ago: they used whitewash and outlined the contours of the eyes with green copper carbonate . The Egyptians were famous for their ability to make all kinds of paints, powders, and ointments.

It is not for nothing that Egypt is considered the cradle of cosmetics and cosmetics, where cosmetics were known several thousand years BC. In the tombs of ancient burials, vessels were discovered with the remains of ointments, various incense and oils containing musk, rose oil, incense, myra, as well as tweezers used for hair removal.

To nourish the skin and protect it from the sun, they used poultices and ointments made from ox and sheep fat, almond, sesame, castor and olive oils.

The source from which you can glean information about a number of cosmetics used in Ancient Egypt is the Ebers papyrus, dating back to the 17th century BC. The papyrus, which bears the inscription: “The Book of Preparation of Medicines for All Parts of the Body,” contains many cosmetic recipes and advice among remedies for internal and external diseases. The text of the papyrus also contains the following titles: “The initial book of turning old into young” or “How to get rid of the unpleasant signs of old age.” In particular, steam masks, baths, compresses, massages, and baths are recommended. Cosmetic advice included recommendations on how to smooth out wrinkles, dye hair, enhance hair growth, remove warts, etc.

Many cosmetics also had healing properties.

Thus, eyelid paint, revived these days, was originally used in Egypt as a prophylactic against eye diseases.

Sculptural and portrait images of Egyptian pharaohs and their wives have come down to us as indisputable evidence of the use of cosmetics in Ancient Egypt. The sculpture brought to us after 3 thousand years in all its uniqueness the beauty of the Egyptian queen Nefertiti. How carefully her face is decorated, her eyebrows drawn and elongated, how beautiful the slightly raised lines of her mouth are, emphasized by carefully painted lips.

the essence of beauty is harmony - the belief of the ancient Greeks

The word “cosmetics” itself comes from the Greek “kosmet” - this was the name of the slaves who groomed and adorned the body and face of their masters.

The word itself means “order,” or “putting in order,” or (in a broader sense) “the art of decorating.” Initially, this term was interpreted as the art of maintaining health and improving the beauty of the body, correcting its shortcomings, which can serve to preserve natural beauty, or can mask shortcomings or emphasize advantages.

In the Middle Ages, the development of cosmetics slowed down, as the church persecuted those who tried to care for their “sinful body.”

Despite the church's opposition to the "vain" concern for appearance, cosmetics still existed.

Cosmetics received further development and full recognition in France, especially in the 17th and 18th centuries. Since that time, French taste has taken possession of all of Europe and has dominated it for several centuries.

Starting from the 17th century, France became the idol of the Russian nobility and for three centuries dictated the rules of good manners, fashion and cosmetics not only to crowned heads, but also to provincial nobles.

The use of cosmetics was mainly the lot of the nobility, while the common people used herbs for both medical and cosmetic purposes. Russian women knew very well that yogurt, sour cream, cream and honey, fats and oils soften and restore the skin of the face, neck, hands, making it elastic and velvety.

So they found and took the necessary funds from the surrounding nature: they collected herbs, flowers, fruits, berries, roots, the medicinal and cosmetic properties of which they knew..

So about herbs...

Despite the fact that the healing properties of plants have been known for thousands of years, answering the question of why plants have this or that effect on the body has become possible only recently, and then only in general terms.

Plants produce a large number of complex chemical compounds, which are conventionally divided into biologically active and associated. Compounds that are commonly called “biologically active” in medicine have healing properties - they are the most valuable, although they are usually found in plants in small quantities.

“Concomitant substances” are substances that in one way or another affect the action of the main compound to which we attribute the leading therapeutic effect. They can, for example, increase the absorption of the active substance and therefore significantly promote its absorption; they can enhance beneficial effects or reduce harmful ones; in other cases, on the contrary, they may have some undesirable effect, and then they should be removed. In most cases, the presence of accompanying substances is an important advantage of complex drugs derived from plants.

Currently, cosmetics are the subject of attention of pharmacologists, physiologists, cosmetologists, make-up artists, etc. When making cosmetic ointments, lotions, powders and other preparations, cosmetologists quite often turn to ancient recipes. Most creams, toothpastes, and shampoos contain components of plant origin.

New - well forgotten old

But for the old to become the property of modern medicine, it must undergo strict testing in modern laboratories and clinics. Experts believe that this invaluable heritage of the past should be passed through the “filter” of modern science... Recipes for compresses, masks from berries, fruits and vegetables, all kinds of infusions from seeds, flowers, herbs, leaves, on the one hand, are still used today , modern cosmetics are based on a strict scientific basis, and many medications are now used, among which medicinal plants occupy a prominent place.

Herbal medicine turned out to be an almost forgotten and scientifically undeveloped ancient method of treatment, fraught with certain potential.

On the other hand, herbal medicine, due to its slow onset therapeutic effect, cannot replace adaptotherapy, which has an effect at the level of supracellular systems.

The development of pharmacology played a huge role in establishing the authority of dermatology and medicine in general. But it was precisely this well-deserved success of pharmacology that played a negative role in the search for new treatments. With the development of pharmacology based on the principles of synthesis, traditional medicine was increasingly eradicated. If at present pharmacology has developed as an independent science, then folk and scientific herbal medicine still has an insufficient theoretical basis.

Use of plants in cosmetology

The best skin care products are vegetables and fruits.. You can easily prepare a mask from them, the effect of which lasts 15-20 minutes. After this time, the mask should be washed off with warm water.

The following few recipes for using natural fruits and vegetables to make masks will help you see this.

Using carrots:

1. Moisten a cotton swab with fresh carrot juice. Apply to face for 1 hour.
2. Simply apply thin slices of carrots to your face.
3. Finely grated carrots combined with your day cream will be an excellent mask for cleansing the skin and tightening pores.
4. For whitening facial skin, a mask of carrots grated on a beet grater and 1 tbsp. spoons of milk, to enhance the effect (freckles) - add a couple of drops of lemon juice to this mixture.

Uses of parsley:

1. put pre-washed and chopped parsley leaves into the curdled milk. Apply the resulting mixture onto your face like a mask after 15-20 minutes. Rinse with cooled chamomile infusion. Then apply your day cream.
2. To protect your skin from the sun, make the following solution: brew parsley (10-20g) in 1 liter of boiling water. Wipe your face with this infusion every evening.

Uses of Lemon:

1. for oily facial skin (especially prone to acne), simply apply lemon slices to problem areas - forehead, cheeks, chin. It wouldn't hurt to wipe your face with lemon every morning.
2. If you prepare a solution of lemon juice (a few drops) and wash your face with it every day, you simply won’t find a better remedy for tightening pores.
3. Lemon peel is an excellent product for caring for the skin of your hands and for strengthening your nails. Also, using lemon juice, you can easily get rid of stains from berries, fruits, and nicotine.

In addition, other healing effects of the most common plants are well known. For example, tomatoes perfectly cleanse the skin of acne. And, if you put a peach peel on your face, your skin will become much softer. The essential oil contained in rose has a strengthening effect on the skin. Chamomile infusion can be used as a balm for light brown hair; it gives it a wonderful shine. For tumors from insect bites, a parsley leaf applied to the sore spot will help. To get rid of eyelid swelling, drink cucumber juice (half a glass) in the morning. Before going to bed, you can massage your face with a slice of cucumber.

And of course, one cannot fail to mention all the beneficial properties of oatmeal.

This simple mask will help save your skin from dryness in the summer: 1 tsp. milk + 1 tsp. vegetable oil + juice of ½ lemon + 2 tsp. chopped oatmeal.

Apply to face using gauze and rinse after 15-20 minutes (preferably with lotion). Mask option 2: 2 tsp crushed flakes + 2 tsp. grapefruit juice + 1 tsp. rose oil. Use as in the first option.

And this, of course, is not a complete list of all options for using plants.

Before using our sonnets, you must consult a doctor.

Herbs incosmetology

Gardeners and gardeners grow not only vegetables in their beds. In many gardens, calendula and St. John's wort grow as decorations; hops twine around verandas; dandelions, coltsfoot, and horsetail grow like weeds; near fences you can see nettles, burdock, and yarrow; underfoot along the roads - plantain.

Don't rush to destroy these plants: they will help you look younger and more attractive. Many people grow aloe and Kalanchoe at home. These plants will come in handy at any moment: they will speed up the healing of wounds and cracks, prevent the aging of your skin, and help get rid of acne.

Aloe

The tonic properties of aloe juice in cosmetic practice are known. Aloe juice accelerates the regeneration and formation of new cells, and therefore prevents skin aging. It is widely used to eliminate skin inflammation and acne.

If an abscess or wound has formed on the skin of the face, it is recommended to apply cleanly washed fresh aloe leaves, cut lengthwise, or a paste of them. Thorny thorns must be removed from the leaves. Aloe juice mixed with eucalyptus is used for sunburn.

An aqueous infusion of aloe leaves is good for rinsing the mouth and throat during inflammatory processes.

In case of severe hair loss, you need to mix a tablespoon of aloe juice, honey and a teaspoon of garlic juice. Add the yolk to a tablespoon of this mixture, mix thoroughly and, dividing the hair into partings, apply to the scalp. Tie your head with a warm scarf and hold for 20-25 minutes. Then rinse your hair well and rinse with water. For the last rinse, you can prepare a decoction of horsetail and nettle (3 tablespoons of herbs, pour 1 liter of boiling water, leave for 30 minutes). Apply this remedy 5 times in a row. An aqueous infusion of aloe leaves is used in the form of lotions and rubs for skin irritations, acne, and excessive oily facial skin.

For easily irritated sensitive skin with dilated capillaries, you can make a lotion. Mix a tablespoon of aloe juice, dried rose petals, sage, chamomile, mint, finely chopped parsley and place in a glass container with a ground-in lid. Pour a tablespoon of the mixture into a glass of boiling water, leave in a warm place for 2 hours, strain, add a tablespoon of any sour berry or fruit juice. Wipe your face morning and evening instead of washing your face.

To prevent the formation of wrinkles on the face, it is very useful to add juice from aloe leaves to Vaseline. If you have oily hair, then half an hour before washing, rub into your scalp a mixture consisting of aloe juice, lemon juice, honey (a teaspoon), egg yolk and a clove of grated garlic. After half an hour, wash your hair. Fading skin can benefit from masks, lotions, rubs made from aloe juice, infusions of hop cones, and oats. Aloe lotion will also help: soak 100 g of aloe leaves in a cold place for 15 days, then rinse, add 2 liters of water, let stand for 2 hours and bring to a boil. Lubricate your face for 10 minutes 3 times a week.

For those who often lick their lips, they become chapped, especially in the cold season, become rough and crack. To wean yourself from this habit, try lubricating your lips with bitter aloe juice. You can use olive, peach or corn oil to soften your lips. Soak a piece of cotton wool in heated oil, hold it between your lips and hold for about twenty minutes.

St. John's wort

St. John's wort is a valuable medicinal plant, a real field pharmacy. St. John's wort is a perennial herbaceous plant up to 1 m high. It blooms from July to August.

Propagated by seeds and root suckers. For medicinal purposes, flowering and leafy stems are used, which are harvested during the flowering period of the plant, cutting off the upper parts 15-20 cm long. St. John's wort is used in scientific and folk medicine for a variety of diseases. Astringent, hemostatic, tonic properties, the ability to relieve inflammation and irritation on the skin make the use of St. John's wort very useful in cosmetics for caring for the skin of the face and neck.

For pimples and acne, a bath of St. John's wort, lavender, thyme and chamomile in equal quantities helps well. Boil the mixture, cool, pour into the bath. For oily skin in winter, it is recommended to make a mask once a week from a mixture of herbs: St. John's wort, wormwood, chamomile. The mask heals and moisturizes the skin. Masks made from a mixture of herbs: St. John's wort, chamomile, calendula cleanse the face, tighten pores, and have a soothing effect on inflamed areas of the skin around acne.

For inflammatory processes and irritations on the skin, for burns and for healing wounds, St. John's wort oil is used, for the preparation of which you need to mix 1 part of St. John's wort herb crushed into powder and 2 parts of sunflower or almond oil. The herb is infused in oil for 2-3 weeks, then filtered. A cloth or cotton wool moistened with St. John's wort oil is applied to the sore spot. St. John's wort oil can be obtained by boiling St. John's wort herb with almond or sunflower oil over low heat. You can also use an ointment made from fresh St. John's wort and sage leaves for these purposes.

To do this, rinse the leaves clean and let them dry. Grind equal parts of St. John's wort and sage leaves with fresh lard, then squeeze the mixture through cheesecloth. If your feet or hands sweat a lot, take daily baths from a decoction of St. John's wort, oak bark and serpentine rhizome. Brew 2 teaspoons of a well-ground mixture with 2 glasses of hot water, boil for 10 minutes, cool, strain, add 2 tablespoons of vinegar. If the skin turns red from the sun and is covered in blisters here and there, then you should wipe the burned areas with St. John's wort infusion, and the tan will be even. After washing, it is good to rinse oily hair with a warm infusion or decoction of St. John's wort.

For oily facial skin and acne, lotions and rubbing with an aqueous extract from St. John's wort herb will help you: 10 g of dry St. John's wort herb per 200 ml of water. For sluggish aging skin, it is very useful to wash your face with a cold infusion of St. John's wort herb. To eliminate bad breath, rinse and strengthen gums, it is good to use an aqueous extract of St. John's wort. Brew a tablespoon of chopped herbs in a glass of boiling water, boil for 15-20 minutes and strain immediately.

In case of excessive sweating, you should wash your feet daily in warm water, and then soak them in a decoction of St. John's wort, Wormwood, and rowan leaves. If you drink St. John's wort in the summer, you can quickly tan, since this herb is photosensitive, but you should not stay in the sun for a long time.

Calendula

Calendula flowers are used for cosmetic purposes. Lotions and rubbing with calendula infusion shrink the pores on the face, reduce sebum secretion, and are good for pimples and acne.

For sensitive, irritated facial skin, an infusion of calendula, seasoned with potato starch to the consistency of jelly, is effective. Apply the infusion to your face for 20 minutes, then rinse with water.

To remove freckles, you can use calendula flowers: squeeze the juice from the petals and lubricate your face with it. At the same time, freckles fade or disappear completely, especially if lemon juice and currant berries, taken in equal quantities, are added to calendula juice. For dandruff and itching, rub a warm decoction of 2 parts calendula flowers, 3 parts hop cones and 4 parts burdock roots into your oily scalp 2-3 times a week. If acne appears on your face, a mask using calendula will help you. A tablespoon of calendula tincture and a glass of warm water are poured into an enamel or glass bowl, wheat or oatmeal is added, stirring thoroughly until a creamy mass is obtained, which is applied in a thick layer to the face, kept for 20-30 minutes, and then washed off with warm water. Masks should be done 2-3 times a week, 15-20 times in a row, and then take a break for 1.5-2 months.

For acne on the face, compresses made from a decoction of a mixture of calendula and chamomile flowers, juniper berries, birch bark and buds, taken in equal quantities, are very useful. Pour a tablespoon of the mixture into a glass of water and boil over low heat for 5 minutes. In a warm solution, moisten a linen cloth folded in 2 layers (with slits for the eyes and nose) and place it on the face. As it cools, moisten the cloth with the broth again and squeeze lightly. The duration of the procedure is 20 minutes.

If your hair is weak and falling out, try rubbing in an infusion of calendula flowers, hop cones, nettle leaves and horsetail, taken in equal quantities, 2-3 times a week. Lubricate the site of a mosquito or wasp bite with fresh calendula juice - and the swelling will immediately subside and the itching will decrease.

For oily, porous skin, wash your face in the morning with an infusion of calendula, chamomile, St. John's wort, sage or wormwood.

For acne on the face, you can use the following tincture to wipe the skin: pour a tablespoon of dried calendula flowers into two glasses of boiling water, leave for an hour, then strain and add 2 tablespoons of vodka or cologne. Wipe. face morning and evening.

A mask made from calendula infusion dries the skin and tightens pores. A thin layer of cotton wool or cloth with cutouts for the eyes, nostrils and mouth should be moistened generously with the infusion and placed on the face for 15-20 minutes, then wiped with a dry cotton swab.

For irritation, inflammation, acne on the face, especially with dry skin, calendula ointment is recommended: grind 5 g of dry petals into powder, then grind with 25 g of petroleum jelly or 10 ml of fresh calendula juice mixed with 100 g of lard. Calendula strengthens gums, so it is used as a mouth rinse.

Nettle

Stinging nettle is a perennial herbaceous plant with a long thin rhizome. The entire plant is covered with stiff, stinging hairs. Stem 70-150 cm in height. The flowers are small, green, inconspicuous, collected in inflorescences. Blooms from mid-June to September. It grows in vacant lots, in ravines, in the backyards of houses, near fences. Nettle is one of the most useful plants. The vitamin C content in it is twice as high as in black currant berries.

Nettle leaves and grass are used for medicinal purposes during its flowering period. Its rich chemical composition makes it useful in cosmetics. For pimples, rashes and boils, a steam of nettle flowers and leaves helps. A salad of early spring nettles “cleanses the blood of young people and drives away rashes.”

If you have hair growing where you don't want it, try using a mixture of stinging nettle seed and oil. This remedy causes severe hair loss. If you are going to wash your hair tomorrow, then the night before make a mask of yolk, a teaspoon of honey, a tablespoon of mayonnaise and 2 cloves of garlic (for dry hair). After washing, rinse your hair with nettle infusion: brew 500 g of fresh nettle in 2 cups of boiling water, let it brew, strain. And for oily hair, 30 minutes before washing, rub into the scalp a mixture of a teaspoon of honey, a teaspoon of aloe juice, a teaspoon of lemon juice, an yolk and a clove of grated garlic. After washing, also rinse your hair with nettle infusion. Fresh nettle juice eliminates dandruff and stops hair loss.

Sparse, weak hair is strengthened by a decoction of dry nettle and hop cones. Brew 0.5 liters of boiling water for a tablespoon of nettle and hops, leave for 40 minutes, strain. Rinse hair, wring out, dry and comb carefully. Nettle infusion also helps: pour a tablespoon of dry powdered leaves into a glass of boiling water and leave for an hour. Then strain and squeeze out the rest. Lubricate the scalp with this infusion after washing. Do not dry your hair. It is recommended to repeat the procedure 1-2 times a week for several months.

To strengthen your hair, you can prepare the following infusion: brew 2 tablespoons of dried nettle and coltsfoot leaves with a glass of boiling water, let it brew, strain, squeeze. Wipe the hair roots 1-2 times a week. For hair loss, a decoction of 100 g of crushed nettle leaves, poured with 0.5 liters of boiling water and 0.5 liters of vinegar, helps. The liquid is boiled for 30 minutes, filtered and in the evening, before bed, you wash your hair with it without soap. It is useful to wash sluggish aging skin with a cold infusion of nettle.

For sweating palms and feet, use five-minute baths of nettle and sage infusion, taken in equal proportions (2 tablespoons of the mixture per 1 liter of water). If your hands are very tired, make a bath before bed with an infusion of nettle and black elderberry, taken in equal quantities. An old recipe: dry the nettle roots, grind them, sift them with a sieve, rub them on your face, arms and legs - they won’t get cold.

Burdock

This large, one and a half meter weed grows under fences, walls of buildings, and in vacant lots. Burdock is a biennial herbaceous plant. In the first year it forms basal leaves, in the second - an erect, powerful, branched stem. Burdock has a branched tap root, in the first year of life it is succulent, and in the second it becomes flabby and hollow inside.

The leaves of burdock are large, green on top, grayish on the underside, “felt-like”. Lilac-purple flowers, collected in baskets, form a brush-like raceme. Burdock blooms in June-July. For medicinal purposes, first-year roots are used, which are dug up in September-October.

The roots of the second year are unsuitable for this - they are flabby and woody. Young burdock roots are edible. They can be eaten raw, boiled, baked. Burdock is used in both scientific and folk medicine, as well as in folk cosmetics.

For dandruff, itching, and oily scalp, decoctions of burdock root help well, as well as a mixture of equal parts of burdock and calamus roots (6 tablespoons of the mixture per 1 liter of water) or equal parts of burdock root and willow bark (4 tablespoons of the mixture per 1 liter of water). l water). Rub the warm broth into the scalp 2-3 times a week or rinse your hair with it after washing.

Burdock oil has a good effect on dry hair. As a result of its use, hair acquires shine and elasticity. Place a cotton wool soaked in burdock oil into the teeth of the comb and comb your hair, starting from the ends. Hair fat decomposes quite quickly, so it is recommended to do this at night, and in the morning remove any remaining fat with a dry towel.

Burdock oil also accelerates the growth of eyebrows and eyelashes. If you have hair loss, you can rub a mixture of 1 part cognac, 4 parts onion juice and 6 parts burdock root decoction into your scalp.

A decoction of burdock, prepared according to an old recipe, helps get rid of dandruff and accelerates hair growth: put the burdock roots in a cauldron filled with water at your discretion and put it on the stove. Boil until reduced, so that the roots become dark and the water boils away a little. Cool the broth and strain. Wet your head with it every day. A decoction of burdock and tartar (a tablespoon of each herb in 1 liter of water) is used to wash pustules and inflammations on the face.

Coltsfoot

The generic name coltsfoot comes from the Latin words - cough and - drive, since the plant has long been used for coughs. The specific definition comes from the words - flour and - I carry, since due to the abundance of white hairs, the underside of the leaf appears to be sprinkled with flour. The Russian name “coltsfoot” is explained by the fact that the underside of the leaf seems warm (mother), and its outer glossy surface cools the skin (stepmother).

Coltsfoot is a perennial herbaceous plant. Blooms in April-May. In scientific and folk medicine, as well as in folk cosmetics, the leaves and inflorescences (baskets) of coltsfoot are used as an anti-inflammatory agent.

A water infusion of coltsfoot is used in the form of lotions, compresses, and rubs for skin irritations. To prepare the infusion, pour a tablespoon of dry crushed leaves into a glass of boiling water for half an hour, then strain. Masks made from a mixture of herbs: coltsfoot, chamomile, St. John's wort, calendula, peppermint, taken in equal quantities, have a soothing effect on inflamed areas of the skin, cleanse the face, and tighten the pores. Masks are applied for 15-20 minutes.

For dry skin, you can make the following mask: chop fresh leaves of coltsfoot, blackberry, viburnum and raspberry and apply them to greased skin for 15 minutes. If your face and hands are chapped, prepare a mask from fresh coltsfoot leaves: wash 2 tablespoons of leaves thoroughly, chop and mix with a glass of fresh milk. Apply the resulting mixture to the skin of your face and hands for 15-20 minutes.

For dandruff and itching, it is useful to rub an infusion into the hair roots, prepared as follows: coltsfoot and nettle leaves (3 tablespoons each), pour 1 liter of boiling water, leave for half an hour, strain, squeeze the remainder into the infusion. It is also useful to wash your hair with a strong decoction of coltsfoot (15 g of leaves per glass of boiling water).

Peppermint

Peppermint is a perennial herbaceous plant up to 1 m high. The specific definition of “peppermint” is given because of the pungent taste of the leaves. Peppermint flowers are small, reddish-purple, collected at the top of the stem in half-whorls, forming spike-shaped inflorescences. Blooms from late June to September. Peppermint is not found anywhere in the wild. Mint is a valuable medicinal plant used in official and folk medicine. Mint has long been used for cosmetic purposes.

For greasy hair, a paste of mint leaves and rowan berries is useful. Apply it to the skin, sit for ten minutes, covering your head with oilcloth, then comb your hair. After washing your hair, you can rinse your hair with mint infusion (2 tablespoons of leaves per glass of boiling water).

A recipe to quickly relieve the fatigue of a working day: wipe your feet with a piece of ice made from mint infusion. If your facial skin has become loose, a hot herbal compress made from peppermint, linden blossom, or a mixture of both will help you. Brew dry herbs with boiling water (a tablespoon of the mixture per glass of water), leave, strain. Soak a cloth in the hot broth, wring it lightly and apply it to your face. When it cools down, wet it again. Repeat for 8-10 minutes.

To care for dry skin, you can prepare the following mask: pour 2 tablespoons of crushed dry mint leaves with the same amount of water to form a paste-like mass. Heat on fire to 60-70°C and let cool slightly. Then apply the paste to a clean face and cover with a soft cloth, making holes in it for the eyes, nose and mouth. Leave the mask on for 15-20 minutes. Close your eyes with cotton swabs soaked in warm water. After half an hour, wash off the mask with warm water.

If acne, irritation or inflammation appears on your facial skin, try using lotions made from an infusion of a mixture of dry medicinal plants. Mix 15 g each of peppermint, sage, horsetail and yarrow leaves. Then brew a tablespoon of the mixture with a glass of boiling water. Let it brew, strain. To refresh a tired face, apply a compress. Brew mint tea, strain it and heat it again, pour into a bowl. Place a bowl of cold water nearby and prepare 2 soft cloth napkins. Soak a napkin in hot tea, wring it out, place it on your face and hold for 2 minutes, then replace it with a napkin moistened with cold water. Repeat 2-3 times. Hold the last cold compress for 5 minutes. If a large amount of intestinal gas is formed, it is recommended to drink mint infusion in the morning.

For delicate, irritable dry skin, we suggest this herbal mask: brew a tablespoon of peppermint, plantain, chamomile with a glass of boiling water. Strain, add, stirring, a teaspoon of potato starch. Apply to face, rinse with cold water after half an hour. Peppermint infusion makes excellent lotions and rubs for dry and delicate skin, easily irritated by the sun: pour boiling water over a tablespoon of mint leaves and leave for half an hour. Strain. You can make ice from the liquid, which is good for wiping your face in the morning and evening. For aging, sluggish, sagging skin, it is very useful to wash your face with a cold infusion of peppermint.

For pimples and acne, a herbal bath of peppermint, thyme, lavender and juniper helps. From time to time, instead of tea, you can make yourself a mint drink, this will help you get rid of acne and pimples faster. For sensitive and irritable facial skin, prepare an infusion of peppermint, season it with starch until the consistency of jelly, apply to the face for 20 minutes, then rinse with warm water. To eliminate early wrinkles and keep facial skin healthy and fresh, use lotion: 20 g mint, 10 g rosemary, 30 g chamomile, 20 g calendula, pour 1 liter of white wine for 2 weeks, then strain. Wipe your face every evening, lubricating it with vegetable oil afterwards. Brew a tablespoon of mint with a glass of boiling water, cover with a lid, let it brew for half an hour, strain and wipe the inflamed areas with this infusion. You can fill the infusion with starch until the consistency of jelly, apply to the face for 20 minutes, then rinse with water at room temperature.

If the skin is dry, sluggish, add milk or vegetable oil to the mask or lubricate the skin with it first. A mask of mint leaves, lemon balm, thyme, mallow, coltsfoot, taken in equal parts, and 2 teaspoons of flaxseed flour will help dry skin. Brew this mixture in a glass of boiling water and apply warm to the face and neck for 20 minutes.

A lotion that is easy to prepare yourself will refresh your facial skin well. To do this, take 2 teaspoons of dry mint, add 0.5 liters of water, boil for 2 minutes, pour 0.5 liters of apple or grape cider vinegar into this decoction, cool and add 2 tablespoons of rose petal decoction. Pour the lotion into a dark bottle and wipe your face with it regularly.

Dandelion officinalis

Dandelion officinalis is a perennial herbaceous plant with a slightly branched tap root. The leaves are collected in a basal rosette. The flowering arrow is cylindrical, hollow inside, ending in a single flower basket. The flowers are golden yellow. The fruits are achenes with a white tuft. Mass flowering in May. Grows in meadows, forest edges, roadsides, gardens, and orchards.

Dandelion roots are used for medicinal purposes. In folk medicine, dandelion flowers and leaves are used to prepare infusions. In folk cosmetics they are used to care for facial skin and hair.

A mask made from fresh dandelion leaves, nettle, mint, and lemon balm nourishes, moisturizes and rejuvenates the skin. Take the components in equal proportions and chop well. Grind a tablespoon of the mixture with the same amount of cottage cheese and a teaspoon of honey. Apply the mask to your face for 20 minutes, then rinse it off with warm water and wipe your face with an ice cube made from a decoction of mint and chamomile.

For greasy hair, a paste of fresh dandelion leaves is useful. Apply it to the scalp, sit for ten minutes, covering your head with oilcloth, then comb your hair.

Daily washing with a fresh infusion of dandelion flowers helps get rid of freckles and age spots.

Plantain

Great plantain is a perennial herbaceous plant 15-39 cm high. The leaves are collected in a basal rosette. The flowers are small and inconspicuous. Blooms from May-June until autumn. Plantain seeds have mucous cells and, swelling after rain, stick to the soles of shoes and to the limbs of animals. That’s why plantain grows along the edges of roads and paths.

For medicinal purposes, the grass and leaves of plantain are used. The leaves are harvested during the flowering period of the plant in June-July and dried in the shade. Greater plantain is used in scientific and folk medicine as a strong anti-inflammatory and wound-healing agent. The tonic properties of plantain, its ability to promote the regeneration of damaged tissue, and a large amount of vitamins allow it to be widely used in folk cosmetics for the care of the skin of the face and neck.

For delicate dry skin, a mask made from plantain grass, mint, and chamomile, taken in equal proportions, is useful. Brew a tablespoon of the mixture with a glass of boiling water, strain and add, stirring, a teaspoon of potato starch. Apply to face. After half an hour, rinse with cold water. Ointment with fresh plantain juice is used for wounds, cuts, abscesses, and inflammatory processes. To prepare the ointment, take 1 part of fresh plantain juice and 1 part of Vaseline and mix thoroughly in a glass container.

Plantain infusion makes excellent lotions and rubs for dry and delicate skin, easily irritated by the sun. Pour boiling water over a tablespoon of plantain leaves, leave for half an hour, strain. You can make ice from this liquid and wipe your face with it morning and evening. For bruises, scratches, and inflammatory processes, apply thoroughly washed, crushed plantain leaves, wrapped in gauze, to the sore spot. You can mix plantain with an equal amount of yarrow. If the skin has become loose, make a hot compress of plantain herb. Brew a tablespoon of dry herb with a glass of boiling water, let it brew, strain. Soak a linen cloth in the hot solution, wring it lightly and apply to your face. After cooling, repeat the procedure 2-3 times.

Wipe sunburnt skin with curdled milk and apply crushed fresh plantain leaves on it. For sensitive, irritable skin, masks made from plantain infusion seasoned with potato starch have a good effect. Apply Kissel to your face for 20-25 minutes, then rinse with water.

pharmaceutical camomile

Chamomile is an annual aromatic plant up to 50 cm high. The flower baskets are medium-sized, sitting on the tops of the stem and branches on long peduncles. It blooms from May to August, the seeds ripen in July-August. It is found as a weed on roadsides, pastures, yards, and streets. When collecting a bouquet, you pick a beautiful large chamomile and hardly pay attention to another - nondescript, with small white flowers. It is not suitable for decorating a bouquet, but it contains many useful substances. For medicinal purposes and in folk cosmetics, flowers (baskets) of chamomile are used.

Wash inflamed, reddened eyelids in the evening and in the morning with chamomile infusion prepared as follows: brew 1-2 teaspoons of flowers with a glass of boiling water, let it brew for 15-20 minutes and strain. It is also useful to make lotions: soak pieces of cloth or cotton wool in chamomile infusion and place on closed eyelids for 3-5 minutes. If your hands are tired, make a bath for them using a decoction of chamomile and black elderberry flowers. “Jelly” made from chamomile infusion is useful for sensitive facial skin. Apply it warm to your face and rinse after 15 minutes. It is recommended to wash your face with an infusion of dried chamomile flowers. This improves skin tone, gives it elasticity and firmness. Chamomile infusion lotions reduce inflammation and burning during sunburn.

To refresh the skin, soften inflammatory processes, and “ventilate the pores,” apply a hot compress of chamomile infusion to your face once a week. Once a month it is useful to take a cleansing steam bath for your face. Place 10 g of dried chamomile flower in a bowl, pour boiling water over it and bend low over the bowl, covering your head with a towel. The pores will open, the skin will become clean and fresh. After 5 minutes, rinse your face with cold water. A chamomile compress will help prevent the early appearance of wrinkles around the eyes. Sew two bags the size of the eye socket from soft fabric, pour a little chamomile into them and put them in a cup of boiling water for 10 minutes, then apply warm to the eyes for twenty to twenty-five minutes. At home, you can prepare a nourishing cream for dry and normal skin. Thoroughly rub a teaspoon of chamomile flowers with a tablespoon of oil and apply to your face for 20-30 minutes. Remove excess with a soft cloth.

In summer, more than ever, you want to be beautiful and attractive. A remedy that will help you rejuvenate your face is a mask of dry herbs: thoroughly grind 2 tablespoons of chamomile, linden blossom and lavender and a tablespoon of sage and pour boiling water over them. After a few minutes, apply the steamed paste to the face and neck, protecting the eyelids. Place a cotton wool soaked in sage infusion or tea on your eyelids. After about twenty minutes, remove the mask and rinse your face with water.

For oily skin, a compress made from a decoction of fresh chamomile and horsetail flowers (a tablespoon of both) is useful. Apply on face for 5 minutes. And in winter, you can make a warm mask once a week from dry herbs: chamomile, wormwood and St. John's wort, taken in equal quantities. For acne, a mixture of crushed leaves and flowers of chamomile, thyme, nettle, strawberry, and raspberry helps. Place the mixture in a cotton bag, heat it in a dry frying pan and let it cool slightly. Clean your face with vegetable oil, apply the bag and hold until cool. Repeat this procedure 3 times.

Chamomile and chamomile tea treats acne from the inside. Strengthens sparse, weak hair (both oily and dry), gives it shine with a decoction of dry herbs: pour a tablespoon of chamomile, burdock, nettle, hops into 0.5 liters of boiling water, leave for 40 minutes, strain. After rinsing, dry your hair and comb it carefully. Pour 4 tablespoons of dried chamomile flowers into 1-1.5 liters of boiling water and place on low heat for 5-10 minutes. Infuse, strain. It is useful to rinse clean hair with this infusion: it will become soft and silky. A concentrated infusion of chamomile flowers can give a golden hue to light and gray hair. For light hair, take 100 g of dried flowers, for darker hair - 150 g. Pour 0.5 liters of hot water over them and boil for 5-10 minutes over low heat. Leave for about an hour. Drain the infusion, squeeze out the remainder and strain. Immediately after washing your hair, after drying your hair, rinse it with the infusion without rubbing.

For more intense coloring, you need to wipe your hair for several days with a cotton swab soaked in the infusion until the desired color is achieved. Regular repetition of the procedure also brings great benefits to the scalp: sebum secretion is reduced and hair roots are strengthened.

Yarrow

Common yarrow is a perennial herbaceous plant with a strong odor, up to 80 cm high. The flowers are white or pink, collected in small baskets that form a shield. It blooms from June to late summer, the fruits ripen in August. The herb, leaves and flowers of common yarrow are used for medicinal purposes. The grass is harvested during flowering by cutting off the upper part of the stem (up to 15 cm) with the inflorescence. The leaves are collected before flowering, in May, and dried in the air in the shade. Yarrow is used in scientific and folk medicine, in veterinary medicine. Fresh leaves and flowers are used as a seasoning for salads, vinaigrettes, meat and fish dishes, dried leaves and flowers are added to kvass, mousses, wines, tinctures, liqueurs. Yarrow infusion is used to control garden pests.

Thanks to its valuable tonic, anti-inflammatory, and hemostatic properties, yarrow is widely used in folk cosmetics.

For oily, acne-prone skin, you can prepare a lotion from yarrow, horsetail and linden blossom, taken in equal proportions. Brew a tablespoon of this mixture with 1.5 cups of boiling water; leave for 2-3 hours, strain. Wipe your face morning and evening instead of washing your face. For nosebleeds and skin cuts, use a water infusion of yarrow herb. To prepare it, you need to brew 10-15 g of dry yarrow herb (a tablespoon) with a glass of boiling water and put it on low heat for 15-20 minutes. Let it brew, strain.

Irritation on the skin of the face is relieved by lotions made from yarrow herb, horsetail and chamomile, taken in equal quantities. Brew a tablespoon of the mixture with a glass of boiling water, leave, strain. Apply morning and evening. Yarrow masks are useful for large-pore skin. A mixture of crushed fresh yarrow herb and a teaspoon of oatmeal is applied to a well-washed face.

Horsetail

Horsetail is a perennial herbaceous plant, 10-15 cm high, with a long creeping rhizome, from which shoots grow annually. Sporifies in May. Grows on loose sandy loam soils in crops and on railway embankments. Due to the high biological activity of the substances that make up the plant, anti-inflammatory and hemostatic properties, its infusion is included in a variety of cosmetic folk remedies.

A decoction of horsetail soothes sore, tired eyes. To prepare it, pour 15 g of herb into a glass of water and boil for 30 minutes. A decoction prepared in the manner described above also heals and strengthens hair and helps get rid of dandruff. To rinse your hair after washing, you can prepare a decoction like this: pour 3 tablespoons of dry horsetail herb into 1 liter of boiling water, leave for 30 minutes, strain.

For oily, porous skin, infusion and decoction of horsetail are very useful. To prepare the decoction, take 1-2 tablespoons of dry herb, pour a glass of hot water, boil for 30 minutes, filter, squeeze out the remainder and add water to 200 ml. The infusion is prepared as follows: 15 g of dry horsetail herb is kept for 24 hours in a glass of cold boiled water.

Use horsetail decoction to wipe your face before going to bed: it dries the skin well. You can also apply a compress for 10 minutes. If acne, irritation, or inflammation appear on your face, make a lotion from an infusion of a mixture of dry medicinal plants: 15 g of horsetail herb, 15 g of sage, 15 g of peppermint, 15 g of yarrow, 15 g of chamomile flowers. Brew a tablespoon of the mixture with a glass of boiling water, let it brew, strain. To get rid of acne, drink a decoction of horsetail with a string.

Hop

Hops grow in forests, floodplains, and bushes. Common hop is a perennial dioecious herbaceous plant of the mulberry family. The stem is climbing, up to 6 m tall. It blooms from July to mid-August, bears fruit in August-September. The fruit is a single-seeded nut. For medicinal purposes, hop fruits (“cones”) are collected in August, when they begin to ripen. Hop cones are used in scientific and folk medicine, in veterinary medicine, as well as in folk cosmetics for the treatment and strengthening of hair and for the care of oily, porous facial skin.

If the skin has become flabby, then it is useful to make a hot compress from hop cones. Brew a tablespoon of hop cones with one glass of boiling water, leave, strain. Soak a soft cloth in the hot broth, squeeze lightly and apply to your face. When the cloth has cooled, dip it again in the hot broth. The duration of the procedure is 8 minutes. An infusion of hop cones in the form of poultices and lotions is used as a painkiller for bruises.

A decoction of herbs strengthens thin, weak hair and gives it shine. Mix a tablespoon of hop cones, nettle leaves, chamomile flowers, and burdock root. Brew a tablespoon of the mixture with a glass of boiling water, leave for half an hour, strain. Rinse hair after washing. For oily scalp, itching, and dandruff, a decoction of a mixture of herbs helps well: boil a tablespoon of hop cones, 2 tablespoons of heather grass and nettle in 1 liter of water. Rub the warm broth into the scalp 2-3 times a week or rinse your hair with it after washing.

This decoction also strengthens hair: boil 3 parts of hop cones and 4 parts each of crushed burdock roots and calendula flowers (50 g in total) in 1 liter of water. Rinse your hair 2 times a week.

It is useful to wash oily hair with a decoction of hop cones, nettles, horsetail, yarrow, coltsfoot, calamus root, burdock root (in a mixture or separately). Pour 2 tablespoons of herbs into 1 liter of hot water and boil over low heat for 10 minutes. Let it brew for 20 minutes, strain.

Flowers and trees for skin care

The rose is considered the pride and decoration of every garden; a wonderful tree, the lemon, is grown in southern gardens. And garden plots are usually surrounded by forests.

Wander among the birch and linden trees, spreading oaks, and pay attention to the perennial shrub - sage. All these are valuable medicinal plants and good cosmetics. You just need to prepare their petals, flowers, buds, foliage or bark in time.

Rose

Dew collected from roses was considered the best remedy for eye diseases. Rose petals were placed under the pillow as a sleeping pill and for migraines. Rose oil soothed toothache. To this day, rose petals are used in perfumery and folk cosmetics. Rose petal lotion tones oily skin well: pour 4 cups of dry red rose petals into 0.5 liters of vinegar and leave in a tightly sealed container for 3 weeks. Then strain and dilute with an equal amount of boiled water. Rose essence is useful for dry skin: pour 3 cups of dry rose petals with peach or almond oil and leave in a water bath until completely discolored. For sensitive, easily irritated skin with dilated capillaries, you can prepare a lotion: mix a tablespoon of dried rose petals, sage, aloe, and plantain well in a glass container and pour a glass of boiling water. Place in a dark place for 2-3 hours, covering tightly. Strain, add a little citric acid or sour fruit or berry juice. Wipe your face morning and evening instead of washing your face. For irritated skin, masks made from an infusion of rose petals seasoned with potato starch are useful. Apply warm jelly to your face for 15 minutes. An infusion of rose petals makes excellent lotions and rubs for easily irritated, dry and delicate skin. Pour boiling water over a tablespoon of petals, leave for half an hour, strain. You can make ice from the liquid and wipe your face with it morning and evening. For aging facial skin, a mask made from a tablespoon of cream, a tablespoon of cucumber juice, and a tablespoon of rose petal decoction is useful. Mix well and apply on face. Remove the mask with a napkin and wipe your face with a decoction of rose petals. To narrow the pores on the face, use a decoction of rose petals: boil 20 g of petals in 1 liter of water, cool, strain.

Sage

Salvia officinalis is a perennial subshrub of the Lamiaceae family. It is grown in Ukraine, Moldova, and the Krasnodar region. Not found in the wild. The leaves containing essential oil and tannins have medicinal value. An infusion of sage leaves is used in medicine as an anti-inflammatory agent for rinsing the mouth and throat. Decoctions and infusions of sage leaves are also used in folk cosmetics for facial skin care. For dry skin, it is recommended to wash your face with a cold infusion of sage. If there are acne or inflammation on the skin of the face, then make lotions from an infusion of dry sage leaves, peppermint and horsetail, taken in equal quantities. Brew a tablespoon of this mixture with a glass of boiling water, let it brew, strain. To strengthen your hair, it is useful to rinse it after washing with a fresh infusion of sage and chamomile, taken in equal proportions.

If you have bags under your eyes that are not associated with any disease, try sage decoction lotions. Pour half a glass of boiling water over a teaspoon of sage leaves, cover and strain after a few minutes. Cool half of the infusion, heat the other half again. Soak two cotton swabs in the hot infusion, squeeze them lightly and apply to your closed eyes. When the tampons have cooled down, replace them with new ones soaked in cold infusion. After a few minutes, reapply the hot swabs. Repeat the procedure several times, ending with cold lotions. It is recommended to do such compresses every other day for a month. If you have sweaty feet, take nightly baths from a decoction of sage and nettle (50 g of mixture per 3 liters of water). For sweaty palms, use baths of sage, nettle and oak bark, taken in equal quantities. To soften hard water, you can use the following infusion: pour a handful of sage into 0.5 liters of table vinegar for two days, then strain the infusion. Add a tablespoon to the water you use to rinse your face after washing. For sensitive, easily irritated facial skin, a mask made from sage infusion with potato starch is effective, which is applied to the face for 20 minutes, then washed off with water. To rinse the mouth, use a warm infusion of sage, chamomile and mint (a teaspoon per glass of boiling water), as well as tincture of calendula or eucalyptus.

Lemon

Lemon is a subtropical evergreen plant with elliptical leaves. On the Black Sea coast, trees reach 3-5 meters in height. It begins to bear fruit in the third year. Lemon can also be grown indoors. The peel of the fruit contains essential oil, glycosides, and vitamins. Lemons are used in the food industry, medicine, and folk cosmetics. Try to whiten age spots on your face at home by rubbing your face morning and evening with lemon juice or a mixture of lemon juice and whipped egg white. You can also mix a tablespoon of lemon juice with a tablespoon of vinegar. To prevent your hair from getting greasy too quickly, you should wash it at least once a week, after lubricating it with lemon juice or a mixture of lemon juice and vegetable oil. Rinse your hair after washing with fresh infusion of chamomile and sage, taken in equal proportions. The vitamin mask moisturizes the skin and prevents the appearance of wrinkles. Mix a spoonful of cottage cheese with a few drops of lemon juice or a finely chopped orange slice. If the skin is very dry, it is useful to pre-lubricate it with heated vegetable oil. To get rid of hair on your face and legs, you can use an old folk method: take 10 pieces of sugar and citric acid on the tip of a knife, stir in 3 tablespoons of water and cook over low heat until golden brown. The mixture should have the consistency of plasticine. Apply it warm to hairy skin and then quickly remove. I People working in a dusty room should wash their face thoroughly after work with a soft cloth and wipe it with a mixture that can be easily prepared at home: add 0.5 cups of fresh cream, 0.25 cups of vodka and yolk to the juice of squeezed lemon. Store the mixture in a cool place. Lemon juice works well to tighten pores, but juice from another fruit is always added to it, as it is very strong and can cause irritation. The following cream is suitable for aging skin: pour the zest of 3 lemons with a glass of boiling water, leave for ten hours, strain. Add a teaspoon of honey, the juice of 3 lemons, a teaspoon of vegetable oil, 2 tablespoons of cream, 3 tablespoons of cologne, 0.5 cups of jasmine infusion, white lily and rose petals. Mix everything well. If you want to whiten your facial skin, then take an egg yolk, grind it with 100 g of sour cream, add a little 50 g of vodka, the juice of half a lemon, mix everything well. This product also cleanses and nourishes dry and normal skin. Oily skin, in addition to daily washing with hot water and soap, must be wiped with a mixture prepared as follows: pour the beaten egg white into a bottle with a wide neck, squeeze in the juice of 2-3 lemons and add 0.25 cups of cologne. Shake until a white emulsion forms. Add salt and a teaspoon of glycerin on the tip of a knife. Wipe your face at night. Itching from mosquito bites goes away if you use lemon juice or a solution of baking soda (0.5 teaspoon per glass of water). Wipe hardened and flaky skin on your elbows in the morning and evening with a slice of lemon. After 7-10 days, the skin will become soft and smooth. It is useful to wipe sweaty facial skin with a slice of lemon several times during the day. A protein astringent mask is made from whipped egg whites with the addition of the juice of half a lemon. This mixture is applied evenly to the face. After the film has formed, a second layer is applied. After 20 minutes, wash off the mask with water. Recommended for enlarged pores, oily skin and wrinkles. After washing, a face with oily skin should be wiped with lemon infusion. To prepare the infusion, you need to grate 200 g of lemons and pour 250 g of vodka over them, let it brew for 7 days, strain. For flabby, aging neck skin, you can make a mask from a mixture that includes the juice of half a lemon, a teaspoon of vegetable oil and protein. Keep the mask on the skin for 20 minutes. Contrasting lotions with hot and cold water are also recommended. Fragile, brittle nails can be strengthened with baths of warm vegetable oil with the addition of a few drops of lemon juice and vitamin A. They should be done 1-2 times a week. Rubbing oily skin with a special composition has a good whitening effect. To prepare it, beat the white of 1 egg into a foam, mix with the juice of 1 lemon, add 4 g of glycerin and 100 g of vodka. Use this remedy from spring to late autumn. Freckles will become less noticeable if you wipe your face with a mixture of lemon juice and vodka, taken in equal quantities. Nails that have turned yellow from smoking can be lightened by rubbing them with lemon juice. This must be done daily. For oily skin, a mask made from whipped egg white and lemon zest is suitable. Leave on face for 20 minutes. For oily skin, nourishing cream masks are recommended, which is easy to prepare yourself: 2-3 egg yolks, 100 g sour cream, 50 g light cologne, mix the juice of 1 lemon thoroughly. Apply a thin layer to cleanly washed skin. Hard skin on the knees can be softened with vegetable oil and lemon juice in a ratio of 10:1. Apply the mixture for 20 minutes, rinse with warm water, lubricate your knees with fat. Lemon water helps with dandruff: boil lemon peels for 15 minutes in 1 liter of water. Rinse your hair with this decoction once a week. Half an hour before washing your hair, rub a mixture consisting of a teaspoon of lemon, yolk, a teaspoon of honey and agave into oily hair. If you've been gardening and your hands get dirty, wash them in warm water and soap, dry them, then rub in a few drops of lemon juice. When the juice dries, rub thick glycerin into the skin. If you are sunburned, cover your skin with thin slices of juicy lemon. The effect is good, although it stings quite strongly. If you have calluses, steam your foot in hot water before going to bed, wipe dry and tie a lemon peel with a small amount of pulp to the callus (it is better to cut off the “top” of the lemon). After about 5 days, the callus should disappear completely. For normal facial skin, a honey-lemon mask is suitable. To prepare it, mix a tablespoon of honey with 5-10 drops of lemon juice and add oatmeal. Apply on face for 15 minutes, then rinse with soft, cool water. The following mask cleanses and nourishes the skin: 100 g of sour cream, egg white, a little lemon peel crushed into powder, grind well, mix and cover. After 20 minutes, add a teaspoon of vegetable oil, mix, apply to the skin and leave until completely dry. Wash off with water infusion of parsley. For dry skin, you can make the following mask: finely chop lettuce leaves, grind and mix with vegetable oil and a spoonful of lemon juice. For aging, porous skin, a mask made from a mixture of egg whites, the zest of 1 lemon, ground into powder, a teaspoon of lemon juice and 2 teaspoons of oatmeal, is suitable. Beat the egg whites, gradually add lemon juice, zest and finally oatmeal. Apply to face for 20-25 minutes, then rinse with warm water, then rinse face with cold water.

Birch

In birch, absolutely everything is used for future use, for the benefit of people: from an inconspicuous bud and a delicate heart-shaped leaf, to wood, birch bark, chaga mushroom and birch sap. Birch is a tree with a powerful wide crown, up to 30 m high. The branches are drooping, red-brown, densely covered with odorous resinous warts. The buds are sticky, red-brown with a balsamic odor and a slightly astringent resinous taste. It blooms in May simultaneously with the formation of leaves. Birch is used in scientific and folk medicine. Birch has long been widely used in household cosmetics. An aqueous decoction of birch buds is good against acne, blackheads, and heals wounds. To prepare it, you need to take a tablespoon of dry buds and brew it in a glass of hot water, boil for 20 minutes, leave, strain. If your eyes quickly get tired and wrinkles appear around them, make cold lotions from the infusion of birch leaves in the evening. Washing with fresh birch sap is recommended for removing freckles, age spots on the face, and for treating acne and eczema. Rejuvenates the skin of the face, increases its tone, helps with irritations and acne, an infusion of birch leaves: pour 2 tablespoons of chopped leaves into 0.5 liters of boiling water and leave for an hour. You can prepare the decoction in another way: brew a tablespoon of dry buds like tea, with a glass of boiling water, leave for 1-2 hours, strain. Use as lotions, rubs, compresses.

For acne on the face, compresses made from a decoction of a mixture of birch bark and buds, calendula and chamomile flowers, and juniper berries, taken in equal quantities, are very useful. Pour a tablespoon of the mixture into a glass of water and boil for 5 minutes over low heat. Soak a linen cloth in a warm solution and place it on your face. As it cools, moisten the cloth with the broth again. The duration of the procedure is 20 minutes. For inflamed skin with acne, a mask made from birch leaves is suitable. The leaves must first be washed and dried. Brew a tablespoon of crushed leaves with boiling water and cool. The mask is ready. In Russian villages, women and girls went into the forest to wash themselves with birch sap to give their faces a fresh, healthy look. If your skin is very dry, it is recommended to wash your face with a cold infusion of birch leaves. Wipe oily skin with birch bud infusion 2-3 times a day: a tablespoon of birch buds, 5 teaspoons of water, 2 tablespoons of birch leaf decoction. Rinse your hair with a decoction of birch leaves after washing. An infusion of young birch leaves can be taken orally for mild swelling of the face.

Linden

Linden is a deciduous tree, up to 25-30 m high, with a tent-shaped spreading crown. The flowers are yellowish-white, fragrant, the fruits are spherical nuts with tasty seeds. Blooms in late June or early July. The fruits ripen in August-September. Linden is the main honey plant of the forests and parks of our country. Linden blossom is used in both scientific and folk medicine. Oil is obtained from linden fruits. Linden inflorescences are also used for cosmetic purposes. If your skin is very dry, it is recommended to wash your face with a cold infusion of linden blossom. To refresh a tired face, do a contrasting shake/press. Brew linden blossom and mint tea, strain and reheat. Pour hot into a large cup. Place a cup of cold water next to w, and prepare two soft cloth napkins. Soak a napkin in hot tea, wring it out, place it on your face and hold for 2 minutes, then replace it with a napkin soaked in cold water. Change compresses 2-3 times; the last one, cold, keep for 5 minutes. If the blood vessels are dilated, then compresses are contraindicated. For burns, use a decoction of linden blossom: pour 4 tablespoons of flowers into 0.5 liters of water and simmer over low heat for 10 minutes. You can also use a paste of linden flowers in the form of a poultice for burns. A mask made from a decoction of linden blossom, chamomile, and elderflower flowers, taken in equal quantities, cleanses the skin and tightens pores. Pour a tablespoon of this mixture into a glass of hot water, boil for 10 minutes, strain. Add half a teaspoon of honey and oatmeal until you get a paste. Apply the mask for 20-25 minutes, rinse with warm water, rinse your face with cool water. Lotion for dull, flabby, wrinkle-prone skin: mix a spoonful of linden flowers with the same amount of chopped dill. Brew a tablespoon of the resulting mixture with 1.5-2 cups of boiling water and, after insisting, strain. Wipe your face morning and evening. Lotion for oily, acne-prone skin can be prepared from linden blossom, yarrow and horsetail. Pour a tablespoon of a mixture of dry herbs with 1.5-2 cups of boiling water, leave for 2 hours, strain. Wipe your face morning and evening instead of washing your face. For oily skin seborrhea, pimples, acne, a herbal bath helps well: a mixture of 25 g linden blossom, 50 g peppermint, 25 g lavender flowers, 50 g thyme, 25 g juniper grains, 25 g St. John's wort, 25 g chamomile, put in a bag in dishes, add 2 liters of water and boil over high heat, then hold for half an hour on low heat. Pour the resulting broth into the bath. If the skin is too dry, it is good to add a thick decoction of flaxseed and chamomile (100 g of each herb). A decoction of linden blossom stops hair loss: 8 tablespoons of linden blossom are poured into 0.5 liters of water and boiled for 20 minutes. Cool, strain. Wash your hair with the resulting decoction. A remedy that will help you rejuvenate your face, become beautiful and attractive is a decoction of linden blossom. It’s easy to prepare: throw a handful of linden flowers into a glass of boiling water, cover the glass, and let it brew for about fifteen minutes. Then add a quarter teaspoon of honey. Moisten your face and neck generously with the decoction and sit for ten minutes. Place the remaining broth in a cool place. The next day, repeat the procedure. Shake before use.

For dry skin, you can prepare a lotion from a teaspoon of honey mixed with an infusion of linden flowers (1.5 tablespoons per glass of boiling water). Wipe your face instead of washing. If your facial skin has become flabby, it is useful to make a hot herbal compress of linden blossom, hops and mint. Brew dried herbs with boiling water (a tablespoon of the mixture per glass of water), leave, and strain. Soak a linen cloth in the hot broth and, squeezing it lightly, apply it to your face. As it cools, dip the cloth into the hot solution, wring it out and make a new compress. Repeat for 5-8 minutes. After washing, it is useful to rinse your hair with an infusion of linden blossom and mint (brew 2 tablespoons of chopped herbs with a glass of boiling water). Moisturizing hot compresses from infusion of linden blossom and chamomile alternate with compresses from cold water to refresh the skin. The last, cold compress should be left for about five minutes. For any facial skin, you can use an astringent mask: pour a tablespoon of crushed linden flowers into 0.5 cups of hot water, heat over low heat until a thick mass forms. On oily skin the mask is applied in a thick layer while warm, on dry and normal skin - after cooling. Duration - 15-20 minutes. Remove the mask with a dry swab. After this, wash your face with cool water and apply some oil to dry and normal skin.

Oak

The ancient Romans, Greeks and other peoples considered the oak to be a sacred tree; sacrifices were made under it, and important government decisions were made. In the old days, on Ivan Kupala, all Ivans were decorated with oak wreaths, and the Greeks crowned the heads of heroes with them. Oak is a mighty tree up to 30 m high, striking in its longevity - lives up to 500 years or more. The bark of old trees is dark gray, thick, with numerous longitudinal cracks, while that of young trees is smooth and shiny. The oak blossoms in April-May, the fruit - a single-nest acorn - ripens in September-October. Oak bark is used for medicinal purposes. It is harvested in the spring, during the period of sap flow. Oak bark is also used in folk cosmetics. Lotions made from a decoction of oak bark, St. John's wort and mint soothe itching and relieve swelling caused by insect bites. Take the components in equal proportions. Pour 2 tablespoons of the mixture with half a glass of boiling water, heat in a water bath for 30 minutes, cool, strain. Cloth napkins moistened with the resulting solution are applied to the bite sites, repeating the procedure 3-4 times. You can place these components in a fabric bag, steam them in boiling water, cool to 40°C, squeeze lightly and apply to the skin until the itching stops. These home remedies are good for both adults and children. A decoction of oak bark in the form of rinses helps with inflammatory processes on the oral mucosa and strengthens loose, bleeding gums. You can rinse your mouth with an infusion of oak bark mixed with calamus root to remove unpleasant odor. It is useful to wipe sweating facial skin several times during the day with an infusion of oak and willow bark, adding a teaspoon of table vinegar. Wash your face in the morning. If your feet sweat, wash them daily in warm water, then soak them in a decoction of oak bark, wormwood and rowan leaves. An effective remedy for sweating hands and feet are daily baths of oak bark and rhizomes of serpentine and wormwood. Brew 2 teaspoons of the mixture with two glasses of boiling water, boil for 10 minutes and cool. For sweating under the arms, use a weaker decoction: 10 g of oak bark per 200 ml of water. A decoction of oak bark (10 g per 200 g of water) is used to treat burns.

Eucalyptus

Eucalyptus is a large, fast-growing evergreen tree from the myrtle family. As you approach the tree, you will immediately notice a strong and pleasant smell. Here you can relax in peace - you will not be bitten by mosquitoes or mosquitoes.

In medicine, infusion and decoction of eucalyptus leaves and eucalyptus oil are used as antiseptic, disinfectants and pain relievers. Eucalyptus is also used in folk cosmetics.

Eucalyptus with aloe juice helps with sunburn.

A piece of cotton wool moistened with eucalyptus oil and water can be left on a saucer in the room - and neither mosquitoes nor flies will fly to you.

To treat wounds and inflammatory processes on the skin, a decoction and infusion of eucalyptus is used in the form of lotions and rinses. To obtain a decoction, take 10 g of crushed dry eucalyptus leaves, add a glass of cold water, boil for 15 minutes over low heat, cool, strain. To prepare the infusion, brew 10 g of crushed dry eucalyptus leaves in a glass of boiling water and leave in a sealed container for 2-3 hours. Strain, squeezing out the remainder.

Decoctions and infusions of eucalyptus are prepared only in enamel containers. Moisten exposed areas of the body with a decoction or infusion of eucalyptus to protect against mosquito bites.

To avoid being bothered by the heat, rub your hands and temples with a mixture of water and eucalyptus oil - and they will feel pleasantly cool.

Other herbal remedies

A moisturizing and nourishing mask, preferably made from grated apple, is applied to the water-thirsty facial skin. From time to time you can do this: cut off 3-4 paper-thin pieces of orange with a very sharp knife and place them on your forehead and cheeks.

For oily facial skin, you can make the following mask: peel a medium-sized apple, cut into cubes and boil in a small amount of milk until a thick paste forms. Apply the still warm paste to your face and rinse with cold water after 20 minutes.

Teeth are well cleaned with raw vegetables and fruits, especially apples.

In autumn, when the skin is too dry from the summer sun, and in winter, if the skin does not tolerate dry air in rooms with central heating, a banana mask is recommended. Mash half a peeled banana, then apply a thin layer of this fragrant cream to your face and neck. This mask is also good as an “first aid” before an unexpected meeting or visit.

After a bath, for oily, porous skin, a mask of whipped egg white with a teaspoon of rowan juice is useful. Apply the mixture several times, without allowing it to dry, on your face, then wash.

For minor burns and frostbite, wet bandages, lotions or compresses made from an infusion of mountain arnica flowers help.

A mask made from white or red currants tightens pores and therefore works especially well on oily skin. Mix a little currant juice with a small amount of starch and lubricate the resulting slurry on your face.

A raspberry mask is suitable for any skin: strain 100 g of raspberry juice, add 2 tablespoons of fresh milk, stir and apply to the face. If after a trial five-minute mask there is no irritation on the skin, then the mask is applied for 20-30 minutes. The mask is washed off with warm water. Finish the procedure with a cold compress.

Russian beauties have long used strawberry masks, which have a beneficial effect on porous, dull, wrinkled facial skin, and also help get rid of age spots, freckles and acne. To do this, a piece of clean soft cloth with holes for the eyes and nose should be moistened with juice or pulp of strawberries and placed on the face and neck for 15 minutes, protecting the eyes from getting juice into them. Then rinse with water at room temperature.

For normal skin, this mask is useful: grind 2-3 strawberries, mix with a tablespoon of cottage cheese or sour cream, apply for 15 minutes and rinse with water at room temperature. Instead of strawberries, you can take plums, apples, apricots, and peaches.

For dry skin, it is easy to make strawberry lotion at home: stir a tablespoon of mashed strawberries in a glass of soft cold water, strain through cotton wool, preferably add half a teaspoon of glycerin. It cleanses and nourishes the skin.

For normal skin, prepare strawberry lotion as follows: pour 0.5 cups of freshly picked strawberries with a glass of vodka, let it brew for 4 weeks, strain and leave for another 2 weeks.

You can also use an accelerated preparation method: squeeze the juice from the berries, mix 0.5 cups of it with a glass of vodka. Depending on the sensitivity of the skin, the lotion is diluted with water.

The milky juice of figs can be used to treat wounds and remove acne.

Viburnum mask for oily and normal skin: apply a napkin moistened with the juice of raw viburnum berries to the skin, hold for 10 minutes, then repeat the procedure.

For common acne, figs and horseradish will help: lubricate acne areas with juice from fig leaves; Apply horseradish root pulp 1-2 times a day to the affected areas.

If there is swelling on the face that is not associated with any disease, then you can use a pumpkin mask: bring 2 tablespoons of finely chopped pumpkin in a small amount of water over low heat until smooth, add 0.5 teaspoon of honey. Mix everything well. Apply to face on a cloth.

When you work a lot in the garden or vegetable garden, it is difficult to wash your hands and your skin becomes rough. Rub your hands with sorrel leaves, and then, after washing them with warm water and soap, lubricate them with Vaseline.

Cover your face and neck with thin, long strips of raw zucchini. After 20 minutes, remove the strips and wash your face with unboiled milk. Recommended for dry and rough skin to prevent wrinkles.

You can also make lotion from zucchini for any skin. Grate a small zucchini, pour 100 g of vodka into the pulp, and leave it in a dark place for a week. Strain, add 2 tablespoons of glycerin. The lotion is ready.

For dandruff, use beet water to rinse your hair: pour 1.5 liters of cold water into a three-liter jar and add peeled and chopped beets. Place the jar on the windowsill for 5-6 days until green mold forms, then strain and use after washing your hair, diluting with hot water. In this case, it is better to wash your hair with rye bread: crumble 150 g of black stale bread and pour boiling water over it. Lather your hair with the gruel, rinse with clean water and then with beet water. You can also wash your hair with an egg or yogurt.

Melon masks are good for removing age spots, acne and freckles: after washing, apply melon pulp paste to your face, hold for 15 minutes, then rinse.

To smooth out wrinkles, you can use bean masks. Soak a cup of grains in water for several hours, cook until tender and rub through a fine sieve. Add the juice of half a lemon and a tablespoon of olive oil to this mixture, apply to your face for 20-30 minutes, then rinse with warm water. The mask is best used for dry skin.

For skin irritation, sunburn, and acne, masks made from garden lettuce are used. To do this, fresh lettuce leaves are finely chopped, placed in a saucepan, poured boiling water over them until just covered, boiled for 5 minutes, and this mass is applied warm to the face, wrapped in cotton cloth. Keep for 20 minutes. The remaining broth is used for rubbing.

For dry skin, boiled lettuce leaves are mixed with a small amount of any vegetable oil. Wash off the mask with warm and then cold water.

You can prepare a fruit-berry-vegetable mask for dry skin: take 100 g of a mixture of berries (strawberry, strawberry, raspberry), fruit (peach, apricot, apple, plum) or vegetable (carrot, tomato, cabbage) juice, moisten a layer in it cotton wool and apply on face for 20 minutes. If necessary, additionally moisten the cotton wool with juice, then wipe your face with a dry swab.

An infusion of green walnut shells dyes hair brown. The tincture is prepared as follows: add 50 g of water, 25 g of burnt alum and 75 g of Provençal oil to 15 g of crushed walnut shells. The mixture is allowed to brew over low heat for 15 minutes and then brushed onto the hair. Keep the mixture for 40 minutes, after which the hair is thoroughly washed and rinsed in warm water with the addition of vinegar (a tablespoon per 1 liter of water). To darken your hair, wash it with a decoction and hazel nut wrappers.

If you decide to get rid of freckles, then almond milk will help you. To prepare it, pass 30 g of peeled almond kernels through a meat grinder, add (drop by drop) a teaspoon of cold boiled water and 15 g of honey. Lubricate your face with the resulting mixture every day, keep it for 15 minutes, then rinse with water at room temperature.

For sensitive, irritable facial skin, masks made from oats (a tablespoon per 2 tablespoons of water or milk) or flaxseed (a tablespoon per 2 cups of hot water) are effective. Apply the still warm paste to your face for 20 minutes, then rinse with water.

Flax seed infusion works well for frostbitten areas and areas scalded with boiling water: pour 50 g of seeds into 0.5 cups of boiling water, cover with a cloth. For dry skin, it is useful to use a flaxseed mask 1-2 times a week. Soak the seeds in a small amount of hot water for an hour until a sticky mass is obtained. Then apply it to your face in an even layer, cover with a damp warming compress, and lie quietly for half an hour. After this, rinse off the mask with warm water.

This mask is also useful: pour a tablespoon of flaxseed into a glass of water and cook until a thin paste forms. The temperature of the mask should be such that the hand can tolerate it. Apply the paste to your face for 20 minutes, then rinse with warm water and rinse with soft cold water.

If you want your skin to always look beautiful, you need to clean it every day, and not just on holidays. It is useful, for example, to “wash” your face with a decoction of oatmeal, which smoothes the skin and prevents the appearance of acne.

For goose bumps, a bath with the addition of a thick decoction of oatmeal and a tablespoon of pine extract helps a lot.

A herbal mask made from bodyaga, previously filled with boiling water, effectively cleanses the skin. The mask should be kept on for 30-40 minutes, covering the face with a special “blanket” made of flannel, lined with oilcloth, with a hole for the mouth.

Warts are removed with fresh celandine juice, lubricating them 5-7 times a day.

Nasturtium decoction effectively stimulates hair growth and protects hair from loss: 30 g per 1 liter of water.

Grind the leaves of the iris, brew it with boiling water and place it on hardened areas or calluses - the skin will soften and the calluses can be removed completely painlessly. The procedure takes 3 hours and must be repeated 2-3 times.

To restore the elasticity and softness of the skin of your hands, preventing its rapid fading and the appearance of wrinkles, you can take a salt bath. Brew 2 tablespoons of a mixture of chamomile, sage, mint, dill, linden blossom with 1 liter of boiling water, leave for 20 minutes, strain and add 2 tablespoons of salt. Immerse your hands in the resulting solution for 10-15 minutes.

You can make a homemade deodorant to remove unpleasant odors. Take a tablespoon of oak bark, grind it in a mortar and brew it with a glass of boiling water, simmer a little over low heat, cool, strain. This deodorant does not have a strong odor and will not affect the scent of your perfume.

A decoction of calamus rhizomes is used to strengthen hair, and to wash hair in case of baldness, and to wash festering wounds. Powder from calamus rhizome is sprinkled on boils.

For dry skin, we recommend juice from lemon balm leaves, creeping thyme leaves and flowers, roots and fruits of parsley, mullein, mallow, peeled marshmallow root, quince seeds, coltsfoot herb. All these plants are crushed and pressed. The resulting juice is filtered and compresses are made once a day for 10 days.

For oily facial skin, an infusion of tricolor violet or wild chestnut is suitable. Take 3 teaspoons of any of these plants, chop, pour a glass of boiling water, strain after about twenty minutes and wipe your face with the lukewarm infusion. The infusion can also be used for compresses, and add starch or flour to the thickener and make masks by applying the resulting pulp to your face for 20 minutes and then washing it off.

A steam bath will also help with oily skin. Take equal quantities of rosemary, linden flowers, chamomile, sage, wild chestnut fruits, willow and birch leaves. Pour a tablespoon of the mixture into a glass of boiling water, bring to a boil, cool, strain. Wipe your face with the resulting decoction or make compresses. Lotion for oily skin: pour 2 tablespoons of creeping thyme into a glass of boiling water, leave for an hour, strain. Rub the warm liquid in once a day.

You can make eau de toilette from cumin, which greatly tightens pores and eliminates unpleasant shine in oily skin: brew 20 g of cumin in 0.5 liters of boiling water and strain.

Calamus roots are used as a decoction for dandruff and hair loss. 4 tablespoons of root should be poured into 1 liter of water and boiled for 5 minutes.

If you want your hair to be lighter, systematically wash and rinse it in calamus decoction.

A decoction of valerian officinalis can be used to wash tired eyelids.

To cauterize warts, you can use the juice of celandine, Kalanchoe or aspen.

Aging facial skin will benefit greatly from compresses with an infusion of borage herb (borage), which has the property of improving blood circulation. The decoction is prepared as follows: 2 tablespoons of borage herb are poured into 250 g of boiling water, left for 10 minutes, then filtered. Soak a clean cloth in the still warm broth, wring it out and place it on the face. When the fabric has cooled, it is again immersed in the broth.

For difficult-to-heal acne suppurations, a comfrey compress is used: pour 2 tablespoons of the herb into 0.5 cups of hot water, boil, wrap in a clean cloth and apply to the sore spot.

For bad breath, a decoction of wormwood helps: a teaspoon of dry wormwood in a glass of boiling water. Cover with a tea towel for 15 minutes. Used as a rinse.

Blueberry decoction is used as a mouth rinse for gum inflammation.

For inflammation of the facial skin, you can make lotions from an infusion of marshmallow root (a tablespoon of root per 200 g of cold water).

To strengthen hair and prevent hair loss, infusions of red capsicum, henna and chamomile are used. In addition to the healing effect, henna and chamomile flowers have coloring properties: henna dyes hair reddish, and chamomile dyes it golden yellow.

For inflammatory processes on the skin of the face, lotions made from a decoction of flowers and young mallow leaves are very useful - 30 g per 1 liter of water.

If you have dandruff, wash your hair for a month with tansy decoction: pour a tablespoon of tansy with 2 cups of boiling water, leave for 2 hours, strain.

To remove dandruff, boil the herb of the common blackcap and wash your hair with the decoction 2 times a day. Leave your hair damp.

For dry skin, you can prepare elderberry lotion at home: pour a glass of boiling water over a handful of elderberry flowers, leave for 10 minutes, cool, and strain. This lotion softens and cleanses the skin, relieves irritation.

An infusion of strawberry leaves cleanses the skin well: pour 3 tablespoons of leaves with a glass of boiling water and leave for half an hour. Strawberry infusion tightens pores and tones the skin.

Fresh celandine juice mixed with vegetable oil will help get rid of warts.

For baldness, use a decoction prepared from 3 tablespoons of chopped calamus rhizome, boiled in 0.5 liters of vinegar.

You can prepare a tonic lotion: pour 50 cornflower flowers into 0.5 liters of boiling water, leave for an hour, strain. Wash your face with cold infusion once a day.

The “old woman’s flabbiness” of the face will go away if you soak a canvas rag in willow juice (for this you need to crush the fresh bark) and place it on your face for 20-25 minutes.

The unpleasant smell of garlic from the mouth is repelled by fresh calamus root, as well as parsley root.

The mask softens and tones the skin well; to prepare it you will need 2 tablespoons of elderberry infusion, 2 tablespoons of oatmeal and 0.5 cups of milk. Boil the flour in milk, add elderberry infusion, and apply the warm mixture to the face and neck for about twenty minutes. Rinse off with warm water and rinse with cool water.

Baths from willow bark help with sweating.

The skin always reflects the internal state of the body. Only a healthy person can have beautiful, velvety skin.

However, even in a healthy body, the skin, especially the face, neck, and back of the hands, changes and ages with age. This process can be postponed to a more distant time if you follow certain skin care rules, alternating work and rest, and adhering to a rational diet. Degenerative changes in the skin are caused by a decrease in the amount of estrogen with age. Taking this into account, patients with premature skin aging are recommended to take plant estrogens in the form of an infusion of hop cones inside (1 teaspoon per 1 glass of boiling water) - 1 glass at night, or hop cones powder - 1-2 g 3 times a day, or tincture ( 1:5) – 40 drops 3 times a day.

Sage leaf has estrogenic properties, which is prescribed as an infusion (1 teaspoon per 1 glass of boiling water) - 1 tablespoon inside every 2-3 hours; leaves of stinging nettle, which, in order to prevent premature wilting, should be widely used in food for preparing first courses or taken orally as an infusion (10.0: 200.0–15.0: 200.0) – 1 tablespoon 3–4 times a day or liquid extract - 25-30 drops 3-4 times a day 30 minutes before meals, but not more than 20 days (under the control of the prothrombin index). Preparations of stinging nettle should not be recommended to patients suffering from photodermatoses, since nettle has a photodynamic property.

In case of premature aging, drugs are prescribed that improve blood circulation in the pelvic organs, which promotes the production of their own sex hormones. These include: aloe juice (1 teaspoon 2-3 times a day 30 minutes before meals); parsley leaves, parsnips in the form of salads with vegetable oils. For this purpose, traditional medicine recommends a decoction of plantain seeds and an infusion of lovage roots. However, they should not be prescribed to pregnant women or women with fibroids.

Due to their photodynamic effect, parsley and parsnip also cannot be used for photodermatoses.

All aging processes are inhibited by vitamins. A positive effect on pronounced and progressive premature aging of ascorbic and nicotinic acid, thiamine, riboflavin, pyridoxine, retinol, and tocopherol acetate has been noted. Vitamin therapy for premature aging and for the prevention of skin aging is of decisive importance. And, perhaps, you shouldn’t get carried away with factory-produced vitamins. Throughout the year, you can and should eat fresh vegetables and fruits in plentiful quantities. Healthier than tableted vitamins are rosehip infusion, black currant berries, lemon, fresh cabbage salad, other vegetables and fruits.

A very valuable drug is Eleutherococcus, which has a tonic effect. Already after 7-8 days of using Eleutherococcus extract, an exhausted or tired patient’s general condition significantly improves, sleep becomes stronger, headaches disappear, mental and physical performance increases, and the skin becomes fresher. Eleutherococcus renews, rejuvenates the body, creates additional reserves in a tired and sick body at a critical moment. Eleutherococcus stimulates the function of the gonads. In addition, it is completely non-toxic and can be prescribed for age-related skin changes and for their prevention.

An important point in the prevention and treatment of premature aging of the skin of the face and neck are external effects on the skin, including proper care. A prerequisite for skin care is cleaning it. It is not recommended to go to bed with an uncleaned face or with makeup on your skin. Lotions clean, disinfect and increase skin elasticity well.

If the skin is dry with signs of irritation, evening rubbing is good with the following solutions: glycerin 5 ml, chamomile flower infusion 100 ml.

Cucumber infusion is effective for wiping; it cleanses and tones, refreshes and somewhat whitens the skin. It is prepared as follows: grate 300 g of cucumbers, pour 250 ml of vodka over them, leave for 2 weeks, then squeeze and filter. Immediately before use, equal amounts of glycerin and water are added to the cucumber infusion.

Instead of lotion, it is useful to clean dry skin with fresh canned birch sap, a decoction of birch buds (1 tablespoon of dry birch buds per 20 ml of boiling water) or infusion of chamomile flowers (1 tablespoon of flowers per 200 ml of boiling water).

Lotions are also used to wash the face. They are designed to clean, refresh, disinfect, and tone coca. In addition to water, ethyl alcohol, glycerin, fragrances, a wide variety of substances are added to lotions, depending on their use: boric, salicylic, lactic, oxalic acids, borax, potassium alum, formalin, menthol, camphor, resorcinol, anesthesin, hexachlorophene, castor oil, sodium acetate salts of potassium and sodium. Herbal medicines are widely used in lotions: fruit juices, alcoholic infusions of St. John's wort, calendula, nettle, yarrow, chamomile, horsetail, coltsfoot, hop cones, burdock, birch buds, plantain, cinchona bark, Tolu and Peruvian benzoin balsams resin. Tragacanth, eucalyptus and rose oils, azulene, sodium chlorophyllin, polyunsaturated fatty acids, polyvinyl alcohol, and carboxymethylcellulose are added to lotions as gelling agents.

Mode of application: moisten a cotton swab generously with lotion and wipe the skin with circular movements (carefully, without stretching it!) in the directions of the skin lines.

The perfume industry produces a wide range of lotions with medicinal plants for skin care.

Lotions for normal and dry skin with herbal active ingredients contain calendula infusion, chamomile infusion, plantain infusion, birch bud infusion, chlorophyll, rose oil, eucalyptus oil, clove pollen extract, St. John's wort extract, corn silk, oregano.

For oily skin, soap and water, lotions, tinctures, decoctions, infusions and juices of medicinal plants are used for cleaning: infusion of horsetail, burdock, Chinese magnolia vine, cinchona bark, St. John's wort, aqueous solution of aloe, plantain juice, orange juice, tincture of blue cornflower.

Creams. In addition to the fat base, emulsifier, and aqueous phase, preservatives, fragrances, and, most importantly, active ingredients are added to nourishing creams for both oily and dry skin.

Nourishing creams are effective for dry and normal skin containing hop extract, rosehip oil, cucumber juice and barley sprouts extract, chamomile essential oil, aloe juice, aqueous infusions of horsetail, yarrow, chamomile, parsley extract, chamomile extract, medicinal preparation of Eleutherococcus roots.

Nourishing creams for fat skins contain lemon oil, olive oil, cocoa butter, infusion of eucalyptus leaves, infusion of horsetail, butterbur, alcoholic infusion of poppy seed, alcoholized strawberry juice, pine chlorophyll-carotene paste, spermaceti, kernel oil, alcoholic tincture of calendula flowers, eucalyptus essential oil, hop extract, alcohol infusion of Chinese lemongrass, cucumber juice, carrot seed extract, liquid witch hazel extract, natural tomato juice.

For hygienic skin care to prevent and treat aging skin, masks are widely used (for 15–20 minutes). The effect of the latter has been known for a very long time; their effects are varied: refreshing, softening, toning, whitening, astringent, cleansing, biostimulating, and also soothing.

It is very good before applying the mask to do a hot compress, a steam procedure (hold your face over the steam) or first use a mask of mustard, radish, horseradish.

Apply masks to cleansed skin; dry or normal skin is lubricated with a nourishing cream before the mask. If the skin is oily, oil masks are prescribed; no nourishing cream is used. Substances for the mask are prepared immediately before applying it. After the mask, rinse the face with cold water, then apply a nourishing cream.

Mustard mask Apply mainly to the most aging areas of the skin. Before the mask, the skin must be lubricated with a nourishing cream. Dry mustard is diluted with warm water and applied to a cotton cloth and then to the face. Cover the face with a terry towel from above. Instead of dry mustard, you can use mustard plaster. The mustard mask is on the face for no more than 4-6 minutes. Remove it with vegetable oil along the skin lines without moving the skin. Use a mustard mask no more than once every 7-10 days. If there are telangiectasia, rosacea, or hypertrichosis on the skin, the mustard mask is not recommended.

Fruit, berry and vegetable masks are widely used in practice. They can be used daily or every other day.

Mask with fresh strawberry or strawberry juice. Strawberry or strawberry juice is applied to clean skin for 15-20 minutes. After the procedure, the face is rinsed with cold water and a nourishing cream is applied. This mask well vitaminizes the skin, tones it, gives it freshness and velvety. Can be used on any skin. Dry and normal skin is pre-lubricated with a nourishing cream.

Mask with parsley juice. For this mask, parsley juice is mixed with milk (for oily skin) and sour cream (for dry and normal skin) in a 1:1 ratio and applied to the skin. Wash off with cold water. This mask is especially indicated for patients with wrinkled, flabby skin with pigmentation phenomena. A mask with parsley juice vitaminizes, tones, whitens, gives the skin velvety, freshness, and youth.

Malolactic mask: 1 apple is boiled in milk and the warm pulp is applied to clean skin lubricated with nourishing cream for 15-20 minutes. This mask softens, nourishes and rejuvenates the skin. Used for dry, normal and oily skin.

Yeast mask. Very popular in cosmetology. 10-15 g of fresh yeast are ground with milk (for normal skin), with vegetable oil (for dry skin) or with a 3% solution of hydrogen peroxide (for oily skin). The prepared mass is applied for 10 minutes. The mask vitaminizes the skin (contains B vitamins), makes it more elastic, and tones.

Honey-glycerin mask with oatmeal. Mix 1 teaspoon of linden liquid honey with 1 teaspoon of glycerin and 2 teaspoons of water, gradually add 1 teaspoon of oatmeal or wheat flour, stir thoroughly until a homogeneous mass is obtained, apply to the face for 20-25 minutes. The mask is used for dry, normal and aging facial skin 1-2 times a week for 1-1.5 months. Repeat the course of treatment after 2-3 months.

Honey-glycerin mask with oatmeal and aloe juice. Consists of linden honey, glycerin, water, aloe juice and oatmeal in equal quantities. The technology for preparing this mask is the same as the previous one. The mask is indicated for dry, normal skin with obvious signs of aging. Well tones, refreshes, rejuvenates the skin. Apply 1-2 times a week for 1-1.5 months. After 3 months the course of treatment is repeated.

Yolk-fat mask with lemon juice. Indicated for dry, normal, aging skin. Grind 1 yolk with unrefined vegetable oil (preferably corn), then add 0.5 teaspoon of water and 0.5 teaspoon of lemon juice. Apply to the face in layers (3 layers), leave on the skin until dry, then remove with a swab dipped in warm water; After the mask, rinse the face with warm, then cool water and apply a nourishing cream. The number of masks per course is 6-10.

Lanolin mask with aloe juice. Suitable for normal, dry and aging skin of the face and neck. Mix 20 g of lanolin, 10 g of vegetable oil, gradually add 1 teaspoon of aloe juice and 1 tablespoon of water with borax dissolved in it (0.5 g). Beat until smooth, apply to the skin of the face and neck 1-2 times a week for 1-1.5 months.

Quince mask. Aivun is grated and the pulp is mixed with cream and yolk in equal quantities for dry and normal skin and with protein for porous, oily skin. Apply for 15-20 minutes, after which the mask is removed with a warm, damp swab, and the face is rinsed with water. 15-20 masks are prescribed per course. Masks with quince cleanse, refresh, slightly whiten, and tone. Indicated for fading, aging skin.

Masks with persimmon, radish, horseradish, and rowan have the same effect. They are prepared in the same way as the quince mask.

Mask with flax seeds. Used for flabby, dry, normal and oily skin. To do this, pour 2 tablespoons of flaxseeds into 200 ml of water, boil for 10-15 minutes, cool, add 1 teaspoon of white clay. Apply to face for 12-20 minutes. Pre-lubricate dry, normal skin with nourishing cream.

Protein-honey-flour mask. Used for flabby, dull, wrinkled, oily skin. Well tones, refreshes, nourishes, rejuvenates. Prepare as follows: melt 1 tablespoon of honey, add 1 tablespoon of oatmeal, then, stirring, 1 beaten egg white, apply for 15-20 minutes 2 times a week.

Carrot mask. Recommended for dull, sagging skin with a gray, earthy tint and age spots. 1 tablespoon of cream is ground with 1 fresh yolk, mixed with 1 teaspoon of carrot juice, applied to cleansed skin and left for 20 minutes, then removed with warm vegetable oil and rinsed with cold water. The mask rejuvenates, refreshes, and gives the skin a beautiful shade.

Sauerkraut mask Used for oily, acne-prone skin. Sauerkraut is applied to the face in a thick layer for 15 minutes, then the skin is rinsed with sage infusion and lubricated with a nourishing cream for oily skin.

Onion mask. Fresh onions are grated and the pulp is mixed in equal quantities with cream and whipped yolk for dry and normal skin and whipped egg white for oily, porous skin. Leave on the skin for 10–15 minutes. A lotion with chamomile infusion is applied to the eyelids.

Mask with herbal decoction. Used for dry, normal and oily skin. They use decoctions of linden flowers, chamomile, rose petals, mint, parsley, dill, and hop cones. To prepare the mask, take 0.5 tablespoon of dry medicinal raw materials, pour in 0.5 cups of cold water, boil for 5 minutes, filter. Moisten a napkin with the prepared broth and apply it to oily skin for 15-20 minutes. For dry and normal skin, the herbal decoction is mixed in equal quantities with cream and yolk.

Masks with a decoction of herbs tone, refresh, and rejuvenate the skin.

If, with oily skin, it is necessary to obtain a more pronounced astringent, anti-inflammatory, drying effect, then decoctions of St. John's wort, sage, yarrow, horsetail, and coltsfoot herbs are used for the mask. 15-20 masks per course.

Mask with calendula tincture used for oily skin. 1 tablespoon of calendula tincture is diluted with water (1 glass) and oatmeal or wheat flour is gradually added until a creamy mass is obtained. Apply to the face for 20-30 minutes, then rinse with warm water. A mask with calendula tincture has an anti-inflammatory, astringent, and drying effect.

Whitening masks. They should be performed only in the evening, as exposure to sunlight after them is not recommended. When going outside, be sure to protect your skin with photoprotective cream.

Protein-lemon mask. It has been used in cosmetology for a very long time. To do this, beat the egg white until foamy and gradually add one teaspoon of lemon juice drop by drop while beating. Leave on skin for 10 minutes. Before applying the mask, lubricate the skin with nourishing cream or vegetable oil. The protein-lemon mask tones, whitens, cleanses, refreshes the skin, and discolors comedones. Used for oily and wrinkled skin.

Parsley juice mask(see description above).

Cucumber mask. Fresh cucumber is grated and the paste is applied to dry or normal skin, lubricated with nourishing cream. For oily skin, squeezed cucumber juice is mixed with water in equal quantities, left for 24 hours, then moistened with a gauze cloth and applied to the face for 15–20 minutes, leaving the eyes, mouth, and nose open.

Lavender mask. Consists of 20 g lanolin, 5 g vegetable oil, 5 g lavender oil, 0.5 g borax, 40 ml water. Prepare and use a lanolin mask with aloe juice. Recommended for dry, normal skin with freckles and age spots.

Almond mask. Half a glass of almond grains is poured with boiling water (1 glass) and after 5 minutes the water is drained, then the grains are twisted through a meat grinder. Add 1 tablespoon of lemon juice and 1 tablespoon of boiled water to the resulting slurry, grind until a homogeneous mass is obtained, apply to the face for 20 minutes, then rinse with warm water. Apply 2 times a week, 30-40 masks per course. An almond mask has a whitening and toning effect.

Honey-lemon mask: 2 tablespoons of liquid linden honey are mixed with the juice of 1 lemon. A gauze napkin is soaked in the prepared mixture and applied to the face for 15–20 minutes, changing the napkins 2–3 times during this time. 15 - 20 masks are prescribed per course. Has a good whitening effect and reduces skin pigmentation.

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Herbs for the face: beneficial properties of medicinal plants for the skin

What are the most beneficial herbs for the face? A brief but comprehensive review of medicinal plants will allow you to choose exactly the one that will quickly and effectively cope with the problem that has arisen. Indications for their home use, rules of use and the most effective recipes can be found here.

Medicinal herbs are a large group of plants, parts of which are used as raw materials for preventive and therapeutic purposes in medicine and cosmetology. You can make them out of them wonderful masks for facial skin that can solve a variety of problems - from smoothing out wrinkles to eliminating the most inflamed acne.

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You just need to know how to properly use herbs for the face and what specific properties each of them has. At the same time, it is not at all necessary to know how to properly collect, store and dry medicinal plants, because pharmacies sell preparations that are ready for use.

Review of herbs for facial skin

There are a great variety of medicinal herbs for the face, and it is very difficult to understand them. In order not to get lost in this diversity, it is enough to determine which problem you most want to get rid of. It could be acne or wrinkles or a double chin, dry or oily skin. To eliminate the misfortune that is interfering with your life, you need to select the herbs themselves.

• Aloe - against acne and for.
• Butterbur - control of the sebaceous glands.
• Immortelle - against various types of inflammation on the face.
• Birch - for oily skin types.
• Oak - eliminates greasy shine from the face.
• Oregano - for moisturizing.
• St. John's wort - has anti-inflammatory properties, useful against acne and acne.
• Calendula - invaluable for inflammatory processes, rashes, soothes irritated skin, moisturizes.
• Nettle - one of the best care products for oily skin with cleansing properties.
• Lavender - has a calming effect on irritated, tired skin.
• Linden - against greasy shine on the skin.
• Burdock (root) - useful for oily skin.
• Coltsfoot - makes the skin smooth and silky, eliminates rashes.
• Mint - used against oiliness and abundance of sebaceous secretions.
• Parsley - has whitening properties.
• Plantain - treats oily skin and acne.
• Dandelion - against age spots.
• Rosemary - smoothes wrinkles and has a rejuvenating effect.
• - the best anti-inflammatory and restorative agent: stops the aging process, prevents the early appearance of wrinkles, heals any acne and pimples.
• Rowan - has a highly effective cleansing effect: eliminates blackheads.
• Thyme - necessary for moisturizing dry skin.
• Series - used to treat allergies and various rashes on the face.
• Sage - has a lifting effect, makes the skin radiant and youthful.
• Horsetail - Recommended for oily skin care.

All these beneficial herbs for facial skin are just the tip of the iceberg in a huge sea. In fact, there are much more of them (in medicine there are more than 2,000 names of medicinal plants), but for home cosmetology these 20 will be enough.

If you have a box in your house with a miraculous collection of one of these herbs, be sure to take advantage of this fact to put your skin in order, with which some problems constantly arise.

If they have grown so much that they are already interfering with life, select a specific medicinal plant for them: there are certain indications for this.

Indications for the use of medicinal plants

Very often the question arises, which facial herbs to use for a particular problem. In order to facilitate the search for the right raw materials, there are special indications in herbal medicine for home treatment of the skin with herbs. Use them to purposefully, and not accidentally, stock up on the herb you need.

1. Herbs , immortelle, St. John's wort, calendula, lavender, coltsfoot, plantain, chamomile, string.
2. Herbs for oily skin : aloe, butterbur, birch, oak, nettle, linden, burdock root, mint, plantain, horsetail.
3. Herbs for dry skin : oregano, calendula, thyme.
4. Anti-wrinkle herbs : coltsfoot, rosemary, chamomile, sage.
5. Herbs with cleansing effect : rowan, nettle.
6. Herbs against age spots : dandelion, parsley.

As can be seen from this list of indications, herbs for facial acne are one of the most numerous groups, and this is not surprising. Medicinal plants contain sufficient amounts of organic acids, phytoncides and tannins, which have anti-inflammatory properties.

They disinfect the affected skin, soothe irritation and localize, and then eliminate areas of inflammation. Therefore, for those with problem skin, herbs are recommended for mandatory use.

In adolescence, in the absence of allergies, medicinal preparations can also be used to treat juvenile acne. The maximum benefit from herbs can be achieved if everything is done correctly.

Rules for using herbs

In order for herbs for the skin to fulfill the task assigned to them, you must be able to correctly prepare a medicinal decoction (infusion) from them and correctly use it at home. There is no need to think that medicinal plants are absolutely safe and cannot cause harm.

Those who are familiar with the basics of herbal medicine know that they sometimes cause the most terrible allergic reactions even when used externally. Therefore, first you need to familiarize yourself with the basics of home cosmetology using herbs, and then put this whole thing into practice.

1. The simplest solution to any skin problem is to buy a herb that corresponds to the indications (in the form of a dry collection) at the nearest pharmacy, study the instructions, brew, and use the resulting decoction for its intended purpose. Healing herbal infusions and decoctions for the skin can be added to any face mask.
2. The most effective solution is to collect medicinal raw materials yourself in a forest, field, summer cottage - in any place that is at a sufficient distance from the city, plants and factories, industrial zones, and major highways.
3. Check the grass to see if it contains allergens for your skin.
4. If the herbs were collected independently, they can be used immediately, fresh: it will even be healthier, because they will still be full of various substances. You can stock up on them for future use to enjoy their cosmetic effect on long winter evenings. Collected medicinal plants should be dried in ventilated, dry rooms where direct rays of the sun do not penetrate. At the same time, you need to constantly stir them so that they do not get stale and moldy. This will take two weeks - no less.
5. One rule regarding the use of herbs for cosmetic purposes must be strictly followed. Fresh raw materials should be used immediately, within 1–2 days. The shelf life of dry herbs (if kept in boxes or paper bags) is no more than 2 years.
6. A very important point is how to properly prepare herbal decoctions for the face (or infusions). First, you need to chop the plant: chop the fresh grass with a knife, and just grind the dry grass in your hands. Then pour the resulting powder (1-2 tablespoons) with boiling water (a glass) just removed from the heat. It is best to do all this in glass or ceramic containers. If you then close the potion with a lid and leave it for half an hour, the result will be a fragrant herbal infusion that is very beneficial for the skin. If you put it in a water bath for 20–30 minutes, you will end up with an equally healing decoction. All that remains is to strain both products and add them to homemade cosmetic masks.
7. But most facial products still use crushed leaves or flowers of plants.
8. In general, any face mask made from natural products that you are used to making at home can be made with herbs. To do this, it is enough to replace the liquid in their composition (water, juice, milk) with decoctions and infusions from medicinal plants in the same quantities as indicated in the recipes.
9. Herbal face masks are recommended for problem skin - every other day, for oily skin - twice a week, for dry skin - once every 7 days. If decoctions of herbs for the skin are used as a regular prophylactic agent (against the premature appearance of wrinkles, to prevent the formation of acne, etc.), then such masks will be sufficient to do once every 10 days, since they are very powerful and effective in their effects on the epidermis.
10. Skin can be treated not only with herbal masks. Another way to use medicinal plants for this purpose is daily washing. The same prepared infusion or decoction is poured into a basin with filtered warm water (1 glass of raw material per 500 ml of water): it is enough to wash your face with the resulting solution twice a day.
11. If you don’t have time to do such procedures, you can wipe your face several times a day with a cotton pad soaked in the prepared herbal decoction.

There are many ways to use herbs that are good for your skin. The main thing is to be able to select the right medicinal plant to solve your problem and use it correctly. In folk medicine and home cosmetology you can find many recipes for all kinds of herbal masks and tonics. The goal of each of them is to prolong the youth and beauty of facial skin.

Recipes for herbal face masks

Despite the variety and abundance of different recipes, you cannot get too carried away with herbs. You can start with a course of treatment with masks, then change the plant and start rubbing with cubes, after that - use a tonic every day, but again from a different herb. Everything should be in moderation.

• Dandelion against age spots

Grind dandelion leaves (3 tablespoons), add cold filtered (or boiled or mineral) water (2 teaspoons), melted honey until liquid (2 tablespoons).

• Wormwood against rashes

Prepare a decoction of wormwood, dilute with it (2 tablespoons) not yet cooled, thick oatmeal, cooked in fresh, full-fat milk (take the same amount as the decoction of wormwood), add chopped lemon zest (2 tsp).

• Aloe for acne

Keep the aloe leaves in the refrigerator for 1–2 weeks, squeeze the juice out of them (tablespoon), mix it with natural oatmeal crushed into flour (2 tablespoons).

• Chamomile for dry skin

Grind chamomile flowers (2 tablespoons), mix with fresh, natural, preferably full-fat kefir (in the same quantity), add a raw egg.

• Yarrow to improve complexion

Grind fresh yarrow flowers and sorrel leaves (1 tablespoon each), add to them rolled oats flakes crushed into flour (1 tablespoon), raw yolk (you can use a whole egg).

• St. John's wort for acne

Chop fresh leaves of young nettle and flowers of St. John's wort (1 tablespoon each), add fresh, low-fat sour cream (2 tablespoons), concentrated lemon juice (no more than 1 teaspoon).

• Mint for tired skin

Grind fresh dandelion and mint leaves in equal quantities (1 tablespoon each), mix with a raw egg, add honey melted in a water bath (1 teaspoon).

• Plantain for oily skin

Wash fresh leaves of ordinary plantain, chop, mix thoroughly with oatmeal flour in equal quantities (1 tablespoon each).

You need to know what beneficial herbs to use for the face so that your personal cosmetologist is not harmful chemicals from store-bought tubes, but Mother Nature. This will quickly affect the condition of the skin: it will become smoother, cleaner, tighter and more elastic. The aging process will be slowed down, and there will be no need to be afraid of the appearance of premature wrinkles and sagging folds. In order for all this to become a reality, medicinal plants for cosmetic purposes must be used regularly and correctly. Then the results will not take long to arrive.