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The Science of skin care does not have to be chemically derived
NEWSLETTER
TRANS-DERMAL APPLICATION
It is now rather more than 40 years since I became fascinated by skin care and particularly
how plants can provide all the answers to keeping our skin in youthful condition throughout
life’s changes. Over those years, I have learnt how fruits, vegetables and herbs can look after
our bodies in a supportive way. We do take our skin for granted but it does a good job for
many years. It is the largest organ of the body with a number of important functions. It
protects, breathes, eliminates, contains the vessels that bring blood to every area of our body
and when looked after well gives us radiant beauty. I have learned from the experience of
putting organic herbs, oils and juices into formulations, that they can prove useful in a
number of ways (apart from simple scientific skin care). By adding MSM they can ease joint
pain, by adding wild crafted Wild Yam they can tame disconcerting hormonal fluctuations, by
adding Horse Chestnut they can reduce varicose veins and by adding the ESSIAC herbs they
can help with a number of internal aches and pains. My post boxes tell me that fairly
regularly. It has become normal in main stream medicine to use transdermal applications
for a number of conditions. This method also means that taking tinctures or essential oils at
the right ratio into the dermis, there is no requirement for the liver to assess or reject some
of it.
PLANT OF THE MONTH – SOYA
From the very beginning I have used a naturally fermented soya to provide the protein
for the creams where necessary. Some facial skin needs lots of protein and some skin
makes enough of its own for most of life. However, I believe that it is useful in the
remedial creams because of its nutrient content, which are enhanced by the
fermentation. These include protein, potassium, calcium, iron, zinc, thiamine,
riboflavin, niacin, a good profile of B vitamins, Vitamin E and folacin. It also contains
the following amino acids, which are the building blocks of our DNA (present in every
cell of our body) with each one playing its part in conducting our health throughout
life and significantly for instance methionine plays a part in protecting us from
radiation. These are threonine, serine, glutamine, proline, glycine, alanine, cysteine,
valine, methionine, isoleucine, leucine, tyrosine, phenylalanine, histidine,
tryptophan, lysine and arginine. It is quite an orchestra. The soya bean itself is quite
alkaline (which is the reason that we are told to soak and boil them) but the natural
fermentation process in incubation, releases the above amino acids and make the soya
and it’s whey acidic and digestible to both the digestive tract and the skin.
Please do call or email me if you need any help, from 9am to 4pm Monday to Thursday
and from 9am to 10am on Fridays. I am always ready to help.
Katie May
1st August, 2016.
Beechgrove Farm, Fulbrook, Oxfordshire OX18 4DE
Tel: 01993 822 800
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.a-miabeauty.co.uk
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