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| pycnogenol. Protect the skin from the sun, even if it means wearing a hat and cotton gloves. Lemon juice, chamomile tea, yogurt, buttermilk and elder flower water all have a lightening effect when applied regularly to the skin. |
| Rashes |
| If at all possible, figure out the cause of the rash. Have you been eating lots of tomatoes, citrus fruits, mangoes or strawberries lately? They can often cause rashes. Have you used a new skin product such as a lotion or bubble bath? Perhaps a new detergent, fabric softener or suntan lotion has made its way into your life. Is stress at a very high level right now? Consider the options and change whatever you suspect may be a cause. |
| Eat a bland diet featuring grains and vegetables (except tomatoes), and avoid hot spicy foods like ginger and cayenne. Drink teas like calendula, chamomile, Oregon grape root, plantain and yellow dock. Soak in the bathtub with a couple of handfuls of oatmeal tied into a face cloth. Pat the soothing oatmeal mucilage on the affected skin or aloe vera juice or cooled chamomile tea. |
| Rosacea |
| Rosacea is characterized by excessive redness, oiliness, enlarged pores and even lumpy swellings. It tends to develop over a few years and is caused by vasodilation. Staph infection can also be an underlying cause. Sufferers tend to be anxious; suppressing emotions can worsen the condition. Rosacea tends to develop during middle age or after. |
| Avoid eating very hot foods (both temperature-wise and also vasodilating foods such as chilis, salsas and horserad- |
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