Five Ayurvedic Tips for Glowing Skin

Proper skincare is essential to living well. Most of us opt for store-bought creams or serums to keep our skin youthful and supple. However, their unsustainable chemicals can harm both your skin and the environment. Ayurveda offers simple and sustainable methods naturally cure your skin.

Take a look below for five easy Ayurvedic skincare options.

Use Nut Powders and Oils

The natural world should form the roots of your internal constitution. Hence, go for organic ingredients which can be used in versatile ways. Nut powders and oils are natural and affordable options.

Nut powders possess a high fatty acid content in the form of omega-3 fatty acids. This enables anti-inflammation, which makes them ideal moisturisers. Be sure to wash and dry your skin before applying it. You may prepare it in different forms as per your dosha.

Vata skin tends to dry out easily. For this skin type, mix one teaspoon of almond milk with half a teaspoon of milk or coconut milk. Apply the thin face to your paste and wash it off before it dries.

Pitta skin can benefit through neem or triphala powder. Both of these have powerful cleansing properties. Mix together lentil flour (1 teaspoon), triphala powder (1/2 teaspoon), and one teaspoon of water for a quick and easy face mask. As for kapha skin, you can apply a mixture of honey and lemon juice (half a teaspoon each). Leave this on your face for two minutes before washing it away.

Facial oils can also come also come to your rescue. They are useful to all skin types in balancing the body’s own oil secretion. It even helps with solving acne or overproduction hassles. Try sticking to sesame oil for vata skin, coconut for pitta, and sunflower for Kapha. Other options for skin treatment in Ayurveda include jojoba, avocado, and coconut oils.

Use Herbs

Herbs are all-natural ingredients with wondrous benefits. Each of these have unique properties that can target specific challenges to your skin type. In addition, most of them work for all types, and can unclog pores and encourage natural oil production. You can apply these as essential oils or face masks.

Firstly, Jasmine has medicinal, soothing, and anti-microbial properties, and also regulates oil production. This makes it ideal for those with a pitta-dominant constitution, who have oily and acne-prone skin. You can mix jasmine leaves with rose water to utilise these benefits. Apply the conception to your face, and wash it off after fifteen minutes.

Sandalwood is another herb that cools and lightens the skin. These anti-inflammatory properties can reduce the effects of acne, rashes, and sunburns. This substance is most helpful to Pitta and Kapha skin types. Both of these are prone to blackheads or whiteheads, pores, and inflammation. You can apply a concoction of sandalwood powder with rose water to get its benefits.

Drumstick or moringa leaves are an ideal, yet rarely used option. Just like the above mentioned herbs, it contains antiseptic and anti-inflammatory properties which can cure acne and blemishes. It can also prevent wrinkle formation. Thus, it is ideal for those with vata dominant constitution, who have w think outer skin layer.

Other options such as neem, saffron, and aloe vera have anti-bacterial and anti-microbial properties. These can fight germs and remove dead skin cells. Saffron especially helps with lightening the skin as well. These ayurvedic herbs for skin also provide a much long-lasting cooling effect, which is not true of conventional remedies.

Practice Garshana

Garshana is a sanskrit word that translates to ‘friction by rubbing’. It is also called ‘dry brushing’. It is a popular Ayurvedic cleansing rituals during springtime or Kapha season. This is when the chance of allergies rises due to excessive pollen in the breeze. Thus, skin congestion can lead to excessive sebum secretion or breakouts.

This practice exfoliates the skin, revives skin tone and texture, and expels ama or toxins. It also sustains your skincare routine by encouraging cellular-level repair. Apart from skincare, it can boost mental alertness, energy, blood flow stimulation, and cellulite compulsion. That’s not all – Garshana also detoxifies the lymphatic system, which effects your appearance.

You can practice the Garshana practice easily at home. Simply use your Garshana gloves or a bristle brush to make small circular motions above your head. Eventually move on to your neck, shoulders, and arms, using circular motions at the wrist and shoulders. Next, progress to your abdominal area, lower back and hips. Finish off with ankles, feet, and legs.

Ayurveda recommends that you take a shower once you are done. This helps to remove dead skin cells. It also leaves your skin smooth and fresh.

This is most helpful to those who are kapha-dominant or suffering an imbalance of the same. Try to practice Garshana 2-4 times a week if you are pitta dominant, and 1-2 times if vata dominant.

Practice Yoga Regularly

Following a regular yoga routine keeps your skin fresh and vibrant. It circulates your lymph and blood levels, tones muscles, and eases your breath. Each of which reflect outwards into your skin. Yogic breathing exercises, or pranayama, can especially effect your mood, body, and skin.

Shallow breathing can pale out your complexion, while heavy breathing makes it flushed. Eventually, your prana or life force will decline with poor breathing. This will in turn reduce the glow and vitality in your skin as well.

Start with meditation as an easy breathing practice. After that, move to more complicated practices such as alternate nostril breathing, or cooling breathing practices. Take a look at some Ayurveda prescribed meditative practices here.

Adhere to a Proper Diet

Ayurveda recommends eating as per your dominant dosha type (vata, pitta or kapha). This keeps your internal and external environments in harmony. Maintaining a proper diet is essential for healthy skin. You can find out more about the Ayurvedic perspective to nutrition here.

Nevertheless, certain ingredients can benefit all skin types. For example, gooseberries are an ‘ayurvedic superfood’ for its high vitamin C and antioxidant content. This prevents free radical activity which is responsible for premature ageing, wrinkles, and dull skin. Most importantly, it maintains tridoshic balance which keeps skin problems at bay. You can use amlas in chutneys, pickles, and dips.

Another ingredient that boosts skin health is yogurt. It repletes and moisturises your skin through a cooling and nutrient dense effect. Above all, it ensures proper gut health, eliminates toxins and keeps your skin acne-free. Moreover, it exfoliates the skin and eliminates skin cells.

Finally, regularly consume iron-rich foods for skin health. This substance can naturally purify and add a glow to your skin. Stick to seasonal foods to keep your body in check. Consume carrot and beetroot in the winters, and pomegranate juice in the summers.

Takeaways

You can choose healthy glowing skin with everyday choices. Remember to incorporate nut butters, oils, and herbs in your diet and skin routine. Supplement this with Garshana, an Ayurvedic skin exfoliating practice. Also remember that your skin is a marker of your physiological health. Try to adhere to yogic practices and a healthy diet to keep your skin hydrated and moisturised.

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