By Setareh Kiumarsi
Remember, there’s a direct relationship between liver health and skin radiance. If you’re frequently breaking out or your skin is inflamed, it’s your liver quietly asking for help!
How can you show your liver some love?
Read the post on Fatty Liver for a cleansing diet and liver care recommendations.
You can also make Ananda’s Liver Detox Tea and sip it 3–4 times daily between meals.
What foods support clear skin?
Choose anti-inflammatory foods that cool the skin and help eliminate toxins and undigested mucus from under the surface:
- Cooked apples, pears, and quince
- Sweet lime, melon, avocado
- Carrots, celery (cooked and spiced), sprouted mung beans (cooked and spiced)
- Green beans (cooked and spiced), coriander (cooked and spiced), parsley, spinach
- Turmeric, coriander seeds, basil
Incorporate these into your daily meals.
More home remedies for facial cleansing will be shared soon.
Oily Skin Care
Does your skin feel oily or greasy? Do breakouts and clogged pores keep coming back?
This often signals the buildup of undigested mucus beneath the skin, which shows up as oiliness, itching, or breakouts.
What to do?
Step one: Focus on your diet. Cleanse internally and reduce the formation of toxins and bad mucus (check out the acne post in this series).
Step two: Cleanse the skin itself using treatments with naturally drying qualities. These act like sponges that soak up excess moisture and impurities. Use them depending on how oily your skin is—if your skin feels too dry, stop the treatment.
Try these:
- Wash your face daily or every other day with Neem soap.
- Mix a few drops of lemon juice into one egg white and apply it to your face. Rinse after 15 minutes.
- Grate a raw potato and apply it directly as a face mask.
- Mix equal parts of clove powder (or rosemary) and powdered neem. Use 1 tsp of this mix with warm water to create a paste. Apply to your entire face (avoid temples and the area between your brows). Leave on for 15–20 minutes, rinse off, and then apply rosewater using a cotton pad. You can also use Ananda’s herbal face mask the same way (it has even stronger effects).
- Apply a thin layer of honey to your face, leave for 15 minutes, then rinse.
- Use white clay masks regularly (you can find them online or in stores).
Dry Skin Care
Is your skin dry no matter how many moisturizers you’ve tried?
Dryness of the skin (and often also in the hair, mouth, eyes, or joints) signals excess dryness in your digestive system and body. To treat it at the root, significant changes in diet and lifestyle are needed (more on that in future posts). Seeing a traditional medicine practitioner can help resolve this imbalance based on your individual constitution.
But if you’re looking to hydrate your skin directly, here are a few tips:
- Steam therapy: Once a day for about 10 minutes, cover your head with a towel and let your face steam over a bowl of hot water. This not only hydrates the skin but is deeply calming and effective for anxiety, insomnia, and panic.
- Hydrating mask:
Blend the following into a smooth paste:
1 raw cucumber + 1 raw potato + 2 tbsp fresh aloe vera gel + 1 tsp rosewater.
Store it in the fridge and apply to your face for 15–20 minutes once daily. - Cut a 1-cm piece from a fresh aloe vera leaf and apply the gel directly to your face. This also helps fade discoloration.
- Massage your face with jojoba oil.
- When eating cucumber, rub the peel on your face—simple and refreshing!
What home remedies do you use for dry skin?
Acne and Breakouts
What foods make your skin more prone to acne?
Foods that are very hot and dry in nature can inflame the skin and increase breakouts:
- Eggplant, ginger, garlic, shallots
- Spicy peppers, black pepper, red pepper
- Cumin (in large amounts), cinnamon (in large amounts)
- Black cumin, curry, cayenne, chili
- Cocoa, caffeine, alcohol
On the other hand, some foods increase dampness under the skin, which can also lead to breakouts and acne: Chocolate, dates, coconut, banana. Walnuts, peanuts, peanut butter, cashews, hazelnuts, sunflower seeds. Cheese, yogurt. Sour snacks like fruit leather, pickles, vinegar. Sauces with vinegar (like mayonnaise and ketchup). Processed meats with nitrates (like sausages and deli meats)
Please be sure to credit the author, Setareh Kiumarsi, when sharing or republishing this article, which was written with love and the hope of well-being for all.
