Herbal Remedies for Dry Skin

Nature has remedies for almost everything, and dry skin is no exception. Although there are now some excellent factory produced creams, lotions, moisturisers and other products for dry skin, there are also some excellent natural herbal remedies for dry skin which you may wish to try.

Skin typically becomes dry to a lack of moisture. The idea of good skin is to give it all it needs, from eating a healthy diet to provide the skin with its own much needed nutrients, to taking other measures to keep the skin moist and help it retain its moisture and grow more healthy.

Some of the best tried and tested herbal remedies for dry skin include:

Aloe Vera: Aloe Vera is a plant which is native to the Mediterranean region and the sap extracted from its leaves is used for a wide variety of applications. One such application is skincare. Aloe Vera makes for an excellent healing and moisturising lotion which helps skin to rejuvenate and shed dry, dead skin. Add a few drops to you're regular night moisturiser and see what you think.

Tea Tree Oil: Tea Tree Oil is extracted from the New Zealand or Australian Tea Tree, and is an excellent deep penetrating skincare agent. It helps to moisturise dry skin very well indeed and has strong anti fungal properties, which help to stave off infections. Tea Tree Oil is a particularly good treatment for athlete's foot fungal infections, and dry skin on the feet.

Lavender Oil: Lavender oil is a great moisturiser for dry skin, add half a dozen drops to bathwater and swish around.

Camomile Tea: Drinking camomile tea can help rejuvenate dry skin.

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