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Guava Body Care

Guava used in body care can assist in deodorising the body, eliminating dead skin cells and as a relief for itching skin.

Body Dressing : guava oil 20 ml, guava vinegar 30 ml, essential oils-cypress 5 drops, lavender 10 drops, bergamot 10 drops. Shake all ingredients together before applying to the body.

Body Powder: guava powder 50g, arrowroot 50 g, essential oils- lavender 20 drops, bergamot 15 drops, lemongrass 15 drops Add essential oils to dry ingredients into a glass container and close the lid, leave overnight then place through a flour sieve. Keep in a sealed container and use as a deodorising powder.

Under Arm Deodorant: guava vinegar 50 ml, witch hazel 50 ml, essential oils- lavender 25 drops, lemongrass 15 drops, cypress 10 drops. Add essential oils to guava vinegar leave in a sealed bottle over night . Strain through a filter then add witch hazel. Keep in an atomiser and spray on as a natural deodorant.

Guava For Pain Relief

Treatments can help conditions such as joint pain, arthritis, gout and muscular pain such as rheumatism and fibrosis.

Compresses may be used for therapeutic applications. They can help to relieve pain, swelling and inflammation. Hot compresses are generally used to relieve chronic pain, while cold compresses are used for acute pain. Alternating hot and cold compresses is very beneficial.

Pain Relief Compresses: guava vinegar 50 ml , hot water 450 ml, essential oils – juniper 10 drops, chamomile 10 drops, rosemary 5 drops. Agitate the essential oils with other ingredients then add a cloth to mixture wring out and apply to affected area.

Pain Relief Bath: guava vinegar Vi cup, guava oil 5 ml, essential oils -juniper 4 drops, cypress 2 drops, marjoram 2 drops, lavender 2 drops.

This bath is also excellent for rheumatism and general aches and pains. The recommended bathing time is 10 to 15 minutes. To avoid evaporation of the essential oils in the mixtures it is recommended to add the oils to the bath water after filling the tub.

Pain Relief Oil: guava oil 20 ml, virgin olive oil 10 ml, essential oils -chamomile 10 drops, marjoram 10 drops, lavender 5 drops, rosemary 5 drops. Mix ingredients together and massage in to affected areas when needed. For best results use oil after guava compresses or a bath.

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Clay: apply cold clay poultice 1/2 to 1 inch thick. Leave on up to 2 hours or less. Continue applications until pain and bruising disappears.

Foods: cabbage leaves used as poultices. Apple cider vinegar compresses to reduce swelling and bruises. Raw or roasted onions have exceptional drawing power. Black and blue marks – make a poultice of raw grated potatoes apply to any bruises, leave it in place for at least 1 hour.

Herbs: crushed agrimony roots and leaves may be used. Arnica is a remarkable bruise remedy. Comfrey, used in compresses or as a poultice is an exceptional healing antibruise herb. Mullein oil and yarrow ointment can also be used to heal bruises.

Spice: mustard plaster is an old-fashioned remedy. Mash the leaves and stems from the mustard plant to a pulp. Coat the surface of the skin with lard before the pulp is applied and bind with some gauze and tape. Keep the plaster on for several hours or overnight for best results. Can also be used in treating asthma, bronchitis, pneumonia, sciatica, gout, sprai sores, boils and the common cold.

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Combination

This variety of skin is characterised by dry cheeks and an oily centre panel. The combination skin must be treated as two individual skins. See internal and external treatment as for oily and dry skin.

Sensitive Skin

A tendency to have broken capillaries is sometimes inherited. The veins tend to easily dilate, resulting in congestion under the surface of the skin. The capillaries in the skin become increasingly fragile as you get older, and many women are troubled with broken veins particularly on the nose and cheeks. The more immobile the facial muscles are, the more blood tends to collect instead of flowing through the area efficiently.

What Causes Sensitive Skin?

Over use of cosmetics, soaps and detergents, chlorinated water and excessive use of drugs, alcohol, coffee, cigarettes and spicy food. Avoid saunas, facial steam, hot water, extreme temperature changes, air conditioners and central heating.

Internal Treatment

Increase Vitamin A- carrot, watercress, parsley, spinach, eggs, fish liver-oils, liver, Vitamin B- wholegrains, brewers yeast, wheatgerm, blackstrap molasses. Vitamin C, parsley, oranges, lemon, rosehip, grapefruit, tomatoes, strawberries, potatoes, broccoli, spinach, plus the bioflavonoids, E- wheatgerm, sunflower seeds, nuts, com, soya beans, calcium, potassium, copper, buckwheat and zinc. Add olive oil to diet and increase purified water and herbal teas to daily diet. Add spirulina as a natural vitamin and mineral food supplement.

External Treatment

Use a combination of these foods, herbs and oils in your daily skin care routine.

Foods: Apple cider vinegar, almond meal, bran, cream, honey, kelp, kefir, kombucha, milk, oats, sour cream, spirulina, eggs, yoghurt. Fruit and vegetables: Apricots, bananas, melons, parsley, peach, avocado, carrots, celery, cucumber, lettuce, lemon, potato, spinach. Herbs: Aloe-vera, borage, chamomile, coltsfoot, dandelion, lavender, lemon balm.

Essential oils: Carrot seed, calendula, chamomile, cypress, geranium, parsley, patchouli, lavender, neroli, nialouli, hyssop, rose, rosewood, sandalwood

Infused oils: Borage, calendula, carrot, evening primrose, rose hip. Cold pressed oils: Avocado, almond, apricot, jojoba, peach, macadamia, olive, sesame, wheat germ, olive oil.

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Cleopatra, the Queen of Beauty, was legendary for her use of beauty products which were made from fruits, vegetables, eggs, goats milk, sesame seeds, barley, honey, oils and herbs. She was also well known for bathing in goats milk, which according to legend kept Cleopatra virtually wrinkle free for a very long time. Cleopatra also used sesame oil or olive oil, which remamed on the skin for twenty minutes and was then scraped off with a spatula.

Egyptian Queens were buried with cosmetic chests often containing Bee’s wax and honey.

Around 1,000 BC, in the remains of the Pharaohs tombs, it was discovered that scrubs and body products came into being, clays and sand among the first to be used.

Assyrian men and women tucked waxed perfumed balls into the scalp of their braided hair, the fragrance was then released by their body heat.

The Greek Physician Galen was the first to produce a cold cream from beeswax, olive oil and water.

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