Natural Herb Acne Treatments That Really Can Work Wonders
By James Achey
In America alone, there are over forty million who suffer with pimples. A good number of these people try to remedy acne using chemicals such as antibiotics, prescription drugs, benzoyl peroxide, and salicylic acid.
But on the other hand, there is a continuously growing population of people who prefer herbal acne medications over traditional treatments. Usually, herbal ointments have far fewer side effects, and aren’t as potentially dangerous as some of the prescription treatments.
The problem however, is that the U.S. does little to regulate the herbal supplement industry. Unlike traditional chemical medications, herbal remedies are not required with any type of mandate to be clinically proven to aid in any way, or even to be safe. An example of this is the ephedra related deaths, and ephedras subsequent ban that happened in the not so distant past.
This minimum results in many different acne products on the market. All of which claim to treat, protect you from, or even cure acne with few, or no, side effects.
The truth of this situation is, there are very few herbal acne treatments that are scientifically proven to work. Traditional chemical remedies are still the most effective in stopping acne.
There are only 2 herbal medicines that have been clinically proven to aid in stopping acne, tea tree oil and green tea cream.
Tea tree oil is a natural oil, derived from the Melaleuca alternifolia, a particular family of tea tree found only in Australia. While it has been used for hundreds of years by the native aboriginals as a treatment for just about anything, it has only recently been accepted by modern medicine as being a viable anti-bacterial agent.
Even though tea tree oil has been suspected as an anti-bacterial agent for some time, A markedly innovative study was initiated in 1990 by I.B. Bassett, which compared tea tree oil to benzoyl peroxide in the treatment of acne. It was found that tea tree oil is comparable to a 5% benzoyl peroxide solution. It takes longer (6 weeks) for the tea tree oil to be as effective, but persons in the research claimed to have none of the side effects associated with benzoyl peroxide, such as redness, skin irritation, or dry skin.
This study has helped tea tree oil become a recognized and legitimate herbal acne medication. However, there is no need to purchase an expensive cream that contains tea tree oil. Just applying several drops of the oil directly on the acne has shown to be the best way to apply tea tree oil.
This was the only herbal acne treatment that had been proven to work until recently, when Dr. Jennifer Gan-Wong conducted research that shows green tea can also effectively fight pimples.
These findings are relatively recent, and are not yet corroborated by additional independent studies. However, this evidence does prove that the natural anti-bacterial characteristics of green tea can be an effective medication for acne.
For those of you who can’t make head or tails of the far too many herbal acne remedies available, there really are only 2 that have been proven to be effective in fighting acne. Green tea cream, and tea tree oil. While many other natural acne remedies may be good to moisturize the skin, or reduce oils, these are the only two that should be considered truly effective acne medications.
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