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<em>Marguerite Dunne is a city girl</em>
<em>and traveler. Visit her website at</em>
<a href=”http://www.herbs-on-hudson.com/” target=”_blank”>www.herbs-on-hudson.com</a>
<em> or listen to her radio show, The Urban Herbalist, on</em>
<a href=”http://www.wtbq.com/” target=”_blank”>www.wtbq.com</a>
<em>. Marguerite was also the third place winner in</em> The Herb Companion’s <em>essay contest, “<a href=”https://www.motherearthliving.com/essay-contest-landing-page.aspx”>Looking Forward to Herbs</a>.”</em>
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<p>It’s officially summertime. The fish are jumping, the catnip is high, the birds and the bees are busy gathering, the plants are busy growing and some herbalists are busy brewing up herbal recipes for skincare lotions and creams. But what about taking care of your skin from the inside?<br />
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In <a href=”http://www.earthsongherbals.com/book.html” target=”_blank”>
<em>The Practicing Herbalist</em>
</a>, master herbalist Margi Flint does an outstanding job of explaining <a href=”http://www.dhyansanjivani.org/chin_face_read.asp” target=”_blank”>Chinese Facial Analysis</a>, illustrating how the laugh lines around your mouth and the lines across your forehead are reflections of a backed-up colon. Other lines are also connected to toxic body sites.</p>
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<p>Here are a couple of my favorite herbs that work from the inside to help your skin shine on the outside. </p>
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<strong>• Burdock </strong>(<em>Arctium lappa</em>).<strong>
</strong>My favorite blood cleanser, with an affinity for the epidermis. So good, it helps with psoriasis and poison ivy. <br />
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<strong>• Red clover</strong> (<em>Trifolium pratense</em>). An antibacterial agent. It’s been effective with many skin disorders including athlete’s foot. It also helps with cough, colds and burns. <br />
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<strong>• Buckthorn</strong> (<em>Rhamnus cathartica</em>). A safe and effective laxative; also useful for clearing impurities out of the blood.<br />
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<strong>• Boldo</strong> (<em>Peumus boldus).</em> A gentle remedy for the liver, gallbladder and digestion. <br />
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Helping to clean the digestive system and liver will assist clearing the body of toxins so that epidermis eruptions, pimples, and rashes don’t have a chance collecting and dispersing on the skin. <br />
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Summertime Skin: Shine from the Inside Out
Reader Contribution by Staff
|Published on July 14, 2009 Tagged with: Reader Contributions
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