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Chinese Herbs for Acne

HERBS FOR ACNE,
Chinese Herbs for Acne and
some inflamatory skin diseases


Causes of Acne According to TCM

Herbs for Acne

 Treating Acne with Foods

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HERBS FOR ACNE

Acne is best treated by experienced Chinese herbologists. For those who are unable to find a practitioner, find one here

The following formulas are balanced to clear both heat and damp, and can be helpful in most cases. It is best taken for periods of 3 weeks or longer. The herbs work best when heat from dietary sources is minimized.

 

Herbal Medicine for Acne
Dr Shen's Complexion Pills
Herbal Medicine for Acne

Made with the highest  quality whole herbs

Job's Tears Seeds - Yi Yi Ren
Poria Mushroom - Fu Ling
Phellodendrin Bark - Huang Bai
Tree Peony Root Bark - Mu Dan Pi
Red Peony Root - Chi Shao
Goldenthread Root - Huang Lian
Chinese Licorice Root - Gan Cao
Pearl - Zhen Zhu

150 - 700 mg tablets

3.75 ounces


Daily dose for the average person is 3 tablets, 2-3 times a day.

Regular Price $29.95

Now On Sale $24.95


 

 

acne medicine

Shen Clinic
Anti-Acne Capsules

Made with concentated herbal granules.

Job's Tears Seeds - Yi Yi Ren
Poria Mushroom - Fu Ling
Phellodendrin Bark - Huang Bai
Tree Peony Root Bark - Mu Dan Pi
Red Peony Root - Chi Shao
Goldenthread Root - Huang Lian
Chinese Licorice Root - Gan Cao

100 - 500mg capsules

1.78 ounces

Daily dose for the average person is 3 capsules, 2-3 times a day.

100 Capsules, 500 mgs ea. $18.95


 
*In cases of blood deficient acne, Women's Precious Pills (a 'Blood Tonic'), used with Heat Clearing herbs to clear the acne . Another source of these heat clearing herbs can be found in Margarite Acne Pills. 

Other formulas used to clear heat from the skin include: Lien Chiao Bai Du Pien, Xiao Feng Wan, and Yin Chiao Cheh Tu Pien (most commonly used for colds and flu)


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Finding the Causes

Acne and other inflamatory skin diseases are symptoms of internal heat and damp. Curing these conditions requires clearing excess heat and draining dampness. Modern day products such as Pro-Active, Phi So Hex, and Clearasil, do not address this problem.

Heat
Heat sets matters in motion and triggers activity. Heat shows as inflamation, hyperactivity, or over- stimulation. Heat can come from irritating chemicals, foreign organisms, or by the constrained flow of qi (energy).

Hormonal activity causes and is stimulated by heat. An overly stimulating diet can cause excess heat; so can a hyperactive mind or life style.

Our skin can reflect heat as rashes, pimples, infections, redness, and other skin inflammations.   Sometimes the "heat" is caused by normal body wastes which are transported in the blood.  When the blood is deficient, swellings can appear on the skin and will be diagnosed as acne or other inflamatory skin disease.

Dampness
Dampness
indicates excessive water in the body's tissues. Microrganisms such as bacteria, fungus, virus, etc. thrive in excessively damp body environments.

Excess damp can be seen as, swellings, cysts, pimples, pus, and fluid discharges.

Dampness is often caused by water accumulation due to the body's inability to cook off the water (spleen yang deficiency).

Living in damp environments can also penetrate the body causing internal dampness.



Common sources of heat in the body:
1. Overconsumption of stimulating foods
2. Hormonal activity
3. Exertion or physical activity
*4. Blood insufficient to clean toxins
5. Agitated thoughts
6. Atmospheric heat (hot weather)
7. Constraint of qi

Common sources of damp in the body:

1. Weak digestion causes water to accumulate
2. Excessive oily, fatty,
cold or raw foods
3. Irregular eating habits

4. Insufficient sweating
5. Overly damp environment
6.
Insufficient heat fails to dry dampness

 

 

Information on this site is provided for educational purposes and is not meant to substitute for the advice of your own physician or other medical professional.  Shen Herb Inc.makes no claims as to efficacy or safety of products appearing on this site. Information and statements regarding dietary supplements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

 

FOODS as MEDICINE

Dietary imbalances or extremes will negatively effect the organs and the qi. An excessively stimulating diet, for example, will stimulate body processes, triggering infinite variations of inflamation, fever, hyperactivity, or hormonal abnormalities.

Such patterns appear as fevers, sweats, insomnia, hyperthyroid, inflamatory skin conditions, etc,. These conditions will be worsened by over-consumption of foods considered "hot", stimulating, or yang in nature. Overstimulated people may benefit from foods that are considered "cool", "calming", or "yin".

Conversely, those who have cold, or "yang deficient" conditions such as low blood pressure, hypersomnia, sciatica, hypothyroid, Hashimoto's complex, etc., may do better with a more stimulating (yang) diet.

Keep in mind, when altering your diet, that moderation rules. Changes are most sustainable when they are introduced gradually.

STIMULATING (Yang)

NEUTRAL

CALMING (yin)

Apricots*
Artichoke
Basil
Beef*
Black tea
Butter
Butterfish
Carp*
Cayenne
Celery*
Cherries
Chestnuts
Chicken
Chili
Cinnamon
Chives
Coconut
Coconut milk
Cod
Coffee
Coriander
Dates
Egg, yolk
Fennel
Garlic
Ginger
Goose*
Grapes*
Green onion
Ham
Lamb
Malt
Mussels
Mustard
Mustard Greens
Nectarine
Oats
Olives
Onions
Oolong tea
Parsley
Peach
Pepper
Pinapple*
Pine nut
Plums*
Safflower
Shrimp
Soy oil
Sugar, brown
Sweet potato
Turkey
Turmeric
Vinegar
Walnuts
Wine

 

* Classified in some texts as stimulating and in others as neutral


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Almonds
Apples**
Art i c ho k e,
Jerusalem
Art i c ho k e
Beans, Kidney**
Bean sprouts
Beets
Black mushrooms
Blueberries
Cabbage
Carrots
Catfish
Cauliflower
Carob
Cheese
Clams**
Coconut Oil
Corn
Currant
Eel
Figs
Guava
Grits
Honey
Huckleberries
Mackrel
Maple Syrup
Milk
Nutmeg
Okra
Olive Oil
Papaya
Peanuts
Pecans
Perch
Pinto Beans
Pork
Potatoes
Pumpkin Seeds
Quail
Raisin*
Rice
Sardines
Sesame seeds
Shark
Shitake Mushroom
Sugar, white
Strawberries
String bean
Sturgeon
Tapioca
Taro
Turnip
Vanilla
Whitefish
Winter squash
Yam
Yogurt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Abalone
Agar
Banana
Barley
Beer
Beans**
Beancurd**
Bran
Buckwheat
Cottage cheese
Crab
Cucumber
Duck**
Eggplant
Egg, white
Frog's Legs
Gluten
Kelp
Lettuce
Lotus Root
Malt
Mango
Marrow
Melon
Millet
Mulberries
Mung Beans
Mushrooms
Octopus
Oysters
Pears
Peas
Persimmons
Pumpkin
Rabbit
Rock salt
Rhubarb
Seaweed
Sesame oil**
Snails
Spirulina
Sugar, cane
Summer squash
Sunflower seeds
Tangerine
Tea, green
Tofu
Tomato
Water Chestnut
Watercress
Watermelon
Wheat
Wheatberries
Wheat germ
White fungus

 

* *Classified in some texts as calming and in others as neutral


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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