Before Getting to this week's important topic, I have several VERY exciting announcements to make.  Apple-A-Day just won it's SECOND annual Best of Arlington Heights award for MEDICAL, and it's SECOND CONSECUTIVE  Talk of the Town Award.  Additionally,  I have been asked to be an editor for Bio Info Journals. More about these great things later.  Above is the Logo I have designed for my naturopathic skincare products which have arrived TODAY.  If you can wait just a bit longer my line will be in my store. We are waiting on the final label proofs, then photography and in our Beautiful Skin Boutique right here!

As a Naturopath and Acupuncturist I have learned that problems with the skin almost always come from within.When I studied in China the top hospital physicians were always dismayed when skin patients arrived because skin troubles are so difficult to treat. I have learned that this is because the body is so intelligent it is tenacious in keeping illness at a superficial level as long as it can.  Chinese Medicine Practitioners look to the face to see if any organs and systems are in disharmony, as this will show up as blemishes, wrinkles,  rashes and other minor problems. Healthy skin begins first with great nutrition and then with the  healthy circulation of blood. Here is what Chinese medicine says about the world's most common skin difficulties.

• Occasional blemishes: Eating a fair amount of fatty and sweet foods can cause blemishes. Problematic foods reduce the energy in your digestive system, leading to inflammation, acid build-up and stagnation or weak circulation.
•  Along with blemishes, you might have difficulty concentrating and sluggish digestion.
• The answer is to cut down on sweets and fatty foods. In half is best. Certain herbs could help clear up blemishes and small rashes by cleansing the skin and blood at the same time. They include burdock root, yellow dock, dandelion and dried honeysuckle. Chinese remedies are often cooling and detoxifying at the skin level.
• Rashes, Hives: Rashes and itchy skin caused by allergies could be treated with couple of herbal approaches. One good approach is to drink tea made with a handful of honeysuckle flowers and  of dandelion as well. These are detoxifiers, as are two lesser-known Chinese remedies. If you have chronic rashes or hives, try taking four pills of Yinchiao Chieh Tu Pien or Lien Chiao
  Pai Tu Pien. The latter is a good skin cleanser that could treat itchy, reddened skin.
• Wrinkles: You could restore smooth skin, as wrinkles set in when your blood or qi(energy)  is weakened. First you need to eat nutritiously. Second, try any of the following teas, believed to make your skin more brilliant and toned: chicory root, burdock root, red clover flowers, Pau d'arco elderberries, rose hips, nettle, coltsfoot, and comfrey. These can all be beneficial.. To send nutrients straight to your skin, add a few pinches of powdered pearl.
• Aging Skin: Many items can cleanse and rejuvenate your skin because of the ingredients they contain. These are all excellent herbal tonics, according to Chinese medicine: nettle, alfalfa, red clover, comfrey, and gotu kola. I have incorporated all of these into my skincare line, depending upon what is needed to be accomplished.. 

Best of Health!

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Taryn DeCicco, ND, LAc, LDN

Naturopath

Acupuncturist

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