Topical treatments

American beautyberries (callicarpa americana) for acne.
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American Beautyberry: An Acne Cure Right On Your Doorstep?

Over the last week, we’ve covered two acne plants which received acne studies for the very first time recently. Both are remedies which have potential, but were completely unheard of beforehand. The cedar tree (ziziphus spina-christi) had an excellent study directly on acne, while water spinach was weaker but looked decent for suppressing acne bacteria. […]

Cedar tree (Christ's thorn jujube) for acne.
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Cedar, A Biblical Acne Tree From The Desert

Yesterday, we discussed a new acne study on water spinach, a green vegetable growing in damp and misty swamps in places like Sri Lanka. It sounded fantastic on the surface, slaying p.acnes bacteria, and it was undoubtedly decent. However, among the flood of recent studies testing obscure acne remedies from all corners of the globe,

Essential oils - crazy marketing and myths.
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The Crazy Claims Surrounding Essential Oils

When you hear the words “essential oil”, what image instantly springs to mind? Is it a lilac coloured vial of liquid which can refresh and energise your mind with a single sniff? Is it a useful topical treatment which you have to carefully mix in with some grapeseed oil to possibly reduce acne? Or is

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