We continue to get acquainted with plants that help our skin to remain healthy, beautiful and young, and today on the agenda — wild species available to almost all our summer residents.
Plants-cosmetics and women-a strong Union for thousands of years and, despite the abundance of factory skin care products, it is unlikely that anything will change in the future.
The use of plants in home cosmetology is especially important for those who have problem skin prone to allergic reactions. But enough preamble: we’d like to recommend 7 most useful herbs. Traditionally, beautiful ladies of different ages accompany the presentation of plants.
Centaurea cyanus
The height is 20-80 cm, width of 15 cm, with lanceolate leaves up to 15 cm, and blue inflorescences-baskets diameter 2.5-4 cm, this cornflower is a decorative varietal mix and groups.
Raw materials for home cosmetology
Blue edge funnel-shaped flowers baskets.
The timing and technology of harvesting the raw materials
Period of mass flowering. At harvest, cut off flowering baskets: raw material is sorted, removing the receptacle, a wrap and a portion of the inner tubular flowers. Blue flowers are laid out in a thin layer on paper in a well-ventilated area (not in the light) or dried in dryers at +40…+50°C.
Application in cosmetology
If we include Centaurea cyanus in fees or apply it separately, then put a pinch of 200 ml of water.
Decoction for eye washing with conjunctivitis
- Dry flowers Centaurea cyanus (1 tsp) and Euphrásia (1 tsp) pour 200 ml of water.
- Simmer, covered with a lid, for 2-3 minutes.
- Cool, filter.
- The broth is ready to use.
A decoction of cornflower for enlarged pores
- Cornflower flowers (1-2 large pinches) pour 0.5 liters of water
- Boil on low heat for 10 min.
- Cool, filter.
You can make lotions with an old mask, soaked in broth and superimposed on the face for 20-30 minutes.
Gentiana cruciata
Height she 8-45 cm, with a basal rosette of simple and sessile leaves on the stem with a length of 3-8 cm, blue bell-shaped flowers with a length of 2-2,5 see
Raw materials for home cosmetology
Rhizomes with roots.
The timing and technology of harvesting the raw materials
Harvested in autumn, in September. The excavated roots are washed in cold water, cut along into pieces 20-30 cm long, dried first in air (in the shade), and then in dryers, at +50°C.
Application in cosmetology
The decoction is used for psoriasis, itchy dermatoses.
- Take 1 teaspoon of crushed rhizome Gentiana cruciata, pour 300 ml of boiling water, put on a water bath for 30 minutes.
- Then remove, insist 1 hour, filter.
Melilotus officinalis
This is a two-year-old 30-90 cm tall with trifoliate leaves and bright yellow moth flowers collected in the brush.
Raw materials for home cosmetology
Flowers and grass (leafy tops of shoots).
The timing and technology of harvesting the raw materials
Flowering period. The collection is carried out in the morning of a dry Sunny day. Dry the raw material, spreading it a layer of 5-7 cm on paper under a canopy, then remove the rough stems.
Application in cosmetology
Use in the form of compresses (steamed raw materials), ointments (1 part of the condensed infusion of the herb Melilotus officinalis and 4 parts vaseline) for the removal of worms, abscesses.
Potentilla erecta
It is a perennial 10-30 cm tall with trifoliate leaves and bright yellow flowers.
Raw materials for home cosmetology
Rhizome and roots.
The timing and technology of harvesting the raw materials
Collect early in the spring (at the beginning of regrowth of leaves), but it is better — in September — the beginning of October when the aboveground part dies off. Rhizomes and roots are cleaned from the ground, washed under cold water, cut into pieces. Dried under a canopy or in dryers at + 50…+60°C, laying out a thin layer.
Application in cosmetology
Ointment is effective for healing cracks on the lips, hands, feet; can be used as a night cream for very dry skin.
Cream for dry skin
- Crushed roots Potentilla erecta (5 g), mixed with butter (100 g), put in a water bath for 5 minutes.
- Filtered, poured into bottles made of dark glass.
- Store in the fridge.
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
This creeping evergreen shrub height 30-120 cm with small leathery leaves and small pitcher pink flowers.
Raw materials for home cosmetology
Foliage.
The timing and technology of harvesting the raw materials
Two favorable periods: before or at the beginning of flowering and in the fall, after ripening, tearing the leaves together with branches. Dried in the shade under the eaves or in the dryer at 60+…+90°C; the leaves are then separated.
Application in cosmetology
Decoctions and infusions are struggling with pigmentation and aging of the skin, applying moistened cotton pads for 20-30 minutes.
Infusion: 10 g of raw material pour 200 ml of boiling water, insist 1 hour, filter.
Broth: 10 g of leaves pour 200 ml of water, heat on low heat for 5-7 minutes, insist 30 minutes, strain.
Compresses of broth or infusion is used for various diathesis, purulent wounds.
Matricaria recutita syn. Chamomilla recutita
This is an annual plant up to 60 cm high with complex openwork leaves and white small inflorescences-baskets 2-2.5 cm in diameter. Conical receptacle inside the hollow (a characteristic feature of this species).
Raw materials for home cosmetology
Inflorescences and grass.
The timing and technology of harvesting the raw materials
Harvested at the beginning of flowering. Dried in dryers at a temperature no higher than + 40°C or under canopies, a layer of 3-4 cm.
Application in cosmetology
When inflammation of the eyes, they are washed with chamomile infusion in the morning and evening. From infusion make lotions for problem skin with youthful acne, itchy skin inflammation, allergic manifestations. Well add in the chamomile steam baths for the face.
Infusion
- Raw Matricaria recutita (1 tablespoon) pour 200 ml of boiling water.
- Insist 15-20 minutes, filter.
Mask of Matricaria recutita
- Inflorescences (3 tbsp) pour 200 ml of boiling water, cover, leave for some time.
- Give a little cool and put on a 2-layer gauze mask on the face (you can use a mask on a non-woven basis).
- Hold 10-15 minutes, wash off, apply the cream.
This mask smoothes wrinkles and gives the skin a natural color.
Cichorium intybus
Perennial or biennial herbaceous plant with a height of 70-150 cm with a basal rosette and stem leaves similar to the leaves of sow-Thistle; inflorescence-baskets of blue, with a diameter of 3-4 cm.
Raw materials for home cosmetology
The roots, at least — the above-ground part.
The timing and technology of harvesting the raw materials
The roots are harvested in autumn, after the end of the growing season (September — October); grass — during flowering. The roots are dug, washed, cut into segments 3-4 cm long, dried in dryers at a temperature of + 60…+70°C.
Application in cosmetology
Infusions and decoctions in the form of lotions for pustular skin lesions:
- infusion № 1: 20 g herbs pour 500 ml of boiling water, insist.
- infusion № 2: 1 art. spoon crushed rhizomes and above-ground part pour 200 ml of boiling water, put in a water bath for 5 minutes, then insist 2 hours, filter and use 2-3 times a day.
And what plants-wild plants do you use in home cosmetology? Share the secrets of their use.
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