6 Ayurvedic Remedies To Maintaining Youthful Skin

Celebrate just being young! Are you bothered about early signs of aging? Ayurveda anti-aging benefits work on all the early aging symptoms. These may include early graying of hair, dry and wrinkled skin, dark circles below the eyes, flabby skin etc. Blame it on food adulteration, modernized sedentary lifestyles or even environmental impinge. The signs of aging have become obvious and deluding.

# Aloe vera

Fresh juice or extract from this herb could prove to be a boon for your skin. Having the property of blood purification, it is also beneficial in curing many skin ailments like acne, allergic rash, swellings and blemishes. Aloe vera is slimy and mucoid by nature and cold in action. It is bitter in taste and has a pungent aftertaste. Thus,Aloe verais believed to help subside the aggravated heat in the body and at the same time retain moisture in the skin, keeping it soft and supple. Ten to 20 ml of freshly extracted juice may be taken as supplement. Local application of the pulp or juice is also recommended.

# Neem

According to Ayurveda, Neem is light in nature and cold in action. The taste is pungent and astringent, whereas the aftertaste is bitter. Therefore, Neem again proves beneficial in decreasing the aggravated heat in the body system. All the more, it is believed to be a natural antiseptic and a natural skin healer.

# Turmeric

Turmeric is another ayurvedic herb that has for always been associated with anti-aging properties. It acts as a wonderful beauty therapy as well as efficient cosmetic use. Turmeric mixed with flour (besan) and sandalwood powder applied to the skin makes it soft and glowing and helps to remove blemishes. This can be supplemented with a little oil or butter.

# Sandalwood

Sandalwood is believed to be a holder of anti-toxic and rejuvenating properties. This herb proves highly meritorious in curing heat-related skin problems like itching, blemishes, allergies and roughness. So as to do away with the progression of signs of aging, you could apply some sandalwood oil mixed into coconut oil and massage into withering skin texture.

# Rose

Rose is believed to be light, slimy and cold in action. It is also rich in vitamin C and virtuous for the skin. The Rose water can be applied externally to the skin for better results and a fairer complexion. You could also take two teaspoons of Rose syrup mixed in a glassful of water on an empty stomach once or twice a day.

# Amla

There are special properties of rejuvenation and revitalizing of the entire body systems in the fruit of Amla. Amla or Emlica Officinalis is sour in taste, cold and heavy in nature and has a sweet aftertaste. Chemically, the fruit of Amla is full of citric acid. Therefore, it is said to contain the best and the largest amount of vitamin C extracted from the nature. It also contains a good amount of calcium and minerals, like iron and phosphorous, in nominal amounts.

Some other important ingredients are albumin, cellulose, fiber, carbohydrate, sugar and water. Ayurveda believes that the fruit of Aamla helps to reduce all the three body humors viz. Vatta, Pitta and Kapha, or the air, fire and phlegm, which, when aggravated, above their normal limits cause a disease. It is a natural source of wellness and bestows anti-aging virtues.