Foods For Healthy Skin

The following foods have been traditionally used to treat skin. These foods will cure major skin problems.

Foods For Blemishes

Eating beetroot, bitter gourd, pumpkin and tomato can clear off blemishes.

Foods For Glowing Complexion

Eating apples, guava, pears and peaches, with their skin, gives a glowing complexion.

1. Almond Oil
   Almond oil is good for dryness of the skin and for removing scars of old pimples. Ground the outer cover of 3-5 almonds in with water and apply over the face daily.
2. Apples
   Apply or drink juice of pineapple for body and facial pains.
   Apply juice of green apples for fine wrinkles, cracked skin, itching and inflammations.
3. Apricots
   Apply fresh juice of apricots on face good for sunburn, itching, and eczema.
4. Bengal Gram Flour
   Apply a paste of Bengal Gram flour with yogurt for the treatment of pimples and other skin allergies.
   Apply green gram flour mixed in water or glycerine for improving complexion.
5. Cucumber
   Apply cucumber juice or grated cucumber or cucumber juice mixed with juices of carrot, lettuce or alfalfa over the face for skin eruptions.
6. Drumsticks
   Apply a paste of ground drumstick pods and leaves with fresh lime juice for the treatment of pimples, black spots and blackheads.
7. Fenugreek
   Apply a paste of fresh fenugreek leaves in water over the face every night and washed with warm water in the morning for preventing pimples, blackheads, dryness, and wrinkles.
   Apply a decoction on the face, made by boiling 1 tsp fenugreek seeds in 1 liter water for a few of minutes for preventing pimples, blackheads, dryness, and wrinkles.
8. Garlic
   Rub raw garlic on the face for persistent pimples. The pimples will disappear without scars with repeated applications.
   Mix 3-4 raw, skinned garlic, finely cut garlic with puffed rice, and swallow with water to clear skin infections quickly.
9. Groundnut Oil
   Mix 1 tsp groundnut oil with 1 tsp fresh lime juice to prevent formation of blackheads and pimples .
10. Honey
    Apply honey (1 tsp) mixed with water for all skin blemishes. This will turn your skin glowing.
    Apply honey mixed with milk, yogurt, and ground sesame seeds in equal proportions for fair complexion and lovely skin.
11. Lime Juice
    Apply fresh lime juice mixed to a glass of boiled milk as a face wash for pimples blackheads, and cracked skin.
12. Mangoes
    Boil mango leaves and skin in water and apply for skin infection.
13. Mint
    Apply fresh mint juice over the face every night for the treatment of pimples, insect stings, eczema, scabies, & other skin infections.
14. Neem Leaves
    Swallow 10 fresh ground neem leaves with water to clear the skin.
    Chew fresh neem leaves and then swallow with water to remove bad odor from the mouth.
15. Orange
    Apply a paste of ground orange peel (dried) with water for acne/pimples.
16. Papaya or Paw Paw
    Apply and drink the juice of raw papaya including the skin and seed for treatment of swelling pimples, acne, or any abnormal growth of the skin. It also removes whiteheads, boils, and spots.
    Rub raw or ripe papaya on your face to get a smooth and glowing skin.
17. Pineapples
    Apply or drink juice of pineapple for body and facial pains.
    For removing fine wrinkles, rub the core of pineapple for a few minutes and leave for 15 minutes
    Apply juice of pineapples for fine wrinkles, cracked skin, itching and inflammations.
18. Pomegranate
    Make a paste of roasted & powdered pomegranate skin with fresh lime juice and apply over boils, pimple, blackheads and whiteheads.
19. Potatoes
    Apply grated potatoes as poultice to treat skin blemishes, wrinkles, boils, pimples, blackheads, whiteheads , etc.
20. Radish
    Make a paste of ground radish seeds with water and apply on face to remove blackheads.
    Apply grated white radish or its juice for fairer complexion.
21. Rice
    Apply a paste of rice powder with water as a poultice for soothing bleeding pimples and skin inflammations.
22. Sesame Seeds
    Apply a paste of ground sesame seeds with water as poultice for inflammation of the skin due to allergies, skin rashes, and pimples.
23. Tomatoes
    Apply red tomatoes pulp on your face for treatment of pimples for 1 hour, then wash thoroughly.
24. Turmeric
    Apply a paste of turmeric powder with pineapple juice for dark circles under the eyes.
    Apply a paste of turmeric powder with gram flour or whole wheat flour for minor skin blemishes.
    Apply a paste of turmeric powder with sugarcane juice to remove wrinkles and to prevent skin ageing.
25. Wheat Flour
    Apply a paste of whole wheat flour with vinegar to remove dark spots.
26. Yogurt
    Apply a paste of yogurt with wheat flour as a cleanser.