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Garlic
Garlic has been used successfully for skin disorders, pimples, acne, athletes foot, fungal conditions, scar tissue, boils, wounds and used as an antiseptic. Fresh garlic is used for corns and calluses.
Grapefruit
Is good in neutralising fatty acids on the skin. It is an astringent with a mild bleach and is best for troubled and oily skin.
Grapes
These make a wonderful skin moisturiser and are used as a toner for dry sensitive skin. Apply grape juice around the eyes for crow’s feet and the tiny cracks around the comers of the mouth. Rub juice all over the face and leave on for 20 minutes.
Guava see chapter Guava Flaxseed
Is highly emollient and can be used as a mucilage in cosmetics. To make flaxseed gel, simmer one cup of seeds with three cups of water until thick. Strain and use as a hair gel.
Herbs
The history of herbs is almost as old as the human race and were used by the Egyptians, Greeks and the Romans and most of the early civilisation. For example, fresh basil juice mixed with lemon juice in equal parts is used for skin diseases, pimples, black-spots, acne, and the relief of itching.
Honey
One of nature’s simplest and most abundant remedies. Honey has been used since the days of Ancient Greece and earlier. It is recommended by Hippocrates for its healing properties. One of the oldest beauty treatments honey has always been used for rejuvenating purposes. Honey is an antiseptic and hydrates, cleanses, heals, moisturises nourishes, softens and leaves the skin feeling clear and smooth. Honey can be used on all skin types, dry, mature, oily, acne and sensitive. Honey can also be used to treat bedsores, burns, carbuncles, chapped lips, blemishes, herpes lesions, sores, shingles, ulcers, wounds and for hair lotion.
Honey tends to soften and smooth old wrinkles. Because of the composition of honey it causes the skin tissues to hold moisture. Dry skin cells pump up and wrinkles tend to smooth away.
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