DEHYDRATION SKIN CONDITION!

Dehydration is a condition caused by lack of sufficient moisture in the cellular system and intercellular channels ( within the cell, almost everything that happens inside you happens inside a cell). This is one of the most common skin conditions that most people experience. Dehydration skin is one of the most difficult skin conditions to …

FIRE- CIDER: SUPPORT DIGESTION, BOOST IMMUNE SYSTEM & FIGHT COLD & aid FAT LOSS!

Happy new month lovelies, and Welcome to a new post :)Fire cider has been long touted as a folk remedy for generations, said to combat the flu and even the common cold among other things, including aiding digestion and boosting the immune system. ingredients can vary, as long as they are healthy and natural preferably …

DRY SKIN TYPE

Hello & welcome!This is the last post on Skin types, in the HEALTHY SKIN SERIES, we will be going into skin conditions next. But firstly, where is the Dry skin post. Hope you learn a thing a two.Dry skin develops as a result of under-active sebaceous glands. Dry skin, while hereditary like oily skin, is …

OILY SKIN TYPE​

Hello Lovelies, Happy New Year everyone :)Welcome to the first post of 2019. I am looking forward to what this year has in store, may it bring us nothing but joy and laughter.Oily skin type is a condition that develops due to overactive sebaceous glands. This activity is controlled by the androgen, or masculine and …

SKIN TYPES & SKIN CONDITIONS

Hello Lovelies and welcome to a new read. Skin types and skin conditions is a topic that I always misunderstood in my earlier years. I thought it was all the same, I mean, an unhealthy is an unhealthy skin, right?The key component to healthy skin is the identification of skin types and conditions, this for me is key …

TCM/AYURVEDIC VIEW ON FOOD FLAVORS, SEASONS, ​AND THEIR CORRESPONDING BENEFITS!

Food has flavors for a reason. Once in the body, the six (6) flavors: sweet, sour, salty, pungent ( spicy),bitter and astringent, each have an affinity with a particular organ system. The general rules for the energy of food in Ayurvedic is that: If it grows in the air and sunshine, it is most likely Yang; …

HERBS- TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE

DEFINITION OF HERBS!The botanical definition herb is,  a plant without a woody stem, that bears seeds, and dies back after blooming. The other definition of herb, and the one which in herbalism is any plant or part of a plant that is used in herbalism. Under this definition, herbs include leaves, flowers, buds, stems, roots, …