TREAT PIMPLES ACCORDING TO CAUSES

Hello friends. In last post we had seen how to prevent emotional impact of acne.Here I am going to tell you about acne treatments.But I will repeat my sentence , treat acne because it is a curable disease and not because you are carrying any stigma!!!

The main thing to be kept in mind is though acne or pimples are curable but still the skin which is prone to pimples need to pay a full attention always. Actually eveyone needs to take care of skin always but the kind of oily or pimple prone skin has to look after more carefully. 

Different types of acne are there, like black heads, white heads, pustules, cysts or nodules. Pathogenesis is almost same for all these,in which excessive secretion of sebum clogs pores and hair follicles dead skin cells get trapped in that then bacteria causes inflammation  forming pimple. Differentiation is just according to size and quantity of pimples popping up.The more severe form is called as acne vulgaris which can show all pimples ,pustules, cysts at a time.

Many allopathic medicines are available in market in the form of gels, creams or some to be taken internally. The main drawback of all these is that they can build up resistance. Also some medicines like ISOTRETINOIN may cause drug induced depression. So one should keep medicine changing one after another to get proper results.

Now from here I am going to start AYURVEDIC part of acne and its treatment.In ayurveda it is called as TARUNYA PITIKA OR MUKHDUSHIKA. First let's see who are more susceptible to get pimples .They are as below:-

(A)  TEEN AGE KIDS

(B)  WOMEN AT THE TIME OF MENSTRUATION

(C)  WOMEN DURING PREGNACY

(D) SUFFERERS OF BAD DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

(E)  LACK OF UP TO THE MARK DETOXIFICATION OF BODY BY  ALL THREE EXCRETORY WAYS  THAT ARE URIN,STOOL AND SWEAT

(F)  GENERALISED WAEKNESS AFTER ANY CHRONIC ILLNESS OR AFTER UNUSUAL DIETING

(G)  PEOPLE SURROUNDED WITH SO MUCH ENVIRONMENTAL POLUTION

Now ayurvedic pathogenesis of pimples , OR ACCORDING TO AYURVEDA MUKHADUSHIKA OR TARUNYAPITIKA.

"शाल्मली कंटकप्रख्या: कफमारुतशोणितै :।।

 जायन्ते पिडका युनाम वक्त्रे या मुखदुषिका:।।

Summary of this sanskrit shloka is pitta dosh in body gets disturbed by its quality and quantity then again it gets blocked by kapha dosha and wat dosha then it causes pimples. Some ayurvedic factors which are involved in this pathogenesis are as below.

1) RASADUSHTI
2) RAKTDUSHTI
3) PITTAVRIDDHI AND DUSHTI
4) AGNI MANDYA THAT IS IMPROPER DIGESTION
5) KAPHA AND WAT DOSH VRUDDHI

Now we will co -relate all these factors with susceptibilities of acne as I mentioned them earlier and  simultaneously will tell you its treatment accordingly because line of treatment will change according to its susceptibilities and causes.

(A)TEEN AGE KIDS:-

The very first susceptible patients are of teen age because acne appears first at teenage.At this age many changes are going to take place in body . According to ayurveda childhood is a kaphadosh kala (period) which is characterised by coldness so we found diseases influenced by cold for example cough ,rhinorrea. Old age is characterised by wata dosh kaal (period) which is influenced by dryness and we found diseases like arthritis due to dried up synovial fluid and all . Similarly young age is influenced by pitta dosh kaal (pitta dosh time period) which is influenced by typically heat induced diseases . So according to this theory we found diseases like hyper acidity or acne at this age, because at teen age naturally body heat increases. Increased body metabolic rate at cellular level and also some hormonal changes makes  body heat level increased.

So what can we do to avoid this is to keep body cooling mechanism proper with the help of proper diet.Always eat healthy. Avoid too much oliy, spicy and fast food as these will disturb your pitta dosha.Also drink sufficient water . Remember I said sufficient water and not excessive water. Why not excessive water is a big topic and I will clarify that point in my future posts.But right now just try to drink sufficient amout of water ,how much your body demands.Add food ingredients in your diet which have naturally cooling properties and not artificially frozen ones.Here are some examples for that:-
1)Cucumber
2) Carrots
3) Fresh fruit juices.Make fruit juices with water sugar syrup and not with milk.Never mix fruits and milk together. Why not? This is another big topic and I will try to explain this in my future posts.
4) Milk, ghee are very important and nutritive food ingredients which also regulate body heat .And if taken in proper amount these never cause wait gain but even provides natural glow to your skin.
5)Salads.
6) All seasonal fruits. I repeat that seasonal fruits only . Because nature has created all seasonal fruits very carefully with all essential micronutrients suitable to that season only.
Some ayurvedic dravya (medicines) can be added in this list
1) awala fruits. These are bigger sources of vit c and other antioxidants.These are really helpful to keep your skin healthy . Eat them if available fresh ones but if not then can be taken in different forms like awala candy, awala sugar syrup or better one chavanprash awaleha.Chavanprash awleha should be taken from one assured source only because most of the time In market products chavanprash is devoid of awala or amalaki . Gourd is used instead of awala.
2) musta
3) gokshur
4) ushir
5) chandan
6) dhanyak
All these can be used separately or mixed.Just put them in normal drinking water over night and strain at morning . Then drink this water at day time.It is called HEEM KALPANA in ayurveda.It keeps your body cool naturally and will reduce pimple breakout and hyper acidity too , specially in summer seasons.

(B) PIMPLES APPEARING AT THE TIME OF MENSTRUATION:- 

Menstruating women are second most susceptible group to pimples. The main cause is at the time of ovulation body heat gets increased .This may cause rasa, rakt dhatu dushti and hence pimples .But these are periodic pimples and can subside themselves after menstruation. But if not then all treatments given in teen age pimples may prove useful.And chandraprabha wati one tablet twice a day for fifteen days will also help.

(c):-PIMPLES DURING PREGNACY:-

-These are also periodic ones. But these can appear in severe forms in some ladies. But for this particular kind , I will suggest not to try anything at home without medical supervision.So if you have these kind of acne then better to get medical advice from a trained Ayurvedic practitioner. He or she will definitely ​treat your acne.

(D)SUFFERERS OF BAD DIGESTIVE SYSTEM:-

The main thing which disturb the digestive system is our bad eating and sleeping habits . Remember that erra of our grand parents and even parents. They hardly use alarm clocks to wake up or sleep .Because nature had been already set a clock in our body.Wake up at early morning , do all works at morning time and nights are to take a sleep. If you will take healthy breakfast, sufficient lunch and light dinner then you can sleep at right time and then after completing sufficient sleep your brain will wake up early at morning with offourse a very fresh mood.This is a natural body clock. And according to this clock our body secretions also get regulated by brain.  But we always make it disturbed. Because of changed professional life specially ,it is almost impossible to manage body clock. We sleep at late and wake up too late.And make our digestive system abnormal. The morning breakfast time is best time to digest anything you want to eat . Because after a overnight fast and early morning bowel urges ,stomach becomes​ so clean to release digestive enzymes. These enzymes demand even healthy or might be heavy food. But at this precious time we remain sleeping and because that enzymes don't get anything to digest they start burning your stomach wall resulting in HYPERACIDITY.  Upto the time when we wake up and try to take breakfast ,body clock stops all secretions and we get indigestion. Thus we make rasa dushti, rakt dushti, pitta dushti, agnimandya......providing all causes to make pimple breakout.Also we eat so much oily ,spicy to make disaster in our gut . Again all these reduces intestinal capacity to absorb nutritional facters.Thus first we are not taking nutriative food and then whatever we are eating is not getting absorbed by gut.This makes our skin undernourished, thin and fragile. Several scientific research confirmed that change in baseline nutritional status affects skin condition. So this unhealthy skin becomes pale and acne prone.To avoid all these things try to teach discipline to your body. Sleep at fixed time ;wake up at early morning; take healthy food at proper time and in proper quantity. Take a sufficient sleep. If you have to do night jobs then compensate your sleep at day time .At least 6-7hours sleep is must to make your body fresh and healthy. And most important is never skip your breakfast. Because breakfast is base of your whole day activities and guys base should be very strong we all know that. If still one gets digestive problems and pimples then few ayurvedic medicines for them are as below.. ...

1) SHANKH BHASM:-take 120miligram shankh bhasm mixed with honey at morning before meal.

.(2)Hingwashtak churn :-One teaspoon with lukewarm water after lunch.Both of these for ten days.

(3)SUTSHEKHAR WATI AND KAMDUDHA WATI:-If you have hyper acidity with so much belching and feeling stomach fullness all the time. Then take sutshekhar wati twice daily and kamdudha wati for ten days .

(E) LACK OF UP TO THE MARK DETOXIFICATION OF BODY BY ALL THREE EXCRETORY WAYS THAT ARE URIN ,STOOL AND SWEAT:-

Excretion from body means removal of all excessive , unnecessary and  harmful byproduct of body from different excretory ways.Three excretory ways are there namely URIN, STOOL AND SWEAT.

Stool is very much affecting criteria for skin conditions. Many times people having constipation suffer with acne.Eat vegetables ,fruits directly with fibres contents in them; instead of drinking fruit juices​ and vegetable juices​ only.Take a glass of cow milk mixed with one tsp ghee at night time to avoid constipation. Medicines like triphala churn at night time may be helpful.
Urin and stool are  byproducts which  get separated in large intestine into liquid and solid forms.Ayurveda says that cled that is  substances like urea, creatinine are get removed by urin.If it is not proper then cled increases in body leading to kapha dushti, pittadushti.To remove all toxins from urin take sufficient water and also heem kalpana I mentioned earlier is helpful. Sweat is also very important to remove impurities from cellular level and to regulate body heat.Oxidation process  non stop produces byproducts called free radicals in body. These free radicals are main factors in aging process.Ayurveda says "SWEDASTU CLED VIDHRUTI."That means to remove all cellular level cled or impurities or free radicals is the function of swed or sweat. Actually we all hate sweating hence try to avoid it by blocking it with talcum powder or deodorants. Also sitting always in A C rooms to stop sweating. By this we block our body's natural purification system. Though it is awkward to sweat all the time but we can do proper and sufficient exercises on daily basis for draining out sweat and thus cled or free radicals too . Walking ,cycling is also helpful.Add some deep breathing exercises to this like pranayam or kapalbhati will enhance your body glow by increasing oxigen level in blood.But all what exercise needs is proper training and consistency. You can not note a difference within a week or two; but if it becomes a part of your lifestyle then definitely will get a glowing healthy skin devoid of acne.
Also some detoxification treatments are given in ayurveda which are called as PANCHKARMA.Panchkarma literally means five processes to remove impurities from your body . Following are these five processes. ...

1) WAMAN-PURIFICATION BY INDUCED EMESIS

2) VIRACHAN-PURGATION

3) NASYA-USING MEDICATED NASAL DROPS

4) BASTI-MEDICATED ENEMA

5)RAKTMOKSHAN-BLOOD DRANING FOR PURIFICATION

All these are helpful in pimple treatment but this can be done only by professional ayurvedic practitioners. So consult with trained ayurvedic practitioner and detoxify body at least once in year.

Some oral medicines like mahamanjishthadi kadha or guduchi satwa can also be taken to purify blood.

(F) GENERALISED WEAKNESS AFTER CHRONIC ILLNESS OR UNUSUAL DIETING:-

After any prolong illness body becomes weak which leads to weaken​ skin.After all skin is a biggest organ of our body. Also sometimes over dieting makes body undernourished. Many people specially women are fonds of slim figure.The fact is slim is not beauty but healthy ,toned body looks more beautiful.But people follow unnecessary fasting and not dieting which leads to general body weakness which again causes rasa dushti and agnimandya.For this BRUHAN CHIKITSA  is really helpful. Take shatawari kalp two tsp with milk .Add one tsp ghee in that.Also if anaemia and pallor is there then punarnava mandur wati one tablet twice a day for one month. Eat healthy, Keep protein diet in your meal ;protein repairs cellular damage more rapidly .Amrutprash ghrut is one more best option to reduce weakness.

(G) PEOPLE SURROUNDED WITH SO MUCH INVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION:-

Pollution makes skin dry and dull.To compensate this dryness body secretes​  so much sebum or cled which makes skin very oily and clogs pores.This leads to severe acne . prevention is the only treatment for this . cover face whenever go outside. Wash face with soap or wheat flour at least three to four times a day . Apply any water based, non greasy, non comodogenic cream on face just after washing face.Cream is not to make you fair or remove acne but just to cover pores which got opened after washing.If cream is not applied  to cover these opened pores then dirt particles  enteres  them and  causes pimples. I will post more about daily skin care schedule in my next "do's and don't for acne" section.You can read and follow them.

So these all are first line of treatments only.And  if it is not working on you then believe me guys we can do a lot to get ride of pimples other than above with the help of ayurveda only. But all that requires personally check up of patients and needs medical supervision to take treatment. Also all  medications I had mentioned above are though ayurvedic but are medicines offcourse, so before taking them do consult with any graduate, well trained ayurvedic doctor only,so that there will not be the chance of any failure or even any unexpected bad effect too.

Now I will add some external applications or Face packs to this ,which will enhance the skin treatment more effectively.

1) If you have sensitive, dry ,thin skin with pimples; then take coarsely grinded whole wheat flour  and yashtimadhu churn mixed in honey to make a paste. Apply it on previously washed face.  Massage in circular movements for two minutes then  let it dry . After drying wash it with cold water. And apply any water base daily care cream to cover opened pores.

2)If you have very oily skin with pimples then take coarsely grinded whole wheat flour one tsp, raktchandan powder one tsp and vacha churn half tsp.Mix this combination with rosewater and do the same as above. Two minutes massage and wash with cold water after drying and then apply cream.

3) If you have combination to oily skin with pimples then take coarsely grinded whole wheat flour and raktchandan Powder, mix them with cold milk and do the same.

All these packs should be applied at least twice a week. The preferable time for this is night time. Always wash face with water before applying packs.I advised whole wheat flour in all three packs because it is very gentle and effective on skin.But it should be little bit coarsely grinded so that to work as gentle scrub .This will remove dead cells from your skin.

Also one more application one can use at daily night to remove pimples very effectively is TEA TREE OIL.This is an essential oil from aroma therapy which works very good on pimples. But remember it is strictly contraindicated in pregnancy. To use this ,take one part of tea tree oil ,mix it with four parts of sterile water and keep this in a sterilised bottle. Apply this solution every night on face with cotton swab.

So this is all about external and internal treatments for pimples. You can ask me if any query is there and I will try to solve it definitely.