DIY home remedies for easy glowing skin

now there's one symptom that people come in asking for more help with even sometimes when they have more serious health issues going on and that one symptom or part of the body is they're looking for help with their hair and their skin now you might not know it but for thousands of years there have been highly specialized formulas developed for people who have issues with their hair and their skin now in this video we're going to share what the link is between the two of those things as well as some of the things that you can do right now at home or with traditional Chinese medicine hey guys I'm Dr Alex Hine board life doctor of acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine and author of the health book master of the day so let's jump in now what is the link between nice skin and nice hair you know I'll never forget this story of a particular patient I was treating and she had what was called treatment resistant depression meaning that she was taking three medications over the course of 10 or 20 years and those three medications were just enough to get her out of bed as I treated her over the course of 6 months or 12 months or a year eventually we got her off every single one of those medications and the only real symptom she had left was fatigue but she came in one day to the clinic and she said Dr Alex I don't know what you gave me but besides my mood my skin is like butter my hair is starting to come back and at first I sort of didn't think much about it but when I looked at the formula I had given her sure enough it had lots of the traditional herbs used for moisturizing skin and then also with hair follicle growth now we say in traditional Chinese medicine that the skin the hair and the nails are the function of the blood so let's talk about about some of the famous herbs and formulas used for treating hormones and some of the herbs that really lubricate that your hair and your skin and stimulate the hair follicles to keep growing even some that have been rumored to be able to turn your hair black again before we do I want to let you know I'm doing a live Workshop in a couple of weeks all about the five daily practices from traditional Chinese medicine to functionally reset your nervous system and adrenals so many of us come in and we're having problems like anxiety or depression or digestive problems or sleep problems and we don't know it's from a disregulated nervous system you treat the nervous system and the symptoms will go away one of the most common patterns that I see on a day-to-day basis in my practice in Los Angeles if you guys want it's the first link right below this video to sign up space is limited because I pay for a workshop software that is limiting the number of people that can come come take advantage of the live Q&A ask me anything you guys want I will stay as long as you guys have your questions answered it's going to be really fun so sign up it's the first link right below this video so let's talk about some of the famous herbs from traditional Chinese medicine and even a famous formula that is used for example skin and hair and then we'll jump into some of these home remedies that are maybe not so traditional Chinese medicine but ones that you can actually use on a day-to-day basis so the first and probably most famous herb is called hush wo now hush wo has been used for thousands of years to promote hair follicle growth basically stimulated hosho wo is famous for the rumor being able to turn your hair black again now now what's interesting is that when you look at the research what hush Wu really does is it promotes hair growth and it can actually slow hair loss so there's interesting research I've shared in other videos if you're losing hair prematurely or your hair is thinning make sure you check that other video out because we go deep into the herbs used specifically for hair now another one is called shung diang ramania is amazing for enhancing skin hydration and elasticity the woman I was treating for treatment resistant Depression had a very high dose of this herb called Shang diang she was taking in her formula that is the main herb that made her skin feel soft as butter now deang can be really really hard in the GI so you never want to take any of these herbs just alone you want to take them as part of a formula from a licensed practitioner a third herb is called dangu really famous herb used to regulate menstrual issues hormonal issues that kind of thing very effective because of the antioxidants in it and it can reduce oxidative stress so dangu is an herb that sometimes is said to regulate or strengthen the liver blood but it is a very very commonly used Herb in gynecological formulas now a final herb is called bow which is PE bow people say builds the liver blood so for example women who have thinning hair brittle hair dry skin brittle nails we often say have liver blood deficiency this is a very sort of textbook diagnosis but high doses of bow are very effective for moisturizing the skin it helps your skin retain moisture and also it's related to its ability to synthesize collagen these moisturizing herbs are very commonly used in like longevity formulas now there's also one famous formula primarily good for your skin as well as great for your hair this formula is called chandan which is called The Seven Treasure pill for beautiful whiskers and what's interesting is that this formula is very neat and that the highest dose if you can guess is hushu the very first herb that I shared with you this is like a 4 500y old formula and back then they already saw that this plant was special it's good for the skin and it's very very good for the hair in particular now one thing I promised was some DIY home remedies you can have for your skin so let's wrap this up by sharing four home remedies you can keep in your pantry that are good for different kinds of skin conditions now number one is aloe vera and primarily the way I recommend using aloe vera is for sunburns the reason for that is that it has anti-inflammatory and hydrating properties you could of course buy aloe vera gel but I thought it was neat when people had plants and they just have them in their kitchen if they get like burned they'll just put it right on the skin just like that so aloe vera is a good one to keep at home another one is coconut oil coconut oil is very moisturizing can also be good for dry skin also it's antimicrobial so I've actually seen some people who get chronic rashes tell me that they've just applied a little bit of coconut oil and the antibacterial nature of that alone was enough to stop this chronic rash the third is honey now honey is often used in a lot of face masks that women do that are more like natural in nature and honey is very very antibac material also can be very moisturizing so for some kinds of acne and some kinds of skin problems people often use them in their mask so sometimes we'll mix in Honey with oatmeal for example so in that way it can be very antibacterial and moisturizing and the fourth you probably already have it is oatmeal so oatmeal in particular is good for itching and irritation and what I've seen is that sometimes people will put oatmeal in like a bath if kids have really severe eczema or really severe skin problems while oatmeal can be used for a face mask as well I've seen it quite a lot in these kinds of dermatitis or eczema probably the most common so that's what I have you today guys on glowing skin hair and nails one of the most common questions that I get even when people typically women come in with more serious health issues that are acute I get it we all want to look good and we want to feel good so that is sort of like an East West Point of View as well as a couple home remedies don't forget if you want to book a visit with me 1: one in my clinic in Los Angeles or virtually via tele medicine I work with a very limited number of new patients every month you guys can actually go to Dr alex.com clinic and actually reach out or call the clinic there to book something with me or we have the phone number and the email and all kinds of contact info in the bio below this video and then if you do want to join me for this live Workshop coming up it's in a few weeks make sure you check the first link below this video I do four per year so come hang out it's free join the Q&A ask me whatever you want or just come say hi live all right we love to see you there and then before you go don't forget I have a related video on this exact same topic right up here