hey guys dr. Josh axe here doctor of
natural medicine and founder of dr. axe
calm in this video we'll go through
natural rosacea treatments including the
best essential oils the best vitamins
and supplements the best herbs and diet
to help you fight rosacea naturally and
really the top seven natural treatment
options now Before we jump into it let's
talk about the root cause of rosacea and
what it is it's a skin condition
characterized by flares of redness and
inflammation on your cheeks and affects
16 million people in the US alone often
times can be correlated with spider
veins the underlying cause is still
largely unknown possible causes include
overactive immune system leaky gut whole
body problems but I will say this with
in traditional Chinese medicine and TCM
it's known that rosacea is caused by
issues related to the liver and
gallbladder or the lungs and the colon
together and those things can all
actually affect each other so it's
flaring up those specific organs which
I'll talk about more in a minute now in
terms of diet the best diet includes a
diet that is very high in organic fruits
and vegetables moderate amounts of
healthy fats such as flax seeds olive
oil and even things like coconut lots of
organic clean protein sources organic
chicken and turkey grass-fed beef wild
caught fish and anti-inflammatory foods
and herbs and then I would even say to a
degree whole grains like a sprouted
whole rice that should be the base of a
diet for rosacea now the big food you
want to avoid I'll tell you right now
we're gonna be alcohol and caffeine
sugar and refined grains and processed
foods conventional dairy and here's the
big one fried foods and hydrogenated
oils they cause something in the body
called stagnation of the liver and
gallbladder backing them up which can
cause inflamed and red skin those are
the biggest foods to avoid now another
thing you want to do is you want to
protect your face you want to get some
sunlight but not get too much sunlight
use natural sunscreens there as well and
I don't even recommend making your own
sunscreen with something that has a
little bit of zinc oxide and maybe like
geranium rose or rose essential oil
something very gentle on the skin again
geranium roses ideal or geranium now
using natural moisturizers what I would
recommend again is getting a natural
moisturizer that's essential oil based
and adding a little bit again geranium
rose to it and making sure your
cosmetics are gentle they're organic and
they're not gonna clog up the pores on
your skin now the other big thing you
want to do is manage stress levels if
you have anger frustration resentment
impatience and those emotions
specifically will really back up the
liver gallbladder and can also affect
the lungs and colon those organs that
are chief they're responsible for those
rosacea symptoms and again you want to
be doing things like take a relaxing
healing bath at night do yoga go outside
an ideal thing to do is walk outside on
trails that's why the most healing you
think you can do again go and walking
trails or hiking outside the most
therapeutic thing you can do for
overcoming rosacea now the big thing to
know is understanding that these
medications for treating rosacea do not
treat the root cause of the condition so
again again you always want to work with
your physician but no this is not curing
the problem and also know this new
vitamin D receptor antagonists are newer
therapeutic option but the big thing
here get vitamin D or supplement vitamin
D can help rosacea symptoms
now here's what I'd recommend in terms
of essential oils the top ones here
being the most important if you want to
use something cut topically I'd
recommend Roman chamomile geranium oil
rose oil or there's even a type called
geranium rose so chamomile and geranium
rose are gonna be the most beneficial
essential oils at treating the problem
now listen if you have very oily skin
treat a tea tree oil can treat a
lavender oil topically is very calming
but these two chamomile and rhenium Rose
are the best at treating rosacea and
here's some other supplement options
turmeric and ginger we now have great
anti-inflammatory properties tumeric
being up there nearing the near the top
aloe vera raw honey bone broth collagen
protein powders
evening primrose oil all of these
supplements are great for rosacea I
would also mention supplements that
really support eye moving the liver or
supporting liver detoxification to
particularly are going to be good milk
thistle and buckler I'm okay milk
thistle Boop lorem really support liver
detoxification which is gonna help
rosacea so those are probably my top two
herbs milk thistle and Boo plum these
are commonly used in traditional Chinese
medicine and era Veda so remember this
if you want to get rid of rosacea
number one get hydrogenated oils out of
your diet do more fruits vegetables and
herbs you're gonna see great results
because of that protect your face from
the Sun or get a little Sun but not too
much use natural moisturizers manage
stress levels understand medications and
use essential oils like Roman chamomile
geranium rose and then again use more
natural options and supplements such as
Boo pleura and milk thistle are two of
the best in digestive enzymes that are
high in lipase if you've enjoyed this
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