Title: Cosmetic Herbs
Categories: Herb Info
Yield: 1 Info

Skin Types: Horsetail, yarrow, nettle and houseleek are among the astringent, cleansing herbs that will contract and dry oily skin.

Dry skin needs emollient herbs: camomile, comfrey, marsh mallow, and marigold.

Sensitive skin can use light herbal infusions of parsley, chervile, or elderflower. Be careful using essential oils on sensitive skin, they can be irritating.

Herbs for the skin:

Borage: pulped leaves are softening and cleansing Burdock: Roots and leaves are soothing and demulcent Chamomile: Flowers are soothing, cleansing, and gently astringent Chervil: Leaves are gently astringent Coltsfoot: Leaves are soothing and help to prevent 'thread veins' Comfrey: Pulped leaves and root are emollient and healing Dandelion: leaves and root are tonic and cleansing Elder: Flowers are softening, soothing and cleansing Eucalyptus: Leaves are infigorating Fennel: Leaves are cleansing and gently astringent Goosegrass: Pulped leaves are healing and deoderant Horsetail: Non-fertile stems and branches are astringent, strengthen : nails and close skin pores Houseleek: leaves are healing and nourishing Lady's Mantle: Pulped leaves are healing, astringent, and reduce : inflammation Lavender: Antiseptic and stimulant Lemon balm: leaves are soothing and astringent Lime: flowers are soothing, cleansing and bleaching Lovage: Leaves and root are cleansing and deodorant Marigold (Calendula) leaves and flowers are healing and soothing. Marsh Mallow Root and leaves are emollient and healing Mint: Leaves are healing, stimulating, and antiseptic Parlsey: Leaves are gently astringent and help to prevent thread veins Plantain: Leaves are astringent and cleansing Rosemary: Leaves are infigorating and astringent Sage: Leaves are deodorant, astringent, close pores and refresh tissues. Stinging Nettle: pulped leaves, seeds and roots are cleansing, toning, : improve circulation. Thyme: leaves are dooderant and antiseptic Witch Hazel: astringnet, antiseptic Yarrow: leaves and flowers are strongly astringent.

From: "THE COMPLETE BOOK OF HERBS & SPICES - An Illustrated Guide to growing and using culinary, aromatic, cosmetic and medicinal plants" by Sara Garland. A Reader's Digest Book - 1993. Previously published by The Viking Press; 1979. ISBN# 0-89577-499-2

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