Green Tea as a Means against Acne
Do you know that green tea is traditional Chinese remedy against different kinds of diseases including acne? Green tea belongs to herbal cures that are known to be effective in treating acne. According to some researches, green tea treatment shows the same good results in treating acne as a 4% benzoyl peroxide.
However, green tea has a lot of advantages over benzoyl peroxide that dries out skin and causes its irritation and allergic reactions. Green tea as a natural product has an anti-bacterial qualities. It contains antioxidants, mainly epigallocatechin gallate which is 200 times more powerful than vitamin E at fighting free radicals.
Green tea helps to relieve skin inflammation, hormonal activity and acids in detoxification. This correspondingly makes the treatment easier to fight against acne.
As a natural product, green tea can be used in cream and other cosmetic products, as well as taken as in the form of a pill or drunk as a tea. In many Chinatowns, green tea drunk after a meal improves digestion and helps to detoxify the organism, as well as relieve it from the toxins that can cause acne. Note: green tea is better to drink without sugar, as sugar can neutralize the tea effects.
As a result, think about the green tea as a natural product that has many benefits and little or almost no known side effects.