Can inflammatory skin conditions be successfully treated without steroids, with only 100% natural products that are free of negative effects?
In many cases, the answer is "yes."
The whole paradigm of medicine has been changing for years. In the last century, physicians were taught what medications to prescribe, and most patients merely accepted their physicians' pronouncements.
Not so today. Today people are much more enlightened than in the past, and willing to insist on their rights to evaluate and decide for themselves. An aspect of modern-day empowerment is the understanding that more natural products ordinarily have fewer liabilities than pharmaceutical products with their potential chemically-induced negative effects.
We now know that nutrients, like toxic substances, are assimilated through the skin. If you massage a nutritious product onto your body, your skin (your largest organ) will clearly benefit; however, your internal organs are likely to benefit as well. And if you put creams, cosmetics or other products on your skin that contain harmful substances, these will be assimilated into your body and can damage not only your skin, but also your health in general.
The value of 100% natural products that are free of toxins as well as nourishing is recognized today. Numerous nutritive oils are used nowadays to protect, restore and improve the skin. But none have as much benefit for the skin, and for as many various conditions, as unrefined, grade A shea butter.
Shea nut butter contains anti-inflammatory agents called triterpenes. In fact, triterpenes are the most effective anti-inflammatory agents ever discovered in any plant in nature. Shea butter triterpenes are effective enough to tackle and in some cases even to halt inflammation throughout the body.
Adding to its triterpene content, shea nut butter also contains a large quantity of vitamin A, which is itself an anti-inflammatory agent, along with other highly beneficial vitamins and phytonutrients.
Inflammation is among the primary causes of skin aging. Thus, shea butter is not simply an effective therapy for inflammatory conditions such as minor injuries, and pathologies including atopic dermatitis, psoriasis and common rashes. It is also an effective therapy for wrinkles, fine lines, skin thinning and poor skin tone.
For a series of instructive videos about shea butter and its role in improving and maintaining the skin, please see the video below:
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