Castor oil packs and clear skin
Hormonal acne is an arbitrary term applied to acne in adulthood.
Why?
Because it goes hand in hand with hormone imbalances.
Hormones are simply chemical messengers in the body.
We have them to help not just with reproduction but with digestion, blood sugar, the nervous system, lymphatic system and more.
They are super important and impacted by LOTS of things going on in the body outside of just reproduction.
The causes of these hormone imbalances can be from lots of different things!
Diets and drinks
Autoimmune conditions
Gut microbiome imbalances
Thyroid problems
Environmental toxins
Stress/Nervous system issues.
And do you know what all these conditions all have in common?
A congested and toxin-overloaded liver.
A few years ago after battling Candida and other gut health problems like parasites galore, I was finally experiencing normal digestion again but my back started breaking out!
I thought it was because I was lifting more, more testosterone, more acne?
And that was true.
Higher levels of testosterone lingering in the body can cause skin issues, but WHY was it lingering?
I noticed that whenever I would go to my acupuncturist my skin would clear up.
She was treating my liver and spleen and also helping my sleep to improve and the Chinese medicine she was using to treat me absolutely helped!
Finally I began to make the connection between supporting my liver and clearing my skin.
So I made some lifestyle changes.
For one, I stopped pushing so hard on my body, withdrawing from it all the time and forgetting to invest.
If you know about spleen qi deficiency and liver health, then you know that you can take ALL the supplements in the world, all the herbs, but if you don’t get out of full blown fight or flight, and love on your body, you’re just not going to get results.
IN FACT, my acupuncturist and I talk about that here in this episode of Dirty Strength Radio™,acupuncture-to-overcome-depletion-prolapse-and-more it’s a good one!
But I also started investing in liver health.
I found supplements that supported it.
I started eating liver (freeze dried supplements mostly)
AND I started doing castor oil packs.
And VOILA!
My skin cleared.
Digestion improved.
My PMS disappeared.
My sleep improved and I felt more grounded in my body.
I KNOW that the lifestyle changes I made helped with this as well.
I know that calming my nervous system with breath work and movement, saying no to DRAMA, changing the expectations I had for myself and learning to view my body as something that needed to be nourished and invested in as much as it is something that can be relied upon to do hard things all made a difference.
And castor oil packs was part of that for me.
They required me to take time at night to warm oil and put it on my body and just rest with a rice pack over my liver and be at peace.
They became one of my self-care strategies!
They helped me to clean out my liver and intestines of old expired hormones, giving way to new fresh ones that helped everything in my body function better, including my skin!
**I tell you about the other scientific benefits-i.e. why they improve gut and hormonal health, and detox in the course.
You see the skin is the largest organ of the body and it is the window into the gut and liver.
If your skin gives you trouble, try to shelve your frustration (I know it’s hard, I had HORRIBLE skin in high school and early adulthood and I’m still traumatized by it) and listen to what it’s telling you.
Your liver and your gut need help.
Your body is in over-drive and needs to be detoxed.
Not just from expired hormones and bad gut bugs or “toxins” from your environment, but also from the toxic habits that have you pushing, pushing, pushing and not resting enough.
THAT’S what’s behind your hormones and your “hormonal” acne.
And a simple way to start cleaning out your system, the toxins in your liver and the bad bugs in your gut, is to use castor oil packs several nights a week.
They are inexpensive, effective, soothing and dang it if they don’t work like magic!
Use the code HOLIDAYSKIN from now until December 8th to get $40 off the course!
Detox your gut, liver & skin
A digital course that teaches you how to do castor oil packs, why they work, what they can treat and what else you can do to further your healing (nervous system calming, movement, supplements and breath work bonuses included!).