View Photos Turmeric is a traditional, natural skin care home remedy to cure ailments and skin problems. The main benefits of turmeric, the ayurvedic antiseptic is to cure skin problems like acne, hyper pigmentation, dark complexion and fights radical damage on the skin apart from curing problems like conjunctivitis, burns, prostate cancer, diabetes, indigestion and asthma.
It has been found that the benefits of turmeric is due to its ingredients which cuts the skin melanin production and helps sun tanned skin return to its normal skin color easily. The natural scrub is beneficial for the skin. Here are few natural home remedies to apply the spice and see the difference in few weeks.
Tight & Healthy Skin
The spice fights stretch marks and is an anti-aging herbal cream to avoid getting loose skin in the body. If you are planning to conceive then apply paste of turmeric powder mixed with cream or yoghurt on stomach, waist, under eyes and back. Keep it for 15 minutes and wash it with water or wipe off it with a towel smoothly. It is a paste to avoid getting stretch marks and makes your skin soft and flexible.
Clear, Stainless Skin
Kasturi turmeric is a non-edible spice ad it helps in cleaning acne, inhibits growth of facial hair and brings glow on the face. Add a pinch of turmeric to your moisturizer and apply in on your face at night before going to sleep. Wash it off with a gentle cleanser in the morning shower.
Scrub
Benefits of turmeric can be seen during the wedding where it is used as a cultural scrub pack for the bride and bridegroom. Mix it with gram flour and yoghurt and scrub it on your face for 5 minutes. It brings glow and cleanses the skin from dirt and black marks. Mix cucumber, lemon juice and add a pinch of turmeric powder to it. It helps get a glowing complexion.
Cleanser
One of the main benefits of turmeric is it is a natural cleanser to get a clear skin free from black marks, pigmentation and nose blackheads. Mix chick pea flour (kabuli channa powder) or rice flour and turmeric powder in equal proportions and keep in an air tight container. Make a paste of this powder by adding a teaspoon of yoghurt and milk respectively. Aplly it on your face and wash it after it is semi dry. This herbal facial cleanser is used by millions of women to exfoliate and brighten the skin.
Western medicine has began to experiment on the benefits of turmeric as a skin care agent. The ayurvedic spice can be used as a daily ingredient for cleansing and moisturizing. Use it to see the magic of the yellow colored spice.