It turns out fresh winter air, lack of sunshine and vitamins are not the best way to affect the body. We feel this stress every winter. Folk medicine recipes will help you coping with winter beriberi, and stay beautiful and young.

In principle, skin of any urban woman is exposed to stress during a year. Poor environment, bad nutrition and habits, nervous rhythm of life, stay in areas with dry air - all this is reflected in our beauty and literally “written” in our face. In winter, this “set” is complemented by cold, wind and extreme temperatures between the street and house, and, of course, lack of vitamins, minerals and trace elements.

The main winter problem - lack of moisture and nutrients. It affects skin condition not only at the moment, but also in future. Natural water-lipid mantle protects skin, and its damage leads to the fact skin is suffering particularly badly in winter.

When going outside, face skin sometimes has to adapt to changing temperatures of 40 degrees. With a large temperature difference between skin and air, skin first gives off heat and water from upper layers actively, and then the intensity of energy decreases, narrowing skin vessels, moisture goes into deeper layers, metabolism slows down and cell nutrition is deteriorating. There happens abrupt skin dehydration and change in vascular tone. Many small and superficially located vessels can not withstand such practice and become visually apparent, there is capillary mesh - couperose. Strong wind as if “knocks” off water molecule from skin, and it causes an additional evaporation.

Air-conditioners finish the attack, accelerating skin drying. Skin becomes pale, weak, dry, and then you see peeling or irritation. Micro-organisms can activate on its surface, which normally are constrained by local immune defense. In addition, our body suffers from winter avitaminosis, lack of essential fatty acids, possible symptoms of vegetative-vascular dystonia. Taken together, these factors weaken health and, in particular, skin strength. That is why the main objective of winter skin procedures is a good skin adaptation to winter cold, intense regeneration, skin saturation with vitamins and nutrients, as well as fight with free radicals and skin immunity improvement. Secrets of traditional medicine will tell you about natural remedies that can be used in winter, while absence of autumn-summer abundance of vegetables and fruits.

IMMUNITY

You can use good old folk recipes - infusions and decoctions of medicinal herbs and berries - cranberries, hawthorn, licorice, ginger, echinacea, wild rose. Finally, we want to share a recipe of longevity elixir with you. This drink enhances the body’s immune defenses, cleanses blood vessels, improves condition of organism as a whole and has a rejuvenating effect. Take 2 cups sprouted wheat kernels, 2 tablespoons dry grass celandine, 3 raw beetroot, 3 crusts rye bread, 1 / 2 cup sugar. Place celandine in a three-liter bank, then minced beet and germinated wheat. Pour with sugar on top and add crusts of rye bread. Fill the container with water, preferably purified, leave some space for fermentation. Tie a neck of the bank with gauze and put it in a dark place. A week later, when you seebubbles on the surface, you can drink the elixir. Eat it as kvass - before breakfast, lunch and dinner.

FACE

Skin cleansing can be performed using varieties of thin vegetable oils - olive, peach, corn, walnut, which is especially recommended for dry or normal skin. Pour a tablespoon oil on hand, and apply on face with the other hand, carefully rubbing and making facial massage. Remove excess oil with a paper napkin after drying. Then rinse everything with water, better boiled. Do this procedure twice a day.

We offer you several recipes for nutritious, restorative and rejuvenating face packs you can prepare yourself.

Nourishing and toning mask of sauerkraut. Apply a thick layer of sauerkraut on face, wash off after 15 minutes and rinse skin with sage tincture.

Almond face pack. Pour half-cup almond grains with a glass of boiled water,  merge water 5 minutes later and grind grain, using a meat grinder. Mix received gruel with 15 ml lemon juice and 15 ml water, rub and put on face for 20 minutes, then rinse with warm soft water. This face pack has a softening and anti-inflammatory effect.

Honey face pack. Mix honey (2 tablespoons) with 2 tsp flour and 1 egg white. The resulting mass is applied on face with a flat brush, kept up until it dres well, then wash off first with hot and then cold water. This mask nourishes and stimulates. However, honey mask should not be used too often. It is contraindicated while expansion of skin vessels. Mix 2 tbsp honey with 1 tablespoon very strong tea, and 2 tsp crushed oat flakes. Add water until the desired consistency and warm up everything on a stea, slightly. Apply face pack in a thick layer, cover with a paper towel and top with a towel. Leave for 20 minutes.

Herbal face pack. Grind and mix calendula flowers, sage leaves, hop cones, chestnut fruits, yarrow and violet tricolor grass in equal proportions. Pour 3 teaspoons of mixture with a glass of boiled water, filter after 15 min. Mix precipitate with powdered milk, rice or oat flour and apply on skin. Rinse gruel after 15 minutes. The face pack has a toning and rejuvenating properties.

Another herbal face pack. Grind St. John’s wort, field horsetail, yarrow, mother-and-stepmother herbs and sage leaves, taken in equal proportions. Pour 20 g of mixture with 0.5 liters cold water, boil in water bath for 15 minutes, drain. Wet gauze napkins with warm broth and put on face for 15 minutes, replacing them 2-3 times. Course - 15 procedures. Face pack tightens enlarged pores and has a rejuvenating effect. To achieve the result, face must be stationary.

Purpose winter face pack for all skin types. Pour 2 tablespoons flax seed with 2 glasses water and cook until the state of slurry. For oily skin face pack is applied warm, for dry and rosacea - cold. Wash off face pack with boiled water. If you apply a course of 10 - 15 masks 2 - 3 times a week, skin will perfectly cope with winter cold.

Cottage cheese face pack. Mix 1 teaspoon ground rice, 2 tbsp cotton cheese and olive oil. Apply mixture on clean face for 20 minutes, rinse with warm water.

Carrot face pack: Grate carrot, mix carefully with 1 egg yolk, add 2-3 drops freshly squeezed lemon juice and vegetable oil. The mixture is brought to the consistency of sour cream and put on face for 15-20 minutes. Then remove and wash face with warm water. There is another way. Grate 2 fresh carrots and mix with 2 tbsp potato flour and 1 egg yolk. Apply the resulting mass upon thoroughly cleansed face. The face pack increases skin resistance to unfavorable environmental conditions, is suitable for all skin types, but also improves complexion and smooths wrinkles.

You can also make peeling at home. Egg peeling face pack for all skin types: take 1/2 tablespoon ground eggshell, egg yolk, a teaspoon sour cream. Gently grind the mixture on massage lines, rinse with boiled water.

Banana face pack will help coping with initial signs of frostbite: take a piece of conventional fresh banana, grind it into pulp and apply on face for 15-20 minutes. Irritation will disappear and skin will be covered with a nutrient film, as banana contains vitamin E and many enveloping substances.

BODY

Due to constant contact with clothing and low humidity, body skin also becomes drier and may begin to flake off, especially at the elbows and knees. Remember you should not abuse of hot water and bathing. It is known that prolonged exposure to water softens and dries skin. Also, hot tubs are bad for circulation. Therefore, the duration of water treatments should be limited to 10-15 minutes. Nevertheless, scented baths with vegetable components are necessary rituals of winter body care. Honey bath has a nourishing and soothing effect. Dissolve a glass of honey in one liter warm milk and add one tablespoon sweet oil (pink, lavender, etc.). Stir and pour into a bathing tub.

Before you take a shower, wipe skin of knees and elbows with a slice of raw potato or lemon. Use personally cooked exfoliating cream 1-2 times a week. To do this, mix half a cup washed fine sand with olive oil, to obtain a thick paste. Mixtures of fine salt and sour cream, or honey with coffees cleanse well.

A special mask will help softening and lightening skin: apply a mixture of lemon juice (1 tablespoon) and vegetable oil (1 teaspoon) for 15 minutes. You can soften skin on elbows and knees with a mixture of grated raw or cooked potatoes with honey. After showering, apply a nourishing mask on skin. To prepare it, you need to mix one third cup sour cream and 3 tablespoons starch. Apply for 20 minutes, then wash off.

HANDS

If you forget to wear gloves, you can likely get skin freezing. Skin may turn red, begin to peel off, besides microcracks bring a lot of unpleasant sensations. You can calm hand skin with the following composition: 1 raw egg yolk, 1 tablespoon honey, 1 tsp oat flour. Apply mask for 30 minutes. Before bedtime, grease hands with heated vegetable oil and put on cotton gloves overnight.

HAIR

Scalp vessels also suffer from cold temperature,  blood circulation slows down and hair no longer receive nutrients. Dry cold air makes hair hard, and tips are split. You can nourish your hair with homemade masks: pour 1 tablespoon mustard with hot water and apply on hair roots for 10-15 minutes. Soak rye bread in boiling water, wash hair with this liquid instead of shampoo. A Beautiful effect of soft, silken gloss is provided. Reinforcing hair mask can be prepared from beaten eggs mixed with 1 teaspoon honey and 2 tsp any vegetable oil. Dry hair with with a mixture a little bit, and then wash with shampoo. To give hair shine, in the East they make hair masks of sour milk products - from sour milk to yogurt. The effect is really impressive, but the mask should be washed very carefully not to keep the odor.

Hopefully, these tips will be helpful. Take care of yourself, competent care will make you beatiful during any extreme weather events.