Facial Acne

[shadowtracker]

I am fairly new to macrobiotics and would appreciate some suggestions with reference to facial acne. I am quickly approaching 40 and have had facial acne for the past ten years. I have tried many remedies without success. I have also had a problem this past year with irregular periods. I have been to the doctor who says that everything including hormone levels are normal. I would appreciate knowing what I might try to correct these issues. Thank you.

[Roy Collins]

Shadowtracker. I believe there is an in-depth discusion on acne in one of the old posts. But to reiterate, the cause is mainly due to a combination of both strong yin and stong yang. Usually the strong yin will act as a kidney trigger and will hasten the discharged of accumulated fats and toxins in the kidney which will come out through the skin pores.

I related a story in a previous post about a figure model of I once worked with who had a bad case of acne. She said she was a vegetarian but ate eggs. I asked her how much and she said a couple of day. I then asked her if she ate sugar or drank alcohol. To both she said "yes". QUite frequently she drank beer. I sugeted that she stop both of these two extreme foods for 3 months. I told her to use miso soup, one cup daily. This would helps clean the blood and neutralize the acids in her body.

After three months her skin cleared up. This occurred about 22 years ago. Two months ago I met up with this model again. This time she was not a model but rather the manager of a small cafe. I ordered a tea and she recognized me immediately. I did not recognize her at first but she reminded me about the old days as a model. She looked very beautiful with nice skin still.

Sometimes too much oil or nuts, or peanut butter, or cheese will have the same effect as animal fat on the kidneys and dirty blood. But almost always there is some extreme yin factor, maybe citrus or alcohol or raw fruit, or other simple sugar that will act as a discharge trigger. Please review the foods you are eating and eliminate both the fat and the extreme yin. Using extremal ginger compresses over the kidney area can also help, as well as taking a little fresh, grated daikon radish daily.

I hope this helps.

In peace, Roy

[Katie20MA]

I used to have bad acne since I was 12 years old and now I am 21 years old. I was on Accutane and took Western medicine which is not a good idea at all for the medication just stays in the liver and the other organs in the body. I've fasted many many times on water which helps with acne.

Acne is caused by not eating organic foods and taking medications and overconsumption of meat, eggs, poultry, sweets, refined sugars, etc.

Only by eating only organic foods, also macrobiotic, doing colon cleansings every month or for ten days in a row morning and night will help. Also, fasting helps get rid of waste, toxins in the body and the acne of course.

best regards,
Katie

[shadowtracker]

Thank you for the advice. I greatly appreciate it.

[acures]

Hi there, it sounds like you have already gotten lots of great advice but I would like to make a small addition.

Simply put, I think that the best defense against acne is the knowledge of how it is made. Intense fasting and massive diet changes will have other impacts that should be considered a last resort (in my opinion). If you want to know more about acne check out my web site, I have some tips and I have reviewed some of the treatments out there. Don't resort to massive life change unless you have to, often (in my case this is true) simply applying an acne treatment will work.

I hope that my site helps you out.

Best wishes,
Shamus
Acne Cures & Treatment