Herbal Acne Medications That Can Work Wonderfully

Herbal Acne Medications That Can Work Wonderfully

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In the country of the U.S. alone, there are approximately 40 Million people who battle with acne. Numerous people try to cure acne using chemicals such as antibiotics, prescription drugs, benzoyl peroxide, and salicylic acid.

On the other hand, there is a growing number of people who prefer herbal acne medications over traditional treatments. Usually, herbal remedies have far less side effects, and are not as potentially harmful as some of the prescription medications.

The problem however, is that the U.S. does little to regulate the herbal supplement industry. Unlike traditional chemical medicines, herbal treatments are not required with any type of mandate to be clinically proven to work, or even to be safe. A frightening example of this is the ephedra related deaths, and ephedras subsequent ban that happened a few years ago.

This lack of regulation results in a large quantity of acne products on the market. All of which claim to treat, prevent, or even cure acne with few, or no, side effects.

The fact is, there are very few herbal acne medicines that are scientifically proven to work. Traditional chemical medicines are still the most effective in stopping acne.

There are only 2 herbal treatments that have been clinically proven to help get rid of acne, tea tree oil and green tea cream.

Tea tree oil is a natural oil, derived from the Melaleuca alternifolia, a particular variety of tea tree indigenous to Australia. While it has been used for hundreds of years by the native aboriginals as a treatment for just about anything, it has only recently been accepted by modern medicine as being a viable anti-bacterial agent.

Even though tea tree oil has been suspected as an anti-bacterial agent for some time, A markedly innovative clinical study was conducted in 1990 by I.B. Bassett, which compared tea tree oil to benzoyl peroxide in the treatment of pimples. It was found that tea tree oil is as effective as a 5% benzoyl peroxide solution. It takes longer (6 weeks) for the tea tree oil to be as effective, but people in the research reported none of the side effects associated with benzoyl peroxide, such as redness, skin irritation, or dry skin.

This study has helped tea tree oil become a recognized and legitimate herbal acne medication. But, there is no need to purchase an expensive cream that contains tea tree oil. Just rubbing several drops of the oil directly on the pimple has proven to be the best way to use tea tree oil.

This was the only herbal pimple remedy that had been shown to work until recently, when Dr. Jennifer Gan-Wong conducted research that proves green tea can also effectively fight pimples.

These findings are relatively recent, and are not yet researched by additional independent studies. But, this evidence does demonstrate that the natural herbal anti-bacterial characteristics of green tea can be an effective treatment for acne.

For people who are overwhelmed by the far too many herbal acne remedies available, there really are only 2 that have been proven to be effective in battling acne. Green tea cream, and tea tree oil. While many other natural acne treatments may be good to moisturize the skin, or reduce oils, these are the only two that should be considered truly effective acne medications.

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