Dry Skin - Ayurvedic and Natural Treatment

Dry means 'lack of moisture'. Over the time body loses it's moisture. Apart from aging, factors like weather, heredity, diet etc. also affects skin's moisture level.

First step towards acquiring a glowing skin is drinking a lot of water. Water is life and gives the skin enough moisture. 

After that comes our diet, in our daily diet we should mix some fat. Fat will bring moisture in body. However, for avoiding extra fat, the regular exercise and pranayam is recomended.


Prevention :

1. Regular body oil massage.
2. Be away from fried/stale food. Have fresh diet.
3. Drink lots of water (Around 7-8 glasses in a day).
4. Sufficient and sound sleep.

Useful herbs:

1. Aloe vera extract is the most affective in curing dry skin problem. 
2. Cucumber has water as its main component. We should include water rich vegetables in diet .
3. Spices like turmeric , if taken regularly in food, will never let you have dry skin problem.

Ayurvedic Treatment:

• Lemon tea in morning balances the three natural elements in body. Imbalance of these three elements is the root cause of every disease. If these three elements are in balance, body has this ability to heal itself.
• In winter days, massage of warm mustard oil over the body parts sitting in sunlight gives us instant results.
•   "An apple a day, keeps the doctor away". Apple has its own moisturizing abilities. Result starts showing on face within a month time.

Yoga Mudra(Finger combination):
Yoga shows its result by the time but 'Mudra' shows instant result. It is believed that dry skin is a result of 'lack of water' in body. Hence Varun Mudra , which brings water balance in body, is suggested. 
Mudra does not require any special posture or Asan. It can be done standing, or sitting comfortable in any position. 
Varun mudra is combining the tips of thumb and little finger. Rest three fingers should be straight. 3-4 minutes from both hands is sufficient. The image below shows how to do Varun Mudra.