What is special about besan??

[Guest guest]

Several years ago after reading about Ayurvedic skin care I started

using besan on my skin. The very first time I used it I noticed an

immediate positive effect and have wondered what caused that. Is it

cooling (anti-inflammatory) or alkalizing? I have used it in the bath

when under stress, actually I use it often just because I feel better.

 

Your comments are welcome. Thank you in advance.

 

Katy

[Guest guest]

Applying besan is very good for the skin as well as

for keeping the complexon glowing and skin healthy.

That is why in Indian wedding, both the bride and the

groom are annointed with besan. Most Indian wedding

and other cultural and religious rituals have a deeper

meaning. Unfortunately, people these days don't

understand much about them and discard the rituals in

the name of being educated.

 

S. M. Acharya <smacharya (AT) (DOT) co.uk>

 

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> Several years ago after reading about Ayurvedic skin care I started

> using besan on my skin. The very first time I used it I noticed an

> immediate positive effect and have wondered what caused that.....

[Guest guest]

Katy,

 

Besan is not the only floor which gives the benifits mentioned by

you. Other floors and also receipes to combine floors with herbs and

milk cream/yogurt are given at:

 

http://health.ayurveda/message/6924

 

Besan and floors of pulses are akalizing to some extent, hence they

have to be mixed with yogurt, lemon juice to make the resultant

mixture slightly "cleansing acidic". Their affinity to attract acids

and dust particles lodged in the pores of the skin is useful when

the pastes are used as soaps. the pulse floors have affinity to

acids in the sweat, released as a result of bacterial action on fats

and proteins in the sweat. bad odor is thus removed. pulse floors

need excess acids during digestion in the stomach too; that is why

ayurveda recommends taking moong bean khitchri/soup etc to reduce

blood acid levels during fever etc. Author uses this advantageously

in diet schedule during detox program.

 

Most important benifit of using herbal soap pastes is the ability to

breath which they impart to skin, which gives us freshness. whenever

toxins lodged in skin are removed by scrub, steam sauna etc, the

glow on the skin is noticeable. Only care one has to take is do not

dry up, keep moisture constant.

 

The subject of skin beauty using herbal solutions is vast ranging

from mud bath to expensive "milk with rose petals sprinkled baths"

are the luxuries only rich/royal families can afford.

 

ayurveda, "katyhohmann"

<ELIMOM1313 wrote:

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> Several years ago after reading about Ayurvedic skin care I

started

> using besan on my skin. Is it

> cooling (anti-inflammatory) or alkalizing?

[SS_Krishna 0]

Besan is good in protien, especially if you are vegeterian then it is very good to eat. As far as Besan as a beauty thing I am not aware of that I think it is mixed with turmeric but besan alone is not good for ur skin.