Cucumber Is Fantastic Rosacea Remedy

An English herbalist by the name of John Gerard, long ago in 1597, discovered the health giving properties of cucumber that we generally take as a part of salds or sandwiches. He recommended a diet of cucumber soup in oatmeal to be consumed thrice a day for combating blistering and pimply complexion. Since then there have been many unrecorded evidences to suggest the helpful effects of this common vegetable in having a control over facial redness and swelling of rosacea. Here, let’s try to know how and why is a cucumber helpful in treating rosacea and how to use it for maximum benefits.



History of cucumber

Cucumis Sativus is the botanical name of cucumber. It is one of the oldest plants known to mankind and is believed to have been cultivated in southern India for the last about 4000 years. It also find reference in Bible (Number 11:5) when the children of Israel, while leaving Egypt, bemoaned that they had memories of cucumbers, leeks, onions, melons and garlic that they could eat freely. For generations it has continued to be a favorite vegetable for Greeks and Romans. It may be interesting to add here that since Victorian times the upper English class would serve cucumber sandwiches as a part of the evening tea and even today The Queen of England continues to patronize this vegetable at the garden parties held at Buckingham Palace.

Benefits of cucumber

Cucumber is a natural astringent with cooling and moisturizing properties that enable it to be an excellent substitute for many of the man-made creams and lotions for facial treatment. Its flesh, though primarily comprising of water, also has vitamins A, C, E and caffeic acid. All these are known to provide a soothing effect to irritations of the skin and help reduce the swelling of eyes. That’s why it is recommended to keep slices of cucumber on swollen eyes to get relief from swelling. Its outer skin is rich in minerals like potassium, magnesium, and silica. Silica is an important component of healthy connective tissue that contributes to having a clear and radiant skin.

How to use cucumber for rosacea

There are many ways in which you can use cucumber on the skin for getting relief from redness and swelling on the face. One simple recipe is too puree many slices of cucumber and add two or three spoonfuls of yogurt to the puree. Apply the final concoction on the face, like you would apply a facemask and leave it there for about ten minutes before finally washing it off with cold water.

Another simple way is to straightaway place slices of chilled cucumber on the affected area for ten to fifteen minutes. This reduces redness and swelling. This application is particularly helpful in the cases of ocular rosacea.

Now, here is a recipe believed to have been used by Cleopatra for an improved beauty and may prove helpful for rosacea. In a blender have a whole cucumber with half a glass of cream and add one spoonful of olive oil, mud and honey and blend all the ingredients. The mixture should be stored in a refrigerator for repeated use. On a clean face massage the mixture into the skin and let it dry. Let it remain there for as long as you feel comfortable. For this recipe try using Manuka honey, known to be very beneficial for healing skin and Dead Sea mud that is full of minerals.

Hopefully you realize now that cucumber not only offers benefits while taken internally, but also is of great help if applied externally for treating disorders of the skin.