Herbal Formulation for the Treatment of Acne Vulgaris

Abstract

A. Krishna Sailaja, B. Pranaya ragini and G. Akhila

The main objective of the present article is to avoid the adverse effect of the existing synthetic acne cream by formulating an herbal acne cream for treatment of acne vulgaris. Acne vulgaris is a long term skin disease that occurs when hair follicles were blocked with dead skin cell and oil from the skin. Acne vulgaris is the most common bacteria causing chronic inflammatory skin disorder. Propioni bacterium and staphylococcus aureus are common pus forming microbes responsible for acne vulgaris. Various herbs used for the treatment of acne vulgaris such as wheat germ oil used as anti-oxidant and it is a great sources of vitamin-e, haldi helps to reduce the inflammation of acne and it act as anti-inflammatory agent, neem helps in clearing acne, scars and pigmentation, raspberry used as anti-oxidant and it is a source of vitamin c, kesar act as anti-inflammatory, anti-fungal and antioxidant. Natural herbal extracts in combination effectively utilized for the treatment of acne. Use of such products far better than the use of synthetic cream for the control of acne. Wheat germ oil which is extracted from kernel of wheat grains, haldi is extracted from rhizome; neem is extracted from leaf, raspberry (seed), kesar extracted from the stigmas of the flower part.

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