Show 1001: Natural Approaches to Summer Skin Care
The People's Pharmacy
Joe and Terry Graedon
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 30 July 2015
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
People have been using plants to take care of skin problems for hundreds or thousands of years. Which natural products really work?
Our expert guests discuss the power of a fresh aloe vera leaf to help soothe a burn, including a sunburn. You’ll also find out how to prevent sunburn naturally. Some plants (tomatoes, chocolate, or the South American fern Polypodium leucotomos) can be eaten for modest protection, while other plant products (shea butter, for example) can be smeared on the skin. Our African ancestors used natural clay to keep their skin from burning.
Fighting Inflammation:
Find out about the benefits of calendula as an anti-inflammatory herb and what plants could be helpful against psoriasis. Pennyroyal oil can be used to prevent insect bites, and sassafras leaves can ease the itch from chigger bites.
Herbal Oils:
The herbal oils in Listerine probably explain why it is so popular as a home remedy for a wide range of skin ailments. Learn how lavender and chamomile oils can also be used for healing.
This Week’s Guests:
Daniel Mark Siegel, MD, MS, is Clinical Professor of Dermatology at SUNY Downstate and head of Dermatologic Surgery. He is a former president of the American Academy of Dermatology. His website is http://www.liskincancer.com
David Pompei, PharmD, RPh, is a New York area pharmacist with expertise in pharmacy management, product development, compounding and clinical research.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Joe Graydon. |
| 0:02.3 | I'm Terry Graydon. |
| 0:03.8 | Welcome to this podcast of the People's Pharmacy, where we bring you the stories behind the health headlines. |
| 0:10.2 | This podcast is brought to you by Redux Industries, makers of utterly smooth body cream. |
| 0:16.0 | 800-345-7339 on the web at utter cream.com. |
| 0:30.9 | Our ancestors didn't have access to modern skin care products. |
| 0:35.7 | How did they cope with itches, infections, and other |
| 0:38.2 | common complaints? This is the People's Pharmacy with Terry and Joe Graydon. |
| 0:48.1 | People have been using plants for thousands of years to calm skin irritations from poison |
| 0:55.1 | ivy to bug bites. |
| 0:56.1 | How well did they work? |
| 0:58.1 | Most doctors turn to pricey prescription creams and lotions to sue skin problems. |
| 1:03.1 | But one dermatologist has explored the power of plants to ease many of our common skin troubles. |
| 1:08.7 | Dr. Dan Siegel was once president of the American Academy of Dermatology, |
| 1:12.7 | so he knows what he's talking about. We'll also talk with a compounding pharmacist, Dr. David Pompeii. |
| 1:18.9 | Coming up on the People's Pharmacy, Natural Approaches to Skin Care. |
| 1:25.2 | First, this news. |
| 1:29.9 | In the People's pharmacy health headlines, beet juice may be the new exercise boost athletes are seeking. |
| 1:36.9 | It's unlikely that sports associations will ban beet juice as a performance-enhancing substance, |
| 1:42.1 | but a small study from Korea suggests that men who drink |
| 1:45.9 | beet juice can exercise longer before becoming tired. In this study, 14 men worked out on stationary |
| 1:52.6 | bicycles after two weeks of drinking beet juice or a nitrate-depleted beet juice placebo beverage |
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