Have you ever heard of oil pulling before? If not let us tell you everything in detail. It is an ancient technique used to treat many health ailments. These days many people have realized that it can treat acne as well and so started using it to keep skin clear and acne free.
What Is Oil Pulling?
Oil pulling was originated in India and was described in Ayurvedic text, Charaka Samhita. You need to take a tablespoon of oil in your mouth and swish or pull it properly without swallowing for about 20 minutes; then spit it out. Many recommend sesame oil and few prefer coconut oil but few people are against coconut oil. By now the oily turns from clear to white color since it absorbs all the bacteria and toxins from the mouth. This way you are getting toxin free or bacteria free mouth.
How Can Oily Pulling Help In Treating Acne?
It may sound really stupid and you may be thinking that you can get clean mouth with oil pulling but how can you get clear skin? Well, acne is connected to gut issues someway and these issues are usually due to imbalance in the bacteria present in the gut. We do have two types of bacteria in our body and guts which good and bad bacteria and keeping the good ones in balanced condition is important for our health. Now you must be confused on what gut has to do with your skin. This actually reflects in your skin’s health hugely. If you check the passage to the gut, the entire system starts with your mouth, isn’t it? So, I hope you got it right now. Oil pulling eliminates much of the bad bacteria and keeps the good bacteria in balanced way as a result of which your body stays healthy and ultimately acne stay at bay.
How To Do Oil Pulling?
This method is quite simple to do but needs patience.
- You can choose your favorite oil but many websites recommend sesame oil. Few like using coconut oil as well but few websites are against it. Sesame oil is however better than coconut oil since it is thicker in consistency.
- Take this cold pressed oil in your mouth and prefer doing it early in the morning before breakfast.
- Swish the oil all around the mouth reaching every corner of it rigorously.
- The oil may feel very dense but later when it gets mixed in your saliva, it will feel lighter.
- Do this for at least for 15 minutes continuously. It may feel difficult and painful initially but it benefits a lot.
- Now spit it out into a trash can and make sure you never swallow it else you will be swallowing all the bad.
- If you have severe acne then you can do it 2 – 3 times a day on empty stomach for faster result.
Precautions:
It is not always necessary that your acne is due to the imbalanced bacteria in your gut. The cause also could be your unhealthy diet, allergies, hormones or any other health issues. If you do not get rid of acne with acne pulling then the reason behind them could be something else. It is important to detect the cause before curing it. Other than pulling you can also follow few tips that help in getting clear skin like drinking lots of water, protecting skin from sun, using right products for your skin and following healthy skin care regime. Make sure you follow everything required to keep your skin healthy and not just do a single remedy to cure it. If this still doesn’t cure then you may have to visit a good dermatologist.