Natural Oils for Natural Acne Treatment

Coleus forskohlii oil and Tetrahydropipertine are the two most important ingredients in the perfect skin treatment. In the right combination, these compounds act as an efficient instrument when fighting skin problems.

Plectranthus barbatus, normally referred to Coleus forskohlii or Indian Coleus, is a tropical perennial plant related to the typical coleus species. Its kind belongs to the natural order Libiatae (Limiaceae), a family of lavenders and mints.

For thousands of years, this plant has been growing wild in the sub-tropical areas in Thailand, Burma and India. The Coleus forskohlii plant has primarily been cultivated and served as a condiment or pickle in these countries.

In modern years, Coleus forskohlii has increased the interest of the medical community, because it is the only known plant source of the adeneylate cyclic activating element, forskolin, that aids the organism to treat acne naturally.

Forskolin is usually utilized to raise levels of cyclic AMP (cAMP) in the study and investigation of cell physiology. Cyclic AMP is an essential signal carrier that is important for the right natural response of cell to hormones and other cellular signals. It is needed for cell communication in the hypothalamus/pituitary gland axis and for the feedback control of hormones.

Forskolin-rich extracts are commercially obtained from the roots, which also produce a thick dark brown colored essential oil containing a range of scent elements that together impart a delightful exquisite smell with a spicy note.

The recent anti-bacterial discovery.

The extracted oils from the Indian Coleus plant have recently been discovered to have anti-bacterial properties for effective acne removal in topical preparations. A specific composition of the oil processed by a patented procedure is specially efficient when treating Priopionibacterium acnes. In addition, the composition was found to be progressive against different microbes known to be related with skin blemishes and eruptions.

In laboratory studies, Coleus oil was found to effectively control the growth of skin pathogens including Priopionibacterium acnes (associated with acne), Staphylococcus aureus (a microbial strain found in infected lesions and skin eruptions including acne), Staphylococcus epidermis (a microbial strain happening in a variety of opportunistic microbial dermal infections and in acne).

Mucocutaneous candidiosis is often reported to have associations with the appearance of acne. Coleus oil has also been found to have abilities to restrained the yeast culture Candida albicans more effectively than the better known tea tree oil.

Tetrahydropiperine which is an element present in little amounts in every black pepper fruit (piper nigrum) is added in a low concentrations to increase the permeation of Coleus forskohlii extract (forskolin) and of the other active ingredients. Research has shown that oil extracted from the Indian Coleus plant have forskolin elements that aids cell communication. The oil also contains anti-bacterial attributes that prevent you from getting skin blemishes such as acne.

GLYCO BALM is an essential cream to all dermis difficulties containing the accurate composition of biological elements than aids you to get the smooth, supple and beautiful skin you always wanted.

- Grant Ferns