 Now of course we have some herbs that also help with the skin and of course first up we have Burdock root It's a hepatic and arenal tonic but it has a particular affinity for the skin and it's excellent in the treatment of eczema and Psoriasis. You have to be a little bit careful with Burdock It's quite a strong herb. If you have a skin complaint if you do have any eczema you can use Burdock But you may expect within the first three or four weeks of treatment that there might be what we call an Aggravation in other words the skin condition might get worse So at that point instead of thinking oh my god a poison myself. I'm making it worse. Just think okay. No, that's the disease working its way out We try to work around that we try not to cause aggravations They're not pleasant and there are ways of doing that when we come to teaching you how to do specific how to treat specific illnesses We can go into that in more detail But it is a herb that we use it turned up in our detox tea for the liver flush One of the things about it that I really like is that a little bit of Burdock on a daily basis for a few weeks Will really recondition your skin quite nicely if I'm using Burdock in a formula and it may I may not even be Necessarily treating the skin. I might be treating other things you treat with blood With Burdock you can treat blood sugar because it's a good blood sugar balance. So you can treat the kidneys you can treat the liver So, you know as almost the side effect people are saying I've noticed my skin is wonderful And it's like, you know, many of the side effects of herbs are actually always positive rather than negative So Burdock roots a fantastic skin herb. It seems to be able to You know, it's against dry and itchy skin. For example, it reconditions the skin. It's it's a good addition Mountain great root is the next one. It's a member of the Berberus Family of plants we had Berberus vulgaris the Barbary bark, which I think we've seen in the context of the liver This one is a more general alternative Working particularly with the liver and the lymph and also has an affinity with the skin And I've quite often used that as a partner to Burdock in a skin clearing formula and We have marigold again. So this crops up all over the place It's such a great herb and it's very well tolerated. It's not a herb that's difficult to take It's not unpleasant to take. It's not too strong. It's it's just gentle And effective good topical treatment for damaged inflamed skin as well. You can make a cream out of Calendula or marigold flowers And that's a great emollient for the skin and mollient just means that it softens and soothes the skin