Joerg Gruenwald, Ph.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  They are rhomboid or obovate, short-petioled with an oil gland in each indentation. The oil glands form small raised structures on the leaf surface. The stem is about 2 to 3 mm in diameter, red-brown, rough due to the oil glands and has 4 long grooves. The internodes are 8 to 20 mm long. B. crenulata is a slender glabrous bush 2 to 3 m high. It is branched and the branches are somewhat angular. The bark is violet-brown. The leaves of B. crenulata vary in form, are opposite and pubescent on both surfaces and are somewhat longer, i.e. up to 3 cm and have an obtuse, but not a revolute tip. The B. |
Paula Begoun and Bryan Barron
See book keywords and concepts |  Most people do have some oil sitting at the top of their oil glands, and most of the face's oil glands are located on the nose. So whether you use these strips or a piece of tape, black dots and some skin will be removed. Is that helpful? Only momentarily, although if you use the Biore product, the plastic-forming agent can get into the pores and possibly cause breakouts and itritation. The way these strips adhere, they can absolutely injure or tear skin and cause spider veins to surface. |
Brigitte Mars, A.H.G.
See book keywords and concepts |  The opposite, lanceolate leaves clasp the stems; they feature tiny, translucent oil glands that look like holes when the leaves are held up to the light. The five-petaled, hermaphroditic flowers, are golden yellow, with black dots on their margins, and appear in flat-topped clusters. Ovoid capsules follow, bearing several dark brown seeds.
S A RS A PA RILL A
Botanical Name
Smilax aristolochiifolia (syn. S. medica), S. aspera, S. officinalis, S. ornata, S. papyracea, S. |
Thomson Healthcare, Inc.
See book keywords and concepts | | There are smaller oil glands spread over the leaf blade.
Characteristics: The leaves have a peppermint odor.
Habitat: The plant is indigenous to the Cape region of South Africa.
Production: Short Buchu leaf consists of the dried leaves of Barosma betulina harvested when in flower and in fruit. In South Africa, collection of the leaves is strictly controlled by the government to prevent destruction of the plant in the wild.
Not to be Confused With: Other Barosma and Diosma species. | | The lamina is elongate-lanceolate, long acuminate, and punctate with oil glands. The leaf base is unevenly cordate; the petiole is winged and clasps the stem. The stem is round, conspicuously jointed, and pubescent toward the top.
Characteristics: The leaves have an aromatic smell when rubbed and a bitter, mildly astringent taste.
Habitat: The plant is indigenous to Argentina, Colombia, and Tanzania.
Production: Piper elongatum is cultivated as a medicinal plant in the countries of origin. Matico leaves are the dried leaves of Piper elongatum. The fresh leaves are also used medicinally. | | The leaves are alternate, odd, 7 to 11 pinnate, and transparently punctuated with oil glands.
Characteristics: The plant has a strong lemon or cinnamon fragrance. The oil is easily inflammable.
Habitat: The plant is indigenous to central Europe and parts of Asia, and is cultivated in the northern U.S.
Not to be Confused With: Burning Bush herb can be confused with that of the herb Dictamni cretici. Previous sources cite confusion between Burning Bush root and Carophyllaceen root. | | The shoots are glabrous, pale green, and somewhat covered in oil glands. The stems are erect, rigid, round, lightly branched, and woody from below. The leaves are 4 to 11 cm long and 3 to 7 cm wide, odd-pinate, with 1 to 3 pinnatesect pinna. The terminal segments are spatulate to lanceolate. The front leaves are very finely crenate or serrate, somewhat fleshy, pale yellowish or bluish green.
Characteristics: The odor is tangy and the taste is hot, somewhat bitter and can cause skin irritation. |
Brigitte Mars, A.H.G.
See book keywords and concepts | | The species name perforatum refers to the tiny oil glands in the leaves, which look like holes.
The common name Saint John's wort refers to the herb's association with blood, as a result of the bright red dye the plant releases when crushed (thanks to its hypericin content), which is linked to John the Baptist's beheading. The herb is often collected on June 24th, the feast day of John the Baptist. Wort is an Old English word meaning "plant."
Also Known As
Afrikaans: johanneskruid Dutch: St. |
Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan
See book keywords and concepts |  Because of the increased number of oil glands in the nose, another sign of rhinophyma is waxy, greasy, yellow skin.
Although bulbous nose is medically benign, its unsightliness can cause embarrassment and social problems. Plastic surgery is an option, but the condition may return.
Charles Darwin had a bulbous nose. Because of it, he almost literally missed the boat to the Galapagos Islands on his way to coming up with the theory of evolution. The captain of the ship, the HMS Beagle, was a disciple of the famous physiognomist Lavater. |
Paula Begoun and Bryan Barron
See book keywords and concepts | | Those with dry skin usually prefer creams or more emollient formulations to make up for what their oil glands don't provide. And those with blemish-prone skin generally do better with moisturizers that have a thinner consistency.
DAYTIME VS. NIGHTTIME MOISTURIZERS
Putting aside the claims, hype, and misleading information you may have heard, the only real difference between a daytime and nighttime moisturizer is that the daytime version should contain a well-formulated sunscreen. | | A cleanser that is too drying can create combination skin, because drying up skin doesn't stop or change the amount of oil your oil glands produce.
(Sources: International Journal of Dermatology, August 2002, pages 494-499; Cosmetic Dermatology, August 2000, pages 58-62; Cutis, December 2001, volume 68, number 5, Supplemental; Skin Research and Technology, February 2001, pages 49-55; Dermatology, 1997, volume 195, number 3, pages 258-262; and Journal of the American Medical Association, April 1980, pages 1640-1643.)
Thankfully, overly drying cleansing agents are being used less and less. | | Oily skin may look less wrinkled, but that is only because oily skin has its own built-in moisturizer, namely the oil produced by the skin's oil glands. Wrinkles, sagging, and skin discolorations are caused by a combination of events, and the primary culprits are sun exposure, genetic inheritance, sagging muscles (not from lack of exercise, but from the stretching and laxity that occur with use), loss of subcutaneous fat, thinning of skin due to cell senescence, menopause (estrogen depletion), and normal aging. But dry skin does not cause wrinkles. | | Because oil production is triggered only by hormones, there is nothing you can apply topically to stop your skin's oil glands from making more oil. What you can do to make sure you don't make matters worse is avoid products that contain oils or emollient ingredients.
To absorb surface oil, forms of clay masks can help a lot, although avoid masks that contain irritating ingredients. As strange as it sounds, Phillip's Milk of Magnesia can be used as a facial mask. It is nothing more than liquid magnesium hydroxide, which does a very good job of absorbing oil. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
See book keywords and concepts |  When this happens, the oil glands produce too much oil, which in turn clogs the follicles and creates a welcome environment for bacteria. "The immune system mounts an attack against that bacteria, which leads to inflammation, which is why a pimple can turn into a nasty, red cyst that can scar both physically and emotionally," Fried says. The theory—and it remains a theory—is that by downsizing the conversion of testosterone to DHT, saw palmetto can make a big difference. |
Joerg Gruenwald, Ph.D.
See book keywords and concepts | | The stem is about 2 to 3 mm in diameter, red-brown, rough due to the oil glands and has 4 long grooves. The internodes are 8 to 20 mm long. B. crenulata is a slender glabrous bush 2 to 3 m high. It is branched and the branches are somewhat angular. The bark is violet-brown. The leaves of B. crenulata vary in form, are opposite and pubescent on both surfaces and are somewhat longer, i.e. up to 3 cm and have an obtuse, but not a revolute tip. The B. serratifolia bush is very similar although the leaves are longer, obtuse at the tip and narrowed on both edges. | | There are smaller oil glands spread over the leaf blade.
Characteristics: The taste and odor are very characteristic.
Habitat: Indigenous to South Africa, Cape region.
Production: Buchu leaf consists of the dried leaves of Barosma betulina.
Not To Be Confused With: Other Barosma and Diosma species. | | The root bark is a bright, rust-brown color, in irregular pieces, soft, brittle and corky, in distinct layers, showing numerous oil glands. The root itself is brownish-white, showing clear concentric rings traversed by narrow medullary rays.
Characteristics: The taste is sweet and slightly astringent and the odor is pleasant and aromatic.
Habitat: The plant is common to eastern North America, Mexico, and Taiwan.
Production: Sassafras wood is the root woods of Sassafras albidium. Woody, thick roots (up to 20 cm) are dug up in autumn, then shredded, cut or sawn into cubes. |
Brigitte Mars, A.H.G.
See book keywords and concepts | | It is a woody shrub, from 1 to 4 feet tall, with many twigs covered with oil glands. The leaves are flat, opposite, and about 1 inch long. The flowers are pink and single.
BUCKBEAN
Botanical Name
Menyanthes trifoliata
Family
Menyanthaceae (Bogbean Family) Etymology
The genus name, Menyanthes, comes from the Greek, meaning "moon flower" and/or "month," denoting the duration of the flowers' blooming period. However, buckbean often blooms for up to three months!
The species name, trifoliate, refers to the three leaflets. |
Joerg Gruenwald, Ph.D.
See book keywords and concepts | | The leaves are alternate, odd, 7 to 11 pinnate, and transparently punctuated with oil glands.
Characteristics: The plant has a strong lemon or cinnamon fragrance. The oil is easily inflammable.
Habitat: The plant is indigenous to Central Europe, parts of Asia, and cultivated in the northern U.S.
Not To Be Confused With: The name of the herb can be confused with that of Herba Dictamni cretici. Confusion with Carophyllaceen roots has been mentioned by previous sources. | | The shoots are glabrous, pale green and more or less covered in oil glands. The stems are erect, rigid, round, lightly branched and woody from below. The leaves are 4 to 11 cm long and 3 to 7 cm wide, odd-pinate, with 1 to 3 pinnatesect pinna. The terminal segments are spatulate to lanceolate. The front ones are very finely crenate or serrate, somewhat fleshy, pale yellowish or bluish green.
Characteristics: The odor is tangy and the taste is hot, somewhat bitter and can cause skin irritation. |
by Michael Murray, N.D. and Joseph Pizzorno, N.D.
See book keywords and concepts | | The reason is the valuable oils produced by the hairlike oil glands on the surfaces of the leaves and stems of these plants. One member of the mint family, basil, has already been described. Other members of the mint family include lemon balm, marjoram, oregano, peppermint, rosemary, sage, savory, spearmint, and thyme.
While there are about twenty-five different species of mints, peppermint (Mentha piperita) is actually a natural hybrid cross between Mentha aquatica (water mint) and Mentha spicata (spearmint). |
Paula Begoun
See book keywords and concepts |  Oil production is a process affected by our hormones, which generate signals that trigger oil glands to be overproductive, and there is literally nothing you can do from the outside to stop or change that activity.
It would be great if you could use products for the face that absorb oil, but unfortunately, they cause the hair to feel heavy or limp.
MYTH: My hair is oily, so it is best if I wash with a shampoo designed for my hair type. Shampoos for oily hair often contain detergent agents that are stronger than is really necessary for an oily scalp or hair condition. | | Your oil glands provide their own conditioning agent to the hair shafts. As oil makes its way along the hair shaft (which is aided by brushing), it adds shine, protection, flexibility, and smoothness by covering and filling in the spaces around and between the layers of cuticle.
Oil production is controlled almost entirely by hormonal activity. There is no way to stop oil production from the outside in. | | Oil is a problem when it makes hair look heavy, greasy, and limp, but oil from your oil glands is also good for hair because it .protects the hair from drying out. Essentially, what a conditioner does is the same thing that your own oil provides naturally. The oil gland produces oil, the oil melts over the surface of the scalp and onto the hair shaft, and the oil then moves along the hair toward the ends. On straight hair, the oil follows the path of the hair and moves easily downward along the hair shaft toward the ends. |
Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
See book keywords and concepts |  Examples of such glands are the salivary glands of the mouth, and the sweat and oil glands of the skin. Other exocrine glands can be found in the kidneys, the mammary glands, and the digestive tract. These glands perform a variety of functions. The salivary glands, for instance, secrete saliva, which aids in the digestion of food, while the sweat glands help rid the body of waste products.
Unlike the exocrine glands, the endocrine glands are ductless, and thus secrete the substances they produce— specifically, hormones—directly into the bloodstream. | | Although proper skin care is important in the treatment of acne, acne is not caused by uncleanliness, but is more likely to be a result of overactive oil glands.
Although more than 20 million teenagers suffer from this disorder, acne is not just affecting kids anymore—it is also affecting increasing numbers of adults. While teenage acne most commonly occurs on the face and/or upper body, adult acne is usually limited to the chin and jaw line, and involves fewer, but possibly more painful, blemishes. |
Thomson Healthcare, Inc.
See book keywords and concepts | | The young shoots are tomentose, the older branches glabrous. The trunk has a paperlike, whitish bark.
Habitat: Melaleuca alternifolia is indigenous to Australia.
Production: Tea Tree oil is the essential oil extracted from the leaves and branch tips of Melaleuca alternifolia, Melaleuca dissitifolia, and other Melaleuca species by aqueous steam distillation. Ideally, the leaves and shoots have first been stored for 6 weeks. actions and pharmacology
COMPOUNDS
Terpinenes: Primarily terpinene-4-ol (45%), gamma-terpi-nene (18%), alpha-terpinene (8%), 1. |
Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
See book keywords and concepts | | Zinc may help prevent acne and regulate the activity of oil glands. It is required for protein synthesis and collagen formation, and promotes a healthy immune system and the healing of wounds. Zinc also enhances acuity of taste and smell. It protects the liver from chemical damage and is vital for bone formation. It is a constituent of insulin and many vital enzymes, including the antioxidant enzyme superoxide dismutase (SOD). It also helps to fight and prevent the formation of free radicals in other ways. |
Thomson Healthcare, Inc.
See book keywords and concepts | | The branches hang down.
Characteristics: The leaves give off a pepper-like smell when rubbed; the fruit is aromatic and somewhat sweet.
Habitat: The tree is indigenous to Central America and South America.
Production: California Peppertree (or Peruvian Peppertree) leaves are the leaflets of Schinus molle. California Peppertree fruits are ripe unpeeled drupes of Schinus mollek, which are air- or freeze-dried.
Not to be Confused With: Other Schinus species. |
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