1. Home Remedies & Acne Do Home Remedies work on Acne and other conditions?

2. Hypothesis I believe that some Home Remedies work to minimize the appearance of Acne and other conditions. For example, Tee Tree Oil acne solution has the same effectiveness as Benzoyl Peroxide. It works as an antibacterial and anti-inflammatory in skin infections.

3. You Already Know…… Acne is a skin condition that occurs due to the overproduction of oil. The oil that normally lubricates the skin gets trapped in blocked oil ducts producing pimples, blackheads, and whiteheads on the surface of skin. Acne can appear on different parts of the body.

4. Duct tape for a Wart?!?! A home remedy is a treatment to cure a disease or ailment that employs certain spices, vegetables, or other common items. Home remedies may or may not have medicinal properties that treat or cure the disease or ailment in question. A significant number have been demonstrated to effectively treat ailments such as sprains, minor lacerations, headaches and fevers. One example of a home remedy is the use of chicken soup to treat respiratory infections such as a cold and according to recent studies, this may actually be effective. Other examples of medically successful home remedies include willow bark tea to cure headaches and fevers (willow bark contains salicylic acid, which is Duct tape or superglue to treat warts. Most home remedies are made up of things that are already in the home.

5. Method Step 1- Younger sibling and self will observe and document any occurrences of acne and other conditions over a 2-3 week period. Step 2- We use household items such as a hot compress, garlic, pencil, soft candle, tennis ball, ground orange peel, water ect. Step 3- These material are then applied to odors, facial blemishes, headaches, calluses, and/or achy feet, and other issues that developed in the 2-3 weeks.

6. Data During the first week, my brother developed a wart on his right knee. He developed new acne on his face, particularly the forehead and nose. I develop acne on my cheeks and forehead. I also had stomach pains from not all the time or too late.

7. Results- Week 1 To decrease the appearance of his wart, I cut 3 inches of duct tape and placed it over the wart. Within a month, the wart on my brother’s knee decreased in size. I used a hot compress to minimize the size of acne on my cheeks and fore head. My brother used soft candle for his acne.

11. Results Wk 1 Cont. When using the hot compress for my acne, instead of my fingers, my forehead and cheeks I had less acne scars. My mom instructed me to boil orange peel and garlic or add bitters to a glass of hot water an drink it for my stomach aches.

12. Data Cont. In the second week, I had a migraine accompanied by mild backaches from a heavy book bag. I developed acne on my cheeks and forehead had achy feet and my brother received and ear infection. I also had achy feet.

13. Results-Week 2 Placing a pencil between my jaw did not work for my headache in this case. I used a cold compressed instead and sapped my head with a cold rag from time to time. For my back aches, I added two cups of Epsom salt to a tub of hot water. My backaches became late frequent and I lessen the amount of books I carried. I used a tennis ball to stretch & soothe my arches and achy feet for two minutes.

14. Rating of each Remedy One a scale of 1-5, one begin not affective at all and five as extremely effective: 1.Duct tape over Wart- 4 2.Soft candle/hot compress for acne-5 3.Placing pencil bet. Jaw-1 4.Cold compress/rag for headche-5 5.Epsom salt for backache-4 6.Tennis ball for achy feet-4 7.Orange peel & Garlic/Bitters-5

15. Conclusion In closing, depending on the type of home remedy used, they can work to minimize the appearance of Acne and other conditions. It is mostly people of the West Indian culture that use home remedies to cure multiple conditions. If someone else were to do this study, I would recommend that they conduct a survey on those would use home remedies with those who don’t and examine who heals better or that fastest.

16. Other Home Remedies Vodka for Foot odor I poured some onto a washcloth and wiped my brother’s feet. It’s the same principle as rubbing alcohol. Vodka is alcohol, which is antiseptic. It destroys odor-causing fungus and bacteria and dries out the moisture that lets these organisms grow.

17. Other Home Remedies cont. Acupuncture also works on headaches. Tiny needles are inserted into specific points of the body; this can reduce muscle tension and encourages the release of painkilling endorphins. I also had acupuncture done on my knees because experienced pain from ballet dancing.

18. Work Citied Bing- http://www.bing.com/search?q=what+i s+acne&form=MSNH14&qs=n http://www.home-remedies.com www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov www.2homeremedies.com/