Hey everyone!
Did you miss me? Ben and I just got back from a weekend getaway in Wimberly, Texas. Wimberly is a small little tourist town about 25 min outside of Austin. But more on the trip later 
Right Now I want to do a post on Herbal Remedies. Specifically, wheat germ oil.
So what is wheat germ and where does it come from? Lets look at the anatomy of a whole grain of wheat. There are 3 major components:
The Bran is the outer shell that protects the seed and is composed of fiber, B vitamins and trace minerals. The Endosperm is full of energy in the form of carbohydrates and a little protein. Finally, the Germ nourishes the seed with anti-oxidents, vitamin E and B vitamins.
NOTE: When grain is processed into white flour it is stripped of the Germ and the Bran, leaving the Edosperm.
Wheat Germ has the highest content of vitamin E of any natural food (that hasn’t been fortified). Because of its unusually high vitamin E content, it has excellent applications for skin health.
Personally, I use wheat germ oil for scar reduction but you can also take it for general skin health.
Scars are made up of tough repair tissue that is not only unsightly but can disrupt cellular communication and energy movement throughout the body.
To treat a scar with wheat germ oil, it must be topically applied to the injured site.
You can choose among hundreds of brands of oil, just be sure that it is cold-pressed since the oil is very sensitive to heat and highly perishable. I prefer to use Standard Process.
my bottle of wheat germ oil
I was in a bicycle accident about 2 months ago and still have a rather large scar to show for it.
ouch!
And so I simply take out an oil capsule, puncture it and squeeze the “juice” onto my scar.
oil capsule
I am going to topically apply the oil twice a day until the scar tissue starts to break up and dissapear.
If you have an undesirable blemish that you would like to take care of, give wheat germ oil a try. And let me know what happens! I’ll be sure to make another post with an “after” picture of my knee
