White Clay Powder 100g

White Clay Powder

When to use white clay

Clay for external use

Clay for internal use

CHELATING PROPERTIES

ABSORBENT PROPERTIES

When to use white clay

clay is used above all for its absorbent, antiseptic and purifying properties.

White clay consists largely of aluminum and silicon (chemically it is a hydrated aluminum silicate). In addition to many cosmetic uses, white clay is one of the main natural remedies against intestinal swelling. Like green clay, white clay can be taken for external or internal uses. In the first case, it is mainly used to create beauty masks, purifying the skin and strengthening the hair. But it can also help fight dehydration and chapping. The internal use of clay is used in particular as a bactericide, because it expels toxins, is a gastric protector, protects the mucous membranes and also has an anti-inflammatory value. Here's how to prepare it.

Clay for external use

In dermocosmetics, clays are materials widely used to prepare masks and packs with detoxifying, moisturizing, soothing, anti-inflammatory and anti-acne properties. Let us briefly remember that clays are inert for the epidermis and, based on their chemical-physical characteristics, they are able to interact with the skin, preparing it to receive the functional active ingredients incorporated in them.

Clay is not a drug because, by not crossing cell membranes, it cannot enter the bloodstream: the therapeutic-like effect exerted by clay-based cosmetic preparations is an expression of the various events that occur between the surface of the particles of clay and the area of application

EMULSIFYING AND PSEUDO PLASTIC PROPERTIES

• cardinal characteristic of clay that defines the degree of spreadability and malleability on the skin. To the touch, the clays appear greasy and greasy. After being diluted in water, the clay particles swell and remain in suspension for a long time. It is precisely this quality - typical of colloids - that makes clays a raw material widely used in cosmetics in the stabilization of emulsifying systems.

Clay for internal use

(in this case it is advisable to buy the debacterized, purified one)
Even phytotherapy and folk medicine have been able to grasp the excellent properties of clay to improve the course of some pathologies or treat some pathological-like affections.
For internal use, clay can be used for the following properties:

CHELATING PROPERTIES

• clay has long been used as a support for detoxifying therapy against intestinal poisoning. This substance, in fact, has chelating properties, such as to favor the removal of toxins or substances potentially dangerous for the body through a system of "sequestration" (chelation).

ABSORBENT PROPERTIES

• clay is able to absorb good quantities of liquids and gases. For this purpose, this substance with countless properties can also be used to improve the symptoms of meteorism (swollen belly), flatulence, irritable bowel syndrome and other disorders that afflict the gastrointestinal system. Taken by mouth in the form of tablets, the clay relieves abdominal tension by combining chelating properties with a good anti-fermentation and astringent effect. For this purpose, kaolin (white clay) is particularly suitable as it is rich in silica, aluminum and other mineral salts.