What is Witch Hazel?????

Question

Ive Heard that witch hazel is good for your skin...i was wondering what it is and what it does also where could i buy it and what exact one your suppose to buy because i looked it up and its giving me vitamins and stuff????

Answer 1

Witch hazel is a great skin cleanser, especially for zits, pimples, and other impuritees on your face.

Answer 2

You can usually find it at your local drugstore with either the skin care products and/or next to the rubbing alcohol. Look for a bottle that is very similiar to a rubbing alcohol bottle. The packaging is nearly the same. The product you've heard about is a clear liquid made from Witch Hazel plant. It has astringent qualities and is sometimes helpful for various inflammations of the skin. Net, you would primarily use it as a toner to shrink the appearance of pores and tone down any redness/inflammation. It can also be MILDLY helpful in reducing acne. I tried witch hazel a few years ago and wasn't particularly impressed.

Answer 3

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch-hazel

Witch-hazel is the common name for a genus of shrubs Hamamelis in the family Hamamelidaceae, with four species, two in North America (H. virginiana and H. vernalis), and one each in Japan (H. japonica) and China (H. mollis). The Persian Ironwood, a closely related tree formerly treated as Hamamelis persica, is now given a genus of its own, as Parrotia persica, as it differs in the flowers not having petals. Other closely allied genera are Parrotiopsis, Fothergilla and Sycopsis (see under Hamamelidaceae). The Witch-Hazel is not closely related to the Common Hazel.

They are popular garden shrubs, grown for their clusters of rich yellow to orange-red flowers which begin to expand in the autumn before the leaves fall and continue throughout the winter. It is one of the earliest blooming garden plants. The bark and leaves are astringent, the extract, also referred to as Witch Hazel, is used medicinally. Extracts from its bark and leaves are used in aftershave lotions and lotions for treating bruises. The seeds contain a quantity of oil and are edible. The name is derived from the use of the twigs as divining rods, just as hazel twigs were used in England.

Hamamelis species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Feathered Thorn.

The word witch has its origins in Middle English wiche, from the Old English wice, meaning "pliant" or "bendable", and which also gives us Wicker and weak.

Answer 4

witch hazel is some liquid that you pour on a cloth and put it on a sprained ankle and wrap it with an ace bandage. it helps with healing and swelling. you can buy it at any drug store or wal-mart.

Answer 5

Check your local drug store. It is an herb.