What should I do to reduce the dark circles under my eyes?

Answer 1

Chinese medicine says that dark circles under your eyes or bags under your eyes are a sign of an internal problem, not just a skin problem. If they are dark that indicates toxic blood and the kidneys weakness in filtering your blood. If they are swollen that indicates sluggish filtration of your kidneys.

This can lead to a variety of health problems such as water retention, scanty urine, swollen ankles, fingers and toes and possibly urinary infection.
There are several solutions you can use.
• Use a chinese kidney activator herbal treatment. This would contain such ingredients as potassium, Juniper berries, Parsley herb, Uva ursi leaves, Dandelion root (diuretic), and Chamomile flowers

• Change your diet, drink plenty of liquids preferably pure water, organic cranberry juice is good. Reduce your meat and protein consumption, and drink tea, preferably watermelon seed or green, sweetened with black strap molasses.

• Cleanse the colon.

Remember problems that show on the surface are indicators of problems inside. There are other herbs that can absorb the toxins, serve as diuretics designed for the kidneys, and provide trace minerals to replenish the body.

Oh yeah and another thing. You should get at least 6-8 hours of sleep, the best times are between 10 pm and 6 am
New Information added on 5-05-06 - The Importance of Water
Water-Why and How Much to Drink

If you are not drinking enough water or don’t realize how much is enough water, hopefully the following will give a little psychological nudge along with answering the question, "How much do you love your body?"
Below is a listing of the water content of some of the components of our bodies.
BODY COMPONENT WATER CONTENT PERCENTAGE

* Bile.................................86 percent
* Lungs................................80 percent
* Blood plasma.........................90 percent
* Lymph................................94 percent
* Blood serum..........................90.7 percent
* Muscular tissues.....................75 percent
* Bones................................13 percent
* Red blood corpuscles.................68.7 percent
* Brain................................80.5 percent
* Saliva...............................95.5 percent
* Cartilage............................55 percent
* Spleen...............................75.5 percent
* Gastric juice........................99.5 percent
* Teeth................................10 percent
* Liver................................71.5 percent

Additionally, it is not realistic to believe that the rule of drinking 8 glasses of water a day is adequate enough to meet everyone’s needs. As supported by the above formulas your body’s organs/systems sizes and weights will vary from other individuals depending on your body’s weight and size as well as the gender difference depending on your being male or female.

So the formula I encourage that you follow is to begin with your current body weight and divide that amount in half. The sum will be the minimum number of ounces that your body requires daily to sustain good health. This is more than realistic when consideration is given to the fact that water is actually the most abundant chemical substance in the human body and accounts for approximately 60 percent of your body's weight.

Depending on how poor your water consumption history has been, your body will bloat for a period of as long as two to three weeks after starting to practice the above equation. This is because your body is designed to be a balanced piece of machinery. When it is taken to a sudden position of need from a previous position of starvation it automatically exhibits a state of mistrust in its owner. Its reaction is to harbor or attempt to store this gift for future use in the anticipation that it will eventually be dropped back to an undesired position of starvation.

You may gain as much as 8 pounds in water weight during this initiation. This is only temporary. Be strong enough to see it through. Once your body has learned to trust you (the termination of your initiation period) the accumulated water weight will fall off in a very short period of following time.

The additional reward is that since the body is a self-regulator, when it is provided the proper tools to work with, it begins to use the proper water levels to realign the body. When you lock and load on this equation you will find that, after you pass the bloating stage, your body will begin to automatically drop up to ½ a pound a week in body weight. With no other effort (other than a proper diet) it begins to drop excess weight until it eventually establishes a plateau at its intended normal weight. I have to believe this process happens because water is also critical for most enzymes action, as well. For example, proteases, amylases, and lipases are hydrolytic enzymes and require water to do their jobs. Water activates the enzymes. Without water, these and other enzymes could not function.

It is important to understand that the body does not normally fill as a single container (like a drinking container is filled) but fills in accordance with the needs of water specific to the location of organs' placement in the body. Evaluate at this time by viewing your hands placement. Answer the question as to which vital body organs are indicating a current deficiency of available water. Then please begin drinking more water.

Lastly, I will remind you not to drink water after 7 p.m. and if necessary only in very small quantities. The reason being because the body is such a wonderfully regulated piece of machinery it has established time clocks that are designated to repair specific systems at dedicated times of the day and night. The body's time schedule for repair of the kidneys is proposed to be between 11 p.m. and 2 am. This makes it easy to understand why social butterflies that frequent bars and diabetics because of unquenchable thirst routinely develop kidney disease as a health complication.

The way it works is that the kidneys need the provision of not having any work remaining to be done at commencement of their repair schedule. If they are given more work they will forfeit the portion of the repair time required to complete it. The repair schedule is not moved forward to allow for a full repair schedule when its established schedule is interrupted. When this consistently occurs the kidneys begin to break down no matter what other provisions are introduced to rebuild and restore them.

Answer 2

Buy a box of regular, old fashioned unflavored gelatin (e.g. Knox) from grocery store. Take a small cup or bowl and put in 1 teaspoon of the gelatin mix. Add one tablespoon of boiling water & stir for a minute. Test it on your wrist to make sure it is not too hot. Then, using a cotton ball, pat it under your eyes as you would an eye cream or gel. Go lie down and listen to some music, or take a bath & let it stay on for at least 30 minutes. Then just rinse it off.
Gelatin is very high in Vitamin K & Biotin. It will not remove your dark circles on the first application (but you will notice a difference), but if you do it daily for a week, and then 2-3 times a week for maintenance, you should notice a drastic reduction in dark circles.
Fore more home remedies and tips, visit http://www.mydarkcirclesblog.com/2007/01/01/special-spa-home-remedy-to-reduce-dark-circles/

Answer 3

Mary Kay cosmetics has 2 wonderful solutions! First, we should say that dark circles can be caused by a variety of things...it can be hereditary, it can be caused by a cold or sinus infection, or when you are tired. I have horrible dark circles and Mary Kay concealer is the ONLY product that has worked for me! It is only $9 and lasts forever....I also recently started using the HIGHLIGHTER pen..which has some tint to it like a concealer but also light deflectors so it give the optical illusion that ANY dark areas (under the eyes, around the corners of the nose, etc.) are brighter. Find a local Mary Kay consultant or go to www.MaryKay.com/tbond61 for more info.

Answer 4

try to get more sleep, and if you can't do that, there's creams that you can buy that will reduce the dark circles and puffiness.

i don't know if this work on the circles, but putting a cool compress over your eyes makes you feel more awake and reduces puffiness, too!

hope this helps! : )

Answer 5

* Natural Homemade Beauty Tips to - Dark Circles
http://homebeautytips.blogspot.com/2006/11/home-beauty-tipsdarkcircles.html#name1

Answer 6

arbonne international's Nutrimin RE9 Eye Cream
It moisturizes the delicate skin around the eyes and reduces the appearance of dark circles and puffiness.

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Answer 7

Sleeping more, use an eye cream

Note: while using your eye cream lightly drum your finger along the eye skin area. It's like an exercise that firms the area up.

Answer 8

Do you sleep enough? sleeping enough is important. I heard that atopic dermatitis also causes dark circles. well broccoli and salmon also can help you reduce dark circles. eat them alot ..

Answer 9

Clinique has an awesome product call All About Eyes. There's a free sample in February's Glamour magazine, if you want to try it.

Answer 10

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Answer 11

Wilmar has some great affordable concealer sticks. go to the mall and get a free makeover . they are the pros and they can advise you also