Natural Herbs in Mukh Kanti Face Oil: How They Benefit Your Skin
With the abundance of skincare products that contain chemicals, nature has been given the chance to provide us with clean, healthy and radiant skin. The seven natural plants in the Mukh Kanti Face Oil are selected based on the uniqueness of each. These herbs work collaboratively to combat common skin issues like dullness, dryness, pigmentation and aging by nourishing, healing and restoring your natural healthy glow. This post will identify the seven powerful herbs and how they naturally create a glowing, youthful appearance.
Mukh Kanti Face Oil takes seven hand-picked natural herbs that all have different skin-healing properties and therefore work together to counteract dark spots, skin tone irregularities, and restore skin’s natural glow. Each herb offers unique benefits:
● Manjistha have blood-cleansing power
● Mulethi’s brightening properties
● Kamal Pushp soothing calming properties
● Neem: Moisturizes the skin
(all the herbs restore, nourish, heal, and rejuvenate your skin.)
This combined herbal blend helps reduce pigmentation and inflammation while further enhancing your skin's barrier functions (by reducing bacteria) and providing support for cell turnover (promoting regeneration) – leaving you with glowing, balanced, young-looking skin - naturally.
7 Main Herbs in Mukh Kanti Face Oil
The primary components of facial oil are:
1. Kamal Pushp (Nelumbo nucifera)
Kamal Pushp ‘Lotus Flower’,this is a very important flower in spiritual and Ayurveda traditions of India, symbolizing beauty, purity and rebirth. It is considered beautiful for its colorlessness, because it does not get stained despite growing in dirty mud and it symbolizes purity of heart and mind. It has brightening,moisturising and refreshing properties of Kamal Pushp also made a name in skincare.
Ayurvedic Importance:
Kamal Pushp balances both Pitta and Vata doshas that are both related to the hydration, sensitivity, and inflammation of skin. Kamal Pushp has cooling, calming properties which can calm inflammation and balance moisture. Kamal Pushp also aids in detoxification and regeneration of cells, creating a lovely botanical for youthful glowing complexion.
Skin Benefits:
● Hydrates and Nourishes: Kamal Pushp is rich in vitamins and antioxidants that deeply moisturize the skin, restoring softness and suppleness.
● Soothes Inflammation and Redness: Its cooling properties reduce irritation, redness, and inflammation, calming sensitive and reactive skin types.
● Brightens And Tones Skin: It has natural compounds to reduce pigmentation, as well as help lightens dark spots.
● Supports skin cell regeneration: Kamal Pushp helps in skin cell regeneration.
● Detoxifies and Protects: Somewhat loaded with antioxidants, it protects skin from oxidative stress that can stem from pollution and UV damage keeping skin youthful and full of vitality.
● Balances Oil and Moisture: This flower will balance your oil production and hydration level therefore suitable for dry and oily skin types.
Modern Research:
Scientific studies highlight Kamal Pushp’s antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and moisturizing effects. Its bioactive compounds help protect skin cells, improve elasticity, and reduce signs of oxidative damage, confirming its traditional use as a skin rejuvenator.
How It Works in Mukh Kanti Face Oil:
In Omdhatu’s Mukh Kanti Face Oil, Kamal Pushp acts as a gentle hydrator and skin soother. It balances moisture and calms inflammation, helping to reduce redness and sensitivity. Combined with other herbs, it supports skin regeneration, promotes an even tone, and leaves the skin feeling refreshed and radiant.
2. Manjistha (Rubia cordifolia)
Manjistha also known as 'Indian Madder', It is revered in Ayurveda for its unparalleled blood purifying and skin clearing properties. It has been known for centuries, utilized within traditional medicine for skin complications, inflammatory conditions, and any pigment disorders.
Ayurveda Relevance:
Manjistha is described in Ayurveda as a very strong Rakta Shodhak, a blood purifier that will support detoxification of the blood and healthy circulation. The structure of our skin reflects the healthy status of the blood; therefore, the blood must be purified for the entire body to achieve a beautiful, clear complexion. Manjistha is known to pacify the Pitta dosha, the dosha that governs inflammatory skin and aggravation of pigmentation.
Skin Benefits:
● Fades Hyperpigmentation: Manjistha has some powerful medicine compounds (purpurin and munjistin) that inhibit excess melanin production, the basis of dark spots and uneven skin tone.
● Detoxifying, and Healing: The detoxifying action of Manjistha helps to eliminate the toxins in your skin cells which causes acne, blemishing, and dullness, moving your skin towards a more clear and healthier skin cell.
● Anti-inflammatory and Antioxidant: Manjistha also has a high antioxidant profile that combats oxidative stress (harmful free radicals) with healthy compounds and helps protect the skin cells from damage. The anti-inflammatory to help promote and support reduce redness and inflammation, allowing Manjistha to be gentle for sensitive and acne-prone skin.
● Boosts Circulation: Manjistha encourages healthy blood circulation and blood flow to the skin cells, which efficiently nourishes and delivers nutrients to the skin for natural repair and regeneration, supporting youthful glowing skin.
● Enhances Wound Healing: Wound healing is also recorded in our traditional healing texts, highlighting its efficacy as a natural skin remedy in speeding healing of wounds and scars, also assisting in fading acne marks and blemishes.
Modern Research:
Scientific research has validated Manjistha's antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties making it a natural choice to treat eczema, psoriasis, pigmentation and other inflammatory conditions. By reducing oxidative damage and even skin tone; Manjistha's capabilities align with its traditional uses as well.
What it does in Mukh Kanti Face Oil:
In Mukh Kanti Face Oil, Manjistha plays a crucial role. Manjistha eliminates dirt and toxins at a deep level from the skin cells, minimizes pigmentation, and takes skin to an even, youthful, and glowing complexion, and when blended with other herbs, enhances the oil's natural capacity to detoxify, nourish, soothe, and revitalize your skin without employing synthetic chemicals or aggressive additives.
3. Lal Chandan (Santalum album -Red Sandalwood)
Lal Chandan ‘Red Sandalwood’, is one of the most esteemed herbs used in Ayurveda due to its remarkable cooling, calming and healing effects on skin. When distilling essential oils from its heartwood, commercial essential oil consumers support a long and respected tradition of using sandalwood in ancient healing and skin, beauty and ritual practices; it has a long history of safe and effective use for calming irritation, increasing complexion and generating a pure radiance.
Ayurvedic Significance
Ayurveda considers Lal Chandan one of the most important herbs because of its cool potency, or Shita Virya, which helps bring relief to the aggravated Pitta dosha. Pitta dosha is considered to be in charge of all things heat and inflammation in the body and in the skin. It can be used to bring relief from skin rashes and irritable skin, and redness.
Skin Benefits:
● Calms Redness and Inflammation: Lal Chandan provides a cooling sensation that helps to soothe irritated, inflamed, and sensitive skin. Lal Chandan is perfect for calming and treating skin affected by acne, rosacea, and sunburn.
● Antimicrobial: Lal Chandan combats bacteria and microbes that contribute to acne and other skin infections, helping to achieve a clearer and healthier skin
● Helps discoloration and uneven patches: Lal Chandan will lighten and fade dark patches, blemishes and scars caused by irritating skin conditions by promoting healthy dermal cell turnover and skin regeneration.
● Improves complexion and glow: With regular use, Lal Chandan enhances skin texture while improving complexion and glow by naturally balancing skin tone and minimizing oxidative stress.
● Hydration and nourishment: By retaining moisture and water, Lal Chandan will moisturize the skin, leaving it soft, smooth, supple, and hydrated rather than greasy.
● Fragrant and calming: Not only does Lal Chandan benefit the skin, but it's natural scent offers therapeutic benefit that calms and reduces stress, creating a calming sense of wellbeing.
Modern Research:
Scientific studies and trials have confirmed the common common uses of Lal Chandan's antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and antimicrobial properties. After decades of applications with skin health, there is scientific confirmation of some of the original traditional uses of Lal Chandan. The bioactive components in Lal Chandan's methanolic extract, including flavones and flavonoid glycosides, provide important empirical aspects to traditional uses by limiting oxidation and reducing the irritation of skin problems caused by exposure to environmental contaminants and UV exposure.
How it Works in Omdhatu's Mukh Kanti Face Oil:
In Mukh Kanti Face Oil, Lal Chandan has key functions in calming and cooling the skin by relieving inflammation and redness. Lal Chandan works synergistically with other herbs present in the formulation to help protect the skin from microbial bacterial infections and promote skin balance to support a radiant complexion. Lal Chandan may also be useful for sensitive and or irritated skin conditions, with the potential for immediate calming effects that may support skin health in the long run.
4. Lodhra (Symplocos racemosa)
Lodhra is a strong and respected herb in Ayurveda that historically has been valued for its incredible properties for healing skin, and its astringency. It grows most often in the Indian subcontinent and, for centuries, has been perceived as a natural way to help heal many skin & inflammatory concerns.
Ayurvedic Significance:
In Ayurvedic medicine, Lodhra is known to pacify Pitta and Kapha doshas, the doshas that govern inflammation and moisture in the skin. Its cooling properties and astringent properties tighten tissues of the skin; and allow excess oil to go away while also closing off, or calming, irritated tissues. Lodhra is primarily valued as a natural toner, as it refines pores and restores skin.
Skin Benefits:
● Tightens and Firms Skin: The strong attributes of Lodhra helps to tighten skin and reduce the pore size of the skin creating a smoother, younger looking skin.
● Controls Oiliness: Lodhra controls the production of oil from the sebaceous glands and also keeps them from over-producing oil, this controls your blackheads and blemishes.
● Heals and Soothes Inflammation: Lodhra has anti-inflammation properties that can calm the redness, swelling, and irritation from acne or blemishes.
● Repels Bacteria: Lodhra has antibacterial and antimicrobial activities that can help to prevent or reduce acne causing bacteria and helps to keep skin clear and healthy.
● Reduces Pigmentation: Consistent use helps to fade dark spots and blemishes, contributing to an even skin tone.
● Encourages Skin Regeneration: Lodhra can support the body's repairs, naturally speeding the repair of scarred and damaged skin.
Modern Research:
Research studies have demonstrated Lodhra’s antioxidant properties, antibiotic properties and anti-inflammatory properties. Extracts from the bark have been used to reduce inflammation of skin and to fight bacterial infections which corroborate claims of its traditional use characteristics for treatment of acne and promotion of wound healing.
What it does in Omdhatu’s Mukh Kanti Face Oil:
In Mukh Kanti Face Oil, Lodhra serves an important role in body's natural ability to control oil and refine skin texture. Lodhra aids in soothing irritated skin and reduces unconstitutional inflammatory while also preventing breakouts due to excess of oil and bacteria. All of this makes it an ideal oil for oily skin or anyone susceptible to breakouts, in other words, it is valuable in helping maintain healthy skin that is pH balanced, clear and youthful
5. Nagkesar (Mesua ferrea)
Nagkesar or ‘Indian rose chestnut’ is a popular herb in Ayurveda, renowned for its brilliance in enhancing complexions, healing, and skin brightening. It is a native of the Indian subcontinent and has historically been used for its properties against skin disorders and its ability to help reduce inflammation and improve complexion.
Ayurvedic Importance:
For Ayurveda, Nagkesar is an important herb as it maintains the balance for both the Pitta and Kapha doshas that cause inflammation of the skin, and moisture in the tissue. It is a natural enhancer and purifier of complexion due to its ability to remove excess heat and relax most forms of irritation to maintain clear and healthy skin.
Skin Benefits:
● It brightens skin: Nagkesar contains some flavonoids and other active compounds that can help reduce darkening and pigmentation, resulting in a more even and glowing appearance.
● It reduces inflammation: Nagkesar will also generally soothe redness, swelling, and irritation due to its anti-inflammatory properties, which tend to accompany and contribute to errors in skin tone.
● It strengthens capillary blood vessels: By improving blood circulation and helping capillaries under the skin to be more resilient, Nagkesar can help reduce redness and enhance a healthy-looking glow.
● It fights bacterial infections: Nagkesar has also shown some antimicrobial effects that can be used to fight bacteria that cause breakouts, and blemishes.
● It helps skin repair: Nagkesar has had historical use to assist skin repair, wounds, scars, and marks normally seen when skin is regenerating or renewing.
● It protects against oxidative damage: Nagkesar is also known for antioxidant properties that help protect skin cells from oxidative damage due to pollution & UV rays
Modern Research:
Recent scientific studies have confirmed Nagkesar's effectiveness for its traditional applications, including treatment of acne, hyperpigmentation , and inflammatory conditions, because of the anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and antimicrobial properties of Nagkesar.
How it works in Mukh Kanti Face Oil:
Within Omdhatu's Mukh Kanti Face Oil, Nagkesar profoundly contributes to skin illumination and the elimination of pigmented lesions. Nagkesar works in combination with other plants to reduce inflammation, prevent acne, and protection against environmental stressors, and contributes to the formulation of clearer, smoother, and luminous skin with the oil..
6. Neem (Azadirachta indica)
Neem is also referred to as the ‘village pharmacy’, neem is one of the most powerful and all-purpose herbs in the Ayurvedic tradition and is held in high regard for its unique healing and purifying abilities. The neem tree, native to the Indian subcontinent, has been part of traditional healing practices for thousands of years and has provided relief from numerous skin issues, infections, and inflammatory conditions.
Important in Ayurveda:
In Ayurveda, Neem is a Katu Rasa (the pungent taste) herb and has Tikta (bitter) qualities that help subdue the Pitta and Kapha doshas (in aggravated states), which typically present themselves in the form of skin inflammation, acne, and infections. Neem's exceptional detoxifying capacity purifies the blood, and when the blood is purified, it directly reflects the clarity of the skin.
Skin Benefits:
● Powerful Antibacterial and Antifungal: Neem contains active compounds like nimbidin and azadirachtin, which fight acne-causing bacteria and fungal infections, keeping the skin clear and healthy.
● Controls Oil Production: By regulating sebum secretion, neem prevents clogged pores, reducing the formation of blackheads, whiteheads, and pimples.
● Reduces Inflammation and Soothes Skin: Neem’s anti-inflammatory properties calm redness, irritation, and swelling associated with acne and other skin conditions.
● Promotes Wound Healing: It accelerates healing of minor cuts, wounds, and acne scars by supporting skin regeneration.
● Detoxifies and Purifies: Neem detoxifies the skin by removing toxins and impurities, leading to a brighter, more radiant complexion.
● Fights Skin Allergies and Eczema: Neem’s soothing effects relieve itching, redness, and dryness often linked to allergic reactions and eczema.
Modern Research:
Scientific studies validate Neem’s antibacterial, antifungal, antioxidant, and anti inflammatory effects. It is widely used in modern skincare formulations for acne-prone and sensitive skin due to its ability to reduce microbial growth and soothe irritation naturally.
How It Works in Mukh Kanti Face Oil:
In Omdhatu’s Mukh Kanti Face Oil, Neem acts as a natural purifier and protector. It balances oil production and fights harmful bacteria, preventing new breakouts and maintaining clear skin. Combined with other herbs, neem enhances the oil’s ability to detoxify, soothe, and rejuvenate the skin, contributing to an even tone and healthier texture.
7. Mulethi (Glycyrrhiza glabra - Licorice Root)
Mulethi, commonly known as ‘Licorice Root’, is a prized herb in Ayurveda celebrated for its skin-brightening, anti-inflammatory, and healing properties. It has been used for centuries in traditional medicine to treat skin conditions, reduce pigmentation, and soothe sensitive skin. Known for its sweet flavor and therapeutic benefits, Mulethi is a natural remedy for achieving clear and radiant skin.
Ayurvedic Significance:
In Ayurveda, Mulethi is considered to have a cooling effect that balances aggravated Pitta and Kapha doshas. It is especially useful in calming inflammation, redness, and irritation, which are often the underlying causes of uneven skin tone and dark spots. Mulethi is also valued for its detoxifying and rejuvenating qualities that enhance skin health from within.
Skin Benefits:
● Reduces Hyperpigmentation and Dark Spots: Mulethi contains glabridin, a natural compound that inhibits the enzyme tyrosinase, which is responsible for melanin production, helping to lighten dark spots and even out skin tone.
● Soothes Inflammation and Irritation: Its anti-inflammatory properties calm redness, swelling, and sensitivity, making it suitable for sensitive and acne-prone skin.
● Antioxidant Protection: Mulethi is rich in antioxidants that protect the skin from free radicals and environmental damage, preventing premature aging and dullness.
● Promotes Skin Healing: It supports the repair of damaged skin, reducing acne scars and promoting a smoother complexion.
● Hydrates and Nourishes: Licorice root helps maintain skin moisture, keeping it soft and supple without clogging pores.
● Fights Acne and Bacterial Infections: Its antimicrobial properties help control acne-causing bacteria, reducing breakouts and inflammation.
Modern Research:
Scientific studies validate Mulethi skin benefits, particularly its ability to reduce melanin synthesis and provide anti-inflammatory effects. It is widely used in dermatology for treating hyperpigmentation and inflammatory skin disorders.
How It Works in Mukh Kanti Face Oil:
In Omdhatu’s Mukh Kanti Face Oil, Mulethi acts as a natural brightener and skin soother. It helps reduce dark spots, calm irritated skin, and protect against environmental damage. Combined with other potent herbs, Mulethi enhances the oil’s ability to promote a balanced, glowing, and even-toned complexion.
How Omdhatu’s Mukh Kanti Face Oil Works
Omdhatu’s Mukh Kanti Face Oil is a powerful blend of Ayurvedic herbs and modern science that goes beyond surface care. Herbs like Manjistha and Nagkesar detoxify the skin and reduce pigmentation, while Neem and Lodhra control oil and prevent breakouts. Soothing herbs such as Chandan, Kamal Pushp, and Mulethi calm inflammation and redness. Packed with antioxidants, this oil protects against pollution and sun damage, deeply hydrates, and supports skin renewal. It strengthens the skin’s barrier, evens out tone, and fades dark spots gradually,
offering a gentle, natural, and lasting solution for radiant, balanced skin.
1. Made with natural herbs that support your skin’s health gently.
2. Purifies and detoxifies the skin to reduce dark spots.
3. Controls oil production to prevent pimples and clogged pores.
4. Soothes irritated and red skin to stop worsening pigmentation.
5. Protects skin from pollution and sun damage with antioxidants.
6. Deeply hydrates for soft, smooth, and glowing skin.
7. Helps fade dark spots and evens out skin tone gradually.
8. Strengthens your skin’s natural barrier to keep it healthy.
9. Provides long-lasting benefits with consistent use, not just quick fixes.
This isn’t a quick-fix; it’s a long-term transformation, working in tune with your skin’s natural cycles.
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