Never a week goes by before a buzz occurs for a new skin product that is touted to be the next best thing to solve all manner of skin problems. When an article is published in the media about a certain skin product, or when a product is mentioned on a popular show it is very easy to see the company make sales of millions.
Essentially the products are man-made chemicals, the combinations of which are tested on animals to then provide a product that is supposed to be miraculous. Is there an alternative that not only is cheaper but can provide better results? Indeed there are. Based on ancient ayurvedic science there are specific preparations for skin conditions which for thousands of years have proved their effectiveness. I mention this because during my trip to India I was able to speak with some ayurvedic practitioners who were informing me that it was becoming increasingly difficult to sell their products due to increasingly difficult regulations that favoured multi-national companies. In addition I was told about the pressure put on multi-national companies to patent certain chemical compositions which were inherent in some of their products and so preventing them from using them in their ayurvedic preparations. There are some interesting videos regarding this which I have provided below along with some further reading. This is becoming known as bio-piracy.
Furthermore here are some articles regarding bio-piracy;
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