Olive, Sallow Skin - Art of Ayurveda Skin Color 8 of 9

All right olive skin, um Olive skin is healthy not a problem um It's genetic. I have olive skin uh from my italian roots And i'll note that olive skin is more common in vata people Sallow skin sallow skin is a little different from olive. I put them right next to each other because they can be confused Because this skin Of this person looks olive, but then you notice that the skin is really just not quite as healthy, right? There's something different about it. So I would call this skin sallow skin Sallow skin is like slightly yellowish brownish greenish Tint to it and it's dull and lifeless. Um uh type skin it's it's Parodied in cartoons, I don't know if you've ever watched a cartoon where the Character smokes too many cigars and his face turns green. That's what i'm talking about here Although the effect is not nearly as dramatic as you see in the cartoon Um, it's implies that there are pitotoxins in the liver This can happen from a person just staring too long at a computer screen Sometimes I feel like by the end of the day I have sallow skin And that's why um at the end of every work day I like to go for a little jog or get out in the sun for a few minutes Do some work around the house work on my fence in the back, etc um All right So remedies for sallow skin cleanse your liver with kuduchi or bumi amalaki support liver health with levo tonics like licorice root applesauce and coconut oil go outdoors get some sunshine And avoid, uh Consumption or exposure to toxins that could be anything from cigars to alcohol to paint fumes