The most powerful part of the nut is the oil it contains. It is a highly caloric, meaning that it contains great energy. It will burn and produce light! It is the most potent part of the coconut and a very interesting substance chemically speaking. Coconut oil is really a cocktail of different oils. Each of the oils has its own attributes but the composite of them is a healing ointment.
Tropical people have long used it to take the red out of a sunburn or to soothe the cracked red nipples of the nursing mother. Science has determined that coconut oil is rich in oils called phytosterols, plant steroids. Most people are familiar with the steroid cream the doctor prescribes to reduce inflammation in poison ivy rashes and eczema. What they do not know is that nature produces its own steroid cream and it is called coconut oil.
More than just taking the red out, which it will do, coconut oil provides the skin with many of the oils it needs for health. Sometimes the environment depletes the skin of its own oils. Fishermen and those that work on the roads all complain of weather dried skin. As we age, we produce less and less oil and our skin dries and looses luster. In both instances, the application of coconut oil results in the return of skin health! It can be used by anyone to insure nice and healthy skin.
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