An Old Remedy That the Whole Family Can Use: A Record of an Old Chinese Medicine Doctor

Chapter 17 Gold and jade on the outside, need gold and jade on the inside, small dermatological remedies for nourishing the outside from the inside (1)
"Acne" in medicine is commonly known as "acne", most of which occur in adolescent men and women.The proportion of men with acne is more than that of women, but the onset period of women is generally earlier than that of men.Acne, in fact, is a chronic inflammatory pilosebaceous gland disease, mainly occurs in the cheeks, forehead, cheeks and nasolabial folds, followed by the chest, back and shoulders, and is one of the most common diseases in dermatology.

Acne, because it often appears in adolescence, is considered to be an inevitable stage of puberty, and acne often heals without treatment, so many teenagers do not pay attention to acne, resulting in mite infection, rough skin on the face, Moisture loss, damaged hair follicles, etc.In fact, from a medical point of view, acne is a multifactorial disease, which is mainly related to each person's sex hormone secretion level, sebaceous gland secretion, Propionibacterium acnes proliferation, and abnormal keratinization of pilosebaceous gland ducts.Although acne is a disease with a tendency of self-healing, severe acne will affect the quality of life of patients and cause mental stress and financial burden for patients, so we must pay enough attention to it.

[Remedy [-]] Cucumber drink.

[Ingredients] 1 cucumber, appropriate amount of honey.

[Method] Grind cucumber with a blender, or mash cucumber directly, add slag and juice, add appropriate amount of honey and milk, and drink directly.

[Remedy [-]] Lychee jelly.

[Ingredients] 300 grams of lychees, 1 pack of jelly powder, and an appropriate amount of sugar.

[Method] After mashing the lychee, mix it with sugar and water, add an appropriate amount of jelly powder, pour it into a small cup, and then put the small cup in the refrigerator for freezing to make lychee jelly.

[Remedy [-]] Detox drink with honey.

[Ingredients] 200 grams of honey, 50 grams of red dates.

[Method] Remove the pits of red dates, wash them, mash them, rinse the honey with warm water, then add the minced red dates to the honey water, and drink directly.

[The nurse said] Acne is a problem that plagues many people, especially young people.I remember when I was studying, one of my college classmates, a girl, had a beautiful and refined temperament, but she had constant acne on her face. Everyone thought she had endocrine disorders or something.So she bought a lot of beauty tea and came back to drink it. It is said that she went to the skin hospital to do photorejuvenation, infrared hair follicle shrinkage and many other minor operations. As a result, the acne did not improve, but became more and more serious.

Seeing that the faces of my classmates were almost full, I couldn't bear it. When I was in class that day, I skipped class with her and went home to ask my grandpa for help.Grandpa looked at it and said that the classmate had acne caused by dry fire, and after the acne developed, he got infected with mites, which made the acne more and more serious and lasted for a long time.According to our living conditions in the university, my grandfather told my classmates two small secret recipes, one is cucumber drink, mash the cucumber or directly use a blender to make a paste, drink the slag and juice, and you can also make more honey detoxification tea on weekdays To drink instead of tea.

After that, when the classmates came together in the morning, they had cucumber juice and steamed buns for breakfast, and honey detox drink as tea on weekdays. In less than a month, the acne problem improved greatly, and the youthful and beautiful face appeared again.

【Grandpa said】

Cucumber is sweet and has the effects of clearing heat, detoxifying, promoting body fluid and quenching thirst. At the same time, the fine fiber components such as propanol diacid and cucurbitacin contained in cucumber have a good detoxification function. Long-term consumption can whiten the skin, maintain skin elasticity, and inhibit melanin. The formation of acne prevents the growth of acne.

Litchi can enhance the mind and improve the mind, fill the essence and liquid, eliminate odor and relieve pain, and contains vitamins A, B1, C, pectin, free amino acids, protein, iron, phosphorus, calcium and other elements, which can nourish the kidney and liver. , Promote toxin efflux, make skin tender and so on.

Red dates are mainly used to treat weak spleen and stomach, blood deficiency and chlorosis, and platelet deficiency, etc. Honey, whether it is used externally or taken internally, has always been known as the "sacred product for detoxification". Acne, on the other hand long-term consumption can help people have clear skin and ruddy complexion.

Every woman wants to be beautiful and youthful forever, but in the face of the pressure of work and life, coupled with the erosion of the years, annoying spots crawl on our faces unconsciously.Regarding the freckles on the face, I believe everyone knows a classic old saying, that is, "It takes only three days to form freckles, and it takes three years to remove them." Sunshine, computer radiation and many other factors make our skin accumulate melanin, and it will soon disappear. Climb to the epidermis, hang on the face, let us look annoyed.But it is really difficult and difficult to get rid of these melanin.

So, how should women retain their skin and remove freckles and maintain their beauty?In fact, there is no need to use too advanced skin care products or cosmetics. In life, there are many natural foods that can maintain the skin and eliminate blemishes.

[Recipe name] Black fungus and red dates soup.

[Ingredients] 50 grams of black fungus, 25 pieces of red dates.

[Method] Remove the pits from the red dates, put them into the pot together with the washed black fungus, add an appropriate amount of water, and cook for about half an hour before eating.It is best to insist on eating once every morning and after dinner.

[The nurse said] After the classmate with acne got the folk prescription from my grandfather, his skin improved so quickly that it spread quickly in the class, and even classmates from other classes came to me.I was particularly impressed by one of them. It is said that we all had the appearance and skin of a young girl at that time, but there was a female classmate with loose skin and pigmentation. She looked 27 or [-] years old at least. She came to me , I hope I will take her to see Grandpa.I asked her, what disease do you want to see?She said she wanted to maintain the complexion and anti-aging.

Later, when she went to her grandfather's house, she said that she was studying art design, and she always had to stay up all night. In addition, she had to face the computer during and after class on weekdays, and she didn't pay attention to maintenance, so that her skin seemed to lose its luster. A lot older.Grandpa said that this kind of premature aging skin is not uncommon, so students don't have to worry too much.

Grandpa said that the black fungus and red dates soup is the best product for women to beautify their beauty. He asked her to buy more black fungus and red dates to make soup after returning to school. , will also be beneficial.

So the classmate followed her grandfather's instructions and cooked black fungus and red dates soup in the dormitory every day. The effect was immediate. In less than a month, her complexion became rosy, all the spots disappeared, and her skin looked younger and tighter.

[Grandpa said] From the perspective of modern medicine, the nutritional value of black fungus is very high.Rich in iron, black fungus can nourish blood, keep skin ruddy, and radiant; vitamin K can reduce blood clots, prevent thrombosis, coronary heart disease and iron deficiency anemia; It has a strong ability to resolve endogenous diseases such as kidney stones.Red dates can not only improve human immunity and inhibit cancer cells; they are rich in vitamin C, which can convert excess cholesterol in the body into bile acids and prevent gallstones. nourishing effect.

From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, black fungus has the functions of cooling blood to stop bleeding, invigorating the spleen and appetizing, clearing away heat and detoxifying, while red dates also invigorate the spleen and nourish qi, and have the effects of nourishing the skin, nourishing qi and blood, nourishing the liver and kidney. The black fungus red date soup is suitable for various symptoms of blood stasis and blood stagnation that cause stains on the face and dull complexion.

"Beriberi" medically speaking, is mainly caused by the lack of vitamin B1 in the human body.Under normal circumstances, foods such as soybeans, mung beans, millet, barley, whole wheat, peanuts, pork, yeast, and cereal germs that we usually eat are rich in vitamin B1.However, in the daily diet, if eating too much alkali or fried, spicy food, it will cause a large loss of vitamin B[-] in our body and cause beriberi.

Beriberi is not a serious disease, and many people will have it, but in most cases, beriberi will be accompanied by peeling of the feet, and itching, which is unbearable for people. Therefore, beriberi should be treated in time.Because beriberi is mainly caused by the lack of anti-beriberi vitamin B1 in the body, in the process of solving beriberi, it is necessary to think about its treatment in reverse—that is, to find ways to increase the vitamin B1 inside the body.So, how to increase it?Diet is a direct and effective method.

[Remedy [-]] Malt drink.

[Ingredients] Appropriate amount of malt.

[Method] Decoct the malt with water and drink it.

[Remedy [-]] Peanut chicken feet soup.

[Ingredients] 10 chicken feet, 50 grams of lean meat, 90 grams of peanuts, 10 red dates, and half a tangerine peel.

[Method] Cook the soup with tangerine peel water first, add chicken feet, lean meat, pitted red dates and peanuts and cook for two and a half hours, then season.

[Remedy [-]] Seaweed soup.

【Ingredients】Appropriate amount of seaweed and plantain seed.

[Method] Decoct laver and plantain seed with water.

[Remedy [-]] Chixiaodou winter melon cup.

[Ingredients] 1 large winter melon, 130 grams of red beans, and an appropriate amount of rock sugar.

[Method] Hollow out the inner flesh of wax gourd, keep the melon flesh, make it into a cup shape, put red beans into the cup, add appropriate amount of water and rock sugar, simmer over low heat and serve.

[Remedy [-]] Boil herring with chives.

[Ingredients] 500 grams of herring, 150 grams of chives.

[Method] Wash the herring, fry it in the pan until it is half-cooked, add soy sauce, shochu and other condiments, then add chives and cook until cooked, seasoned and ready to eat.

[The nurse said] Once I went shopping with a few friends to buy shoes.While everyone was happily trying on shoes, one student wanted to buy shoes just by making gestures.I advised her to try on the shoes, but another friend told me that there was a reason why she didn't want to take off her shoes and try them on, because she had athlete's foot.I laughed out loud, beriberi is not a serious disease, let alone an intractable disease.

So I went to my friend and told her that beriberi is not a serious illness, and let her try on the shoes with peace of mind, but she was still worried, so I comforted her and took her to see a doctor at her grandfather's house.

Grandpa said that beriberi, from the perspective of western medicine, is caused by the lack of vitamin B1 in the human body. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, it is caused by the accumulation of toxins in the body and poor efflux, which leads to stasis of the meridians.It is not a serious illness that is difficult to cure, so my friends can feel at ease.Grandpa told a friend a complete soup meal therapy, that is boiled herring with leeks and seaweed soup, or winter melon cup, peanut and chicken feet soup. In addition, you can drink malt water several times a week on weekdays, so that athlete’s foot will be cured, and there is no need to worry about athlete’s foot Sick and embarrassing.

[Grandpa said] The above five therapeutic soups are life diet therapy for treating beriberi, which can help people better treat beriberi and improve the effect of treating beriberi.At the same time, everyone should eat more vitamin-containing diets to regulate, such as using soybeans, mung beans, millet, barley, peanuts, oats, barley, wheat, etc. to cook porridge, and eating whole wheat flour steamed buns made with yeast, and strive to obtain vitamins from food. More vitamin B1 can achieve the goal of basically curing "beriberi" through diet adjustment.

Scabies is a skin contagious disease, which is usually caused by contact with the skin of scabies patients or objects with scabies.The location of the disease is between the fingers, the front edge of the armpit, the areola, the navel, the lower abdomen, the genitals, and the inner thigh. There will be a small off-white or black line at the diseased area, and there will be a papule or herpes the size of a grain of rice at the end of the line. The local area is accompanied by severe itching, which is easy to spread to the surrounding skin, and then abscesses appear, which is a highly contagious skin disease.

Traditional Chinese medicine recommends to solve the problem of scabies with internal and external treatment.

[Remedy [-]] Pepper water for external application.

[Medicinal materials] 10 grams of Zanthoxylum bungeanum, 30 grams of Sophora flavescens.

[Method] Put pepper and flavescens in a pot, add 1000 ml of water, decoct the soup, and wash the affected area.

[Remedy [-]] External application of pig bile.

[Medicinal materials] 4 to 5 pieces of pig gallbladder, 25 grams of Sophora flavescens.

[Method] Put the pig gallbladder and Sophora flavescens into the pot without water, fry them together to get the juice, and rinse them on the affected area.

[Remedy [-]] Loofah water.

[Ingredients] 15 grams each of loofah and purslane.

[Method] Put the loofah and purslane in a pot, add 500 ml of water, and decoct them.

[Remedy [-]] Loach soup.

[Ingredients] 30 grams of loach, 50 grams of purslane, and 10 grams of dried earthworm.

[Method] Put the loach, purslane and dried earthworm together in a pot, add an appropriate amount of water, decoct the soup, remove the dregs and serve the soup.

[Nurse said] A male patient once came to his grandfather and said that he had a hemorrhoid in his groin. Grandpa saw that it was not a hemorrhoid, but scabies.Grandpa said that small off-white or black lines can be seen clearly at the site of scabies, and there will be a pimple or herpes the size of a rice grain inside, which is itchy and will spread. It is a highly contagious skin disease.Therefore, Grandpa recommends early treatment for patients, internal adjustment and external treatment, and a two-pronged approach.On the one hand, grandpa suggested that the patient first use pig bile or pepper water for external application. Since the patient's scabies had spread to a certain extent, using pepper water was afraid that the patient would itch, so grandpa suggested him to use pig bile for external application.On the other hand, he should drink more loofah water. Grandpa suggested that he boil a pot of loofah water every night, take it to the office during the day, and drink loofah water when he is thirsty.Finally, at dinner time, you should drink more loach soup, so that the combination of three medicines and their synergistic effect can quickly solve the patient's scabies problem.

After half a month, the patient called his grandpa and said that the scabies was cured. He was very grateful to grandpa. Grandpa still reminded the patient not to eat spicy and other irritating foods, and to quit seafood and other fats for the time being.

[Grandpa said] Scabies is a skin disease that many people will suffer from. It is not a serious disease. As long as the patients patiently drink medicinal food, take internal and external treatments, take a two-pronged approach, cooperate with a reasonable diet, eat more taboos, and abstain more, they will be cured quickly. get well.Because the body of scabies patients is mostly humid and hot, after eating spicy food, it is easy to add fuel to the body and spread inflammation. Therefore, patients should quit spicy products such as chili, chili oil, curry, Sichuan pepper, leek, garlic sprouts, and mustard.At the same time, fried and deep-fried foods are difficult to digest and will also promote dampness and heat. Therefore, fried pork chops, fried steaks, fried peanuts, fried bean boards, fried chicken, roast lamb and other foods are not suitable for consumption. It is best to eat more steamed, stewed, Boiled and fried food.In addition, seafood must be banned, because seafood will promote the spread of inflammation, and in severe cases, it will further worsen scabies, so seafood must not be eaten.

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