Quick Reference Handbook of Traditional Chinese Medicine for Beauty and Beauty

Chapter 11 Removing freckles and removing acne—blood stasis and stagnant spots, lung and stomach damp heat and acne (1)
Every woman hopes to have fair and tender skin, but the unsightly "freckles", annoying "chloasma", and "pimples" that are hard to guard against not only affect people's external appearance, but also make people Depressed mood.In fact, from the point of view of traditional Chinese medicine, the spots and acne on the face are all caused by the dysfunction of the five internal organs, which is caused by blood stasis and damp heat in the body.Therefore, if you want to remove freckles and acne, and make your face clean, you must internally adjust to solve the fundamental problem.Instead of using all kinds of freckle and acne beauty products to treat the symptoms but not the root cause", I am busy all day removing freckles and "fighting acne".

(Section [-]) Eradicate freckles, promote blood circulation and remove dampness to become a "flawless" beauty

"Qi is the master of blood, and blood is the mother of Qi." Therefore, when regulating blood stasis physique, it is necessary to activate blood stasis and smooth Qi movement.Only when the Qi movement is smooth, blood stasis can be improved.To change the damp-heat constitution, dispelling dampness, clearing heat, and regulating qi cannot be ignored.

Blood is the culprit that causes spots
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the spots on many women's faces are caused by blood stasis.The spots on the face are the external manifestations of blood stasis.The blood in the meridians is like the water in the river, flowing unimpeded.If the blood circulation is blocked and stagnant, stagnation will form in the meridians or viscera, just like the river channel is blocked by silt, which cannot meet the nutritional needs of the whole body.At this time, the circulation of fine blood vessels will not be good, and the oxygen content of the skin will not be high. No wonder the blood stasis is always dull.Not only that, if the blood vessels are stagnated and some necrotic cells can't be discharged, it will inevitably cause spots on the face.

And traditional Chinese medicine also believes that the liver governs the storage of blood, governs catharsis, regulates blood flow and regulates the whole body's qi, so that the body's essence, qi, spirit, blood, and water can operate normally, so that the qi and blood in the body will be in peace. In good condition, the blood in the face will also run adequately, and the complexion will naturally be rosy and shiny.However, if the "liver" fails to perform its duties, it will lead to disordered qi movement and poor blood flow, resulting in blood stasis in the face, resulting in gray complexion or chloasma on the face.If the liver blood is insufficient, the facial skin will also become dull due to the lack of blood nourishment.

Therefore, the key to promoting blood circulation and beautifying the face of spotted beauties is to nourish the liver.Women with liver stagnation must not neglect conditioning. When the liver is stagnant, you can eat more foods that invigorate the liver. Generally speaking, green vegetables and sour foods can enter the liver meridian and relieve liver stagnation.In addition, there is also a Chinese patent medicine called "Xiaoyao Pill", which also relieves liver depression and has a better effect. Women with liver depression can take it in moderation.

Excessive exposure to ultraviolet rays: clean skin, frequent use of various pigments, excessive pigmentation, and pigmentation.

Good living habits, external environmental pollution, excessive whitening products or concealer creams, etc., can also cause dark spots.

Start with your baby liver

Modern women are mostly busy at work, and it is common to work overtime and stay up late, which leads to damage to liver qi. Over time, blood stasis occurs, and various spots appear on the face.Pigmentation spots on the face, whether it is melasma, freckles or dark spots, cannot be removed within two or three days as advertised in whitening and freckle removal advertisements, but a gradual process.For freckle removal, it is necessary to carry out both internal and external repairs in a targeted manner, start from the inside, and treat both the symptoms and root causes, so as to achieve the goal of completely removing freckles.

Therefore, busy professional women must pay attention to your precious "liver", and pay attention to the following details of nourishing and protecting the liver in daily life:

Drink plenty of water: Drinking plenty of water can replenish body fluids, enhance blood circulation, and promote metabolism.At the same time, drinking plenty of water is also conducive to the digestion and absorption of food, excrete waste from the body in time, and reduce the damage to the liver by metabolites and toxins.

Drink less alcohol: Drinking a small amount of alcohol is beneficial to menstruation, blood circulation, stasis and liver yang.However, women should not drink too much alcohol, because the ability of the liver to metabolize alcohol is limited, and drinking too much will inevitably damage the liver.

Comfortable mood: The liver is "likes and dislikes stagnation". Bad emotions such as anger and anger can easily lead to blood stasis in the liver. Therefore, in daily life, we must pay attention to emotional protection of the liver. First of all, we must learn to control anger, even if anger is the best. Do not exceed 3 minutes, try to be calm, optimistic and cheerful, so that the liver fire can be extinguished, and the liver qi can grow normally and smoothly.

Moderate exercise: Do more outdoor activities, such as walking, outings, playing ball, etc., which can not only make Qi and blood flow, but also promote "letting out the old and absorbing the new" to achieve the purpose of protecting the liver and health care.

Balanced diet: Do not overeat or be constantly hungry. This uneven eating habit will cause abnormal secretion of digestive juices and lead to liver dysfunction.Therefore, the diet should be balanced, and the protein, carbohydrates, fat, vitamins, minerals, etc. in the food should be kept in a corresponding proportion; and try to eat less spicy food, eat more fresh green vegetables and fruits, and eat more warm and flavorful [-]. Foods that can nourish the liver and protect the liver, such as black rice, oats, carrots, pumpkins, pork liver, crucian carp, etc.

Body heat prone to acne
"Inner Diameter·Su Wen" records: "Working sweat is the wind, coldness is chapped, and depression is acne." Once the human body is invaded by damp heat, the damp heat steams together, and problems such as acne, greasy hair, and hair loss will appear one after another.Acne is caused by excessive heat and humidity in the body, the body is not "ventilated", and the heat and humidity cannot be dissipated, so it turns into pimples and pimples protrude from the skin, and the face is covered with pimples.Acne not only appears on the face, but also small boils on the back, waist and buttocks.

So, how is the damp heat constitution formed?Congenital inheritance, or living in a humid place for a long time, or eating greasy, fried food, or being addicted to tobacco and alcohol, etc., will cause damp heat to accumulate in the body.Over time, damp and hot go hand in hand and transpirate each other, forming a damp and hot constitution.

People with damp-heat constitution have internal dampness and turbidity, yang qi is suppressed, and yang qi transpires and dampness permeates the whole body. Over time, damp heat will invade the internal organs of the human body unknowingly, and it will show up everywhere it goes.Damp heat in the skin and flesh will cause acne, eczema, etc.; in the joints and tendons, it will cause local pain in the joints. Damp heat fumigates the liver and gallbladder, resulting in poor catharsis, red tongue and bitter mouth, leading to bile leakage and jaundice; damp heat stagnation in the spleen and stomach , resulting in dereliction of its ascending and descending function, obstructed qi stagnation, nausea and abdominal distension, etc.; damp and hot betting, the urine will be less and yellow, and even urethral pain, women may also suffer from vaginitis and other gynecological diseases.

People who are under stress for a long time are prone to acne.For example, before an exam or people who are often in a state of tension and insomnia are particularly prone to acne.

Get rid of acne - the most important thing is to avoid dampness and clear away heat
The key to the beauty of acne-prone beauties is to understand how to clear away heat and dampness.Dampness and heat are caused by the retention of dampness evil, hindering the movement of qi, and turning qi stagnation into heat. Therefore, in order to clear away heat and dampness, regulate qi, we should also pay attention to the improvement of living environment and dietary conditioning, so as to maintain a good digestive function and avoid internal stagnation of water and dampness. Wet A comes in.

living summer and humidity

To avoid the invasion of external humidity, do not live in humid and hot places, and the indoors should be ventilated frequently to keep the living environment dry.Midsummer is a season with heavy summer heat and humidity, and the time for outdoor activities should be appropriately reduced.In addition, don't stay up late for a long time, or be overtired, keep your stools unobstructed, and prevent the accumulation of dampness and heat.

Exercise more intensely

Women with acne are suitable for high-intensity exercise, such as middle-distance running and mountain climbing.These exercises can consume excess heat in the body, excrete excess water, and achieve the purpose of dredging the Qi machine and running water.It is advisable to sweat slightly when exercising, so that sweating can help the body dehumidify, and it can also avoid excessive exercise intensity, which will cause profuse sweating and damage the body's normal body fluid.Therefore, you should avoid the stuffy environment when exercising, especially in summer with high temperature and high humidity. It is best to exercise when it is cool.In autumn, when the air is high and the air is crisp, you can exhale from a height, which helps to regulate the spleen and stomach, clear away heat and dampness.

Do not smoke or drink
Women with acne are the most resistant to smoking and drinking.Tobacco is pungent, hot and filthy, which tends to generate heat and promote dampness, while alcohol is hot and humid in nature. If you are addicted to tobacco and drink alcohol, you will definitely accumulate heat and generate dampness.

eat less greasy
To maintain a good digestive function, you should eat less greasy, grilled and other foods, and the main dishes should be based on damp and heat-clearing foods, such as soybean sprouts, mung bean sprouts, wax gourd, lotus leaves, etc.Drink water moderately at ordinary times, and avoid water getting wet inside or getting wet from outside.

(Session [-]) Food rankings for beauty, freckles and acne

Qi and blood flow!Spots on the face will naturally lighten or even disappear.And clearing lung fire, removing dampness and heat, can let the skin oil be discharged smoothly, and prevent skin bacteria from multiplying and forming acne.In fact, these can be solved through diet. For freckle removal, you can choose foods that have the effect of preventing pigmentation and are easy to digest and absorb; for acne removal, you can eat more foods rich in vitamin 〇 and vitamin 2.

almond
Natural beauty product for freckle removal
Almonds are recognized as a natural beauty product!It is the main medicine for moisturizing and beautifying the skin of ancient health preservers.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] sweet, sour, warm in nature; returns lung, large intestine meridian.

[Efficacy] Clearing away heat and detoxification, dispelling dampness and dispelling stagnation, moisturizing the skin, promoting blood circulation, eliminating freckles and anti-wrinkle.

[Records of Traditional Chinese Medicine] It is recorded in "Compendium of Materia Medica": "You can take almonds to make you smart, even strong, tireless, relieve muscle...moisturize dryness." The reason why Yang Guifei, who was beautiful in ancient times and beautiful like a flower, could have The beauty and charm of "looking back and smiling, Bai Meisheng, Liugong Fendai colorless" are said to be closely related to her frequent use of red jade ointment for beauty, and the main ingredient of red jade ointment is almonds.

[Modern research] Modern science has proved that sweet almonds are rich in fatty oil, protein, vitamin 2, vitamin E and inorganic salts, which can help the skin resist oxidation, inhibit the formation of chloasma, and make the skin smoother and more tender; , rough skin, pigmentation and facial wrinkles, etc. all have good preventive effects, and can provide the necessary nutrients to the hair, making the hair more black and shiny.Regular consumption can effectively delay skin aging and make the skin clean and beautiful, full of luster and elasticity. Drinking almond juice often can beautify the skin. People who often smoke or are forced to smoke second-hand smoke often drink freshly ground almond powder, which is also good for respiratory health. .

Do it yourself

Almond Osmanthus Nourishing Recipe

[Materials] 12 grams of almonds.Osmanthus fragrans (grams, appropriate amount of rock sugar.

[Production] Crush the almonds, cook in the pot for 1-10 minutes, then add sweet-scented osmanthus and cook for another [-] minutes.

Bell, add rock sugar to taste, edible.

efficacy
Fragrant and delicious, it has the effects of skin care, freckle removal, black hair and beauty. It is suitable for women to drink regularly in all seasons.

Motherwort - the woman's grass that removes freckles and acne

Motherwort is the whole herb of Lamiaceae plant Motherwort.Born in wild lands, ridges, grasslands, etc.Motherwort, as soon as you hear the name, you know that it is closely related to women.Indeed, motherwort has been known to the people since ancient times in China, and it has been used to treat various gynecological diseases.

[meridian distribution of nature and flavor] pungent, bitter, cool in nature; Guixin, spleen, kidney meridians.

【Efficacy】Promoting blood circulation and regulating menstruation, diuresis and swelling, clearing away heat and detoxification.Can treat sore carbuncle swollen poison, skin.

[Records of Traditional Chinese Medicine] "Materia Medica Huiyan" calls it "promotes blood without hurting blood, nourishes blood without stagnation, and is sincerely an important medicine for blood families".Once the blood stasis is removed, the meridians will be unblocked, the blood will flow smoothly, and it will flourish on the face and moisturize the face, so it has a therapeutic effect on acne, facial dark spots, and freckles.

[Modern Research] Motherwort can dispel stasis and generate new energy, activate blood and regulate menstruation.Motherwort contains various trace elements such as manganese and manganese, which can enhance the vitality of immune cells, alleviate the occurrence of atherosclerosis, and improve the body's functional system for defending against diseases; manganese can resist oxidation, anti-aging, anti-fatigue and inhibit the growth of cancer cells. hyperplasia.Therefore, motherwort can beautify the skin, resist aging and prevent aging.

Do it yourself

Acne Treatment 5%
【Material】 Motherwort 5.grams, 9 grams each of sumac and peach kernels, 100 grams of black beans, and an appropriate amount of japonica rice.

【Production】Chop motherwort, sumac, and peach kernels separately, add appropriate amount of water, fry for 30 minutes, remove residue and get juice, then add appropriate amount of water to cook the medicinal juice and black beans, then add japonica rice and water to cook porridge, the porridge is rotten When it is time, add a little brown sugar to adjust the serving.Take 1 small bowl each month in the morning, noon, and evening, and take 1 dose every other day.

efficacy
Nourishing the liver and nourishing the blood, nourishing the skin and eliminating acne.

Potatoes - beautifying, removing freckles and removing acne
Potatoes are also known as potatoes, ground eggs, and yam eggs.

The most common starchy food is also used for skin care and beauty.

[meridian distribution of property and flavor] sweet in taste, neutral in nature; returns spleen, stomach, and large intestine meridian.

[Efficacy] Harmonizes the stomach, invigorates the spleen and dampness, detoxifies and reduces inflammation, laxes the bowel, lowers blood sugar and lipids, promotes blood circulation and reduces swelling, nourishes qi and strengthens the body, beautifies the skin, and resists aging.

[Records of Traditional Chinese Medicine] "Compendium of Materia Medica" records: Potatoes can "benefit kidney qi, invigorate the spleen and stomach, reduce phlegm and saliva, and moisten the fur. Smashing raw ground and applying it can dissipate swelling and poison."

I have pimples on my face, as long as I feel that it has started to appear, and when it is a little painful, I will quickly stick it on it with raw potato chips, and then replace it after half an hour. After changing it several times, this small pimple will never appear again. , if pus has already started to appear on the small pimple, it is better to stick raw potato slices on it, and it must be cut thinly, so that it is not easy to fall off when it is pasted on the face, and it should be replaced frequently. Usually it can be eliminated and replaced, and the pigmentation and depression will not be left on the face.

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