Beauty and Health Sutra of Female Traditional Chinese Medicine

Chapter 11 Timely recuperation, beautiful seasons are always there (2)
Enlarged pores: In summer, the weather is hot and oil is secreted excessively, resulting in enlarged pores on the face, which is an unacceptable thing for female friends who love beauty.Therefore, you should wash your face thoroughly with warm water and cleansing products, then use some astringent lotion, and finally apply a cold compress with an ice towel for a while, which will help shrink pores and make your skin delicate and refreshed.

Dry skin: In summer, people like to stay in air-conditioned rooms. The resulting problem is dry skin. To solve this problem, we need to replenish water in time, often apply moisturizing masks, and drink plenty of water to replenish body moisture.Frequent washing of the face does not hydrate the skin. On the contrary, it will cause the deep water in the face to evaporate together with the water droplets on the surface of the face, which is in vain and suffers instead. "Huangdi Neijing" believes that no matter how strong the sunshine in summer is, it must be "insatiable with the sun". People's lives must be kept in sync with nature, and summer also needs to bask in the sun, because basking in the sun will promote the body's absorption of calcium and make bones healthy. It is stronger, so you still have to bask in the sun occasionally in summer, and you can't stop eating because of choking.In addition, sweating is necessary when it is time to sweat. Sweating can not only dispel cold, but also dissipate heat, and it can also expel toxins from the skin.

Small details of beauty and health in summer

In summer, everything grows vigorously, presenting a thriving scene.However, the heat is forced from the outside and the yin is hidden inside, which raises many new problems for women's beauty and health preservation.For beauty and health preservation, we should also look at the problem from the perspective of development.Different seasons have different characteristics. In summer, the weather is hot, which can easily make the heart angry, and people sweat more, and there is more rain, so the humidity is heavier, which can easily damage the function of the spleen. These are not the same in other seasons. have.The so-called details determine success or failure, if the small things are done well, the big things will come naturally.Let's take a look at the small details of summer beauty and health.

Small details of summer beauty

Morning bath to remove sweat and odor: the weather is hot in summer, people sweat easily, and people wear less clothes, resulting in too much exposed parts of the human body. The excretion of cold evil will not only make you prone to prickly heat and heat stroke, but also cause sweaty odor in the armpits and perineum.Therefore, it is imperative to take a bath frequently in summer to remove sweat.The best way is to take a morning bath after waking up in the morning. Not only will you feel refreshed all over your body, but you can also clean up the pores of the hair follicles to restore the skin to its original acidic state, and the sweat odor will be wiped away.At the same time, in order to prevent the skin from becoming dry after cleaning, you can apply some water-based moisturizer after bathing to replenish the lost water. At this time, the skin is easier to absorb the moisturizer due to the expansion of pores, which not only eliminates sweat odor, but also moisturizes the skin. It will become soft and smooth.

Summer beauty with light makeup: Excessive sweating makes the pores of the face dilated and open. Applying heavy makeup will clog the pores, and the skin will become rough over time.Therefore, if you want to keep your skin beautiful and healthy in summer, you must wear light makeup.At the same time, the tone of makeup should be harmonious and natural, with beautiful colors, and with a set of elegant and elegant fashion clothes, it can show a unique style and charm.

There are also some small details that are equally important, such as properly toning and moisturizing the skin before makeup. It is best to use a liquid foundation with low oil content to spread the base color, and finally apply powder to set the makeup.The foundation is best to choose a color close to the skin color, such as light apricot, so that it will be closer to the color of the summer skin.

Waterproof type for swimming makeup: In summer, beauties are like clouds, and the makeup colors of female friends are fresh and elegant. Combined with multi-color eye shadows, coupled with the outline of blue-gray eyeliner, the bright eyes are shining brightly, but if you don’t pay attention, you will crawl When going to the swimming pool, the eyeshadow and eyeliner will fall with the water, and a "horror movie" will be staged immediately.Therefore, it is recommended to choose ointment with good water resistance when swimming in summer, and eyeliner and mascara should also choose good water resistance, so that you don’t have to worry about becoming “panda eyes” after swimming ashore.

Point makeup, not face makeup: More and more beauty experts believe that it is best to use the "point makeup" method in summer. In fact, point makeup is relative to face makeup.Face makeup refers to the method of shadowing and modeling the face with foundation cream.However, the temperature is high in summer, and the skin secretes a lot of sweat and oil. If you use foundation cream and face powder as usual at this time, the pores will be blocked, and then skin inflammation will appear.

Therefore, in summer, it is best to use some makeup for local makeup, so that you can be beautiful and worry-free.

Drink more beauty and health soup in summer

Ginseng and bamboo sun soup: 25 grams of ginseng, 12 grams each of bamboo fungus and white fungus, 9 grams of wolfberry, 8 red dates, and an appropriate amount of rock sugar.Wash the bamboo fungus to remove impurities, soak in water until soft, and cut into sections for later use; remove the stalks of the white fungus, and cut into small pieces.Put an appropriate amount of water in the pot, add all the ingredients, bring to a boil over high heat, then switch to low heat and cook for about 30 minutes before serving.It should be noted that the amount of ginseng can be adjusted according to the individual constitution.This soup can clear heat and anneal, benefit Qi and promote body fluid.

Mung bean and white fungus soup: 50 grams of mung beans, 12 grams of white fungus, and a tablespoon of rock sugar.Wash the mung beans and soak in water for 2 hours; soak the white fungus in water and let it boil; put 600ml of water in the pot, put the mung beans and white fungus in it, boil on medium heat, then switch to low heat and continue to cook for 40 minutes, then add rock sugar and stir edible.This soup can relieve summer heat and sterilize, replenish qi and nourish blood.

Coconut white fungus old chicken pot: 500 grams of local chicken, 1 coconut, 35 grams of dried white fungus, 12 red dates, 3 slices of ginger, appropriate amount of salt.Take coconut water and fresh coconut meat; boil the chicken for a while and set aside; soak the white fungus in water for 20 minutes, wash and set aside.Put the chicken into the pot, heat water to cover the chicken, bring to a boil over high heat, then cook over medium heat for 35 minutes, then add white fungus, red dates and sliced ​​ginger and cook for 40 minutes, add salt to taste and serve immediately.This soup can slim the body and beautify the face, invigorate the spleen and stomach.

Carrot beef soup: 200 grams of carrots, 250 grams of beef tendon, 10 red dates, 2 slices of ginger, appropriate amount of wine and salt.Wash the beef tendon, cut into strips, blanch and set aside; wash the carrots and cut into pieces for later use; boil the water, add the beef tendon, carrots, red dates and ginger slices, simmer for 90 minutes, add Serve immediately after seasoning.It should be noted that the beef tendon must be fresh, so that the boiled soup will be delicious.

This soup has the effects of promoting blood circulation, improving eyesight, beautifying and anti-wrinkle.Eating beef often is also very beneficial to patients with chronic dysentery and thirst.Carotene has the reputation of "little ginseng".It not only has high nutritional value, but also has a variety of medical functions, such as nourishing blood, strengthening the spleen and stomach, calming the five internal organs, promoting body fluid, and lowering qi.

Lotus root pork ribs soup: 400 grams of lotus root, 300 grams of pork ribs, 2 slices of dried octopus, 3 slices of ginger, appropriate amount of salt.Soak the dried octopus in water for 20 minutes; peel the lotus root and slice it for later use; blanch the ribs for later use.Put all the ingredients except salt into the pot together, add water and cook over medium heat for a few minutes, finally add salt to taste and serve.It should be noted that do not add water in the middle of cooking the soup, otherwise it will affect the release of nutrients in the ingredients. If necessary, the water should also be heated.This soup has the effects of beautifying and anti-aging, promoting blood circulation and moisturizing skin.For women with weak constitution, it is more suitable to add red beans or peanuts, and add a few grains of pitted red dates, which will have the effect of nourishing blood.

Drink more beauty and health tea in summer

Osmanthus tea: In the first stage of osmanthus blooming, you can smell the fragrance and see no flowers, commonly known as "Buddha flower"; in the second stage, all the petals fall, and the petals at this time can be made into scented tea for drinking.Put 5 grams of dried sweet-scented osmanthus into a cup, brew it with hot water and drink it.Osmanthus tea can warm the stomach, and it is best to drink when the stomach is cold and the stomach is full.At the same time, osmanthus tea also has the unique effects of relieving cough and reducing phlegm, nourishing the body and moistening the lungs. Drinking it regularly can relieve constipation, whiten the skin, and eliminate toxins from the body.

Linden seed tea: pour 10 pieces of Linden flower into boiling water, soak for about [-] minutes and drink.

Although the beige linden flowers that bloom in summer are small, their fragrance is very clear and distant.Linden flower tea is rich in vitamin C, which has the effect of relaxing nerves, calming the mind and sleeping. Drinking it in moderation 1 hour before going to bed can help you have a stable and sweet sleep, and good sleep is the basic guarantee for a woman to maintain a beautiful appearance .

Lavender tea: Soak a spoonful of dried lavender flowers in hot water for 5-minutes, add an appropriate amount of honey and mix thoroughly before drinking.

Lavender tea has the effect of relieving fatigue and improving sleep, especially for headaches, insomnia, cough, migraine, nervous tension and other symptoms.In addition, lavender tea also has the beauty effect of anti-aging and moisturizing the skin.

Verbena tea: Verbena tea can not only refresh and calm the mood, but also relieve nausea and promote digestion.In addition, it can effectively solve the edema of the lower body, especially suitable for women who have swollen legs after sitting for a long time at work.But pregnant women can not drink this tea, so as not to move the fetus.

After learning the key links of summer skin care, you must put it into action. Only by doing these details well can you truly become a beautiful landscape in summer.

Say goodbye to autumn dryness by hydrating and detoxifying
Go to bed early and wake up early, soothe your nerves

"Huangdi Neijing·Suwen·Four Atmospheric Adjustment Theory" has such a discussion on autumn health preservation: "Early lying down and early rising, and the chickens are prosperous."

Make Zhi peaceful, so as to reprieve the autumn punishment.Rein in the air, make the autumn air calm, and have no ambitions..." It is clearly pointed out that in autumn, you should go to bed early and get up early, and you should also be mentally stable. This is the kingly way to maintain health and beauty.

Early to bed and early to rise is "adoption"

The purpose of going to bed early and waking up early is to "nurture", going to bed early is to comply with the collection of yin essence, and getting up early is to stretch the lung qi.In addition to going to bed early and getting up early, if you want to "raise and adopt" in the true sense, you also need to understand the following common sense.

Go to bed early and get up early: In autumn, the yang energy in the natural world tends to be restrained and closed. In terms of daily life, it is necessary to arrange sleep time reasonably, go to bed early and get up early.However, there is no need to "work at sunrise and rest at sunset" like the ancients. Go to bed at 10 o'clock every night and get up at 6 o'clock in the morning.

Dietary maintenance: In autumn, there is little rain and a lot of wind, and the weather is very dry, so you should prevent autumn dryness.The general direction of the diet should implement "less spicy and more acidic"

The principle is to eat less spicy food such as onions, ginger, garlic, and leeks, and eat more sour fruits and vegetables, such as pears and duck pears. Raw food can clear the fire, and cooked can nourish yin, moisten the lungs, and prevent dryness.Dryness is the most likely to damage the body's body fluids. Therefore, the basic principles of diet should be to prevent dryness and protect yin, nourish yin and moisten lungs. Eat more sesame, glutinous rice, honey, walnuts, etc., not only nourish yin and moisten lungs, but also nourish blood and clear blood. head.

Appropriate exercise: In autumn, the daytime is shortened and the sunshine time is shortened. The flowers and trees begin to wither in this season, especially after the frost.

"Boundless fallen trees are falling", the functions of the human body are no longer so active, but in order to stimulate the yang energy in the body, one should actively participate in physical exercise. For example, climbing a mountain and admiring red leaves is a good exercise. It not only exercises the muscles of the limbs, but also It can improve cardiopulmonary function, and when climbing a height, you can see the beautiful scenery of the mountains and rivers, which makes people feel refreshed and happy, which is good for relaxing the body and mind.

Soothing the mind and calming the mind

Generally speaking, in autumn, people's emotions are not stable. "Spring sleepiness and autumn fatigue" also pointed out that people are prone to lazy emotions in autumn.Facing the late autumn when the flowers and trees are withered and the autumn wind is bleak and the leaves are falling, people often feel depressed and dying, especially the middle-aged and elderly people.Therefore, in autumn, we must pay attention to regulating emotions, and at the same time cultivate positive and optimistic emotions to maintain psychological balance, so that we can experience the endless fun in life.

Calm and calm breathing method: The breathing method in daily life is an instinct for survival, not an artificial breathing method. Only by artificially controlling breathing and making it have a certain regularity can you discover the wonders brought by breathing place.Breathing dominates one's qi mechanism, and qi can exert an influence on one's emotions. Some people find that taking a deep breath before an exam can relieve tension.In fact, people can make the "spirit" idle by calming the "qi".

Specific method: maintain a sitting or supine position; when lying down, keep your legs together and straight, and put your hands next to your legs; when sitting, keep your waist straight, your head slightly forward, your legs together, and your hands on your thighs on both sides .Switch from chest breathing to belly breathing.The correct abdominal breathing method is: when inhaling, the lungs gradually expand, and the abdomen gradually deflates. Be careful not to stop at will, and continue to inhale with all your strength until you can no longer inhale air.At this time, hold your breath for a few seconds, you can feel mental tension, and then exhale slowly, it is not advisable to exhale suddenly in one breath, but to continue to exhale, through the training of one piece and one relaxation, people's mood will gradually calm down.

Nourishment

1: Eggs with white vinegar

Ingredients: 2 grams of mature white vinegar, 1 egg.

Method: Crack the eggs into a bowl, and then put in white vinegar; put the bowl on the basket, steam it and eat it.

Usage: add a small amount of honey for seasoning, steam it once every morning, and take 15 consecutive days as a course of treatment.

Efficacy: Nourish the mind and calm the nerves.

Nourishment

2: Steamed eggs with ginseng sand

Ingredients: Sutiao ginseng and Chinese yam each 25 grams, cinnabar 5 grams, 1 egg.

Method: Grind Sutiao ginseng and yam into fine powder, mix well with cinnabar for later use; each time use 6 grams of mixed medicine powder, mix well with eggs in a bowl, steam it and eat it.

Usage: Steam once every morning and eat, 15 consecutive days is a course of treatment.

Efficacy: nourishing qi, nourishing blood, calming the nerves.People with impaired liver function should not take this prescription.

Nourishment

3: Ginger Date Longan Honey Cream

Ingredients: 200 grams each of longan meat, red dates, and honey, and two tablespoons of fresh ginger juice.

Method: Wash the longan meat and red dates and put them into the pot, add appropriate amount of water, and boil until rotten; add ginger juice and honey, boil on low heat for 15 minutes, and mix thoroughly; when the temperature drops, put it into a bottle for later use.

Usage: 2 times a day, take 1 tablespoon each time, rinse with boiling water and eat.

Efficacy: appetizing and invigorating the spleen, improving intelligence and nourishing the heart.

Detoxification is the key, along with hydration

The metabolic level of viscera is closely related to temperature. When the temperature is high, the metabolic level of the human body is high; when the temperature is low, the metabolic level of the human body is low.In autumn and winter, the metabolism of the skin begins to slow down. The hot summer sun and humidity lurk in the human body, gradually accumulate on the surface of the skin and cannot be discharged, or the discharge speed is slow, and then the complexion will appear dull, dry and dehydrated, and even Spots appear.Touching the face with both hands, the skin is much rougher than in summer, which shows that detoxification is already an urgent matter for the skin.Only when the toxins are removed, can the skin be nourished and maintained smoothly, and the skin will survive the long winter without being damaged.

Skin toxin test

The ancients said: "Beauty is in the body and smooth in the limbs." It means that only when the body is healthy inside can there be external beauty.Traditional Chinese medicine believes that women should pay attention to nourishing qi and nourishing yin, and more attention should be paid to removing dirt in the body.

Here's a simple test to see if your skin has toxins.

①The complexion is dark, or dull and yellowish.

②As the weather turns cooler, the skin on the face becomes more oily than before.

③Insist on using eye cream, but the dark circles and bags under the eyes have not subsided in the slightest.

④The skin becomes dry and rough to the touch.

⑤ The skin resistance is reduced, and you will be allergic if you don't pay attention to it.

If the above 3 or more phenomena are met, it means that toxins have spread in the skin, and it is necessary to start detoxification as soon as possible.

Common Toxins in the Skin
Aging horny layer: The metabolic cycle of the horny layer of human skin is generally 28 days, and it is in a state of constant renewal.However, as the temperature decreases, the metabolism rate of the stratum corneum will slow down, forming aging stratum corneum accumulation.At this time, the skin will become rough, lose its luster, and the absorption of moisture and nutrients will be greatly reduced.If you want your skin to be smooth and delicate, you must make exfoliating your skin the top priority.

The choice of exfoliating products should be based on mild efficacy, and products containing fruit acids and salicylic acid have the best effect, while scrub exfoliating products should use granules.Do not use two or more exfoliating products at the same time. For example, if you have used scrub-type exfoliating products, it is best not to use products containing fruit acid and salicylic acid, otherwise excessive exfoliation will damage the skin.

Melanin: Melanin is a dark brown pigment in the skin or hair, produced and stored in specialized cells called melanocytes.It is due to the presence of melanin that the skin has its color.Once melanin cannot be formed for some reason, it will cause depigmentation, thus forming white spots.

The amount of melanocytes in the skin can help the skin resist the damage of ultraviolet rays, but if the melanin is secreted too much, the surrounding cells will receive excessive melanin, which will accumulate over the years and become spots on the face.Sunlight or ultraviolet rays can stimulate melanocytes to secrete melanin, so the best way is to do a good job of sun protection to stay away from ultraviolet rays. At the same time, you can choose skin care products with whitening effect to prevent the formation of spots.It should be noted that whitening products are used to prevent and lighten pigmentation, and you must not go crazy in the sun because of the use of whitening products without fear of the power of the sun.

Free radicals: Factors such as ultraviolet rays and mental stress will cause excessive free radicals in the skin, and free radicals will stimulate the secretion of melanocytes, which is also one of the important reasons for dark skin and pigmentation.

To eliminate free radicals in the body, eat more natural foods with antioxidant effects such as potatoes, milk, fish, wheat, citrus, cauliflower, cherries, strawberries, and green tea.In addition, vitamin C and vitamin E are recognized antioxidant ingredients, they can also repair collagen while resisting oxidation.

Detoxification and hydration

Wash your face and bathe to detoxify and replenish water.Wash your face with warm water first, then rinse with cold water for 30 seconds, then wash with warm water, and then rinse with cold water. This repeated alternating hot and cold face washing method can not only promote blood circulation, but also a unique trick to promote detoxification.

In addition, when you take a bath, add some bath salts, which can make the skin smooth and tender, and can effectively replenish the moisture of the skin and relieve fatigue.

Exercising detoxification is very low-carbon: the air is crisp in autumn, and it is suitable for some sports with a large amount of exercise, such as morning running, badminton and bowling, etc., or traveling is also a good choice. After exercise, the metabolism in the body will be accelerated. Thirst, hydration is a normal physiological need at this time. In the process of drinking water and sweating continuously, the toxins in the skin will be excreted with sweat.

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