The love of beauty is human nature, and the history of the Chinese nation's love of beauty can be traced back to the recorded period of Oracle Bone Inscriptions. In the long historical process, Chinese working people and medical scientists of past dynasties have accumulated a lot of beauty experience and knowledge, discovered many extremely useful beauty methods and prescriptions, and formed a unique China cosmetology, which is integrated with the whole Chinese medicine. Its unique theoretical system, numerous beauty methods and rich beauty drugs are scattered in medical works of past dynasties, leaving a lot of information for us to study Chinese medicine beauty. It is our unshirkable responsibility as medical and aesthetic workers to sort out and inherit these precious heritages of predecessors and dig them out for the benefit of today's broad masses of people.
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The ancient medical books related to traditional Chinese medicine cosmetic prescriptions in past dynasties were collected, and they were screened, classified, summarized, sorted and summarized. This paper intends to study the prescription characteristics and compatibility rules of the screened Chinese medicine beauty prescription by using the methods of "prescription according to law", "prescription according to disease" and "prescription according to medicine". Deepening the theme is the basis of studying Chinese cosmetology. Doctors in past dynasties have a long history of using beauty drugs. As early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there was "Cao Xun, ..." The Beauty of Clothing in Shan Hai Jing. Later, the first pharmacological monograph in China, Shennong Materia Medica Classic, recorded dozens of traditional Chinese medicines with beauty functions, such as angelica dahurica, Bombyx Batryticatus, Cuscuta chinensis and Platycladus orientalis leaves. Huangdi Neijing, a medical masterpiece in Qin and Han dynasties, not only laid the theoretical system of TCM, but also provided a theoretical basis for TCM beauty. Neijing holds that man is an organic whole, and the changes of viscera, qi, blood and body fluid can be reflected on the appearance of the human body through meridians, and establishes the theoretical system of integral adjustment of internal and external combination of traditional Chinese medicine beauty and the beauty method of acupuncture and massage combined with medicine and food. During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, Tao Hongjing's Notes on Materia Medica contained more than 70 kinds of beauty Chinese medicines, and there were records of "universal scar-removing drugs" (eagle tooth white, stiff silkworm, etc.). ). Ge Hong's Elbow Emergency Prescription contains many beauty prescriptions. In the Tang Dynasty, Sun Simiao wrote a chapter on "Face Medicine" in "Thousand Gold Prescriptions", which included more than 80 kinds of beauty prescriptions before the Tang Dynasty. The fifth volume of another book, Thousand Women's Wings, also contains more than 80 beauty recipes, and the volume of Dietotherapy of Thousand Women's Glory also contains many beauty effects of foods, such as soybean yellow rolls (bean sprouts) with the effect of "removing moles, blackening hair and moistening fur", which is a precedent for food beauty in later generations.
Wang Dao's "Secrets of Outside Taiwan" is the work of former sages. There are more than 200 beauty prescriptions in 28 categories in "No.34 Gate of Face Fat Medicine Head Ointment and Burning Hair Bath Bean". The newly revised Materia Medica not only records a large number of beauty drugs such as Eclipta prostrata and Buddhists, but also contains a large number of aromatic drugs, which enriches the content of beauty Chinese medicine. Several large prescriptions published in Song Dynasty, such as Taiping Shenghui Prescription, Shengji Zonglu, Taiping Huimin Hejiju Prescription, etc., all contain many beauty prescriptions.
There are 170 kinds of beauty Chinese medicines in his herbal monograph Zheng Ben Cao, which is more developed than that in Tang Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica appeared, which recorded nearly 300 kinds of beauty Chinese medicines. These experiences and knowledge are valuable heritages for us to learn medical cosmetology, so it is necessary to sort out the ancient literature.
2. Research on the subject orientation of TCM cosmetology
Under the guidance of traditional Chinese medicine and aesthetic theory, TCM cosmetology is a new discipline in beauty beauty, which studies how to use TCM, acupuncture, massage, qigong and diet to treat skin lesions. Its content involves dermatology, gynecology, internal medicine, surgery and so on. How to locate it is related to the future development direction of Chinese medicine beauty. Traditional Chinese medicine cosmetology should formulate its own development model and development prospect realistically. We should establish, perfect and standardize the higher education system of Chinese medicine cosmetology as soon as possible. Cultivate TCM beauticians with high quality, solid TCM theory, good aesthetic quality, familiarity with modern medical technology and reasonable knowledge structure.
Make Chinese medicine cosmetology embark on a scientific and healthy road as soon as possible and truly become a subject that meets the needs of society.
Study on the application of basic theory of traditional Chinese medicine in cosmetology
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is a subject of TCM with the overall concept as the leading ideology and the physiology and pathology of zang-fu organs and meridians as the basis. Under the guidance of Chinese medicine theory, TCM cosmetology is a new branch of research on beauty and skin care, which takes fitness as the research object and crosses many basic and clinical disciplines. Therefore, as its basic theory, we should further study Yin-Yang, Five Elements and Beauty. Tibetan image theory and beauty; Beauty of qi, blood and body fluid; The relationship between meridian theory and beauty. To provide theoretical basis for the treatment of dermatosis and skin care.
4 classification research
The prescription characteristics and compatibility of the selected beauty prescription were studied by means of "law as prescription", "disease as prescription" and "medicine as prescription".
① Prescriptions with laws to follow: Statistical analysis of prescription data reflecting the same treatment can reflect the general trend of prescription dispensing to some extent. For example, the internal compatibility law is studied by methods of pleasing color, moisturizing and wrinkle-removing, hair growth and blackening, tooth cleaning and tooth fixation, body fragrance and body shaping, weight loss and slimming, skin cleansing and whitening. ② Syndrome Differentiation and Prescription: Through the analysis and study of ancient prescriptions for treating certain diseases, such as black spots, acne, alopecia areata, lip wind, tinea corporis and other diseases. The compatibility law of prescriptions for treating this disease was discussed. (3) Drug-based prescriptions: Systematically analyze and study a kind of prescriptions with the same main composition drugs or the same main compatibility relationship and similar prescription structure, so as to further understand the basic syndrome differentiation and treatment of such prescriptions. For example, a prescription for treating dermatosis with wind-expelling drugs as the main component is studied to reveal the compatibility and change law of related prescriptions.
5 overall beauty
Traditional Chinese medicine beauty pays attention to the whole from the inside, long-term from the outside, and pays attention to "treating the root cause". It achieves the beauty effect by conditioning human body functions. Because the ruddy luster of the face is based on qi and blood, which is closely related to the five internal organs, Chinese medicine beauty begins with nourishing qi and blood, and then adjusts the functions of nerve, endocrine and metabolism of the human body. Through literature research and research, it is not difficult to find that the beauty of traditional Chinese medicine developed in long-term practice is quite distinctive. First of all, on the theoretical basis, she takes the theory of viscera and meridians, the theory of qi, blood and body fluid as the theoretical basis, and takes the holistic view of traditional Chinese medicine as the guidance, emphasizing that the diseases of human appearance, such as skin, hair and body surface, should be blamed on the internal dysfunction of the corresponding viscera and the profit and loss of qi, blood and body fluid, which laid a theoretical foundation for establishing colorful beauty methods. Secondly, in the beauty method, it emphasizes the overall adjustment, the combination of internal and external, the combination of acupuncture and medicine, and the combination of medicine and food. On the whole, Chinese cosmetology attaches great importance to correcting the imbalance of qi and blood in zang-fu organs through internal treatment, thus maintaining the beauty of appearance. For example, it is said in the General Record of Shengji that "nourish qi and blood first. If you don't know this, you will have to go a long way". In prescription medication, the products that nourish the fu-organs, regulate qi and blood, and dredge collaterals are commonly used, such as "Jiujiu" in Yao Qianqian Prescription.
6. Research on the combination of modern science and technology and modern medicine
Today, with the rapid development of science and technology, the research on beauty of traditional Chinese medicine should pay attention to the organic combination with modern science and technology and modern medicine to improve the scientific and technological content. We should make use of modern science and technology to deeply explore the wealth of medical beauty in the motherland and develop beauty cosmetics and drugs with Chinese medicine characteristics. If we can organically combine modern scientific and technological achievements with TCM cosmetology, it will make TCM cosmetology develop to a new level, at least in the development of new cosmetics and even new products, and the development of new cosmetology technologies. The exploration of domestic comrades and the research abroad in recent years have proved this point. For example, Angelica dahurica has always been used as a beauty product, and Shennong Herbal Classic says that it is "long and smooth, and can be used face to face"; Compendium of Materia Medica calls it "eliminating black face", but its mechanism and effective components cannot be explained. Through modern research, it is found that angelica dahurica mainly contains volatile angelica dahurica, which can inhibit the activity of tyrosinase, thus reducing the production of melanin, thus having whitening effect.
Another example is the study of Chinese medicine sunscreen. According to traditional methods, traditional Chinese medicines are often used to clear away heat and toxic materials, dispel wind and relieve itching. According to modern research, in the sun, medium-wave light with a wavelength of 280-320 nm will cause acute dermatitis (erythema) and burn the skin, while long-wave light with a wavelength of 320-400 nm will oxidize the reduced melanin in the epidermis and directly tan the skin. Therefore, we should not only start with clearing away heat and toxic materials, expelling wind and relieving itching, but also combine modern research results and choose those Chinese medicines that can absorb ultraviolet rays from the sun as the basic medicines for sun protection. In addition, the introduction of modern advanced pharmaceutical technology, on the basis of traditional cosmetic preparations, developed some new cosmetic preparations, such as capsules, granules, granules, aerosols, creams, masks and so on. These formulas will be more popular and competitive. With the help of modern science and technology, combined with the principle of acupuncture and massage in traditional Chinese medicine, we are likely to develop new beauty technology or products, which will benefit mankind in the 2 1 century.
There are various means of beauty in traditional Chinese medicine. In addition to traditional Chinese medicine beauty, we should also pay attention to the study of beauty methods such as diet, acupuncture, massage, qigong, psychology and health preservation. In a word, in today's world, we advocate "conforming to nature and returning to nature", and with the joint efforts of scholars who are committed to TCM cosmetology and integrating tradition and modernity, TCM cosmetology, a unique cosmetic method with a long history, will surely radiate more brilliant brilliance and a broader prospect.
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