Facial care, also known as beauty care, was called "staying in the face" by the ancients. The beauty of the face is rosy, white and delicate, without obvious wrinkles, freckles and skin diseases. Facial health care is essentially anti-aging, keeping "youthful appearance" forever, and making people full of vitality and charm of bodybuilding.

Physiological characteristics of face

The face is the place where qi and blood of viscera are injected, and the blood circulation is rich. The heart governs the blood, and Guanghua is in the face. Su Wen Wei Lun said: "the twelve meridians has 365 collaterals, and its qi and blood are all superficial but deficient." Chinese medicine also divides different parts of the face into five internal organs. That is, the left cheek belongs to the liver, the right cheek belongs to the lung, the head and forehead belong to the heart, the chin belongs to the kidney and the nose belongs to the spleen. It can be seen that the relationship between face and viscera and meridians is very close, especially the relationship between heart and face. Similarly, facial changes can reflect the rise and fall of qi and blood and the pathological changes of heart meridian. The face is exposed to the upper part of the human body, and the evil of six evils invades the human body, and the face bears the brunt, among which the common cold is the most harmful. Excessive emotions go beyond the normal physiological range of human body, leading to disorder of qi, imbalance of qi and blood of viscera, imbalance of yin and yang, stagnation of facial meridians, and influence on face. The face is a window to reflect the health status of the body, so all health-preserving people attach importance to facial health care, and a healthy face is based on mental and physical health. In the application of health care means, we should pay attention to the overall comprehensive conditioning, pay attention to the viscera and qi and blood, fully mobilize the positive factors of the human body, and fundamentally ensure a long face. This is the traditional idea of overall beauty care.

Causes of facial skin aging

The appearance of facial wrinkles is a comprehensive sign of human aging, and its reasons are various. With the increase of age, the skin gradually becomes thicker, drier, elasticity decreases and wrinkles increase, which is a phenomenon in the physiological aging process of the body. However, due to different health care conditions, the time and degree of facial wrinkles are also different. Various diseases of the human body, especially many chronic diseases, consume qi, blood and energy for a long time, leading to physical weakness and facial wrinkles appearing earlier. Eating disorders and muscular dystrophy can accelerate skin aging. With the invasion of external six evils, the skin is easy to harden and age, especially in the sun, which is easy to age the skin. In addition, bad living habits and bad exercise are also a cause of premature skin aging.

Facial health care method

(1) Wash your face scientifically: the face is the place where the five internal organs shine. Washing your face often can dredge qi and blood and promote the vitality of the five internal organs. But the water quality, water temperature and frequency of washing water should conform to people's physiological characteristics. Wash your face with soft water, which contains less minerals and makes your skin soft. The water temperature can be determined as required. If you are used to washing your face with cold water, you can soak your face in cold water to keep your face youthful, or wash your face alternately with cold and warm water, which can strengthen the blood circulation of your skin and make your skin delicate and tender. The frequency of washing your face should generally be once in the morning, once in the evening. This can not only play the physiological role of emulsion film, but also remove dirt such as old sebum in time to keep the face moist and smooth. Due to the needs of the working environment, increase the number of times when appropriate. Soap for washing face should be selected according to different climate and different age, occupation and skin characteristics of everyone.

(2) Massage and acupuncture

① Massage Beauty: Beauty massage can be divided into two categories: one is directly performed on the face, that is, direct massage beauty method; The other is to massage the meridians far away from the face to achieve the effect of beauty, that is, indirect massage beauty.

② Acupuncture and Beauty: Stimulate acupoints, adjust the function of viscera and tissues, promote the circulation of qi and blood, resist the invasion of external evils and delay skin aging. Generally speaking, there are seven meridians with good effects on beauty: Foot Taiyang Bladder Meridian, Foot Shaoyin Kidney Meridian, Foot Jueyin Liver Meridian, Foot Yangming Stomach Meridian, Hand Shaoyang Sanjiao Meridian, Hand Taiyang Small Intestine Meridian and Hand Yangming Large Intestine Meridian. According to the specific situation, the prescription of acupoint selection based on syndrome differentiation can be adjusted.

(3) Diet Beauty: In order to prevent premature aging of facial skin, we should pay attention to the balance of diet and nutrition, and appropriately increase the health food beneficial to the skin. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, we must follow the principles of diet and health care, such as no partial eclipse, no overeating, and no overeating.

(4) Qigong Beauty: Qigong exercises adjust the internal functions of the body and enhance physical fitness, so as to achieve the purposes of disease prevention, physical fitness, beauty and longevity. Especially by adjusting the mentality, you can relax yourself, get rid of distractions, be calm, and avoid the adverse effects caused by excessive emotions. Therefore, qigong beauty is a method of self-control and self-physical and mental exercise, which can keep young and prolong life.

In addition, we should do a good job in prevention and health care to prevent the evil of "six evils" from invading the face and causing diseases, especially to avoid sun exposure. In daily life, we should keep an optimistic mood, an open mind and avoid emotional extremes. It is also important to maintain good living habits, quit smoking and drink less, and correct bad facial movements, which are of great significance to prevent premature facial aging.