ginseng
Roots of Panax ginseng, a perennial herb of Araliaceae. Ginseng has been used for health preservation and treatment for at least two thousand years. It was listed as the top grade in Shennong's herbal classics in Han Dynasty. Ginseng can nourish the five internal organs, improve eyesight and intelligence, replenish vitality, promote fluid production to quench thirst, promote digestion and appetite, and prolong life if taken for a long time.
Ginseng is widely used in cosmetics because of its beauty and hairdressing function. The main causes of human skin aging are poor blood circulation, decreased metabolism and weakened skin elasticity. Because ginseng contains a variety of ginsenoside, amino acids, vitamins and minerals, adding it to skin care products can promote blood circulation of subcutaneous capillaries, increase the nutritional supply of skin, prevent arteriosclerosis and adjust the moisture balance of skin. Therefore, it can delay skin aging, prevent skin dryness and dehydration, and increase skin elasticity, so as to protect skin luster and softness and prevent and reduce skin wrinkles. Ginseng active substance also has the ability to inhibit the reduction of melanin, making skin fair and smooth.
When people take part in shampooing, it can dilate the capillaries in the head, increase the nutrition of hair, improve the toughness of hair, reduce hair loss and hair breakage, and protect damaged hair.
Oral ginseng can not only strengthen the body, but also play the role of anti-aging and skin care and beauty.
pearl
Pearls can not only be used as exquisite decorations, but also as medicinal materials, which have the effects of strengthening yang, calming the nerves, calming the heart and calming the wind, clearing away heat and reducing diseases, detoxifying and promoting granulation. At the same time, it can also be used as a beauty product, which can nourish and protect the skin and delay the generation of wrinkles whether it is taken orally or externally. As early as "Compendium of Materia Medica", it was recorded: "Pearl powder painted on it makes people moist and look good." At present, many cosmetics on the market have added pearls.
Chinese angelica
Angelica sinensis is a traditional medicine for enriching blood and promoting blood circulation, which is mostly used in gynecology. However, because angelica can promote qi and blood filling and smooth blood flow, it can make the face rosy, shiny and the skin tender and elastic. Moreover, angelica contains a variety of trace elements, which plays an important role in nourishing the skin and preventing roughness. When returning, it can be used to treat acne, chloasma, freckles, black hair and prevent alopecia. Angelica sinensis has been widely used in external skin cream, and can also be decocted, soaked in wine or cooked with medicated diet for oral administration.
Job's tears
Coix lachryma-jobi is a medicinal and edible plant, and its seeds are also called Coix lachryma-jobi. It contains more fat, protein and total amino acids than rice, and contains a variety of trace elements. Because of its rich nutritional and dietetic functions, it was called "the pearl of coix lachryma jobi" in ancient China and "the food of life and health" in Europe. In Japan, the annual consumption exceeds 65,438+05,000 tons. Coix lachryma-jobi not only has the functions of anti-cancer, lowering blood sugar, relieving pain, relieving fever and enhancing immunity, but also has the beauty effects of removing spots, removing verruca plana and softening skin. There are Japanese coix seed tablets specially for removing senile plaque, coix seed beauty tea produced in China and instant coix seed essence produced in Fujian. At present, there are also moisturizers added with Coix lachryma-jobi extract.
glossy ganoderma
Ganoderma lucidum is a fungal plant, and it is a precious medicinal material recognized by Chinese medicine experts in past dynasties for nourishing, strengthening the body and prolonging life. Ganoderma lucidum not only has the functions of moistening lung, relieving cough, protecting liver and detoxifying, but also has the functions of anti-aging and beautifying face. In Compendium of Materia Medica, Li Shizhen thinks that Ganoderma lucidum "has a good color, and it will prolong life if taken for a long time." . Modern research shows that Ganoderma lucidum contains many trace elements, among which magnesium and zinc have the function of delaying aging. The polysaccharide component contained in Ganoderma lucidum can eliminate self-application in vivo, protect cells and delay aging; Ganoderma lucidum also has the effect of calming the nerves, so it has obvious curative effect on pallor, mental fatigue and haggard face caused by neurasthenia; Ganoderma lucidum is also a scavenger of blood, which can eliminate melanin and brown pigment in blood and control the formation of freckles and senile plaques.
polygonum multiflorum
Polygonum multiflorum Thunb has the functions of blackening hair, caring hair, nourishing hair and promoting hair growth, and also has the functions of reducing blood fat, resisting aging and beautifying. "Kaibao Benyang" in the Tang Dynasty contains "benefiting qi and blood, blackening sideburns, pleasing complexion, nourishing bones and muscles for a long time, and benefiting essence". Modern medical research has proved that Polygonum multiflorum Thunb can dilate blood vessels and relieve spasm, and can make skin cells, brain cells and hair get enough blood. Therefore, taking Polygonum multiflorum Thunb for a long time can not only make people feel refreshed, but also promote rosy and shiny face and black and shiny hair.
In addition to the above, the commonly used Chinese herbal medicines for beauty are Astragalus membranaceus, which is beneficial to qi and beauty; Acanthopanax senticosus has the effects of anti-aging, beauty and fitness, and is known as the "Sai Ren"; Beauty crystal-filled poria cocos; Rehmannia glutinosa for delaying and relieving skin aging, reducing pigmentation and caring skin; Take Ophiopogon japonicus for a long time, not old or hungry, moist and pleasant; And Polygonatum sibiricum, peach kernel, almond, platycladi seed, Ligusticum chuanxiong, aloe, chrysanthemum, wax gourd seed, angelica dahurica, ledebouriella divaricata, magnolia flower, Schisandra chinensis, Xanthium sibiricum, peach blossom, asarum and the like.
Bee products
Bees collect pure natural pollen and produce pure natural substances such as honey, royal jelly and propolis, which can improve human immunity, enhance body metabolism, enhance cell vitality, beauty beauty and delay aging. It can also promote the resistance of immune system, promote skin renewal, relieve women's menstrual discomfort and promote wound healing.
Chinese Caterpillar Fungus
Cordyceps sinensis is the abbreviation of Cordyceps sinensis, also known as Cordyceps sinensis or Cordyceps sinensis. Cordyceps sinensis contains about 7% cordycepic acid, 28.9% carbohydrate, 8.4% fat and 25% protein, of which 82.2% fat is unsaturated fatty acid, which is a parasitic product of Cordyceps sinensis fungi. The so-called "grass" is actually an ascomycete parasitic on the head of bat moth larvae. Generally, insects and grass are used as medicine, which is a valuable Chinese medicine for nourishing and strengthening. Cordyceps sinensis has a good cosmetic effect on human skin, mainly in five aspects:
1) Cordyceps contains cordycepin and cyclic peptide compounds, which can promote epidermal growth and quickly repair damaged skin; At the same time, it has obvious anti-cancer activity, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects, and prevents skin from becoming cancerous due to external environmental pollution and ultraviolet radiation.
2) Cordyceps sinensis contains a variety of fatty acids, all essential amino acids, trace elements and vitamins, which can effectively supplement the nutrients needed by the skin and is a beauty product.
3) Cordyceps sinensis contains D- mannitol, non-reducing polysaccharide and oligosaccharide, which has good water absorption and can deeply replenish water and moisturize; Adjust the microecological balance of body surface, inhibit the generation of harmful bacteria, and fundamentally inhibit the formation of chloasma and freckles; Reduce the hydrolysis of elastin and hyaluronic acid in skin tissue, maintain skin elasticity and delay aging.
4) Cordyceps sinensis contains a variety of phytosterols, which has mild permeability to the skin, maintains moisture on the skin surface, promotes skin metabolism, inhibits skin inflammation and aging, and prevents sunburn.
5) Cordyceps sinensis contains cordycepic acid, vitamin E and carotenoids, which can effectively remove free radicals in the skin, reduce melanin deposition, dilute various stains and have whitening effect.
Aster asiatica
Arnebia euchroma has obvious acne removing, acne mark removing and anti-inflammatory effects. Its main function is to cool blood, promote blood circulation to remove blood stasis, detoxify and penetrate rash, so it can accelerate the metabolism of acne marks and scars. "Seeking the Grassland": Lithospermum, acne rash is faint, red and dry orange, suitable for those who have come out and closed, purple and black, and acne with black furuncle is also applicable. If the acne has been completely covered by red blood, it will be transferred to Lithospermum flowers. Before the blood heat is not clear, use Lithospermum flowers to promote blood circulation and promote hair growth. It will be slippery if it is red, and avoid it if it is white. When the dust is stagnant and slippery, it is also appropriate to visit the wormwood.
Fuling
Poria cocos, commonly known as Poria cocos, Poria cocos and Poria cocos, is a fungal plant parasitic on the roots of pine trees. It is shaped like a sweet potato, with a dark brown skin and a white or pink interior. Its protozoa is the dry sclerotia of Poria cocos, a fungus of Polyporaceae, which is mostly parasitic on the roots of Pinus massoniana or Pinus densiflora. Produced in Yunnan, Anhui, Hubei, Henan, Sichuan and other places. The ancients called Poria cocos a "four-season medicine" because Poria cocos has a wide range of effects, regardless of the four seasons. When it is combined with various drugs, it can exert its unique efficacy regardless of cold and heat and rheumatism. Poria cocos is sweet, light and flat. When taking medicine, it has the functions of diuresis, invigorating spleen and stomach, calming the heart and calming the nerves. According to "Materia Medica Jing Yao Hui", Poria cocos can well remove the sores on people's faces and the black spots produced by women after delivery.