How did ancient beauties maintain their looks?
Take a newborn egg, make a small hole in the egg, remove the yellow residue and put it into vermilion powder. Then seal the small hole with wax and put it in the nest with other eggs to hatch, so that the hen can hatch. Hens had better choose pure white feathers, and they can use them when the chicks come out. When this ointment is applied to the face, it can make the face red, smooth and moist, and not only black spots and blackouts can be swept away. Pollen, the most typical folk beauty product, was in its heyday in the Tang Dynasty, and women began to know how to use pollen to maintain their skin. As the only female emperor in the history of China, Wu Zetian's unique beauty secret, Motherwort, spared no effort in personal appearance modification besides political strategy. After more than 60 years old, her skin is still fair, rosy and elastic. According to Wang Dao, a famous doctor in the Tang Dynasty, the secret recipe of Wu Zetian's beauty is called "Tian Hou Lian Yi Cao Wu Ze Fang". The preparation process of this formula is quite complicated, and it is necessary to collect the whole Leonurus japonicus on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month to avoid soil contamination. Dry in the sun, grind and sieve, add proper amount of flour and water, knead into dough, knead into egg size, and then dry. Then use a yellow mud furnace, spread charcoal on the bottom layer, put medicine in the middle layer, and cover the top layer with 1 charcoal and satin. After scrubbing with this medicine, the skin will gradually become smooth and delicate. If it is used for a long time, the skin of a 50-year-old woman will look as young as a girl of 18. Princess Taiping's beauty secret recipe is peach blossom. Her common secret recipe is to mix peach blossom with black-bone chicken blood, which can not only promote skin metabolism, fully nourish the skin, make it white and moist, but also nourish prevent wrinkles. Yang Guifei keeps her youth with litchi. She smiled when she rode on the world of mortals. No one knows it's litchi. It is a household name in China, and people know that Yang Guifei especially likes litchi, a beauty fruit with high vitamin content. According to legend, Yang Yuhuan, an ancient beauty, ground peeled almonds, talc and calomel into fine powder, steamed them, added a little borneol and musk, and then mixed them with egg white. After breakfast every day, she will apply this cream thinly on her face to keep her skin white and ruddy. Princess Yonghe's beauty prescription, natural bean powder, is a secret recipe for Tang Dezong's daughter Princess Yonghe to maintain her skin. It is mainly made of soybean powder and various drugs. It can nourish skin, make skin white, tender and elastic, and prevent skin diseases. Scrubbing the face and hands with this formula can make the skin smooth and moist and keep young forever. Legend has it that among the people of the Jin Dynasty, there was a girl who prayed day and night for the dream of being chosen as a concubine in the palace. Her sincerity touched the Weaver Girl, and in an instant, a glow flashed across the sky, floating down the ribbon, and wrote: Take eight kinds of medicinal materials, such as ginseng, safflower, bletilla striata, angelica sinensis and Saposhnikovia divaricata, grind them into powder, blend them with night dew and apply them to your face. You can do it if you like. After a few days, the appearance is really skin-like, skin-like, and muscular. Soon, there was good news from the palace, which realized her beautiful wish to become a imperial concubine. Later, this formula was widely circulated in the court of the Jin Dynasty as a good prescription for women's health and beauty, and became the famous Eight White Powder for ladies in the Jin Dynasty at that time. According to Sui Chuxuan's Essays, there was a wealthy businessman in the late Ming Dynasty. The couple are over half a year old and have only one daughter. They are clever and clever. At that time, due to the corruption of the imperial court, the people lived in poverty. The rich businessman intended to send his daughter to a safe place to escape, but was hijacked by a group of robbers halfway up the mountain. My daughter misses her parents day and night, and her cheeks gradually become dark and rough. Later, she was saved and returned to her parents. It's no use trying to restore her face. One day, a monk came to beg for alms and presented a box of Dan medicine. The girl drew a picture on her face with Dan medicine. In a few days, she was as good as before. According to textual research, this recipe is the secret recipe of musk cream in Ming Dynasty. The controversial Empress Dowager Cixi used pearl powder for health care for a long time. According to Princess Rongling of the Qing Dynasty, after Empress Dowager Cixi entered old age, her skin was still as white and smooth as a girl. Through research, it is found that Empress Dowager Cixi's abundant energy and appearance of aging later than ordinary people are maintained by taking pearl powder for a long time. Cixi kept the habit of taking pearl powder. It is said that she drinks a spoonful of pearl powder every night before going to bed, which is a loyal user of pearl powder.