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Horror toothpaste in ancient Rome
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Gerrit van Honthorst, dentist
For the sake of oral health, the ancient Romans used pumice powder, metal powder, mashed tablets, baking soda and salt to make toothpaste, which they thought could clean teeth and remove odor. But it turned out to be a bad idea, because Roman doctors at the same time began to use opium, insects, crow feces and other raw materials as drugs to treat dental diseases.
Clean teeth
Brush your teeth without a toothbrush!
Some tribes in Africa don't have toothbrushes. The tool for cleaning the mouth is a branch called Miswak, which is also very primitive: chew one end until soft fibers are exposed (used as bristles), and at the same time let the wood break down into tree oil that helps prevent dental plaque and protect teeth, and then brush your teeth like an ordinary toothbrush. Because the branches contain anti-caries fluoride, teeth can be cleaned without water and toothpaste, and the tooth protection effect is even stronger than most toothpastes.
"Kill him and ruin his cosmetics!"
The rosy Alexander the Great.
According to historical records, after the Battle of Isus, Alexander the Great destroyed all the precious cosmetics of Darius, including beauty cream and perfume. On the way to the Eastern Expedition, the emperor picked local plants and sent them back to Athens. Botanists specially developed skin care products and cosmetics for him.
Lion urine as aftershave
The soldiers are marching towards the king of Macedonia.
In the early days of civilization, no nation had the habit of cutting hair. In ancient Greece, nobles would braid their beards and paint them with gold powder. In ancient China, there was a filial piety of "hairy body, parents dare not damage it". However, during the trip, the king of Macedonia ordered his soldiers to shave all their hair and beards to avoid being caught by the enemy on the battlefield. The shaving tools at this time are simple stones, shells and blades. After shaving, people will use lion urine as aftershave. As for why it is a lion, it is probably because it is fierce and powerful, and it is a symbol of men.
There is not a hair left.
Ancient Egyptians
Ancient Egyptian men shaved each other.
During the ancient Egyptian dynasty, men's body hair was regarded as a symbol of * * * and filth, and all the nobles and civilians had to shave their body hair. Even after death, there must be a razor in the funerary objects.
Great men who are constantly cutting and confusing are usually wonderful.
ancient Greece
According to legend, there was cutting therapy in ancient Greece, and Socrates specifically told his disciples about cutting solution. I married a young wife at the age of 60 (I don't know how a man feels when he sees this, at least I feel envious, although I don't know whether I envy Socrates' eldest brother or his wife. Later, there was a Yang Zhenning in Greater China, er ... so much for this topic). A year later, Plato was the only one who insisted on chopping 300 times a day, but he finally became a great player, and it was not easy to live to 83 times in one breath!
The paler, the more fashionable.
Portraits of Renaissance men
In Renaissance Europe, pallor was the embodiment of fashion. In order to achieve this impoliteness, men began to use whitening agents made of highly toxic tin and arsenic, bleach their hair to silvery white with alkaline water, and bleach their teeth with sage. These "grooming" methods, which are extremely harmful to the body, have killed many people.
Wigs are the product of syphilis.
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1In the 1980s, sexually transmitted diseases swept across Europe, becoming the most terrible epidemic in Europe since the Black Death. Thousands of patients developed rashes, blindness, hair loss and other accompanying symptoms. In order to avoid embarrassment, people began to make wigs from horse hair, wool or human hair until the sick king began to use wigs. This embarrassing fashion has really caught on.
What about ear hair? Burning!
Hair in the ear
Ear hair cleaning is also a part of gfd, but the traditional Turkish barber's ear hair cleaning service is not what ordinary people dare to try: put a fuel rod close to the ear, burn the hair quickly without scalding the ear, and the distance and speed must be accurate. This is an ancient craft that has been passed down to this day.
Japanese men can also trim their eyebrows.
eyebrow
As we all know, ancient Japanese women loved to trim their eyebrows, but in fact, trimming their eyebrows was only divided into classes, regardless of gender. Noble Japanese men also need to trim their eyebrows and draw higher eyebrows with graphite or paint again. People from humble origins are not allowed to do this.
How ancient men cared for their skin-China
There is not enough powder to go to court
Handsome Pan An
The male waiters in Han Dynasty in China had the rule that "if the powder is not enough, it can't be taken seriously"; During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, men's makeup became more and more popular. In the Liang Dynasty, men not only applied powder, but also applied Zhu, shaved their beards and sprayed perfume on their clothes and trousers. In order to show his comfort, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty gave officials all kinds of facial fat and oral fat every December.
Do you think it will end so easily? Throughout the ages, romantic men have no other hobbies except good looks. Don't! In addition to pursuing beauty, they also want to prolong life and rejuvenate themselves, and they are 1000 times more greedy than women. Is there wood? I don't admit it, there are so many chestnuts that I don't bother to peel them.
Four war chess+ten long dry dragons are worthy of being the Emperor Jiankang.
Qianlong
He reigned for 60 years, lived for 89 years, experienced the four dynasties of Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong and Jiaqing, and enjoyed the family happiness of seven generations living under one roof. He went hunting at the age of 80 ... (Well, don't say much, just find a crack and get into the bird ~) I am the longest-lived emperor in China history. Ten times: teeth often knock, body fluid often swallows, ears often bounce, nose often rubs, eyes often move, face often rubs, feet often rubs, abdomen often strokes, limbs often stretches, anus often lifts), incisive beyond description, it is simply P essence! Until today, books such as "The Mystery of Ganlong Health Care" are often on the best-seller list of Xinhua Bookstore (although these books are basically bought with toilet lids).
Yuquan picks his teeth, and Cao Cao loves folk remedies.
Cao Cao
What is "Yuquan" and what is "tooth-pecking"? The former is saliva, the latter is knocking. Cao Cao actively learned the art of keeping in good health from warlocks. This "Yuquan Tooth-pecking Method" was obtained from Huang Fulong, governor of Dunhuang: "If you want to prolong your life, you must serve Yuquan in the imperial court", "You must serve Yuquan in the imperial court and peck your teeth ... you must swallow it and peck your teeth 27 times before going to court." Cao Cao lived for more than 60 years, not particularly long, but I heard that Qianlong also loved this method, and people are over 80 years old!