1, Chinese herbal medicine beauty and health care
1) Ganoderma lucidum
Beauty index: ★★★★★★★★
Nature and taste: flat, bitter and nontoxic.
Beauty functions: anti-wrinkle, anti-inflammation, freckle removal, yellowing and whitening, skin care.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that people's facial color is influenced by mental and visceral functions, such as those with hyperactivity of liver yang, sallow complexion, easy to get angry and irritable, those with spleen deficiency, pale complexion and those with kidney deficiency, listless. A healthy complexion reflects the fullness of the "spirit" of the internal organs of the body: the internal organs are deficient and the spirit is insufficient, so that the skin can not be nourished, which will be manifested as dull complexion, sallow skin, etc., and lose its inherent luster and elasticity. Ganoderma lucidum has the effect of harmonizing the five internal organs, can comprehensively regulate qi and blood, restore youthful luster and achieve the effect of beauty. The overall regulatory function of Ganoderma lucidum is undoubtedly of great significance to the health of the body. It is not a simple "whitening and anti-wrinkle", but a real "nurturing outside".
For oral administration: stewed chicken with Ganoderma lucidum, half a catty of pork bone, two small pieces of ham, 15~ 18 bowls of water for about 1 0.5 hours, then add fresh Ganoderma lucidum1piece (cut into small pieces), cook for 15 minutes, and add a little salt. This soup is delicious. Can improve immunity, tonify waist and kidney, care skin and protect liver.
External use: boil ganoderma lucidum soup, thicker, and apply it to your face. Has anti-inflammatory, yellowing and whitening effects.
Avoid: people who have just finished surgery for one or two weeks should not take it.
2) Ginseng
Beauty index: ★★★★★★★★
Nature and taste: sweet and slightly bitter, slightly warm.
Beauty function: benefiting qi and nourishing, delaying aging.
It has a strong antioxidant function and has been a panacea for prolonging life and delaying aging since ancient times. Its extract can be slowly absorbed by the skin without any irritation, and has multiple effects of smoothing wrinkles, promoting blood circulation and accelerating metabolism. It can effectively regulate skin and promote cell regeneration, thus restoring and maintaining the healthiest and youngest state of skin.
Oral administration: decoct 30 grams of ginseng slices into thick juice, mix with honey 100 grams and stir evenly to get about 500 ml of finished product. Twice a day, 2 spoonfuls each time, dissolved in warm water.
External use: Wash and slice Ginseng, soak it in 50% glycerin solution, and wipe your face with this glycerin twice a day after 10.
Avoid: those with yin deficiency and excessive fire should not use it.
3) Polygonum multiflorum Thunb
Beauty index: ★★★★★☆☆
Taste: sweet, slightly warm.
Beauty function: tonify essence and blood, strengthen kidney and blacken hair.
Its beauty function is mainly manifested in the face and hair, because it can make people full of blood, rosy and radiant, and it can play a good anti-aging role if eaten frequently. Secondly, Chinese medicine believes that "hair is blood", Polygonum multiflorum Thunb. By nourishing essence and blood, the effect of hair care and blackening can be achieved.
Oral administration: Radix Polygoni Multiflori is added. 15g, and 6g of Angelica sinensis are put into 700g of clean water. After boiling over medium heat, 20 longan pieces, 6 red dates and 50g of rock sugar are added to make 300g of soup. This recipe has the effect of beautifying and moistening skin, and can keep young if eaten frequently.
External use: Polygonum multiflorum Thunb 10g, Zanthoxylum bungeanum 5g and Chinese liquor 250g, soaked and wiped, 1 day for 3 times, which can cure alopecia.
Bogey: People with thin stools and phlegm dampness should use it with caution.
4) Angelica sinensis
Beauty index: ★★★★★★☆.
Nature and taste: sweet, pungent and warm.
Beauty function: nourishing blood, removing spots and caring hair.
It has a good effect of enriching blood and has a good curative effect on poor complexion caused by deficiency of qi and blood. It can effectively inhibit the deposition of melanin in the skin. Since ancient times, there have been many prescriptions for freckle removal and beauty in traditional Chinese medicine, and angelica sinensis is indispensable. In addition, its aqueous solution has a strong inhibitory effect on tyrosinase activity, which also makes us understand the important aspect of Angelica sinensis as an anti-aging drug.
Oral administration: take 50g of Angelica sinensis and soak it in rice wine to make Angelica sinensis wine. Drinking a cup often can promote blood circulation, relieve pain and nourish beauty.
External use: 50g of Angelica sinensis, decocted in water twice, mixed with soup 1000ml, and then dipped in absorbent cotton and repeatedly applied to the pigmented part of the face twice a day, which can dilute the skin pigment.
Avoid: avoid it when it is wet.
5) saffron
Beauty index: ★★★★★★☆.
Sexual taste: Xin Wen.
Beauty function: promoting blood circulation and nourishing blood, removing blood stasis and removing spots.
Originated in Spain, Iran and other countries, it is known as "red gold". Because it was introduced by Zhang Qian in Han Dynasty, it was only used by the imperial court and officials' families at that time, and its value can be seen. Carthamus tinctorius can effectively regulate human endocrine, make qi and blood flow smoothly to achieve the effect of freckle removal, and at the same time improve the activity of giant cells, thereby enhancing human immunity and eliminating toxins in the body.
Oral administration: make tea with saffron, 0. 1-0.5g per day, and keep drinking for a long time, which can achieve the functions of beautifying skin, calming nerves and strengthening body.
External use: you can use a beauty mask containing safflower extract.
Avoid: those who have bleeding tendency should not use it.
6) Coix seed
Beauty index: ★★ ☆ ☆ ☆.
Sexual taste: sweet, light and cool.
Beauty function: clearing away heat and promoting diuresis, eliminating wrinkles and treating acne.
Coix seed contains a special substance, which can effectively inhibit the formation of striated muscles and prevent wrinkles. When applied to the skin, it has a natural whitening effect, can improve the metabolism and moisturizing function of the skin, and can effectively prevent dry skin. In addition, the onset of acne is related to a person's kidney qi exuberance and rheumatism, while coix seed can clear away heat and promote diuresis, which can effectively prevent and treat acne.
For oral administration: 30g of Coix seed and 6g of lily, add appropriate amount of water, boil and simmer for one hour. Eating on an empty stomach in the morning and evening can treat facial acne or freckles.
External use: mix coix seed powder with white powder, then mix with milk or honey and mix well. Apply it to the face for about 15 minutes and then wash it with water. Suitable for people with dark complexion, large pores, spots and acne marks on their faces.
Avoid: use with caution for constipation and exogenous cough.
7) Chrysanthemum
Beauty index: ★★ ☆ ☆ ☆.
Nature and taste: sweet, bitter and cool.
Beauty function: detoxification and moisturizing, long hair and black hair.
It is recorded in ancient medical books: "Chrysanthemum nourishes qi and blood, moistens skin and nourishes qi and color. Can make the head not white. Taking chrysanthemums for a hundred days, the body is light and moist, and it turns white and black after one year. " In fact, as early as the Yuan Dynasty, there were records of shampoo inulin made of chrysanthemum as the main medicine, which was used to treat alopecia.
Oral administration: Chrysanthemum 30g, rice wine 500g, soaked for about 2 weeks, often drunk, can maintain beauty and improve eyesight.
External use: 60 grams of Chrysanthemum morifolium, 30 grams of Vitex negundo, 30 grams of Platycladus orientalis leaves, 30 grams of Sichuan medicine, 30 grams of mulberry bark, 30 grams of angelica dahurica, 30 grams of asarum, 30 grams of Eclipta prostrata, decocted in water, filtered and shampooed, with the effects of blackening hair and promoting hair growth.
Avoid: people with qi deficiency and stomach cold should use it less.
8) Ginkgo biloba
Beauty index: ★★★☆☆☆
Nature and taste: sweet, bitter, astringent and flat.
Beauty function: anti-aging, anti-allergic.
Herbologists have always been keen on extracting oral or topical essence from ginkgo biloba. In fact, this is precisely because of its strong antioxidant components, which can promote blood circulation and reduce the formation of free radicals, thus achieving anti-aging and preventing skin allergies.
Oral administration: 50g ginkgo, 4 Sydney azeotropes, 4 white chrysanthemums when ginkgo is ripe, 750- 1000ml fresh milk, and appropriate amount of honey. Turn off the heat after a little boiling. This chrysanthemum and ginkgo beauty soup has the effects of beauty, moisture retention and anti-aging.
External use: make ginkgo into paste with a little water and apply it to the face to make the skin soft and fair.
Bogey: Ginkgo biloba leaves are slightly toxic and should not be eaten raw or more, with 7- 10 capsules per day as the best.
9) Angelica dahurica
Beauty index: ★★★★★☆☆
Sexual taste: Xin Wen.
Beauty function: moisturizing and anti-wrinkle, whitening and acne removing.
It has obvious effect on whitening skin, and can improve microvascular circulation in addition to antipyretic, analgesic and anti-inflammatory. It can be used to treat facial acne, eliminate excessive accumulation of pigment in tissues and promote skin cell metabolism. Shennong's Herbal Classic points out that Angelica dahurica can "grow skin and touch up". Therefore, Chinese medicine has always regarded angelica dahurica as the main medicinal material for making facial fat.
Oral administration: Angelica dahurica can be ground into powder and taken with warm water to achieve whitening effect.
External use: take proper amount of white powder and mung bean powder, mix them evenly, then mix them with milk or honey, apply them on your face for about 15 minutes, and then wash them with clear water. This method has anti-inflammatory and antibacterial effects and deep cleaning, and is suitable for acne skin or skin with excessive oil secretion.
Bogey: it is not suitable for people with yin deficiency and blood heat.
10) Gentiana scabra
Beauty index: ★★★☆☆☆
Sexual taste: bitter taste, cold nature.
Beauty function: clearing heat and promoting diuresis, whitening skin.
It has been recorded in the books of medicinal materials for a long time that Gentiana scabra is the best traditional Chinese medicine beauty medicine, which has the effects of soothing, calming and moisturizing the skin. Whether it is taken orally or externally, it is a precious beauty medicine. The extract of Gentiana scabra is used in skin care products, which can enhance skin resistance and also play a role in whitening and moisturizing.
Usage: Because of its toxicity, self-made prescription is not recommended, and beauty and skin care products containing gentian essence can be selected.
Bogey: the spleen and stomach are weak, and it is forbidden to get angry without damp heat.
Beauty, a traditional Chinese medicine, has unique advantages. Bian Xiao suggested that you might as well try it in your daily life, which may have unexpected effects. Finally, I wish you a healthy and bright skin as soon as possible.
2, health care and beauty medicated diet
1, honey ginger tea
Slice ginger, put it into four or five pieces of honey and brew it with boiling water, then drink it. It can improve the activity of skin cells, remove spots and beautify the face, especially for senile plaques.
2, ginger melon skin care porridge
Peel and remove the heart of cucumber, cut it into thin slices, put it in the pot with rice, and cook porridge with ginger. Regular consumption can strengthen the spleen and nourish the stomach, especially the effect of clearing heat and promoting diuresis is remarkable, which can moisturize the skin, make the rough skin moist again, and the spots on the face will gradually fade.
3, soy sauce ginger laxative cream
Did you know that ginger also has a laxative effect? People who are often constipated will have acne on their faces and their skin color will be ugly. Mash it with ginger and fermented beans and stick it on the navel after baking, which will have a laxative effect and easily discharge toxins.
4. Ginger vinegar appetizing tea
In summer, do MMs feel bad appetite? It is easy to lose nutrition and affect their color. Soaking ginger slices with vinegar and taking them out in water the next day can restore appetite and resist the harm of summer heat to the body.
5, ginger powder
Grind dried ginger and ginseng into fine powder and apply it to your hair every time you wash your hair. Ginger has the effect of promoting blood circulation and nourishing hair. For MM who loves hair loss, it is a very effective magic weapon to prevent hair loss, and it can also adjust the deficiency of qi and blood.
Tips: When you have acne on your face, you should pay attention to many things, such as washing your face, skin care products and daily diet. Be sure to avoid using irritating skin care products and try not to eat spicy food, so as not to aggravate the condition!
The above five kinds of ginger practices are good for beauty care. Under the aftercare of these kinds of ginger medicated diets, women will become more and more beautiful and more youthful and beautiful. I hope you like the medicated diet introduced to you.