The main dosage forms of traditional Chinese medicine for external use are powder, solution, ointment, ointment, mask and so on. (1) powder powder is a drug made by grinding various drugs into powder. During preparation, impurities and dirt in drugs should be removed, dried, ground into very fine powder, sieved and stored in a dry place. Generally, it can be applied to face and hands as facial cleanser, and then gently massaged. It can also be used as foundation. Powder cosmetics are generally suitable for people with different skin types and constitutions, except for a few people who are not suitable for dry skin, and have a wide range of applications. Prescription: Golden Fruit Maid Baiyao Method: Take 90g of clove, Bombyx Batryticatus, Petunia, Tribulus terrestris and Bletilla striata, 60g of angelica dahurica, 50g of Rhizoma Typhonii and Poria each15g, 450g of Gleditsia sinensis and a little mung bean. Gleditsia sinensis Peel the string, mix it with other herbs to get fine powder, and mix well. Wash your face frequently. Function: Moisturize skin, remove dirt and greasy, moisten skin and relieve itching. Treat acne, malnutrition and the like. Daily noodles are like jade. Powder with the main purpose of treating capacitive diseases has the functions of protecting, absorbing, evaporating, drying, relieving itching and reducing external friction of skin, and is suitable for acute or subacute dermatitis without exudation, such as miliaria and facial sores. Commonly used preparations include indigo powder, Liuyi powder and antipruritic powder. Another kind of lotion, also called suspension, suspending agent, water powder and oscillator, is a mixture of water and powder (containing 30%-50% of powder), and its functions and indications are basically the same as those of powder. Such as indigo powder emulsion, inverted powder emulsion, etc. (2) Solution The liquid medicine obtained by decocting the medicine, or the liquid medicine obtained by boiling the medicine powder with boiling water and cooling it is called solution. In addition, fresh Chinese herbal medicines are mashed, or preparations made with solvents such as wine and vinegar can also be classified into this category. Besides wine and vinegar, it is often cooked now, which is not suitable for long-term storage. The solution has cleaning, antipruritic, repercussive, astringent, heat-clearing and detoxicating effects. The solution can treat capacitive diseases in two ways: external washing and wet compress. The main purpose of external washing is to clean the damaged parts. Wet compress has anti-inflammatory, repercussive and astringent effects, and can be used for people with contact dermatitis, eczema and other exudation. The specific application of wet compress can be divided into open and closed. In addition, the solution can also be used for bathing. Prescription Example 1: Wash your face Guang Cai Recipe Method: Take a proper amount of winter mulberry leaves, fry them and store them, then wash your face with water in winter morning. Function: dispel wind and moisten skin, make face smooth as a mirror and not frozen. Prescription Example 2: Sanhua Wrinkle Removing Liquid Method: Take peach blossoms in spring, lotus flowers in summer, hibiscus flowers in autumn, dry in the shade, no matter how much, decoct with snow water in winter and wash your face frequently. Function: promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, moistening skin and removing wrinkles. (3) Ointment is a semi-solid preparation for external use, which is uniform, fine and easy to be applied to skin, mucous membrane or diseased surface. It is not easy to dry, easy to adhere to the human surface, lasting and in-depth effect, can protect the skin, prevent external physical and chemical factors and so on. Ointment can be divided into six categories according to the preparation method: (1) ointment preparation: the medicine is mixed with animal oil or vegetable oil (modern mineral oil such as vaseline can also be used) before it becomes paste. (2) Boiling cream: using water or wine as solvent, heating to dissolve soluble components in crude drugs, filtering to remove residues, and then heating and concentrating, or directly heating and concentrating with crude drug juice. (3) Wax ointment: it is an ointment made by decocting vegetable oil or animal oil to extract its soluble components, filtering, and adding beeswax or insect white wax to dissolve. (4) Mashing paste: it is made by mashing crude drugs rich in oil. (5) Vinegar paste: vinegar is used as a solvent and prepared by boiling paste. (6) Honey cream: an ointment made by mixing honey with fine drugs. Ointment is greasy and difficult to wash, so it is not suitable for people with oily skin. Ointment made of oil and honey should be prepared in small quantities and stored in a cool place to avoid rancidity and corruption. Ointments containing heavy metals are easy to be oxidized and reduced after long-term storage, which will reduce the curative effect and even increase the toxicity. Should be temporarily prepared and stored in a closed place. After the ointment is stored for a period of time, if the drug is separated from the matrix or water is separated, it should be stirred evenly again before use. Ointment is a commonly used external Chinese medicine cosmetic dosage form, which is often used for health care and medical beauty. It is used for health care and beauty, and has the effects of moistening skin, caring skin, whitening skin and removing wrinkles. It can be used for treating obstructive diseases, and has the effects of protecting skin lesions, diminishing inflammation, relieving itching, removing dementia, scar and wart. Prescription example: ointment prescription: moisturizing freckle ointment method: take 60g of Zaocys and appropriate amount of pig fat. Burning Zaocys into powder, mixing with pig fat, and bottling for storage. Bo Tu washes his face with warm water before going to bed every night. Function: search wind and dredge collaterals, moisturize skin and treat facial dark spots. Example of ointment: Hongyan recipe Method: Take appropriate amount of Salvia miltiorrhiza and sheep fat. Chop the two herbs and fry them together until the center of Salvia Miltiorrhiza turns white, filter off the residue and let it cool. Wipe your face. Functions: removing scar, moistening skin and beautifying face. Examples of the prescription of wax ointment: almond ointment method: take 45g of almond, 30g of realgar, 30g of white melon seeds, 30g of angelica dahurica, 5G of Lingxiang 15g, 90g of white wax and 200ml of sesame oil. Boiled almonds are peeled and pointed. Except ash and sesame oil, the medicine is put in a mortar and ground into fine powder. First, put the medicine into an oil-free hot pot, fry it with low fire until the oil thickens into a paste, then add the ash, continue to heat and stir, and put it into porcelain. Rub your face and apply beauty powder. Function: dispel wind and detoxify, moisten white flour and treat local black spots. Examples of pounded plaster prescription: the method of blackening the face; 90g of Fructus Trichosanthis, 30g of almond and pork tripe 1 were washed and cooked. The same research is like a cream, which should be applied every night. Function: the face is black and white, making people smooth and not chapped in winter and moon. Example of honey cream prescription: duckweed cream method: take duckweed 150g and appropriate amount of white honey. Wash duckweed, dry it in the sun, grind it into fine powder, mix it with honey and put it in a porcelain box for later use. Apply your face before going to bed every night and wash it off with warm water the next morning. Function: dispel wind and clear heat, moisten skin, and treat acne and freckles. (4) Plaster: the medicine is processed and pounded into fine powder, and then liquid substances other than oil are used as auxiliary materials to make a pasty semi-solid dosage form. Beauty cream is made of water, wine, vinegar and other liquids, or animal body fluids such as human milk, crisp, saliva, bile and raw medicine juice, and the powder is mixed into paste. Except for the paste prepared with wine and vinegar, other kinds of paste should not be prepared too much at a time and should be stored in a cool place. Generally, it can be made into powder first, and then made into paste when it is used, especially milk. Example of prescription: make the color shiny. Methods: Take 45g of Rhizoma Typhonii, 45g of Radix Angelicae Dahuricae, 45g of monk and 45g of Hu powder. It is not easy to mash, mix it with goat's milk, apply it at night, and wash it with warm pulp. [Note: Hu powder, also known as gouache and palace powder, contains toxic ingredients and should not be used on the face for a long time; Warm water is warm rice swill function: only five degrees, so that the color is shiny. (5) The traditional facial mask used for Chinese medicine beauty is made by adding some Chinese medicine powder with beauty function into mucus such as egg white or pig's trotters soup. Modern Chinese medicines and film-forming agents are commonly used as special masks, and fruits and vegetables can also be used as their own masks. Example of prescription: ruby tablet method: take fresh eggs 1 piece and cinnabar powder 30g. Yellow the eggs, put vermilion powder into the eggs, seal their mouths, hatch the hens and other eggs at the same time, take out the egg whites when the eggs hatch, and put them in bottles for later use. After washing your face every morning, apply it to your face or affected area. Function: Moisturizing and Anti-wrinkle, beauty beauty.