First, the ancient whitening history as early as the Xia Dynasty has appeared "whitening" technology. "Three generations (Xia, Shang and Zhou) used lead as powder", which generally turned white lead into paste facial fat, which can be painted into a big white face when used. Although toxic, women seem to be desperate for "one white covers all the ugliness". Tracing back to history, whitening products based on traditional Chinese medicine were favored by a large number of women as early as thousands of years ago in the Tang Dynasty, and became a clean stream in the skin care industry with its unique charm of "pure nature and no pollution".
Second, the whitening products used in modern Chinese medicine whitening formula are mostly chemical preparations. They have no whitening and skin care effects. Many of them will also irritate the skin and mucous membranes, causing allergies, and some even contain dangerous ingredients that cause cancer. For women who love beauty, the disadvantages outweigh the advantages. What are the traditional Chinese medicine whitening? Let's take a look at the herbs of traditional Chinese medicine, which are safe and effective. They were used on the face by our female compatriots thousands of years ago.
root of membranous milk vetch
This product is the dried root of Astragalus mongholicus or Astragalus membranaceus in Leguminosae. Taste: sweet, slightly warm. 【 Indications 】 Supplementing qi, consolidating exterior, healing sores and promoting granulation. Indications: spontaneous sweating due to physical weakness, chronic diarrhea, proctoptosis, uterine prolapse, chronic nephritis, edema due to physical weakness, chronic ulcer, and persistent ulcer.
As for Astragalus membranaceus, it is recorded in Shennong Herbal Classic that it is a natural skin care product, which can treat carbuncle and ulcer for a long time, expel pus and relieve pain.
Methods: Grinding Radix Astragali into powder, blending it with proper amount of water or egg white, applying it on the face for 20 minutes, and then washing it off, which can whiten the skin and get rid of yellow gas, and also has a good effect on annoying blackheads and hoary heads. For girls who face the computer every day now, it is definitely a simple Aauto faster mask.
Qi zi Bai Fang
Materials: Atractylodis Rhizoma, Radix Angelicae Dahuricae, Rhizoma Bletillae, Radix Ampelopsis, Poria, Radix Paeoniae Alba, Bombyx Batryticatus, and Pearl powder.
Methods: The above drugs were ground into fine powder according to the same proportion. Add distilled water or clear water (oily yogurt, dry milk), stir into a paste, apply it to your face, and wash it off after 20-30 minutes. Qizibai Whitening Mask was once the secret recipe of the court, which can whiten and remove spots, wrinkle and protect skin. Because of its magical effect, it is the first choice for beauty lovers in ancient and modern times.
Note: this mask must be made at night, and never before going out during the day! Because angelica dahurica is a photosensitizer in qizi baili! If you meet the sun, it will not only make you white, but also make you black!
lucid asparagus
This product is the root tuber of asparagus in Liliaceae. Bitter in nature, cold in nature. Indications: Nourishing yin and moistening dryness, clearing lung-heat and reducing fire. Treat fever due to yin deficiency, cough and hematemesis, lung flaccidity, lung abscess, sore throat, thirst and constipation.
Asparagus is a commonly used Chinese medicine. "Compendium of Materia Medica" says, "Cooking can make the body smooth and white, and get rid of all kinds of unclean diseases." External application with asparagus can play the role of "turning black face into white".
Methods: Apply the powder or decoction to face. Less than 1 month, the skin will become white and tender.
Note: Suitable for maintenance of oily skin, or for use in summer.
coix seed
This product is a dried and mature seed kernel of Gramineae perennial herb Coix lachryma-jobi. Cool in nature and sweet in taste. Indications: Strengthening the spleen and eliminating dampness, removing arthralgia and stopping diarrhea. Can be used for treating edema, beriberi and dysuria. It is recorded in Shennong's Materia Medica that Coicis Semen can treat warts.
Methods: After cleansing every night, mix appropriate amount of Coix seed water, milk and a spoonful of honey and stir evenly. After soaking the mask paper, apply it to your face for 20 minutes, and your face will look good the next day. After using it for a month, you will find that the skin is obviously white and the pores are much thinner.
Chinese angelica
This product is the dried root of Angelica sinensis in Umbelliferae. Warm and sweet. Indications: enriching blood and nourishing blood, regulating menstruation and relieving pain, moistening dryness and smoothing intestines. Treating menoxenia, amenorrhea, abdominal pain, abdominal mass and metrorrhagia; Blood deficiency headache, dizziness, paralysis; Intestinal dryness is difficult, and red dysentery is heavy; Carbuncle, sore, theft, traumatic injury.
"Shennong Herbal Classic" records that Angelica sinensis "washes the skin with warm malaria and cold and heat; Boil and drink all kinds of malignant sores and golden sores. One goes home. Rumor valley. " Sun Simiao in Tang Dynasty (10/year-old) expounded the anti-aging, freckle-removing, beauty and skin-beautifying effects of Angelica sinensis in the book "A Thousand Daughters of Fang Yi", and called it a face medicine for women.
Methods: External application of angelica powder can promote blood circulation and make skin tender and shiny, which is most suitable for female self-care. It is a "killer" to deal with chloasma and freckles.
Note: Angelica has the function of promoting blood circulation, and it is slightly irritating when applied to the face. Use with caution for sensitive skin.
Traditional Chinese medicine is actually a kind of gentle and harmonious medicine, which runs through the way of survival between heaven and earth. Take nature and use it naturally. Thousands of years ago, the prescription gave the modern "lazy woman" spring. Finally, I would like to remind all the girls who love beauty that if they want to become beautiful by Chinese medicine powder mask, they must strictly control the raw materials and go to regular pharmacies to buy them. Select the appropriate whitening formula according to individual skin type, and conduct skin allergy test before use. Use with caution those who are allergic to traditional Chinese medicine. Don't be too stressed at ordinary times, keep enough sleep, and skin care and whitening need perseverance.
Reviewer: Wei Li, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangdong Pharmaceutical Society; Yimei, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Pharmaceutical Society.
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