1, flowers with cosmetic effect
(1) peach blossom
The ancients in our country realized the beauty value of peach blossom very early. The earliest existing pharmaceutical monograph "Shennong Herbal Classic" holds that peach blossom has the function of "making people look good". "Compendium of Materia Medica" records: "Peach blossoms were picked on March 3, chicken blood was picked on July 7, and it was painted on the surface. After two or three days, it was removed, so the color of Guanghua was also bright." Before and after Tomb-Sweeping Day, when the peach blossoms are in bud, take 250g of peach blossoms and 30g of angelica dahurica, seal them, soak them in 1000 ml of white wine for 30 days, and drink 15-30 ml in the morning and evening respectively. At the same time, pour a little wine into the palm of your hand, rub it until the palm is hot, and rub your face back and forth, which is good for facial pigmented diseases such as chloasma, dark spots and dull complexion.
The function of peach blossom is mainly related to various nutrients contained in peach blossom. Modern pharmacological research has found that peach contains organic compounds such as kaempferide, coumarin and trilobite glycoside, which can dredge meridians, dilate peripheral capillaries, improve blood circulation, promote skin nutrition and oxygen supply, and moisturize skin. Peach blossom also contains a variety of vitamins and trace elements, which can prevent the chronic deposition of melanin on the skin and effectively remove chloasma, freckles and dark spots on the body surface that hinder beauty. Conducive to the prevention and treatment of dry skin, roughness and wrinkles.
(2) apricot flowers
"Cut Kethleen, light fold a few heavy, light swallow fat evenly note. This is a new beautiful dress, full of fragrance, which is a shameful bridesmaid. " This is Song Huizong's vivid description of apricot blossom. "Apricot face" often refers to beauty. Apricot flowers have the functions of nourishing the middle energizer, expelling wind and dredging collaterals, nourishing the skin and removing powder from the face. There is a record of apricot blossom and peach blossom curing spots in Taiping Sheng Huifang in Song Dynasty. The beauty effect of apricot flowers is related to its effective components that inhibit the activity of skin cells.
(3) Li Hua
Beautiful white, simple and pure, bitter fragrance, external use can acne, shiny face. Plum juice wine, called "Yan-preserving wine" in ancient times, can be used in beauty beauty to prevent summer sickness (Chinese medicine name, symptoms are slight fever, less food, weakness of limbs, gradual weight loss, etc. ) Li Ren can cure the spots on his face by applying egg white to his face.
(4) jasmine
"Jade is clean, jasmine news, moonlight is like flowers and snow. I don't know who is like a flower "(Qing Yang Enshou). Jasmine is also a common beauty flower in ancient times. People often use its flower extract as perfume, which is fragrant and lovely. Jasmine contains organic substances such as benzyl alcohol, linalool ester, jasmonate, etc., which has certain beauty effects. Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica records that "steaming oil to get liquid makes the dough fat head slippery", which can make "long hair moisten fragrant muscles".
Another kind of jasmine is called Big Jasmine, which is also a beauty flower. During the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, women in southern China used their flowers as garlands to "wrap around the temples of clouds" or "steam oil to get liquid to make facial fat and hair oil", which had the effect of "long hair and moistening muscles" and once prevailed in the south of the Yangtze River.
rose
Elegant and gorgeous, fragrant and charming. Its essence is precious perfume, and its flowers can soothe the liver and nourish the skin when used as medicine. It is said that the cosmetics commonly used by Empress Dowager Cixi are rouge made of rose juice or facial fat added with oil. There is a simple method: soak rose petals in vinegar, let stand for 1 week, take its filtrate, and add a proper amount of water to make a beauty liquid. Wash your face and neck with this liquid in the morning and evening, which can beautify and clean your skin, treat acne and facial sores, and make your skin tender and clean after long-term use. Rose skin care is generally suitable for oily skin.
2. Food with cosmetic effect
(1) milk
Casein in milk is an indispensable protein for increasing muscle, which can effectively synthesize muscle. In addition, milk is rich in calcium and whey protein. Adequate calcium can inhibit the release of calcitriol and reduce fat. Whey protein can consume fat in the process of promoting muscle growth. Therefore, milk is an effective diet drink. In addition, drinking milk before going to bed also contributes to sleep and beauty.
(2) honey
Sweet and flat, it has been a good product for nourishing and strengthening the body, detoxifying and nourishing the face since ancient times. Honey is rich in elements such as vitamin B, vitamin D, vitamin E, fructose, glucose, maltose, sucrose, high-quality protein, potassium, sodium, iron, natural spices, lactic acid, malic acid, amylase, oxidase, etc., which has remarkable effects on moistening lung, relieving cough, relaxing bowels, expelling toxin and caring skin.
(3) Grapefruit
Grapefruit contains vitamin P, which can enhance the function of skin and pores and is beneficial to skin care and beauty. Moreover, grapefruit is rich in vitamin C, which can prevent black spots and freckles and eliminate wrinkles and fatigue. Drinking a glass of grapefruit juice before bed can help you sleep.
(4) bananas
Bananas are actually "sleeping pills" wrapped in the peel. Besides stabilizing serotonin and melatonin, it also contains magnesium which can relax muscles. In addition, eating bananas before going to bed will not lead to obesity, because bananas are low in calories and rich in dietary fiber, which can promote defecation.
(5) Natto
The crude extract of natto is rich in antioxidant components such as lecithin, unsaturated fatty acids, vitamin E, etc., which can effectively reduce blood lipid and cholesterol, remove the peroxide pigment in brain tissue cells, adjust the water-lipid balance between skin cells and skin surface, promote blood circulation, improve skin elasticity, make skin smooth and soft, and achieve the effect of delaying aging.
3. How to cultivate a good complexion
Drink water before and after bathing.
Drinking a glass of boiled water before bathing every night helps to accelerate detoxification, and drinking a glass of water after bathing can help the skin replenish moisture effectively and discharge residual toxins at the same time. In addition, doing some simple aerobic exercise after bathing can also accelerate blood circulation and body metabolism, and the detoxification effect is doubled.
2. take vitamin c before going to bed
Vitamin C can inhibit pigmentation, resist the activity of melanocytes, promote blood vessel microcirculation and eliminate toxins in skin tissue. Therefore, taking a vitamin C before going to bed every night can effectively promote skin detoxification and restore healthy skin.
3. Replace coffee with green tea.
If you have the habit of drinking coffee, it is recommended to limit it every day. You can use skin care products containing green tea ingredients, you can also insist on drinking two cups of green tea drinks every day, or you can simply chew green tea, which can achieve the effect of detoxification, beauty and even slimming.
4. Do eye detoxification exercises before going to bed
Starting from the brow bone, play the piano with your fingers around your eyes from the inside out, and finally gently press your temples. Gently slide the middle finger abdomen from inside to outside along the eye socket to the lower corner of the eye, repeat the action for 3 times, slide to the temple in the third turn, press 15 seconds and then move to the lower part of the brow to complete the action. This set of eye activities can promote blood circulation around the eyes and accelerate eye detoxification.
5. Take a steam bath once a week.
The pores blocked by oil pollution naturally cannot be discharged with toxins. Therefore, in addition to thorough cleaning before going to bed every night, it is best to take a steam bath once a week if possible, which can help the body speed up metabolism and help to detoxify and maintain beauty.