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Chapter 11 The secret art of beautification passed down in the ancient court (2)
Uncovering the secret of Empress Dowager Cixi's youthful beauty

In July 1928, the warlord Sun Dianying sealed off the mausoleum area of ​​the Eastern Qing Dynasty in the name of military exercises, and blew up the underground palace of Cixi Mausoleum with explosives. When the soldiers hacked with knives and axes and opened the coffin lid, a Strange sight.I saw a lifelike female corpse lying on her back among countless gold, silver and jewels in the coffin. Her smooth skin could be broken by blowing bullets, and her head was coiled with black and shiny black hair. She looked about forty years old.This woman was Cixi, who was over 7 years old when she died.

After Cixi came to power at the age of 26, until her death, she paid great attention to the beauty of her appearance. De Ling, a female official beside her, recorded in "Yuxiang Misty Record": "When Cixi was old, her skin was still white, tender and smooth like a girl. .” So what is Cixi’s maintenance secret?

1.human breast beauty

In order to maintain beauty, Cixi ordered the imperial dining room to offer a pair of safe and healthy medicines every day. According to the seasons and climates, Cixi prescribed it as appropriate; in order to reduce the wrinkles on her face, Cixi ordered specially trained maids to massage her skin with jade every day.But among all the methods of beautifying the skin, Empress Dowager Cixi believed that drinking human milk and washing the face with human milk is the most effective way to maintain youthfulness.In her own words, this is one of the effective ways to maintain her beauty in her life.

Although this "wonderful prescription" of Empress Dowager Cixi has unique effects, it is despised by people.But modern beauty lovers can practice beauty with goat milk.Whether you drink goat milk or wash your face with goat milk, there will be unexpected surprises.Because goat milk is a kind of small molecular milk closest to human milk.

2.make a mask often
Cixi likes to make facial masks. She uses egg whites to apply to her face. When she wakes up in the morning, she washes the eggs off with hot air. She has also researched a lot of facial masks for beauty.The powder, rouge and other skin care products used by Empress Dowager Cixi are all made by herself. She only uses cosmetics prepared by herself. For other tributes, even if they are good things, she only uses them occasionally, and what she uses is basically natural. s things.

In addition, Cixi likes to use pearl powder for beauty.It is said that she takes pearl powder every ten days, and usually mixes pearl powder with skin care products and applies it to the skin.

3.Hot compress and foot bath
There is a secret recipe for Cixi to wash her face. She uses hot compresses every morning. This hot compress beauty and health care method is one of the secret recipes for beauty invented by Cixi herself.The hot compress method was called washing the face by the maids in the palace at that time. To be precise, it was to use hot steam on the face, which is what modern people call beauty hot compress-face sauna.Use a silver basin specially made in the palace, fill it with hot water sprinkled with spices, then use a delicate and soft cotton towel, soak the hot water, and apply it carefully according to the texture of the skin, it feels like sliding on the soft silk Same.After doing hot compresses for many years, my face basically has no wrinkles, and it can always be kept smooth, white, beautiful and full of luster.

Cixi also paid great attention to foot washing.Jin Yi and Shen Yiling's "Talks of the Palace Ladies" said: "The old lady's feet washing is not only for hygiene, but more importantly, for maintenance. To put it bluntly, if you have a minor illness, washing your feet is more convenient than taking medicine. "In Chuxiu Palace, it is very important to wash the old queen's feet.

The water for washing feet is very particular. For example, if it is the dog days, the weather is very hot and humid, then use the chrysanthemum flower to boil it and then let it warm for washing. Don't suffer from heatstroke; if it's March [-]th and the weather is extremely cold, then wash with papaya soup to activate blood circulation and warm knees, so that the body temperature is mild and the whole body is soft and warm like spring.Of course, according to the changes of the four seasons and the weather, adding or subtracting ready-made prescriptions at any time, this can also be regarded as the secret of Empress Dowager Cixi's fitness.

4.Often drink milk tea and Baoyuan soup

In the court of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, the habit of the Northeast people outside the Guan was usually retained early, and tea was added to milk, which was called milk tea.The most unique thing is that the milk tea that Cixi drank was not supplied by the imperial tea room, but by the small tea stove in Chuxiu Palace.The milk tea is determined by the Empress Dowager, and the small tea stove is specially made and supplied for the Empress Dowager every day.

And Baoyuan soup used to be a secret diet recipe with mysterious color in the palace.It is said that regular drinking of this special Baoyuan soup can straighten the skin without wrinkles or age spots, making the skin tender and clean like jade.Empress Dowager Cixi often drank this soup back then, so her skin can still be "delicate like a child" when she is old.The practice of Baoyuan soup is very simple, as follows:

Materials: a live crucian carp weighing more than a catty, half a catty of lean beef, a large trotter, raw hawthorn, and red dates.

Method: Wash the trotters, crucian carp, and beef, chop the beef, and remove the hawthorn and red dates.Put all the ingredients into a casserole, add two liters of water, cook on low heat for a day or overnight.Remove the scum and foam from the boiled soup, and remove the oil on the surface after cooling.Heat it up when you drink it, take a bowl in the morning and evening.

Why does Xi Shi have the face of sinking fish and wild goose
Xi Shi, the first of the four beauties in ancient times, has the reputation of "Sinking fish and falling geese".She has a light body, and her appearance is as clear as a lotus coming out of water. She combines the beauty of three thousand beauties in the harem.

In addition to the natural beauty, the beauty of Xi Shi also pays great attention to the maintenance of the day after tomorrow.

The first is internal adjustment.Shih Tzu likes to eat walnut kernel, which is rich in linoleic acid and is an ideal food for beauty and skin care.Eating walnut kernels often can make the skin tender and smooth, the hair black and shiny, and the blood vessels smooth.Xishi also uses white cloves, winter melon seeds, and honey to boil water to drink to regulate the body.Winter melon seeds whiten the skin, white cloves are antiseptic and anti-inflammatory, honey nourishes the skin and helps anti-inflammatory and antibacterial, which can effectively beautify and remove acne.

Followed by external use.Xi Shi often uses honeysuckle, pansy and peach blossom to apply her face.Honeysuckle can be ground into powder, mixed with water, and applied to acne.After decocting the juice, apply the medicinal juice with gauze to the affected area, which can effectively clear away heat, reduce inflammation and regulate the skin.Using peach blossom for skin care can lighten the blemishes on the skin. Peach blossom can also be used to make tea and porridge, which is a good beauty raw material.As for the pansy, it has a magical anti-acne effect. "Pansy, mild in nature and fragrant in taste, the medicine is drawn up to the surface to remove sores and scars."

Finally, Xishi was born in Zhuji, Zhejiang. The "Shengji Zonglu" records the story of her making food with lotus in her hometown: during summer, when picking lotus every morning, the condensed dewdrops and the blooming lotus, The leaves and stems are smashed together, wrapped with gauze and twisted into a slurry, and a little seasoning food is added, and eaten in moderation every day.The lotus flower is bitter in taste and cool in nature, enters the liver, spleen, and kidney meridians, and has the functions of regulating internal organs, promoting blood circulation and skin care.The lotus leaves and stems are rich in nuciferine, lotusine, nuciferin, etc., which can make the skin elastic and eliminate excess subcutaneous fat.

All the beauties in the Red Chamber are stunners
In "Dream of Red Mansions", beauties are like clouds, Lin Daiyu, Xue Baochai, Xiangling, Miaoyu, etc., all of them are stunners with extraordinary temperament.So how do these beauties in the Red Chamber maintain their beauty?

Jasmine powder is one of the secret recipes used by beauties in the Red Chamber to maintain their beauty. "Dream of Red Mansions" No.40 in four chapters: "Baoyu hurriedly opened a Xuan kiln porcelain box and said: This is not lead powder, this is made from ground purple jasmine seeds and mixed with spices. Ping'er poured it on his palm to see At the same time, the fruit has a light white and red fragrance, all four are beautiful, and it is easy to spread evenly on the face, and it can moisturize the skin, unlike other powdery greens that are heavy and astringent."

Jasmine powder has the effect of beauty and skin care. According to the "Compendium of Materia Medica Supplements" records: "Mirage jasmine sprouts in February and March, and the stems are as thick as joints. The leaves are long and pointed and green, sharp at the front and big at the back. It blooms after a small heat. There are three colors of purple, white, and yellow, and there are five-color ones. The flowers are combined at night. There are buds outside the fruit, and green seeds or clusters inside, which are as big as peas. After a long time, they will turn black, and there is white powder inside the seeds." Mature seeds can be used for beauty. A certain amount, ground into powder and rubbed on the face can remove facial spots, etc., making the face smooth and fair, and has the effect of beautifying.

Poria cocos is sweet and flat in taste, can remove freckles, whiten skin, moisturize the skin, enhance immune function, and dilate blood vessels.Modern clinical research also shows that Poria cocos contains a large amount of polysaccharides that are easily absorbed by the human body, which can enhance the immune function of the human body and is helpful to the chronically ill, weak, and elderly.Some of the ingredients, such as poria cocos polysaccharides, also have an inhibitory effect on cancer cells, and long-term use can promote the recovery of cancer patients after chemotherapy and surgery.Therefore, Poria cocos cream is also a beauty product favored by beauties in the Red Chamber.In Chapter 60 of "A Dream of Red Mansions", it also introduces in detail how to take Fulingshuang (crushed white Poria cocos powder): "The first is to mix it with human milk, get up early every day and eat it for one minute, the most nourishing, and the second use Milk, if you don’t have it, it’s better to boil it in plain water.”

In addition, Chapter No. 60 also mentions another beauty formula for the beauties in the Red Mansion: Wu'er's mother gave half of the rose dew her daughter got from Fangguan to her nephew who was suffering from fever, and the family took it from the well. Drinking cold water, and eating a bowl for the patient, her nephew suddenly felt "refreshed in the heart and cool in the head".Rose dew is made from roses. We know that roses are sweet and slightly bitter in nature, and have the effect of regulating qi, relieving depression, and dispersing blood stasis.Cure mainly liver and stomach qi pain, Xinjiu wind arthralgia, hematemesis and hemoptysis, irregular menstruation, red and white vaginal discharge, dysentery, mastitis, swollen poison. "Food Materia Medica" states that it "mainly benefits the lungs and spleen, nourishes the liver and gallbladder, and the fragrance and sweetness of food are refreshing."It can not only promote blood circulation and dissipate stagnation, but also detoxify and reduce swelling, so it can eliminate facial acne embolism caused by endocrine dysfunction.Therefore, ladies who love beauty can make tea with roses, or boil roses into rose water, and put a little when bathing or washing their face.Persist for a long time, you can see the effect.

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