Quick Reference Handbook of Traditional Chinese Medicine for Beauty and Beauty

Chapter 4: It varies from person to person and from time to time——Cultivate both internally and externally, youth is not old (3)
The spleen is the acquired foundation and the origin of qi and blood biochemistry. Only when the function of the spleen is healthy can a person's qi and blood be vigorous and the complexion become rosy.Only when the function of the spleen and stomach is normal can the water and grains be turned into microscopic substances to provide nutrition for the facial skin.A person with a good spleen and stomach has ruddy and bright lips, a strong body, and plump muscles.If the spleen and stomach are out of luck, the lip color will be pale and pale, and the complexion will be sallow.

Methods of Nourishing Spleen in Long Summer
Long summer main transformation, including ripening and digestion, is a good time for the human spleen and stomach to digest and absorb nutrients. Therefore, during the long summer period, you should eat more spleen-invigorating foods.

Clearing away heat and dampness, invigorating the spleen and harmonizing the middle: In the long summer season, the diet should be based on clearing away heat and dampness, strengthening the spleen and harmonizing the middle.In daily life, in addition to eating heat-clearing foods such as wax gourd, cabbage, and bitter melon, you should also eat more foods that invigorate the spleen, replenish qi, and refresh the spleen and appetizers, such as japonica rice, indica rice, crispy rice (burnt pot), barley, cooked lotus root, and chestnuts. , yam, chicken, duck, rabbit, mandarin fish, grapes, red dates, carrots, potatoes, mushrooms, etc.

Pork, soft-shelled turtle meat, oyster meat, milk, sesame seeds, etc. are rich in taste and greasy, which are easy to hinder the function of temper, so they should be eaten relatively less in summer.

The daily diet should be based on light food in order to clean up the stomach.Eating warm and cool food is appropriate, heat hurts mucous membranes, and cold hurts the spleen and stomach.Because wine is also wet, try not to drink or drink less in summer.People with a weak spleen can advance their lunch time to 11 o’clock, because their temper is strongest at this time, and they are most effective in digesting food and absorbing nutrients.

In long summer, especially in the dog days, eating more beans has the effect of invigorating the spleen and dampness.Beans suitable for long summer include mung beans, red beans, red rice beans, coix seed, snow beans, peas, green beans, black beans, etc.In addition, you can also eat some Atractylodes macrocephala, yam, white lentils, etc. to strengthen your temper.

Eating too much raw and cold food will cause the cold to accumulate in the spleen and stomach and affect the digestive function. At this time, you can pack 100 grams of hot salt in a thicker gauze bag and put it on the three horizontal fingers above the navel, which has the effect of warming the spleen and dispelling the cold. effect.

Work and rest, less thinking!The key point of spleen maintenance and health care is to combine work with rest and avoid overthinking.Work hard at work, relax outside of work, and stop thinking about problems at work.Because the characteristic of the spleen is to like dryness and dislike dampness, special attention should be paid to prevent dampness from invading the human body in long summer.During this time, don’t get in the rain and wade in water, pay attention to protecting the yang energy in your body, try to use the air conditioner as little as possible, and shake the fan less.Pay attention to eating less sweet, fatty and irritating foods.

Long summer beauty method
The hot summer is a very difficult season for the skin.At this time, ultraviolet rays are the number one enemy of the skin, and profuse sweating and exuberant sebum secretion are all causes of skin damage.

The focus is on sun protection and moisturizing: the focus of skin care in long summer is sun protection and moisturizing to prevent ultraviolet rays from burning the skin.Be sure to apply triple sunscreen with oxygen water during the day to block the damage of ultraviolet rays to the skin.In the evening, be sure to smear on the active oxygen water dew with the function of locking and retaining water.

Do not wash your face with cold water!Because the cold water will stimulate the capillaries to tighten, but will leave the dirt on the face.Therefore, the most suitable water temperature for washing your face in summer is 25-32°C.After washing your face, be sure to spray the active oxygen water stock solution to quickly replenish oxygen and moisture, and balance the pH of the skin.

Eat more foods with detoxification effects: such as papaya, apples, black fungus, and mung beans can cleanse the blood and promote detoxification, while kelp and seaweed can help discharge radioactive elements.The dirt in the body is removed, and the body odor will naturally improve.

Hydration is extremely important!Because of the hot weather, hydration is also very important.The amount of water replenishment every day is more than that in spring. At the same time, because of sweating more, you can also add some salt appropriately.Also, the secretion of the skin is relatively strong at this time, so you can wash your face one more time a day, which can also play a role in replenishing moisture.

In summer, eat more foods that can clear away heat and dampness, such as watermelon, fan, mung bean, etc., which can relieve the heat of the body.

Nourish the lungs in autumn

Judging from the climate characteristics of autumn, the transition from heat to cool is a transition stage of "Yang disappears and Yin grows".The physiological activities of the human body gradually slow down from the vigorous metabolism in the "long summer" to the "autumn harvest".To adapt to the changes of the seasons, health preservation in autumn cannot be separated from "harvesting" and "raising".Harvesting is to restrain the yin qi in autumn, and nourishing is to store yang qi for winter, nourishing yin and tonifying yang.

Autumn is the main harvest, all things converge, and the lungs should be inward, so the main focus of health preservation is to nourish the lungs.Concentrate the air, if you go against it, you will hurt your lungs. In winter, you will suffer from diarrhea (diarrhea that does not dissolve the grain), and there are few people who worship it (reduced ability to adapt to winter).In autumn and March, the interior should be in the lungs.It shows that among the five internal organs of the human body, the focus should be on nourishing the lungs in autumn.The lungs govern qi, and the relationship between the lungs and breathing is the greatest. As the saying goes, "people live with one breath", so if you want to nourish your lungs, you must first learn how to breathe.The principle of breathing is: balance yin and yang, and breathe essence.There are two methods of chest breathing and abdominal breathing.

Chest breathing: Stretch your arms, expand your chest as much as possible, then inhale and exhale.

Abdominal breathing: Inhale deeply into the abdomen, inflate the lower abdomen, then induce the air to sink in the Dantian (3 inches below the navel), pause for a few seconds, and then exhale the air through the nostrils.

F When the autumn wind blows, the lung qi is affected. At this time, let the qi and blood go inward with the seasons. Use a little autumn pear paste, and you will not cough due to the lack of lung qi when autumn comes.

The relationship between the lungs and beauty

The lung governs the fur, which means that the relationship between the lung and the skin is closer. "Huangdi Neijing·Nan Jing" said: "Lungs... When the Qi is full, the fur will be scorched; if the fur is scorched, the body fluid will be removed, and the skin knots will be injured; if the skin knots are injured, the skin will wither and the hair will break."It transmits qi, blood and body fluid to the hairs of the skin. If the lung qi is sufficient, the skin and hairs will be warmed and moistened.If the lung qi is deficient, the skin will be dry and the face will be haggard.

Methods of nourishing the lungs in autumn
Keep a happy mood: autumn governs the lungs, and the lungs govern sadness.This is why many women often feel romantic and sad in autumn.However, in autumn, women must not indulge in sadness.Sadness can easily hurt the lungs, and lung qi deficiency will have a negative impact on the body, which greatly reduces the health supplements in autumn.Therefore, in autumn, you should keep your inner peace and feel comfortable.See the positive side of autumn more, get in touch with people more, talk more, and participate in outdoor activities more.In short, we must integrate into nature to feel the joy of harvest, so that we can fight against the infection of sad autumn emotions.

Sleep early and get up early: In terms of work and rest, you should lie down early to comply with the convergence of Yang Qi. "Huangdi Neijing" said: In autumn and March, you should lie down early and get up early, and have fun with the rooster (work and rest with the rooster), so that your mind will be peaceful and your spirit will be restrained.In autumn, the sun also rises later than in summer, so people can rest more and wait until dawn to get up again to restrain the energy of the body.Because the convergence is more rapid in autumn, it is easy to feel uncomfortable with the liver qi, and it is easy to feel sad. If you lie down early to collect the lung qi, and get up early to relieve the liver qi, if you sleep too much, it will easily lead to drowsiness and depression.

Eat acid to restrain lung qi! "Su Wen" also records that health preservation in autumn is opposite to that in spring, and you should eat more "sour" foods. "The lungs dominate autumn, eat acid quickly to harvest it, use acid to replenish it, and relieve it. It can be seen that the sour taste can nourish the lung qi, while the spicy taste diverges the lung qi. In autumn, it is suitable to eat more sour foods that astringe the lung qi, such as hawthorn , grapes, grapefruit, kiwi and so on.

Deficiency of lung qi refers to weak endowment, insufficient lung qi, lack of support due to no disease, or overwork, which leads to the deficiency of the qi transformation function of the lung.The main symptoms are weakness of breath, weakness of speech and weakness of coughing and wheezing.In addition, spontaneous sweating, fear of wind, pale complexion, and weak pulse can also be seen.People with lung qi deficiency should eat more products that invigorate lung qi.Such as Cordyceps sinensis, ginseng, sand ginseng, American ginseng, Codonopsis ginseng, heterophylla, astragalus, yam or Sijunzi decoction.

Drink more water!Water is the most yin in the yin, and water is the mother of all things.Autumn dominates dryness, and dryness is characterized by dryness, so drink plenty of water to combat dryness.

Fall Beauty Recipes
After a whole summer of intense sun exposure, the skin has been tossed by the sun. If the dry and tired skin is not properly conditioned and repaired in autumn, it will bring great damage to the skin when the cold winter comes.It can be said that autumn is a good time for skin care.

Pay attention to cleansing and moisturizing: Due to the large temperature difference in autumn, the skin resistance is reduced and it is easy to be infected with bacteria. Therefore, it is necessary to focus on cleansing the skin and use weakly acidic cleansing products with strong bactericidal power and good cleaning effect.Autumn is dry, the oil secretion of the sebaceous glands decreases, the water evaporates quickly, and the face is prone to a tight feeling, so we must pay attention to the moisturizing care of the cuticle of the skin, and use milk and cream-like skin care products in moderation.Also note that at least once a week to do water care.

Don't forget about sun protection: Although the weather is getting cooler in autumn, the ultraviolet rays at this time have not decreased at all, so you must not be negligent at this time.

Seasonal change of skin care products ten moderate massage: In autumn, the body's metabolism will slow down, and the skin will be relatively dry, so it is necessary to maintain the skin according to the season.For dry skin, it is recommended to use cream-type skin care products; for oily skin, emulsion-type skin care products are suitable.

When autumn is strong, the spirit is easy to be depressed, and the blood circulation speed of the body is slightly reduced. It is recommended to use it with facial massage to restore vitality to tired skin.

Rejuvenating Massage
First apply a little eye cream around the eyes, and then use the index finger, middle finger, and ring finger of both hands to rub gradually from the middle of the forehead to both sides.

Slide from the brow to the temple and gently press the eye socket, then gently press and slightly lift the muscle under the eye (Sibai point) for about 5 seconds.Do it for 3-5 minutes a day.

Nourishing the kidneys in winter

Winter is the season when Yin Qi is extremely prosperous and all things are stored. Biological creatures are in the hibernation stage to recharge their energy and store up energy.Since winter is the season with the strongest yin, it is the time when yin grows and yang disappears. Therefore, when the weather is long and cloudy in winter, you should nourish yin to balance your own yin and yang.

Winter dominates the kidneys.Winter is connected with kidney qi because the qi in winter should be transformed into the kidneys of the human body.Therefore, winter should focus on nourishing the kidneys.

The function of the kidney is to store the essence. It is said in the "Huangdi Neijing": "The kidney governs the sting" and "the foundation of sealing and storing".It means that if we use the ability of the kidney master to store in winter to seal the kidney essence, we can get twice the result with half the effort.Water corresponds to the kidneys. Once symptoms such as edema, frequent urination, soreness of the waist and knees, memory loss, susceptibility to wind and cold, and unexplained massive hair loss appear, it means that there is a problem with your kidneys and you need to nourish them.

The relationship between kidney and beauty

The kidney stores essence, and essence can transform blood. If the kidney qi is deficient and the kidney essence is insufficient, the human body will be deficient in qi and blood, and the complexion will not be much better.In addition, the kidney governs water, and the water metabolized by the human body can be discharged.If the metabolism is unfavorable, edema of the face and limbs, or dry skin will occur.

The kidney is very important to every woman. It not only affects our physical health, but also affects our appearance. Only when the kidney is healthy can we have perfect skin.

To nourish the kidneys in winter, you can usually drink more chicken soup, bone soup, walnuts, mulberries, black ginseng, etc., and you can also eat wolfberry, sealwort, fleece-flower root, deer horn, antler glue, and donkey-hide gelatin stew.

Ways to nourish your kidneys in winter
Dress warmly: Avoid the cold in winter and keep your body warm.When people come to winter, all the yang energy is restrained and hidden in our dantian.Therefore, we need to wear thicker clothes in winter, which is called "dispelling cold and warming".

Calmness and tranquility: In winter, you should be calm and peaceful in spirit and emotion, so as to achieve "no disturbance to the yang", so that the yang qi can be stored "to make the aspirations hidden, if you have selfish intentions, if you have obtained something." To maintain spiritual emotions The tranquility of the body, avoid disturbance and rash movement, so that the yang energy in the body can be hidden.

Go to bed early and get up late: In terms of work and rest, you should go to bed early and get up late in winter.Go to bed early to nourish the yang energy of the body, keep the body warm, wake up late to nourish the body yang energy, and avoid being hurt by the cold air that has not dissipated in the early morning and night.At the same time, the days are short and the nights are long in winter, and the sunlight is weak. You should exercise more outdoors to make up for the lack of sunlight.

Appropriate exercise: The yang energy of the body is weak, so you can do some strenuous exercise in winter to increase the body's metabolic rate and promote blood circulation.

After the winter solstice, it is necessary to increase exercise.Outdoor exercise can promote the production of heat, regulate the function of metabolism, and enhance the temperature regulation function of the brain.Because the weather is cold in winter and the limbs are relatively stiff, it is very important to warm up before exercising. Clothes should be determined according to the weather conditions, and the principle of keeping warm and preventing colds is the principle.

Exercise moderately but don't sweat profusely.Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the body's Wei Qi opens and closes, and sweating is the product of the coordinated action of Yin essence and Yang Qi.In winter, the air of the heaven and the earth is closed, and the blood energy is hidden. Sweating will vent the yang energy, so you should not sweat, but recharge your energy and store up your strength to store the yang energy inside.

Winter is the best time for baths and feet, especially medicated baths, which can effectively regulate the body, nourish the body, and achieve the effect of health preservation.

The diet should nourish yin and subdue yang: the diet in winter is mainly based on nourishing yin and subduing yang, following the ancient teachings of "nourishing yin in autumn and winter", "no disturbing yang", "replenishing the deficient", and "warming the cold".It is very cold in winter, and it is easy to be attacked by cold evil. To eat something that nourishes yin and subdues yang, you must first choose some foods with high calories, but it is not suitable for hot and dry. At the same time, you should also eat more fresh vegetables and fruits.Special attention should be paid to clarifying one's own constitution first. If it is of a cold or hot nature, heat tonic should generally not be used. For people with poor gastrointestinal tract, it is necessary to recuperate the gastrointestinal tract before taking tonic.

Too salty can hurt the kidneys, so when eating hot pot in winter, it is advisable to use light seasoning, and you can add more daikon as a condiment for promoting qi, clearing heat and lowering fire.In addition, according to the principle of invigorating the kidney every black, you should eat more black food to nourish the kidney in winter, such as shiitake mushrooms and black sesame.You should also eat more warm stomach.

winter beauty method
In winter, the skin will be affected by the cold wind and water temperature, which will make the microvessels shrink, and the nutrients will not be easily delivered to the skin, so the skin will appear rough due to lack of nourishment, and fine lines and wrinkles will easily appear at this time, so moisturizing and nourishing work, It is the focus of winter maintenance.

Gentle cleansing, reduce the number of face washes: In order to avoid dryness, it is advisable to use neutral cleansing products in winter.Reduce the number of times you wash your face with hot water, 1-2 times a day.The weather is cold in winter, but the temperature of the face washing water should not be too high, so as not to wash off the skin oil protective film.After washing your face, apply some oily moisturizing cream on the exposed skin in time, and massage the facial skin to promote blood circulation.Don't forget to use lip balm on your lips.

Moisturize the eye area with an eye cream.The skin around the eyes is prone to fine lines, so it should be moisturized locally in winter.

Don’t forget to moisturize and moisturize in winter: For dry skin in winter, the most important thing is to replenish moisture.At this time, the metabolism of the skin is slow, the skin is thin, and the absorption capacity is relatively low. In addition, the temperature is low and the air is dry, so it is very important and difficult to replenish skin moisture.At this time, cosmetics should choose some beauty products rich in oil, which can protect the skin and reduce the loss of water.

Oily or normal skin, the face is more prone to oil!If you are worried that oil-based skin care products will increase the burden on the skin, it is recommended to strengthen moisturizing in a "focused" way, and do moisturizing maintenance for the eyes and lips, because the skin in these parts is particularly prone to dryness.

For those with dry skin, it is even more necessary to strengthen local maintenance to avoid early reporting of wrinkles.

The choice of cosmetics in winter: skin metabolism is slow in winter, and the use of whitening and revitalizing maintenance can improve the dull and uneven skin tone.Alcohol-containing lotion will destroy the outermost sebum membrane of the skin. It is recommended to choose a lotion containing glycerin to keep the skin sebum membrane intact.

Choose a face cream that contains hyaluronic acid, aloe vera, polypropylene glycol and other highly moisturizing ingredients to keep the skin as soft as a baby.

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