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Modern ladies can create a flawless and bright face through various whitening, spot-lightening and acne-removing skin care products, coupled with superb makeup techniques. However, in ancient times, there were no bottles and jars of skin care products, and no advanced makeup techniques, but there were still four beauties with extraordinary beauty. So how do they maintain their beauty? How do they maintain their beautiful looks?

1. Ancient flower beauty recipes

Jasmine Recipes

Jasmine can soothe the gallbladder, improve eyesight, and relieve heat and detoxify. The Ming Dynasty’s “Notes on Food and Drink” records: “Pick the young jasmine leaves, wash them, and cook them with tofu, which is a superb delicacy.” The fragrance of jasmine flowers can penetrate the top of the head and go down to the lower abdomen, removing all stale air in the chest. It also has a slight calming effect on the mind. Adding a small handful when cooking will create a fresh and pleasant fragrance.

Wisteria recipe

The fresh petals of wisteria flowers are soaked in sugar and made into cakes, which become the famous Beijing pastry "Wisteria Cake". Taoists and their families live on Mount Qiyun. They pick the flowers and dry them. When eating, they soak and wash them in clean water. They cut bacon into thin slices and cover the flowers with it, then steam them. The taste of spring is preserved in this way for a whole year.

Magnolia Recipe

In early spring, the magnolia tree is full of fragrant flowers that look like white jade, just like the best of springtime. The petals of the magnolia are thick and large. If you wrap them in wet flour and red bean paste and fry them in a frying pan, they are sweet and delicious. This is the world-famous "Magnolia Slices". "Magnolia Slices" are sweet, crispy and very delicious. They are said to have the function of detoxification and analgesia.

Rose Recipes

Rose petals taste slightly sweet and a little bitter when eaten alone. Roses pickled in sugar are the famous rose cake, which can be used as an ingredient in various sweet fillings and tastes sweet and delicious. Red roses can be stewed with chicken leg mushrooms, fresh bamboo shoots, trumpet mushrooms, etc., which is a great tonic in winter.

Azalea Recipes

The large white azalea, with pure white flowers and large fleshy corolla, is cooked into soup or cooked or fried with broad beans, bacon, ham, etc. It is an ingredient used by the Bai people for entertaining guests, weddings, funerals, etc. Rhododendron contains amino acids and vitamins, which have the effects of moistening the lungs and clearing the throat, replenishing qi and calming the mind, regulating menstrual blood, and strengthening brain nerves.

Peach Blossom Recipe

Peach blossom is a natural moisturizer. "Tai Qing Fang" wrote: "Pick peach blossoms on March 3rd, soak them in wine and drink them, which can cure all diseases and improve complexion." Peach blossoms are in full bloom in March. At this time, pick peach petals, dry them in the shade, and put them in porridge. Regular consumption can enhance your complexion.

Squash Blossom Recipe

Pumpkin flowers are very common in local dishes. The flowers are large. After being rinsed and chopped, they are mixed with flour and fried into cakes or cooked into porridge. Some people may think that stir-fried pumpkin flowers are not tasty enough. Adding a little preserved egg, wolfberry, and broth and boiling it into soup will make it much more delicious.

Osmanthus Recipe

It is recorded in Compendium of Materia Medica that osmanthus "can nourish the spirit, improve complexion, and make the body light and young if taken for a long time, and make the face radiant." Osmanthus has been an important spice since ancient times. Candied osmanthus is sweet and delicious with a pleasant aroma. Osmanthus can be used to make osmanthus dumplings, osmanthus moon cakes, osmanthus whole duck, osmanthus scallops, etc.

Lotus Recipe

It is often used as a spice or filling in Chinese dim sum. When the lotus is in full bloom, pick the petals, dry them in the shade and cook them into lotus porridge, which can make the complexion rosy, radiant, and the skin smooth and delicate, and is the best nourishing food for women. There is a Yunnan restaurant called "Phoenix Bamboo" on the Old Gulou Street in Beijing. This restaurant specializes in "organic dishes". One of the dishes is "Fried Lotus", which is prepared in a similar way to the famous dish Fried Magnolia.