What Chinese medicine can whiten your skin?

For women, having fair skin can be said to be a dream, but due to the influence of many aspects in life, women's skin becomes dark yellow and even wrinkled, which makes women very sad. However, it is not impossible to whiten your skin. You just need to pay attention to skin care and take some Chinese medicine appropriately. So, what Chinese medicine can you take for whitening?

The most widely circulated Chinese medicine beauty recipe is probably the Sanbai Decoction recorded in the Ming Dynasty (16th century) medical work "Introduction to Medicine", which includes "5 grams each of white peony root, white atractylodes, and white poria, 2.5 grams of licorice, decocted in water and taken warm." This prescription was originally used to treat typhoid fever and restlessness, but later it was found to be able to replenish qi and blood, whiten and moisturize the skin, and thus became popular among the people. This prescription is well-matched and suitable for rough skin, chlorosis, chloasma, pigmentation, etc. caused by deficiency of qi and blood. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the smoothness of a person's skin is closely related to the function of the internal organs. If the internal organs are diseased and the Qi and blood are not harmonious, the skin will be rough and spots will appear on the face. Therefore, this prescription starts from harmonizing qi and blood and regulating the functions of the five internal organs, thereby whitening and removing spots.

White peony root, white atractylodes and white poria are traditional medicines for moisturizing the skin and whitening the skin. Together with licorice, they can also delay aging. In traditional Chinese medicine theory, white peony root is sweet and sour, slightly cold in nature, has the effect of nourishing blood, and can treat sallow complexion, facial spots, and dullness;

Atractylodes macrocephala is warm in nature, sweet and bitter in taste, and has the effect of delaying aging;

White Poria cocos is sweet and light in taste, and has a neutral nature. It can remove spots and whiten the skin. Licorice is neutral in nature, sweet in taste, and has the effect of moisturizing the skin and deodorizing. It is used to treat bad breath and chapped skin caused by weak spleen and stomach.

Modern pharmacological research has also confirmed the cosmetic effects of the above-mentioned medicines: white peony root has the effect of scavenging free radicals and anti-oxidation; Atractylodes macrocephala and white Poria cocos can enhance immune function and dilate blood vessels; licorice has an immunoregulatory effect and can be used externally to protect against the sun, whiten and remove spots, and prevent rough skin, etc. Therefore, many whitening skin care products contain licorice extract. Female friends can go to the pharmacy to buy these four medicines and boil them in water to drink. If you find it troublesome, you can also make your own tea bags. Take 150 grams each of Atractylodes macrocephala, White Peony Root, and White Poria cocos, and 75 grams of licorice. Grind them into coarse powder, mix them evenly, and put them into 30 small bags. Take 1 bag a day, brew it with boiling water, and drink it as tea. In fact, Chinese medicine beauty has a long history. In addition to Sanbai Decoction, Ge Hong of the Jin Dynasty's "Elbow Recipe for Rescue" pioneered a beauty mask made of eggs, scented powder and almonds. There are also many prescriptions that have the effects of whitening and removing freckles, such as the Qiong Yu Paste (composed of ginseng, raw rehmannia, white poria, and white honey) recorded in "Hong's Collection of Proven Prescriptions", which has the effects of invigorating qi and nourishing yin, moisturizing the skin and whitening.

Many women spend a lot of money on facial masks. Instead of doing this, it is better to buy some angelica dahurica and use it to make a facial mask. Mix angelica dahurica with egg yolk, honey, cucumber juice and olive oil, then apply it evenly on the face and leave it on for about five minutes before removing it. Then apply a hot towel to your face, the whitening effect is very good.