What should I do to maintain my beauty in winter?

Human beings are closely related to the natural world. The changes in the natural world will also be reflected in the human body. When the winter season, all things converge and hide, human skin also responds to its changes, sweat glands, sebaceous glands secretion correspondingly reduced; In addition, the improvement of people’s living standards, the widespread use of modern cold tools such as air conditioning, heating, will make the air more moisture loss, transdermal loss of water increased, skin lack of nourishment, facial skin, lips are very easy to appear dry, flaking and other symptoms. Chinese medicine has “spring and summer Yang, autumn and winter yin” said, emphasizing the different characteristics of skin physiological changes according to spring, summer, autumn and winter, using different methods of skin care, so the characteristics of winter health and skin care is to pay great attention to “nourishing Yin”. 1, diet and living to nourish the face: health and beauty, from all aspects of daily life to regulate, in order to achieve a balance of yin and Yang, the face does not age. (1) drink water: water is the source of life, the most nourishing yin, winter skin yin and fluid deficiency, so we should drink more water in winter to replenish the lack of yin liquid, so that the skin moisten. (2) food therapy: “the lung is the main skin,” the winter skin fluid deficiency, according to Chinese medicine “autumn and winter yin” theory, should eat more yin lung food such as dairy products, yams, silver fungus, sugar cane, pears, tomatoes and so on, to nourish the lung yin, moisten the skin. Eat less spicy and stimulating food, easy to consume yin and fire, to reduce the occurrence of acne and other facial skin diseases. Normally, you can also use yam and silver fungus in porridge. Banana is sweet, cold and belongs to the lung and spleen meridian. It nourishes Yin and clears heat, moistens the intestines and detoxifies the body. Recent research by scholars at the University of Tsukuba in Japan found that eating bananas can improve allergy symptoms, especially pollen allergy, so patients suffering from facial allergic dermatitis or hay fever can often eat bananas to improve their condition. (3) Tune the mind: “The heart is the main god …… its Hua in the face”, the mood is good or bad, will directly affect the face. A person in a good mood, cheerful and optimistic, sympathetic nerve in an excited state, heart output increased, heart blood (heart yin) sufficient, will look rosy, glowing; all day worry and anxiety, parasympathetic nerve in an excited state, will promote the role of pro-melanocyte production hormone, so that melanin secretion increased. Therefore, a good mood is conducive to skin beauty. (4) Exercise: Chinese medicine is concerned about the “lead the waist and body, move all the joints, in order to difficult to old”. Proper exercise can promote blood circulation and metabolism, enhance the body’s removal of oxygen free radicals, speed up the excretion of carbon dioxide and other waste products, so that the skin blood oxygen carrying capacity increases, blood flow increases, skin ruddy, healthy. The human body vasoconstriction in the cold season, and is not suitable for weight lifting, running and other high-intensity strenuous exercise, exercise time should not be too long. At this time, the day line Tai Chi, practice qigong, yoga, can regulate the qi, promote the meridian blood flow, strengthen the metabolism, so as to nourish the body and mind, nourish Yin body. Morning and evening can also do facial massage to improve facial blood circulation. (5) Sleep: Adequate sleep is essential for the normal renewal of skin cells, the exercise of normal function and maintenance of skin health and beauty. 22:00 at night is the most vigorous time for the renewal of skin cells in the basal layer, adults should maintain 6-8 hours of sleep every day. Especially in winter, we should “sleep early and get up late” to ensure sufficient sleep time. If you have enough sleep, your skin will be rosy and lustrous, and vice versa, it will be dull. 2, cream for skin: cream for health is a characteristic treatment method of Chinese medicine. The taste of the cream formula is good, convenient to preserve in winter, easy to take, by slowly regulating, can be slow to its work, especially suitable for taking in winter. To improve the symptoms of dry, flaky and even itchy facial skin due to the lack of yin and fluid in the skin in winter, you can take poultices made from herbs such as raw earth, maidenhair, yucca, yam, white peony, angelica, walnuts, etc. to nourish yin and lung, moisturize and nourish the skin. 3, Chinese herbal cleansing face: mulberry leaves in addition to dispersing wind and clearing heat, clearing the liver and eyes, there is also a “resident face, hair” role. Recent research, mulberry leaves in the superoxide dismutase and flavonoids, polyphenolic compounds have the effect of scavenging free radicals, can reduce or eliminate lipofuscin in the skin, thereby delaying human aging, brighten the skin, remove spots and increase whiteness. Decoction of winter mulberry leaves in the morning and evening to cleanse and wash the face, is indeed an economic and convenient beauty method. 4, cosmetics for skin care: winter skin care, moisturizing is particularly important. According to different skin types, choose the right cosmetics. Dry skin to use nutritional lotion and moisturizer to deeply moisturize the skin. Oily skin, autumn and winter can use the nature of water-in-oil oil control moisturizing skin care products. Neutral skin is the most ideal skin, can choose a wide range of cosmetics, based on moisturizing, or appropriate to remove oil astringent or whitening, autumn and winter can use oil-in-water type moisturizing and nourishing degree of better cream skin care products. UV rays are an important cause of facial discoloration and a major factor in skin aging. Although the intensity of ultraviolet rays is weaker in winter, it is still necessary to apply sunscreen with a sun protection factor of 8-15 when going out during the day.