The “face” is the psychological and behavioral identity of an individual after impression modification in order to meet the image recognized by a certain social circle; and the “face” is the sequential status of this formed psychology and its behavior in the minds of others, that is, the psychological status. The symbolic nature of face in Chinese culture can be simply expressed as “people live with a face, trees live with a skin”, and people take face as their second life. We often feel in real life, mentioning “face” everyone understands and cares a lot about it. And many people are troubled by facial diseases of one kind or another, the following and we talk about the face of the skin.
First, the face is a mirror of physical and mental health, Chinese medicine skin color how to respond to physical and mental health?
The relationship between the internal organs and the skin color in Chinese medicine.
Five elements: wood, fire, earth, gold, water
Five organs: liver, heart, spleen, lung and kidney
Five colors: green, red, yellow, white and black
According to the five elements, the five organs should be five colors. In Chinese medicine, the skin color can reflect the health condition of body and mind. The green face is mostly due to liver depression and qi stagnation, the red face is mostly due to heart fire, the yellow face is mostly due to spleen and stomach weakness, the white face is mostly due to lung qi weakness, and the black face is mostly due to kidney qi deficiency. However, now there are advanced medical examination means, when the facial symptoms appear, it is best to go to the hospital for further examination.
Second, what are the characteristics of facial skin?
1, exposed parts – vulnerable to climate, cosmetics, environmental factors, etc.
2, sweat ducts and hair follicle sebaceous glands are abundant – to increase the absorption of irritants.
3.Thin stratum corneum – the skin barrier is easily damaged.
4, rich skin blood flow – strong absorption.
Due to these characteristics of facial skin, it leads to facial skin prone to allergies, infections, pigment changes, etc.
Third, what are the basic elements of healthy skin?
Skin color – normal and natural, yellowish-white through red
Luster – natural light, skin shiny
Texture – soft and elastic
Delicate – smooth surface without wrinkles
Nourishing – not dry, not oily, rich in moisture
Ageing – skin aging (skin laxity, wrinkles, dryness, flaking, increased brittleness, reduced repair function, reduced number of hairs, thinning, gray color) does not match the performance of age
Fourth, according to the different skin, the skin can be divided into which categories?
1.Dry skin.
Characteristics.
1, the moisture content of the stratum corneum is less than 10%.
2, sebaceous gland secretion is low.
3, thin skin, lusterless, poor elasticity, but the pores are not obvious, fine texture, white color.
4.Easy to appear red spots after sun exposure, and tightness after wind blowing.
Causes of formation.
Internal causes.
1.Sebaceous gland secretion capacity ↓ (innate or acquired).
2.Sweat gland secretion capacity ↓.
3.Vitamin A deficiency.
4.Low-fat diet.
5, excessive fatigue.
6.Decreased secretion of adrenal cortex.
External causes: sun exposure, cold wind, wrong use of cosmetics and too many times of washing with alkaline soap.
2. Oily skin.
Characteristics.
1, normal moisture content of the stratum corneum.
2, sebaceous glands secretion is strong.
3, pores are large and obvious.
4.The skin is shiny, elastic and resistant to aging.
5.Strong tolerance to sunlight.
Causes of formation: innate sebaceous gland secretion capacity↑, high androgen secretion, high-fat food, etc.
3.Neutral skin.
The moisture content of the stratum corneum is basically balanced.
The sebaceous gland secretion is basically balanced.
The skin thickness is medium, lustrous, elastic, fine texture, white and red color.
More resistant to sunlight, not sensitive to external stimuli.
In short, we want to have a beautiful face, to develop good habits, pay attention to the early prevention of skin diseases, so that the skin to maintain a healthy state, youthful always.