Seasonal Skin Care Series (I)

Spring Skin Care Tips The Book of Psalms says: “Spring is late, plants and trees are luxuriant, Canggong is harmonious, Cai Stellaria is Qixian”. Spring is a beautiful time, with warm spring days and breezes, everything revives, grasses and trees grow, flowers open, and business is brisk and happy. However, it is also easy to induce various skin diseases, such as allergic skin diseases, solar skin diseases and skin appendage diseases. How to prevent the occurrence of these diseases? ◆ Allergic skin diseases “Spring breeze rises in the morning and evening, blowing green day by day”. Spring breeze is magical. It takes away the cold winter and brings a vibrant spring. Spring breeze is also disease-causing, blowing green nature’s magical spring breeze, mixed with pollen, dust mites, poplar wadding, willow wadding, tree hair and other major allergens that induce allergic skin diseases. Contact with these allergens can easily cause allergic skin diseases such as hives, eczema and contact dermatitis. These skin diseases not only cause damage to the skin, but also bring itching, pain and other discomfort to patients, seriously affecting their health and quality of life. To prevent the occurrence of such diseases, the following points need to be done: 1. The main reason for the high incidence of allergic diseases in the spring is the increase in allergens and floating with the wind and cause disease. Therefore, the general public, especially those with a history of allergic diseases, can do is to reduce outdoor activities when the wind is strong and there are more substances in the wind. Those who really can’t avoid going out should wear masks and hats, and dress neatly to avoid direct contact between the skin and the outside world and induce allergic diseases. In addition, the wind has the characteristic of “good movement”, therefore, we should close the doors and windows of our home when the wind is strong, so that the wind will not carry allergic substances from the doors and windows. 2, line allergen testing. Allergens that cause allergic skin diseases in spring are diverse, and each person’s allergens are different, so allergen testing is important to identify individual allergens. Commonly used allergen tests include patch test, prick test, intradermal test, in vitro bioresonance test, etc. The appropriate test method needs to be selected according to the doctor’s recommendation. Allergen testing can be more accurate in detecting allergens, and after clarifying allergens, try to do a good job in life to avoid contact with allergens. 3.Rational diet. Spring diet should be light and sweet, in order to meet the characteristics of the rising of spring yang. To prevent allergic skin disease, you should also eat light and moist products, avoid eating chili peppers, pepper and other spicy, irritating food, less seafood, mushrooms and other spicy food and beef and mutton and other warm food, onion, ginger, garlic and other seasoning can be, not as vegetables. Chinese medicine believes that the lack of positive energy is the main reason for the onset of disease. In terms of the skin, the skin couples are not solid, easy to feel the wind evil, then the development of allergic diseases. Therefore, to prevent the occurrence of skin diseases, you need to support the righteousness. There are many ways to support the righteousness, and food therapy as one of them is simple and easy to implement. Through food therapy, adjusting the qi and blood of the internal organs and meridians can strengthen the righteousness and resist diseases. We would like to introduce several food therapy methods that can prevent allergic diseases. 1): Ginseng and Astragalus Whole Duck Soup Composition: 10g of ginseng, 10g of astragalus, 30g of jujube, one duck; Method: slaughter and clean the duck, fill the duck’s belly with medicine, bind it with thread, put it into a casserole, add water, simmer it with low fire until it is cooked, remove the Chinese medicine, drink the soup, eat the duck and jujube; Functions: benefit lung energy, nourish lung yin, clear lung heat, regulate qi and blood, nourish the skin; Meaning: astragalus benefits the lung and strengthens the surface, replenishes the spleen and enhances yang; The herbs are used together to benefit lung qi, regulate qi and blood, and nourish the skin. 2): Gui Xin tea Composition: cinnamon sticks, honey, jujube; Method: the cinnamon fresh shoots picked and dried in honey, made of honey gui heart, according to personal taste, take the appropriate amount of honey gui heart and jujube decoction is sweet gui heart tea; Usage: harmonize the Ying and Wei, benefit the Qi and fix the table; Fang Yi; cinnamon sticks promote Yang Qi in the Qi, smooth the Ying and Blood in the muscle surface, honey to prevent it too pungent, jujube nourishes the Qi and Blood, the combination of the herbs. The combination of all the herbs can harmonize the Ying and Wei, and benefit the Qi and strengthen the surface. 4. Regular work and rest, moderate exercise. In accordance with the natural law of spring, we should sleep at night and get up early, so that the body’s Yang energy can rise and fall in line with the natural world. At the same time, the rest should be regular, so that the essence of the internal organs can be better infused into the skin and improve the resistance of the skin. Appropriate physical exercise is also an effective way to make Yang Qi rise and strengthen the body. But exercise should be moderate, excessive exercise will damage the internal organs essence, play a counterproductive. 5. maintain emotional health. Healthy emotions, is an effective guarantee of physical and skin health. Spring for the liver is the main gas, emotions are prone to depression or exuberance, we should learn to regulate emotions, the correct treatment of people and things in life, to maintain a positive, optimistic, open-minded, calm attitude. 6. less bathing, avoid scratching, more massage. Spring temperature rise, spring wind, the skin in the water is easy to lose, the skin is prone to dehydration and dryness, so spring should be less bathing, 1-2 times a week, and avoid using a strong stimulating bath, bath water temperature should not be too high, so as not to aggravate the loss of water, affecting the secretion of sebaceous glands. Because of dry skin, should also avoid scratching, so as not to destroy the barrier function of the skin. Massage acupuncture points can promote the flow of Qi, blood and fluid, and play a role in protecting the skin. To prevent allergic skin diseases, massage of the Hegu point is recommended. This point is located on the back of the hand, between the 1st and 2nd metacarpal, when the midpoint of the 2nd metacarpal radius, easy to take points: thumb knuckle of one hand, placed on the other hand between the thumb and index finger web edge, when the tip of the thumb is under the point. This point is simple and easy to find, and has the function of nourishing blood and dispelling wind, and is suitable for the prevention of allergic skin diseases. If you do the above, you can avoid the invasion of external evil and strengthen the body’s positive energy and the skin’s ability to resist, and then you can well prevent allergic diseases. ◆ Acne vulgaris The “Su Wen – Diagnosis of the end of the Classic” says: “In the first month of February, the weather begins to change, the earth’s energy begins to develop, and popularity is in the liver. Spring is the beginning of the year, when the Yang energy begins to emerge, and the opportunity to grow and rise within the body drives the growth and changes of all natural things. The body’s metabolism increases, the sebaceous glands secrete more, the temperature rises, and bacteria breed, making acne and other skin appendages prone to occur. Acne, commonly known as “pimples”, occurs in adolescent men and women, and is often more severe in men. Its onset is mainly related to four factors: androgens, increased sebum production, hyperkeratosis of the hair follicle sebaceous glands and Propionibacterium acnes infection. Chinese medicine believes that the disease is closely related to the lungs and spleen, and is the result of a combination of heat, phlegm and stagnation. Although acne is not a major disease, it is a major problem for many patients because it is difficult to heal and occurs on the face, affecting the beauty of the face. Therefore, it should be actively prevented. To prevent this disease, you need to do the following: 1. Keep your facial skin clean. The onset of acne, and sebaceous glands secrete sebum is not clean, resulting in the opening of the hair follicle sebaceous gland keratinization, sebum can not be discharged, depressed in the subcutaneous, and breeding bacteria caused. Therefore, it is very important to cleanse your face. However, you should not go into the wrong area. Many people also realize the importance of cleansing, so they use the so-called oil control cleanser to wash their face several times a day, but the more they wash their face, the more oily it becomes. Why? Because the more times you wash your face, the more water and sebum you take away, and the drier your skin becomes. In order to relieve this dryness, the only way for the sebaceous glands to secrete more sebum to moisturize your skin is to secrete more sebum, so the more you wash, the more oily the situation becomes. Everything has a degree, and so does washing your face. So, how to wash your face is the right thing to do? First of all, the number of times to wash your face, no special circumstances, twice in the morning and evening is enough; second, the temperature of the water to wash your face to warm, too cold, easy to cause contraction of the hair follicle mouth, sebum clogging, too hot, it is easy to burn the skin; again, the correct choice of cleanser, oily skin secrete more oil, the need for stronger cleaning ability products, dry skin can use some cleaning oil, cleaning cream or non-foaming cleanser, neutral skin this This type of skin is the easiest to care for, generally choose some foam type cleanser can; Finally, when washing the face should be carefully, every place should be clean, forehead, nose because of the distribution of sebaceous glands more should be cleaned in place. 2, the correct choice and use of cosmetics. This point is more applicable to girls. The weather is warm, the opportunity for more parties and activities, in order to pursue beautiful, many girls have the habit of makeup. BB cream, foundation, isolation liquid, powder, fixing powder, blush layer by layer to the face, the beauty is beautiful, long-term, the skin can not stand it. Thick cosmetics used on the face, inevitably block the pores, if you use poor quality or unsuitable cosmetics with the skin, more damage. Therefore, we advocate that no make-up, no make-up, can make light point light point. 3.Rational diet. To prevent acne, diet is very important. Acne occurs in young people, but young people like to eat spicy – spicy pot, baked fish; like to eat sweet – chocolate, cake; like to drink – cola, soda; like to eat cold – ice cream; do not like to eat – light. It’s just the opposite. To prevent acne, first of all, avoid eating spicy and irritating food, fatty and sweet food, and secondly, eat more fresh vegetables, fruits and vegetables, and eat a light diet. Spicy and stimulating foods not only stimulate the stomach and intestines, but also stimulate the skin, and are easy to produce stomach heat, leading to acne; fatty, sweet and thick food affects the spleen and stomach qi transportation, which can easily form phlegm and stagnation, leading to acne; while eating more fresh vegetables, fruits and a light diet can increase the abundance of vitamins and dietary fiber, which can improve the skin condition and promote gastrointestinal movement, keep the stool open, so that the body can be well cleared of toxins. Here, we recommend a recipe: Poria cocos and shellfish gingko porridge. Ingredients: Poria 6g, mother of pearl 3g, silver fungus 10g, rice; practice: the drug and rice with water, cooked with the fire, porridge can be; function: Poria mother of pearl to dissolve phlegm, silver fungus clear lung, rice nourish the stomach, the combination of drugs, together with the lungs to clear phlegm effect, can prevent the occurrence of acne. These are the common skin diseases in spring and how to prevent them. I hope that you can do a good job of prevention to avoid such skin diseases in the beautiful spring, so that you can have healthy skin and enjoy the beauty of spring. However, if you have a skin disease, you need to go to the dermatology department of a regular hospital and not to treat yourself, so as not to delay your condition. Healthy skin is a basic requirement. With the improvement of living standards, people’s pursuit of beauty has also improved, not only to have healthy skin, but also to have beautiful skin. What is beautiful skin? Simply put, it is: lustrous and rosy, delicate and less wrinkled, and elastic. Spring is a good season to improve and enhance the condition of the skin, with the natural growth of the gas corresponding to the body’s metabolism, the skin’s ability to repair itself, we should seize the great opportunity of spring everything rise, do a good job of skin beauty, so that the skin from this spring to the next spring beauty. How to do it? A, glossy rosy, the key is to make the qi and blood is full, qi and blood smooth. Qi and blood is the main material basis to make the skin shiny and rosy, the spleen and stomach is the source of Qi and blood biochemical; meridians is the body to run the channel of Qi and blood; therefore, only the spleen and stomach of the gas healthy transportation, meridians smooth, the body can be sufficient Qi and blood, to be transported to the skin to nourish the skin, the skin can be rosy and lustrous. Therefore, in order to make the face lustrous and rosy, it is necessary to take internal medicine and food and local external blood nourishing medicine and massage, acupuncture and moxibustion to unblock the local meridians, in order to take care of both the symptoms and the root cause. Specific as follows: 1, food therapy. Red wine “all diseases back to spring”: walnut kernel (bubble to remove the skin) 120g, 120g red dates, 120g white honey, sweet almond 30g, grain brewed wine appropriate amount; first the white honey melted open into the wine, followed by the remaining three drugs pounded, placed in the wine, to the container airtight soak, shaking three times a day, after soaking in January, you can drink a little every night. Functions: nourish the kidneys and lungs, strengthen the spleen and redness. (The original formula has the drug white sheep shortening, a superior product in the ghee, due to the difficulty of obtaining materials now and not use the drug.) 2, external treatment. Functions: dispel wind and spots, moisten the face. 3.Massage the face. Rub both hands hot, then massage the face with the palms of the hands, the ancients called the bath face method, ten minutes a day, can unblock the facial meridians, promote the circulation of blood, in order to make the face rosy and lustrous. Second, fine skin, the key is to benefit the lungs, lung yin skin fine, and lustrous rosy complexion inseparable, in addition to the need for sufficient blood, the key is to maintain sufficient moisture in the skin, the skin surface has the right amount of sebum nourishment. The lungs, according to Chinese medicine, are the main propagator and seller of the skin, and the “Ling Shu” chapter says that “the upper jiao development, the propagation of the five grains of taste, smoked skin, filling the body, hair, such as the irrigation of fog and dew”, the normal physiological function of the lungs, fluids, Wei Qi can be transmitted to the skin, regulating the opening and closing of the couples and the excretion of sweat, play the role of delicate and tender skin. Therefore, the key to fine skin is to benefit the lungs and nourish lung yin. Specific methods are: 1, food therapy. Almond lily barley porridge Composition: sweet almond 15g, lily 10g, 100g raw barley, rice; Practice: first boil lily, barley and rice, boil and then incorporate crushed almonds into the mud, cooked over a civilian fire that is; function: pronounce and lower the lung gas, benefit the lung and nourish yin, delicate skin; formula meaning: almond pronounce and lower the lung gas, slightly with the intention of raising Yang Qi; lily taste sweet, nourish yin and moisten the lung; raw barley is cool, clear the heat of the lung gold, the lower benefit the dampness of the stomach and intestines. The combination of all the medicines, the lung qi can be pronounced and lowered, lung yin can be replenished, the role of the body qi and fluids coordinated, the Yung moisten the skin, the skin is delicate and soft. 2, the external use of oil-rich skin care products, the formation of a film on the surface of the skin, both to moisturize the skin, but also to prevent the epidermis moisture loss, so that the skin remains delicate and soft. However, it should be noted that the sebaceous glands are more distributed, sebum secretion in the skin, such as the front chest, back and other places need to use such skin care products according to personal circumstances, so as to avoid excessive oil, leading to other skin diseases. 3, correct skin cleansing. The loss of water in the skin and the loss of sebum on the surface of the skin, it is easy to have rough skin, and incorrect skin cleansing methods such as excessive bathing, washing the face will lead to such problems. The correct bathing and face washing have been explained in detail earlier, so I won’t repeat them here. The key to maintaining skin elasticity and reducing wrinkles is a combination of whole-body conditioning and local maintenance. The natural law of organism growth is to reduce skin elasticity and wrinkles, which is unavoidable but can be slowed down, and the key is a combination of whole-body conditioning and local maintenance. The whole body conditioning focuses on supplementing the lung, spleen and kidney, regulating the qi and blood, and soothing the emotions; local maintenance is to nourish and spread wrinkles and increase elasticity. Maintain skin elasticity, reduce wrinkles, should be long-term conditioning, overnight difficult to become, now we recommend two simple and easy to do methods, as follows: 1. Hoof soup Cut the pig’s feet into small pieces, blanch and rejoin the hot water, put a little onion and ginger, pepper grains, the water boiled and stewed on low heat for 2 hours. Pig’s feet are rich in collagen, which can increase the elasticity of the skin and reduce the production of wrinkles. 2. facial massage three-step method. First, the forefinger, middle finger, ring finger in a circular method to massage the cheek skin from the bottom up; then, forehead, eye corners, nasolabial folds, mouth wrinkles to stretch wrinkles massage, stretching direction and the direction of the wrinkles perpendicular, do not parallel to the wrinkles; finally, the finger finger finger flick facial skin. Simple and easy, long-term adherence, can play a role in delaying skin aging, reduce the formation of wrinkles, increase the elasticity of the skin. The above is the specific methods recommended to make the skin beautiful, spring beauty, there are three general rules must adhere to —- moderate exercise, regular work and rest, emotional health. The first thing that you need to do is to take a half hour of exercise every day; do not stay up late, do not stay in bed; treat the world well, treat life well, treat yourself well. To do the above, have a healthy, beautiful skin is no longer far away, but expensive in persistence. I hope everyone can have healthy, beautiful skin and enjoy the birds and flowers of spring.