The art of staying young! Chinese medicine tips to help you retain your youth!

The ancients called it “face care”, which is essentially the anti-aging of the face to maintain a “youthful appearance”, making people overflowing with beauty and vitality.

The face is the place where the qi and blood of the internal organs are injected, with rich blood circulation. The heart is the master of blood, and its flower is in the face. Suwen – Impotence says: “Twelve meridians, three hundred and sixty-five veins, whose blood and qi all go up to the face and take the empty orifices.” Chinese medicine also classifies different parts of the face into five organs, namely, the left cheek belongs to the liver, the right cheek to the lung, the forehead to the heart, the chin to the kidney and the nose to the spleen. It can be seen that the relationship between the face and the internal organs and meridians is very close, especially the heart and the face are the most important.

Likewise, changes in the face can reflect the vitality and pathology of the heart meridians. The face is exposed to the upper part of the body, the six evil spirits invade the human body, the face is the first to bear the brunt, of which the most harmful is the wind evil. The seven emotions are too extreme, exceeding the normal physiological range of the human body, resulting in disorders of the body’s qi, the internal organs of yin and yang qi and blood disorders, depression in the face meridians, affecting the face. The face is a window reflecting the health of the body, so anyone who takes care of their health, all pay attention to facial health, a healthy face is based on the premise of mental and physical health. Focus on the overall conditioning, focusing on the internal organs, qi and blood, fundamentally delaying the aging of the face, this is the traditional face.

The old ancestors left a lot of good ways to stop the face. First is the massage beauty, can be divided into two categories: one is directly on the face, the other is through the massage away from the face of the meridians and achieve the beauty effect. The “Thousand Gold Wing Formula” records Peng Zu bathing method, that is, early in the morning to get up with the left and right hands rubbing the ears, and then gently pull the ears; and then fingers rubbing the scalp, combing hair; and finally the hands hot, with hot hands to rub the face, from the top down 14 times. This method can make the face qi and blood flow, moisten the skin, pleasant face, brain and hair.

There is also acupuncture beauty, through acupuncture to stimulate acupuncture points, adjust the function of the internal organs and tissues, promote the flow of qi and blood, to resist the invasion of external evil and delay the aging of the skin. It is generally believed that there are seven meridians that are effective for beauty: foot sun bladder meridian, foot less Yin kidney meridian, foot Turk’s Yin liver meridian, foot Yangming stomach meridian, hand Shaoyang Sanjiao meridian, hand sun small intestine meridian, hand Yangming large intestine meridian. The formula can be adjusted according to the specific situation by identifying the acupuncture points. For example, to prevent or remove wrinkles, acupuncture can be applied to Silkworm, Zanzhu, Sun, Yingxiang, Chee Che, and Cataract, with Zhonggu, Hegu, Quchi, Foot Sanli, Stomach Yu, Guan Yuan, and Leigu, etc. Its function can benefit Qi and Blood and increase skin elasticity. The moxibustion method is also very effective in strengthening the beauty of the body, the common acupuncture points are mainly Shen Que, Guan Yuan, Qi Hai, Zhong Gu, Life Gate, Dazhi, body pillar, Ankylus, Kidney Yu, Spleen Yu, Stomach Yu, Foot San Li, San Yin Jiao, Qu Ji and Xia Lian.

To prevent facial skin aging, we should also pay attention to a balanced diet and nutrition. From the perspective of Chinese medicine, we must follow the principles of diet not to be biased, diet not to be too much, and diet with taboos. In ancient Chinese medical texts, there are many “ageing” and “aging” foods, such as sesame, honey, shiitake mushrooms, cow’s milk, goat’s milk, sea cucumber, pumpkin seeds, lotus root, winter melon, cherries, wheat, etc. Wheat, etc. Modern scientific research has confirmed that these foods are extremely nutritious, containing a variety of vitamins, enzymes, minerals, a variety of amino acids, etc., not only can make the face white, rosy and lustrous, but also to prolong life.

In addition, you can also beauty care through food therapy medication. For example, walnut porridge: walnut, japonica rice appropriate amount of cooked into a porridge, morning and evening on an empty stomach to eat, moisturize the skin and benefit the face. Red dates porridge: red dates and rice cooked together in the right amount, can strengthen the spleen and blood, and pleasant to the face. Bird’s nest congee: take round-grained rice and bird’s nest, cooked in appropriate amount, can moisten the lung and nourish the spleen, and benefit the beauty. Carrot and round-grained rice cooked in the right amount can strengthen the stomach and spleen, moisten the skin and improve beauty. Job’s tear and lily porridge cooked in the right amount can clear heat and moisten dryness, treat facial flat warts, acne, freckles, etc.