The ancients often used "face like peach blossoms" to describe the beauty of women, with a good complexion, even if the face is facing the sky, it will glow. Facial consultation is a method of diagnosing diseases by observing the changes in the color of facial skin, and has been one of the important methods of diagnosing diseases in Chinese medicine for thousands of years. Bright and subtle is the usual color of the face, for the yellow race should be slightly yellow translucent, bright and moist, it reflects the human body is full of energy, full of qi, blood and fluid, and the function of the viscera is normal. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that there are all things inside must be formed, and the complexion can reflect the changes within the body, and when there is a disease in the internal organs, it will also cause changes in the color of the face, which is called "sick color".
Why does the dull and yellowish complexion occur?
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that yellow corresponds to the spleen and soil, and the spleen and stomach are the source of qi and blood biochemistry, so when blood deficiency is caused by spleen qi deficiency, heavy dampness or lack of qi and blood biochemistry, the skin is not nourished, and the complexion will turn yellow and lose luster.
Physiologically, women have transient blood loss due to menstrual cramps, and the relative lack of qi and blood may cause yellowing. In addition to physiological conditions, dull and yellowish complexion is mostly related to the following external factors.
Emotional loss. Emotions belong to the liver, and uncomfortable liver qi will cause the spleen to lose its health, the qi and blood to lose its luck, and the face to lose its nourishment, which will then cause yellow complexion and poor complexion.
Stay up late all year round. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that when people lie down, the blood returns to the liver, and enough sleep can nourish the liver, give full play to the function of the liver to store blood and the main drainage, so that our body can be nourished by blood, which shows that the relationship between women's complexion and liver is also inseparable.
Irregular diet. Bad eating habits such as greed and overeating will cause spleen and stomach disharmony, especially excessive dieting and weight loss, which will cause disorders and disorders of the whole body's internal organs, and then cause insufficient qi and blood and poor complexion.
Lack of exercise. Yang Qi is like the energy power of the body, and Chinese medicine believes that exercise can raise Yang, which can not only smooth the circulation of qi and blood in the body, but also strengthen the five internal organs.
Three "beauty points" to help
Giant Skull Hole
The giant hip point is on the face, the lower edge of the nose is flattened, and the pupil is straight down. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, the Foot Yang Ming Stomach Meridian is a meridian with more qi and more blood, which can replenish the qi and blood of the face. Anatomically speaking, this acupoint is located at the lower edge of the apple muscle and the upper edge of the nasolabial folds, which can improve the nasolabial folds while lifting the apple muscle.
Heya hole, Taichu hole
The Hegu point is on the dorsum of the hand, between the first and second metacarpal bones, about the midpoint of the radial side of the second metacarpal bone. The Taichong acupoint is in the depression in front of the dorsum of the foot, between the 1st and 2nd metatarsals, and in front of the metatarsal base junction. In acupuncture, these two acupoints theoretically belong to the "four acupoints", both of which are at the ends of the limbs and are the four checkpoints at the distal end of the human body. Hegu is above, belonging to yang, main qi, and gong is falling; Taichong is below, belonging to yin, main blood, and gong is rising, one qi and one blood, one yang and one yin, one rising and one falling, using each other, can regulate qi, reconcile qi and blood, and balance yin and yang. It has a regulating effect on many diseases caused by poor qi, such as women's dull complexion, insomnia, menstrual diseases, depression, etc.
The above three acupoints are simple and easy to take, and can be kneaded daily, each time for 5~10 minutes, there is a feeling of soreness in the local area.
Source: China Traditional Chinese Medicine News
Text: Chen Yizhen, The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Editor-in-charge: Summer
Editor: Wang Jun