What is the experience of having nasolabial folds? The facial features remain the same, just two more lines, but I feel much older.
Traditional Chinese medicine reminds that in fact, some people with heavy nasolabial folds may have problems in the spleen and stomach.
"Life Times" combines the views of many experts to teach you to delay the growth of wrinkles from the inside out.
People with a bad spleen and stomach are prone to wrinkles
Xu Guomei, deputy chief physician of the Department of Dermatology and Venereology of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, said that a bad spleen and stomach is indeed a cause of long nasolabial folds.
The spleen and stomach are the "acquired foundation" of the human body, and all life activities after birth depend on the nutrients ingested by the spleen and stomach to provide energy. The stomach holds food, and the spleen transports the subtleties of the water valley, nourishing the five internal organs, limbs, muscles, bones, skin, and fur. If the spleen is not healthy and the qi and blood are not properly nourished, it will cause the skin around the body to shrink, including the face. The nasolabial folds are located right in the center of the face and look more pronounced.
However, it should be emphasized that in addition to the spleen and stomach reasons, the formation of nasolabial folds is also affected by many other factors, such as genetics, improper sleeping position, sudden thinness, etc.
Age is the most critical aspect of wrinkles. With the passage of time, the thinning of the bones of the face, the atrophy of the fat sac ball under the zygomatic bones, and the atrophy of the muscles may lead to a decrease in facial fullness; coupled with the influence of factors such as sun exposure and hormone levels, the dermis layer of the skin becomes thinner, collagen dissolves, elastic fibers are further broken, and the wrinkles and folds of the skin increase, making it easy to wrinkle. If the spleen and stomach are not good, the absorption capacity is poor, and nutrients such as calcium and protein are deficient, it will accelerate the appearance of wrinkles.
Wrinkles on the face suggest visceral disease
"What is inside must be formed outside", facial wrinkles should be a sign of "impotence". Wang Shibiao, a famous traditional Chinese medicine doctor in Gansu Province and a first-level chief physician of the Second People's Hospital of Gansu Province, said that the appropriate application of traditional Chinese medicine to regulate the internal organs, qi and blood can delay the arrival of wrinkles.
Lines at the corners of the eyes or cheekbones
Nourishes liver yin
Before entering middle age, wrinkles appear on the corners of the eyes or cheekbones, which are caused by the lack of blood nourishment on the facial skin due to the overburden on the liver and the lack of liver blood.
Suggestion: Massage the corners of the eyes and cheeks twice a day, 20 minutes each time, or gently rub the forehead, corners of the eyes, and around the lips with the index, middle, and ring fingers for 1 minute each, and assist in rubbing the feet for three miles (the outer knee of the calf, the eyes straight down the four horizontal fingers), the sea of blood (the inner thigh, the bulge on the inner side of the quadriceps), and the three yin points (the three horizontal fingers above the inner ankle) for 1 minute each, the effect is better.
Forehead lines
Nourish your mind and calm your mind
Forehead wrinkles (forehead lines) can be seen as good or bad sleep quality, and almost all people with forehead wrinkles have chronic sleep deprivation, so it is important to nourish the mind and calm the mind. The main purpose of cultivating the heart is to nourish the mind, try to keep the mind calm and calm when encountering problems.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the heart is most active in the middle of the day, when yin and yang meet, and rest can preserve the heart qi.
Suggestion: Massage the Laogong acupoint in the palm of the hand (the depression where the middle finger and ring finger extend downward, and the tip of the middle finger when the fist is bent and bent when the finger is clenched) and the Yongquan acupoint in the center of the foot (bend the toes hard, and the depression in the front of the sole of the foot is the one), which can play a role in the intersection of the heart and kidney and improve sleep.
Wrinkles
Nourishes kidney yin
The connection between the outer corner of the eye and the ear is the reflex area of the kidney, and the crow's feet at the corner of the eye indicate that there is a problem with the kidneys, and such people need to take good care of their kidneys.
Suggestion: A method of warming the kidneys, rub the palms of both hands and rub them back and forth on the waist until the local fever is local, which can replenish kidney qi.
Lip lines
Regulates the spleen and stomach
Wrinkles begin on the side edge of the lips and slope downward, the wrinkles on the right reveal the overburden on the liver and gallbladder, and the wrinkles on the left are a sign of problems with the spleen.
Suggestion: Usually eat more lotus seed meat, yam, barley and gourd and other medicinal and edible ingredients; often massage the acupuncture points that have the effect of replenishing qi, strengthening the spleen and nourishing the stomach, such as Zusanli (the outer knee and eye of the calf are straight down and four horizontal fingers); before going to bed, insist on rubbing the abdomen, and the abdomen has important acupuncture points such as the middle navel (4 inches above the middle of the umbilicus), Tianshu (2 inches next to the navel, one on the left and one on the left and right), and Shenque (the umbilical fossa).
3 ways to fade facial wrinkles
Skin wrinkles are part of human aging, and their causes are related to body aging, visceral dysfunction, improper diet, emotional irregularities, systemic factors (such as genetics, chronic wasting diseases, malnutrition, metabolic disorders), local sun exposure, wind and cold stimulation.
Xu Guomei recommended 3 methods to help reduce the appearance of wrinkles on the face.
Facial exercises
1. Raise your head, look at the ceiling, puff up your mouth, do a balloon blowing motion, hold for 5 seconds, and then relax your mouth and neck. 2. When the body is in an upright position, raise the corners of the mouth and keep smiling, and relax after 5 seconds. 3. When the body is in an upright position, the lower lip wraps the upper lip, the lower lip is stretched forward, hold for 5 seconds and then relax. The above movements can be repeated several times.
Massage and pat
Gently pat the face with your hands can help dilate the blood vessels under the skin and increase the blood flow of the skin, and you can also press some acupuncture points, such as the cheek car (about a horizontal finger under the ear, the depression of the raised part of the muscle when chewing), Yingxiang (the nasolabial fold next to the midpoint of the outer edge of the alar of the nose), the nasal passage (the junction between the alar cartilage and the turbinate, near the upper end of the nasolabial fold), the four white (the pupil is straight down, the depression of the infraorbital foramen), etc. During the massage, it is recommended to gently tap the muscles with the fingertips.
Apply a warm towel to your face
After cleansing, apply a layer of lotion to the face, and then apply a warm wet towel to the face for 3~5 minutes, which can help improve the flow of qi and blood in the face.
In addition, we should also pay attention to regulating the spleen and stomach every day, do not eat too full or hungry, eat less spicy and stimulating food, and take sunscreen measures when going out. ▲
Editor of this issue: Deng Yu
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