The only female emperor in Chinese history, Wu Zetian, was born beautiful. What is amazing is that when she reached old age, her appearance still looked young and beautiful. So, what is the secret of Wu Zetian's eternal youth? Mother's wort is one of the secret recipes.
According to historical records, Wu Zetian (624-705 AD) has long paid attention to the maintenance of his appearance, in addition to taking drugs to delay aging, he also did not forget to apply beauty drugs every day. She changed her year name to "Longevity", she was 68 years old, still had a rather young appearance, and the people around her could not see any signs of aging. The New Book of Tang describes Wu Zetian: "Although the empress dowager was high in the spring and autumn, she was good at self-painting, so that the left and right did not realize its decline."
More than 40 years after Wu Zetian's death, the "Secret Essentials of the Outer Platform" specifically records that Wu Zetian once used a beauty prescription for a long time, the main drug of which was motherwort, so it was called "Zetian Dasheng Empress Refining MotherWort Leaving Face Fang". According to it, rubbing the face and hands with this refining agent every day and night can gradually spread the floating skin and reduce dark spots and wrinkles. It is said that the longer this medicine is applied, the more obvious the effect: "The blood color of the rest of the menstrual month, the red and bright luster, is unusual; if it is used over the years, the twilight is endless, and the year is forty or fifty women, such as fifteen women." ”
Chinese medicine believes that motherwort tastes hard, bitter, slightly cold, into the heart, liver, kidney meridians. It has the effect of activating blood and dissolving stasis, dampness and swelling. This product can activate blood and dispel stasis to pass through menstruation, for gynecological menstruation, production medicine; this product is bitter and drainable, but also can help reduce water and swelling, which is not good for urination and edema.
Author: Hubei Chief Physician Hu Xianguo
Edit: Xiong Shu
Reviewer: Xie Tao
Issued: Wan Hongxin
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