A person's face is closely related to his health. A healthy person's face is ruddy, which means that his blood is full. And people who are unwell are pale, indicating that blood is qi-deficient and weak. Generally speaking, the face of a healthy person is usually yellowish, ruddy and shiny; Unhealthy people often show a variety of abnormal faces.
Paleness is caused by insufficient capillary filling in the face, which is considered by Chinese medicine as a sign of poor physique. In addition, such as massive bleeding, shock caused by strong contraction of capillaries, hypothyroidism, chronic nephritis, lead poisoning, etc., will also cause pallor.
There are two kinds of flush: physiological and pathological. The appearance of the former is related to drinking, sun exposure, strenuous exercise or emotional activity, anger or shyness, etc. The latter mainly occurs in high fever diseases caused by infection, such as typhoid fever, dysentery, tuberculosis, pneumonia and so on. Patients with lupus erythematosus and carbon monoxide poisoning will also have symptoms of flushing.
The blue face is mostly caused by lack of oxygen, and severe pain, heart failure, congenital heart disease, etc. can also turn the face blue.
Yellow complexion is mostly caused by cell damage or bile duct obstruction, which makes bilirubin concentration in blood exceed the normal range and penetrate into tissues and mucous membranes, which is called "jaundice" in medicine.
Chinese medicine believes that blackness is a sign of kidney loss, so it is often treated with kidney-tonifying drugs. In addition, patients with liver cirrhosis, adrenalin hypofunction, chronic renal insufficiency, chronic cardiopulmonary insufficiency, liver cancer, etc., will also turn black.
eat more of the following foods:
Chinese yam, which is flat in nature and sweet in taste, is the "top grade" medicine of traditional Chinese medicine. It can not only replenish lung and spleen, but also nourish kidney and replenish essence. Anyone with kidney deficiency should eat it regularly.
Dietary guide: How to eat yam in the current season is healthy
scallop-also known as Jiangyuzhu. It is flat in nature, sweet and salty in taste, and can tonify kidney and nourish yin, so people with kidney yin deficiency should eat it often.
perch-also known as sea bass and perch. Flat in nature and sweet in taste, it can not only tonify the spleen and stomach, but also tonify the liver and kidney and benefit the bones and muscles.
chestnuts-warm in nature and sweet in taste, not only have the functions of invigorating spleen and stomach, but also have the functions of tonifying kidney and strengthening waist. They are most suitable for people with kidney deficiency and low back pain.
Lycium barbarum L., which is flat in nature and sweet in taste, has the functions of tonifying kidney and liver, improving eyesight, strengthening bones and muscles, removing low back pain, and prolonging life after long-term administration. Especially for middle-aged women with kidney deficiency, it is the most suitable food.
Polygonum multiflorum Thunb, which has the functions of nourishing liver and kidney and nourishing essence and blood, has been used by doctors in past dynasties for people with kidney deficiency. Anyone with kidney deficiency has premature gray hair, weak waist and knees, sore bones and muscles, or nocturnal emission of men and women, and it is suitable for eating.
avoid eating water chestnut, persimmon, raw radish, raw melon, raw cucumber, raw sweet potato, watermelon, melon, onion, pepper, mustard, clove, fennel, pepper, mint, water shield, chrysanthemum, salt, sauce, white wine and cigarettes.