Text/Lin Kun

The pores on my face are thick and big, which makes me dirty easily, and I don't feel so obedient when I make up. If you don't want to buy expensive skin care products in department stores, can you also use natural methods to improve them? Some people say to apply cucumber, while others recommend lemon, honey and loofah water. Which one is really effective?

What natural material can reduce pores?

Cucumber and lemon → ancient Chinese medicine classics can shrink pores without records.

Li Si, a Chinese doctor, said that there was no record of the efficacy of cucumber and lemon against beauty beauty in ancient Chinese medical books. Of course, it may also be because these two ingredients are not original foods since ancient times, and there are naturally few books and records on their efficacy.

Some materials are directly coated on the face, which is easy to cause photosensitive effect. In addition, they are highly sensitive without dilution. I'm afraid of redness and allergies before my skin turns white. Therefore, to apply the material to the face, we must first make sure that it is mild and non-allergic, and then understand the individual effect separately. Lemons, for example, can't be applied directly to the face. In addition to worrying that the acidity is too high and the skin is too * * *, it is also easy to cause light sensitivity of the skin, which is easy to cause blackening, redness and inflammation.

Honey → improves dry skin, but can't reduce pores.

As for applying honey to the face, most of it is used to moisturize. Honey is mild in nature and taste. According to ancient records, it does have the effect of moistening the face, and external use is also helpful to improve dry skin, but it is not obvious in reducing pores.

Luffa water can shrink pores.

Luffa water is a well-known natural material that can be used to moisturize the skin. Luffa water was called Luo Tianshui in ancient times, which mainly has the effect of clearing away heat and resolving phlegm. In ancient times, it was often used to treat tuberculosis. If the skin is prone to oily acne, loofah water can help eliminate acne and shrink pores.

Li Siyi also shared her own common maintenance tea "Ophiopogon japonicus Moisturizing Tea". According to ancient records, Ophiopogon japonicus can moisturize and beautify. Therefore, if you want to make your skin translucent, you can achieve the effect of locking water through the moisturizing ability of Ophiopogon japonicus.

Eat loofah and cucumber to relieve body heat.

In ancient times, Luffa had a beautiful name called Luo Tian, which was sweet and cool, and could clear away heat and toxic materials, eliminate phlegm and promote lactation, dredge collaterals and reduce swelling. The tender ones should be eaten fresh, and the old loofah can be used to clean vegetables and melon cloth. In fact, the old loofah should be used as medicine. Luffa leaves are fresh, tender and edible, and are used as raw juice, which can relieve summer heat and detoxify and treat furuncle externally; Luffa has the function of dredging collaterals and reducing swelling.

Cucumber is sweet and cold, which can clear away heat and promote diuresis. But after illness, skin disease, postpartum, diarrhea and other diseases, we should first avoid eating cucumbers, so as not to affect the condition and increase the physical burden. Cucumber can improve urinary tract inflammation, bladder inflammation and tingling discomfort when urinating. You can drink more cucumber juice at this time.

Ophiopogon japonicus moisturizing tea

Medicinal materials: 20g of Ophiopogon japonicus, 5g of loofah sponge, a little honey and 800c of water.

Practice: Boil the medicinal materials in water, turn to low heat for 15 minutes, filter out the medicinal materials, and add honey after cooling to drink.