Whitening and freckle removing Chinese medicine mainly eliminates all kinds of spots and whitens skin color. In this paper, traditional Chinese medicine mainly achieves the effect of removing spots and whitening skin by promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, invigorating spleen and kidney, expelling wind and detoxifying. The following are several widely used Chinese herbal medicines with freckle-removing, whitening, skin care and beauty effects.
1. Angelica dahurica
Radix Angelicae Dahuricae or the dried root of Radix Angelicae Dahuricae in Umbelliferae is a commonly used Chinese medicine, which has the functions of relieving exterior syndrome, dispelling cold, expelling wind and relieving pain, eliminating dampness and stopping leukorrhagia, reducing swelling and discharging pus, whitening skin, promoting granulation, moistening skin and losing weight. Imperatorin contained in it can treat and prevent pigmentation and chloasma by inhibiting tyrosinase activity in melanocytes or blocking the transmission of melanin synthesis signals, and also has antibacterial and antiallergic effects. Angelica dahurica has a significant effect of promoting blood circulation, especially in improving facial blood circulation. External use can make facial muscles plump and skin rosy, thus achieving the effect of beauty. Since ancient times, Angelica dahurica has been called an essential medicine for beauty, and it is also often used in ancient beauty prescriptions. However, imperatorin in Radix Angelicae Dahuricae is a photosensitive substance, which may cause photosensitive dermatitis to the skin under the irradiation of solar ultraviolet rays, so the prescription containing Radix Angelicae Dahuricae should avoid direct sunlight.
Application:
(1) Treatment of chloasma: Baizhisan (Department of Integrated Medicine of Ancient and Modern Books) and Radix Angelicae Dahuricae, no matter how much, remove the rough skin, grind it into fine powder, sieve it, mix it with clean lard, and apply it to your face after washing it, once in the morning and once in the evening, one hour at a time. It can also be used for melanosis cutis.
(2) Removing spots and whitening: Grind Radix Angelicae Dahuricae, Poria, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Carthami Flos, Fructus Tribuli and Nightmare, take a proper amount of powder, add honey to make paste, and apply it externally to the affected area, once a week 1 ~ 2 times. The effect of removing spots and whitening is obvious.
2. White crane
Bletilla striata is derived from the dried tuber of Bletilla striata, an orchid plant, and has the effects of removing spots, caring skin, relaxing muscles and tendons, moistening skin, promoting hair growth and treating acne. It mainly contains phenanthrene, dibenzyl, terpenoids, polysaccharides and volatile oil. Bletilla striata is rich in volatile oil and mucus, which has good antibacterial effect. When used externally, it can remove the spots and scars left by acne on the face, making the skin smooth and seamless.
Application:
(1) Treatment of chloasma: Sanbai Tuibao Cream: Bletilla striata, Fritillaria thunbergii and Rhizoma Typhonii are ground into powder, then added into the vanishing cream, and rubbed once in the morning and evening, and facial spots are gradually improved; Or grinding Rhizoma Bletillae, Radix Angelicae Dahuricae, Rhizoma Typhonii, Poria, Bombyx Batryticatus, Fructus Tribuli and Fructus Gleditsiae Abnormalis into powder. After washing your face with warm water every night, mix the powder with water and apply it to the affected area. It can be removed in 1 ~ 2 hours, and the freckle removing effect is good.
(2) Moisturizing and moistening the face: It is often ground into fine powder together with Rhizoma Typhonii, Semen Benincasae, Radix Angelicae Dahuricae, Asari, Radix Angelicae Sinensis and Radix Saposhnikoviae, and applied to the face for a long time to whiten the skin.
3. Atractylodes macrocephala
Atractylodes macrocephala is the dried rhizome of Atractylodes macrocephala in Compositae, which has the effects of moistening skin, whitening skin, resisting aging and keeping moisture. Atractylol and atractylone can improve immune function, nourish and strengthen skin, and make skin plump and wrinkle-free.
Application:
(1) Cure freckles: soak Atractylodes macrocephala in vinegar (elbow emergency prescription), soak Atractylodes macrocephala in rice vinegar, and wipe freckles on your face with the vinegar soaked in Atractylodes macrocephala seven days later. Stick to wiping every day, and freckles will be removed after a long time.
(2) Spot removing and whitening: soak a little Atractylodis Macrocephala powder, a little white peony root powder and a little poria cocos in vinegar and water for 20-30 minutes, then apply it to the face, and wash it off after the water is sucked dry, and the spot removing and whitening effect is obvious.
4. pearls
Pearl comes from the stimulation of bivalves such as Pinctada martensii, Hyriopsis cumingii or Clam plicata. It has the effects of anti-aging, moistening skin and removing spots on white flour. It contains more than 20 kinds of amino acids, protein, a lot of calcium carbonate and trace elements. Amino acids and protein have good nutrition and moisturizing effects on skin, and together with trace elements, they can inhibit lipofuscin and scavenge free radicals.
Application:
(1) Moisturizing white flour: Grinding pearls into fine powder, mixing with milk and applying daily can remove chloasma, spots and rosacea.
(2) Freckle removing and whitening: Freckle removing mask powder: Pearl, Radix Angelicae Dahuricae, Rhizoma Typhonii, Bombyx Batryticatus, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Alismatis Rhizoma, Semen Benincasae and Herba Leonuri are ground into fine powder. When in use, take proper amount and mix it with warm water to make paste, apply it on the face for 40 minutes and then wash it off with warm water. Once a week, 12 times is a course of treatment, and the freckle removing effect is good.
5. Tribulus terrestris
Dry ripe fruit of tribulus terrestris of Tribulus terrestris. It has freckle removing, whitening, anti-wrinkle and moisturizing effects, and the low concentration of Tribulus terrestris extract has inhibitory effects on melanocytes and tyrosinase.
Usage: For the treatment of facial dark spots and rosacea: rosacea prescription (Qianjin wing prescription): 30g of tribulus terrestris (stir-fried and pricked), 30g of gardenia, 30g of fermented soybean and 240g of magnolia officinalis, which are ground into powder and blended with vinegar. Rub it every night before going to bed and wash it with warm water the next morning to remove facial dark spots.
6. Poria cocos
Dry sclerotia of Poria cocos, a fungus of Polyporaceae. Has skin caring, freckle removing, whitening, wrinkle removing and anti-aging effects. The contained pachyman can improve the cellular immune function and promote metabolism, and pachyman and pachyman triterpenes can enhance the activity of superoxide dismutase, reduce the activity of peroxidase, and play an anti-oxidation and anti-aging role; Hydroxyproline can increase collagen fibers in skin and delay skin aging; Triterpenoids may be whitening active ingredients.
Application:
(1) Prescription for the treatment of facial dark spots (secret recipe outside Taiwan): Poria cocos and white stone fat are equally divided, and the first two flavors are the last, and they are boiled and coated three times a day. After long-term use, the freckle removing effect is obvious; Grind Poria into fine powder and mix with white honey to make paste. Apply it every night and wash it off in the morning, mainly for dull skin, spots and spots.
(2) Whitening and moisturizing: Dongkui Powder (Puji Formula), Poria cocos, Dongkui seeds, Platycladus orientalis seeds and melon petals each 30g, 2g each time, three times a day, has the effect of whitening the face.
Whitening and freckle removal is a long-term process. In addition to using effective drugs for external use, we should drink plenty of water, control our emotions, maintain a peaceful attitude, and pay attention to a light diet and eat more fruits with high vitamin C content.