Licorice is a common traditional Chinese medicine. Licorice grows mostly in arid and semi-arid sandy soils, desert edges and loess hilly areas. It has strong adaptability and strong stress resistance. Experts in traditional Chinese medicine have discovered that licorice has beauty benefits in addition to its medicinal value. Beauty has always been a topic of constant concern. Many women have tried various beauty methods. But did you know that licorice can also be used for beauty? Let me give you a detailed introduction to the beauty techniques of licorice.
1. Licorice beauty tips
Tips 1. Classic whitening and spot removal tea
Put 3 grams of licorice and 15 grams of Atractylodes into a ceramic pot , then add 600 ml of water, wait for it to boil for 10 minutes, then add 3 grams of green tea, which is good for qi and blood, whitening and removing spots.
Tips 2. Clever whitening method
Take appropriate amounts of licorice powder, angelica angelica powder, atractylodes powder, and bletilla striata powder, add water and mix thoroughly to make a facial mask. After washing your face, apply it evenly on your face Apply it, wait 20 to 30 minutes and then wash it off, you will get unexpected whitening effect.
Tips 3. Beauty method of applying tea powder to face
Take appropriate amounts of licorice powder, atractylodes powder, white poria powder, and white peony powder, mix evenly, brew with boiling water, and drink Water and tea powder can be used to apply on your face. This will combine the inside and outside to make your skin more beautiful.
Tips 4. Licorice powder and orange detoxification
Mix a cup of orange juice with 5 grams of licorice powder and drink it after getting up every morning. It can not only have a laxative effect, but also help Brighten skin for women with dull skin in summer.
So, licorice has excellent cosmetic effects in traditional Chinese medicine and can keep women youthful forever. If you are interested in the licorice beauty method, then hurry up and try it. According to your skin condition, choose the licorice beauty technique that suits you, so that you can get the perfect skin care effect.
2. Effects of licorice
Licorice has many effects. In addition to anti-inflammatory, licorice can also treat women’s menopausal symptoms, because licorice contains licorice, which is a similar Hormone compounds that help balance hormone levels in women's bodies.
Licorice can be used for heart qi deficiency, palpitations, knotted pulse, spleen and stomach qi deficiency, fatigue and fatigue. The former is often combined with cassia twig, such as Guizhi Licorice Decoction and Zhigancao Decoction. The latter is often used together with Codonopsis pilosula and Atractylodes macrocephala, such as Sijunzi Decoction, Lizhong Wan, etc.
Licorice is often used together with honeysuckle and forsythia, which has the health-care effect of clearing away heat and detoxifying, such as Xianfang Huoming Drink. For sore throat, it is often used together with Platycodon grandiflorum, such as platycodon decoction. If there is pesticide or food poisoning, it is often taken with mung beans or decoction with windfeng shui.
In addition, Chinese medicine says that licorice is like Erchen Decoction to treat coughs with damp phlegm, Linggan Wuwei Jiangxin Decoction to treat coughs with cold phlegm, Sangxing Decoction to treat dry phlegm coughs, etc. Platycodon decoction is used to treat smelly spit and purulent phlegm due to carbuncle cough, and licorice and dried ginger decoction is used to treat cough and spit. In addition, wind-heat cough, wind-cold cough, and hot phlegm cough are also often used together.
In addition to the effects of licorice introduced above, the combination of licorice and soybeans has detoxification effects. In addition, licorice is also widely used in the food industry and can be made into candies, preserves, chewing gum, etc. This shows the great efficacy and role of licorice.