Whitening traditional Chinese medicine
1. Safflower: enters the heart and liver meridian, activates blood circulation, reduces swelling and stimulates menstruation. External use can make the complexion red.
2. Licorice: sweet in taste and neutral in nature, returns to the twelve meridians, nourishes the spleen and moisturizes the lungs, can be combined with various medicines, and is the most widely used.
3. Angelica sinensis: enters the heart and spleen meridian, and is called the "building material" of the skin, hair, and facial features. It can make people look radiant and make the skin tender. It is rich in vitamins A, B12, and E, and also contains Potassium, magnesium and other 23 minerals can regulate the body's metabolism, stop bleeding and relieve pain, relieve anxiety and calm the mind.
4. Cortex Phellodendron: clears away heat and purges fire, reduces swelling and detoxifies.
5. Sophora flavescens: bitter in taste and cold in nature, enters the heart, spleen, and kidney meridians, eliminates heat, and removes dampness.
6. Bombyx mori: neutral in nature, pungent and salty in taste, dispelling wind and spasm, dispelling all kinds of wind in the skin, removing black spots (black inches) and various sores and scars.
7. Lily: a specialty of Lanzhou, containing a variety of amino acids, vitamins, proteins, iron, zinc and trace elements. Lily pollen and lily tubers can be used as components. It has a sweet taste and a neutral nature, which can moisten the lungs and relieve cough, relieve the heart and calm the nerves, and tonify the middle and replenish qi.
8. Kojic acid and arbutin: whitening agents, inhibit the production of melanin and make the skin white.
9. Aloe: It tastes bitter and cold, and contains a large amount of aloe glycoside. After hydrolysis, it produces aloe rhubarb anthracene, which is rich in vitamins B2, B6, B12 and a variety of amino acids. It can be used externally or internally. Very unique cosmetic effect.
The above are the more common whitening traditional Chinese medicines. You can use them externally or internally according to your own situation!