Sweet potato root is rich in fatty acids, and contains kaempferol, amino acids, carotene, choline and other anti-aging, wrinkles and spots, which can promote oxygen supply to the skin, promote sebum secretion, sterilize, eliminate scars, prevent water loss, have anti-inflammatory effects, make rough skin tender and firm, and have astringent effects, promote blood circulation, help metabolism inhibit excessive sebum secretion, remove old waste from the skin and converge pores.
Ancient records
"Behind the Elbow" records: "Sweet potato roots can cure miliaria (prickly heat) on the face, making the face smooth and radiant for a hundred days, and the husband and wife don't know each other", which means that applying sweet potato roots to the face can treat prickly heat and acne, and make your skin smooth and soft. After using it for a hundred days, acne, fine lines and black spots will appear. Even husband and wife do not know each other. .
Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica records that sweet potato roots can cure "black-faced sores". Because it contains protein amino acids, choline starch and so on. It can promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis, improve blood circulation of skin, and eliminate facial black spots. It has a miraculous effect in treating acne and acne scars.
secret recipe
The "white flour recipe" recorded in Taiping Shenghui Recipe: 90g of oyster (burnt into powder), 30g of sweet potato root and proper amount of white honey. Firstly, grind the roots of oyster and sweet potato into fine powder, and then blend with honey. Apply it every night and wash it off with warm water in the morning. This recipe can whiten the skin and reduce tiny facial wrinkles.
"Behind the Elbow" records: 40 grams of oyster (burnt into powder), 60 grams of sweet potato root and appropriate amount of white honey. Firstly, grind the roots of oyster and sweet potato into fine powder, and then blend with honey. Apply it to your face every night and wash it off with warm water in the morning (salt water is preferred). It can treat miliaria, eliminate facial black spots, treat acne (acne) and acne scars, and make your skin smooth and soft.
method of application
Use honey for dry skin and skim milk for oily skin, mix well and apply it to make a mask, and wash it off with warm water after the mask is dry. Once every other day