Hydrating, oil-controlling, detoxifying, and acne-reducing: Watermelon juice, braised winter melon, and mung bean and egg soup.
Hydrate and remove oil
For women with oily faces, the biggest problem when going out is that even the most exquisite makeup will be completely ruined after a few hours. If the eye makeup is heavy, it may even turn into "panda eyes" if not careful. In particular, the T-zone is shiny and glittery, which mercilessly steals the pink and beautiful appearance of the skin.
What's even more frustrating is that excessive oil production can cause pores to become enlarged or even clogged due to the oil and external dirt, leading to annoying problems like acne and blackheads...
While oil control is the top priority, you must not neglect hydration, because excessive oil production is caused by severe dehydration of the skin. Once the moisture evaporates, the skin can only produce oil.
This is why some people experience a situation where their face is both oily and flaky.
Therefore, oil control and hydration are two things that must be addressed simultaneously to restore supple, hydrated skin.
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Watermelon tomato juice
Material:
Half a watermelon, 2 tomatoes, and appropriate amount of white sugar.
practice:
1. Wash the watermelon, peel it, and cut it into chunks; wash the tomatoes, blanch them briefly to peel them, and cut them into small pieces.
2. Put the watermelon and tomato into a juicer and juice them separately, then pour the juice into cups.
3. Take a clean cup, first put in watermelon juice, add sugar, stir well, then add tomato juice, stir well, and freeze in the refrigerator.
Remove from heat and add ice water or cold boiled water before drinking.
This vegetable and fruit juice is perfect for summer, as it can hydrate, relieve heat, and quench thirst.
Watermelon can also activate body cells, thus playing a role in beauty and delaying aging.
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Braised Winter Melon
Material:
400g winter melon, 1 slice of ginger, 2 scallions, 1 tablespoon sweet bean sauce, 1 tablespoon soy sauce, 1 tablespoon cornstarch, 1 bowl of chicken broth, appropriate amounts of sugar, salt, chicken bouillon, and scallion oil.
practice:
1. Peel, remove seeds and pulp from the winter melon, wash it, and cut it into rectangular pieces 3 cm long and 1 cm wide; wash the ginger and mince it; wash the scallions and mince them.
2. Place a pot over heat, add oil and heat it up. Add chopped green onions, minced ginger, and sweet bean sauce and sauté until fragrant. Then add winter melon, soy sauce, sugar, chicken bouillon, salt, and chicken broth. Bring to a boil and then reduce to a simmer.
3. Once the winter melon pieces are cooked through, thicken the sauce with cornstarch, drizzle with a suitable amount of scallion oil, and mix well.
Consumption Guidelines:
Winter melon is a cold food, so people with a cold constitution, such as those who often have cold hands and feet, are afraid of the cold, or are afraid of the wind, should not eat too much winter melon.
Oily skin is generally associated with "excessive internal dampness." In terms of diet, it is important to remove dampness and clear heat, and eat more cooling and neutral foods, such as winter melon, loofah, white radish, carrot, bamboo shoots, cabbage, bok choy, lotus root, daylily, water chestnut, watermelon, and chicken.
Egg Yolk Milk Porridge
Material:
One fresh egg, 50 grams of rice, one cup of milk, and a pinch of salt.
practice:
1. Rinse the rice thoroughly and soak it in cold water for 1-2 hours.
2. Wash the eggs, boil them, remove the yolks, and mash them into a paste for later use.
3. Pour the rice and water into a pot, bring it to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for about 20 minutes.
4. Add the egg yolk puree, cook over low heat for 2-3 minutes, stirring constantly. Add milk and mix well, then add salt to taste.
Consumption Guidelines:
You can also add black sesame seeds to this porridge. Black sesame seeds are also a beauty product, and adding them to this porridge can enhance its aroma.
However, it is not advisable to go outdoors immediately after eating black sesame seeds, because black sesame seeds are photosensitive foods. If you eat black sesame seeds and then go out in the sun, the sunlight will actually make your skin darker.
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Tomato, bok choy and tofu soup
Material:
1 block of tofu, 1 tomato, 200g of bok choy, a little minced ginger, and appropriate amounts of salt and chicken bouillon.
practice:
1. Wash and cut the tofu into cubes; wash and slice the tomatoes; wash and chop the bok choy.
2. Heat oil in a pot over medium heat, add minced ginger and stir-fry, then add tomatoes and stir-fry until softened. Add chopped tofu, stir-fry briefly, then add water and simmer for 10 minutes.
3. Add the bok choy and bring to a boil. Season with salt and chicken bouillon.
Beauty Tips Made Easy
1 tomato, 2 tablespoons of honey, 1 tablespoon of flour.
Mash tomatoes to extract juice, put it in a glass container, add honey and flour, stir thoroughly to make a face mask paste, and apply the mask evenly to your face after washing your face. It has the effect of balancing oil.
Tomatoes, bok choy, and tofu are all rich in vitamins and minerals. When combined, they not only moisturize and soften the skin, but also reduce pigmentation and blemishes, making them a top choice for beauty and dietary therapy.
Crucian carp and mung bean soup
Material:
One crucian carp, 30 grams of mung beans, one carrot, 50 grams of fresh kelp, two jujubes, two slices of ginger, 5 grams of dried tangerine peel, and salt to taste.
practice:
1. Clean the crucian carp; wash the mung beans; wash the carrots, peel them, and cut them into small pieces; wash the kelp; wash the ginger.
2. Heat oil in a wok over high heat, add the crucian carp, and fry until both sides are golden brown. Remove and drain the oil.
3. In a separate pot, add an appropriate amount of water and bring to a boil. Add the crucian carp, carrot chunks, kelp, mung beans, jujubes, dried tangerine peel, and ginger slices. Simmer for about 2 hours, then add salt to taste.
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Snow Fungus and Cherry Soup
Material:
50g of white fungus, 30g of cherries, and rock sugar to taste.
practice:
1. Soak the white fungus in warm water until softened, remove the stems, and wash it; wash the cherries, remove the stems and pits, and slice them.
2. Put an appropriate amount of water in a pot, bring it to a boil, add rock sugar, and after it dissolves, add the white fungus and cook for 10 minutes.
3. Add cherries and bring to a boil.
Key points for production:
It's best to soak white fungus in warm or boiling water. After soaking, be sure to remove any pale yellow parts.
Consumption Guidelines:
The stewed white fungus dessert tastes even better after being chilled in the refrigerator, but it should not be left for too long, otherwise it will produce toxins.
Stir-fried lotus root with young ginger
Material:
200g lotus root, 1 piece of young ginger, 5 wild chilies, 2 red chili peppers, salt and chicken bouillon to taste.
practice:
1. Wash the lotus root, peel it, and slice it thinly.
2. Wash and shred the young ginger.
3. Slice the wild chili peppers and red chili peppers into rings and set aside.
4. Heat oil in a wok, add young ginger, wild chili peppers, and red chili peppers and stir-fry. Then add lotus root slices and stir-fry until cooked. Season with salt and chicken bouillon.
Key points for production:
Stir-frying young ginger, wild chili peppers, and red chili peppers in oil will make this dish more flavorful.
Raw lotus root is cold in nature and has the effect of clearing heat and reducing internal fire, making it especially suitable for people who get acne due to blood heat.
When stir-fried with young ginger, which is warm in nature, the flavor changes from cool to warm. It has the effects of nourishing the stomach and yin, strengthening the spleen and replenishing qi and blood. It is especially suitable for people with dry skin and dull complexion due to weak spleen and stomach and insufficient qi and blood. Regular consumption can make the skin more rosy and supple.
Quickly remove oil: Steam your face to remove shine.
Steaming your face for 10 minutes each time can help unclog pores and inhibit sebum secretion. You can steam your face every day, every other day, or every three to five days, depending on how oily your skin is. The oilier your skin, the more often you can steam your face.
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Detox and Acne Removal
Acne is often said to be a symbol of youth, leading many women to wonder: Why do my face still splattered with clusters of "beautiful pimples" even though I'm past my prime? What methods can be used to stop their rampant growth?
Everyone will get a few pimples in their lifetime, and a pimple on smooth, fair skin can definitely detract from beauty.
Although acne is stubborn, it can be "melted" with your careful care. The key is to know how to "eat," because there are many reasons for acne, but the main reason is that there are too many toxins in the body. You must eliminate these toxins one by one through your diet to make your skin smooth and blemish-free.
So, let's start giving your face a complete makeover!
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Carrot and orange juice
Material:
Two oranges and two carrots.
practice:
1. Peel the orange; peel the carrot, wash it, and cut it into small pieces.
2. Put the orange and carrot into a juicer and juice them together.
3. Drink immediately after juicing.
If you find the sauce too sweet, you can add some mint leaves.
Consumption Guidelines:
Do not drink milk within one hour before or after eating oranges, because the protein in milk will coagulate when it comes into contact with fruit acid, which will affect digestion and absorption.
This fruit and vegetable juice can cleanse the body and boost energy, help eliminate inflammation and promote cell regeneration, clear up acne, improve complexion, and slow down aging.
Sweet lotus root juice
Material:
One lotus root, a little honey.
practice:
1. Wash the lotus root, peel it, and cut it into small pieces.
2. Put the lotus root into a juicer, add an appropriate amount of cooled boiled water, and juice it.
3. Pour the lotus root juice into a cup, add a little honey and stir well.
Key points for production:
Other ingredients, such as carrots and watermelon, can be added when making this sweet lotus root juice.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that raw lotus root is cold in nature and has the effect of clearing heat and relieving irritability, making it especially suitable for patients with acne caused by blood heat.
Drinking a cup every morning not only tastes good, but also helps prevent dryness, moisturizes the lungs, and relieves coughs; it may even suppress small pimples on the face.
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Celery and pear juice
Material:
100g fresh celery, 150g fresh pear, 1 tomato, half a lemon.
practice:
1. Wash the celery and cut it into sections; wash the pear, peel it, and cut it into small pieces; wash the tomato and cut it into pieces; wash the lemon, peel it, and cut it into pieces.
2. Put all the ingredients into a juicer and blend until smooth. Drink once a day.
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Shrimp, vermicelli, and radish soup
Material:
150g carrots, 100g vermicelli, 50g dried shrimp, a little bit of shredded green onion, shredded ginger, and cilantro, 3 bowls of chicken broth, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 tablespoon cooking wine, a little bit of chicken essence and pepper.
practice:
1. Soak the glass noodles in boiling water until soft; wash and shred the carrot; wash and chop the cilantro.
2. Heat oil in a pot over medium heat, add shredded scallions and ginger and sauté until fragrant. Then add dried shrimp and stir-fry briefly. Next, add shredded carrots and stir-fry briefly. Add chicken broth and glass noodles, bring to a boil and skim off any foam.
3. Add salt, cooking wine, chicken bouillon, and pepper, then sprinkle with chopped cilantro.
Materials change, change, change:
Carrots can be replaced with spinach, which is also rich in carotene, which can detoxify and clear up acne. Spinach also helps improve iron-deficiency anemia, giving people a rosy and radiant complexion, and is highly regarded as a beauty product.
Carrots are very helpful in improving constipation and are also rich in beta-carotene, which can neutralize toxins and help detoxify and clear up acne.
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Mung bean and egg soup
Material:
100 grams of mung beans, 1 egg, and rock sugar to taste.
practice:
1. Wash the mung beans and soak them in water for 1-2 hours. Then pour the mung beans and the soaking water into a pot, put the pot on the stove, add rock sugar, and cook over high heat until the mung beans split open and are cooked through.
2. Crack the eggs into a bowl and beat them into a liquid. After the mung beans are cooked, pour in the egg liquid, stir well, let it cool slightly, and consume it all at once. Continue for 2-3 days.
Consumption Guidelines:
Mung beans are a cooling food. People with weak constitution, yin deficiency, or spleen and stomach deficiency should not consume too much of this soup to avoid causing physical discomfort.
Mung beans can increase intestinal peristalsis, reduce constipation, and effectively promote detoxification.
Eggs are rich in protein and provide comprehensive nutrition. Regular consumption can make the skin fair and smooth, and the complexion rosy and radiant.
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Strawberry and mung bean porridge
Material:
100g strawberries, 50g mung beans, 100g glutinous rice, and appropriate amount of white sugar.
practice:
1. Wash the strawberries; rinse the mung beans, soak them in water for 4 hours, drain them; rinse the glutinous rice.
2. Put an appropriate amount of water into a pot, add glutinous rice and soaked mung beans, bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to low heat and cook until the glutinous rice grains bloom and the mung beans are soft and tender.
3. Add strawberries and sugar, stir well, and cook for a short while.
Key points for production:
To clean strawberries (without removing the stems), it is best to rinse them continuously under running tap water. The flowing water can prevent pesticides from seeping into the fruit.
Don't eat the washed strawberries right away. It's best to soak them in lightly salted water or rice water for 5 minutes before removing the stems and eating them.
This strawberry and mung bean porridge is very nutritious, and both mung beans and strawberries are excellent at detoxifying, helping to maintain smooth and elastic skin, and whiten the skin.
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Peach Kernel and Hawthorn Porridge
Material:
80 grams of japonica rice, 10 grams of walnut kernels, 10 grams of hawthorn, and half a fresh lotus leaf.
practice:
1. Wash the hawthorn, walnuts, and lotus leaves separately, chop them, put them into a clay pot, add an appropriate amount of water and bring to a boil.
2. Add the rice, bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to low heat and simmer until it becomes porridge.
You can drink one bowl every day.
Consumption Guidelines:
The tannic acid in raw hawthorn can easily form substances that are particularly difficult to digest in the stomach and intestines. People with weak gastrointestinal function should never eat raw hawthorn.