🌿 Folk Prescriptions

Vegetables and fruits are known as "natural beauty agents." In China, using vegetables and fruits for beauty and health has a long history. Ancient beauties and imperial consorts had secret court recipes using fruits, vegetables, and dried fruits for facial care and health preservation, widely circulated in folk traditions. Modern medical research confirms that vegetables and fruits contain abundant vitamins, minerals, trace elements, and dietary fiber—essential nutrients for human health and skin cell regeneration. These are active substances and special nourishing components beneficial for maintaining skin beauty and preventing skin diseases. Especially, fruits contain various enzymes that break down fats and melanin. Thus, vegetables and fruits are the best natural beauty agents.
Modern people value nature and desire to return to nature, using natural foods for beauty, particularly embracing the concept and practice of using vegetables and fruits for therapeutic beauty. Plants act as natural detoxifiers. Consuming fresh vegetables and fruits, especially drinking freshly prepared fruit and vegetable juices preserving natural active ingredients and vitamins, greatly benefits health and skin beauty. Fresh fruit and vegetable juices remove coarse fibers during preparation, concentrating plant essence. Due to reduced volume, they don’t burden the gastrointestinal tract and are quickly absorbed directly by the body. They are excellent for beauty and health, especially suitable for those with weak digestive systems, frail constitutions, or those who dislike raw vegetables and fruits—allowing them to avoid the bitter taste of raw produce.
Fruits and vegetables come in numerous varieties. When making fruit-vegetable juices, avoid using only one type, as each has different nutritional profiles. Even hard-to-eat vegetables like cabbage, kale, celery, and wild greens can be turned into juice. Formulations should be selected based on individual constitution, skin type, and hair condition. A universal fruit-vegetable elixir suitable for any skin and constitution includes: celery, lettuce, asparagus, cabbage, baby greens, apples, oranges, pineapple, honey—all in appropriate amounts. Preparation method: wash and peel fruits, cut into chunks; wash vegetables, cut into segments; combine in a juicer, blend into juice, sweeten with honey, drink once daily. Best time to consume is immediately after waking or half an hour before meals on an empty stomach. Regular consumption yields remarkable beauty and health benefits, including bowel regulation and elimination of body odor. The benefits of fruit-vegetable juices for beauty and health can be summarized as follows:?
(1) Skin Beautification and Nourishment: Fruit-vegetable juices are rich in vitamin C, vitamin A, and minerals. These components promote epithelial cell proliferation, prevent follicular keratinization, eliminate skin pigmentation, and prevent acne. Since fruits and vegetables are alkaline foods, they neutralize excessive acid in the body, maintain internal acid-base balance, regulate sweat gland function, reduce acidic byproducts that erode the skin surface, thereby keeping skin fair, smooth, delicate, elastic, and delaying aging, achieving skin beautification and nourishment.
(2) Strengthening Constitution and Eliminating Fatigue: Fresh fruits and vegetables effectively replenish vitamin C, B1, B2, calcium, phosphorus, iron, potassium, magnesium, manganese, copper, and other minerals, adjusting bodily functions, enhancing cellular vitality and gastrointestinal function, stimulating digestive fluid secretion. Their nutrients relieve fatigue, restore energy, improve constitution, strengthen immunity, calm the mind, and stimulate full vitality and life force.
(3) Disease Prevention: Vitamins and fiber in fruits and vegetables prevent the onset and progression of many chronic diseases. Fruit-vegetable juices contain abundant vitamin C and calcium, regular consumption promotes bone and dental health and prevents osteoporosis. Yellow-green vegetables are rich in potassium, which has cardiotonic and diuretic effects. Regular intake of juices made from yellow-green vegetables helps eliminate excess water and salt from the body, beneficial for preventing hypertension. Drinking a glass of fresh celery juice every morning also helps lower blood pressure, soften blood vessels, and reduce cholesterol. Regular consumption of juices made from celery, cucumber, pineapple, pear, and pomelo aids metabolism and circulation, removes excess fat and water, offering weight-loss and body-shaping benefits. Additionally, fiber in fruits and vegetables promotes intestinal movement, prevents constipation, eliminates body odor, and has anti-cancer properties.
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