🌿 Folk Prescriptions

1. Anti-Wrinkle Cream: Mix honey, sugar, and milk in appropriate amounts into a paste. Apply to the face every morning or evening, leave on for 10–20 minutes, then wash off with water. Regular use reduces or eliminates facial wrinkles and moisturizes and whitens the skin. Source: *Qian Jin Yao Fang*
2. Soft Skin Anti-Wrinkle Orange Peel Water: Orange peel contains multiple vitamins and organic acids, useful for nourishing and moisturizing the skin with noticeable anti-wrinkle effects. Washing the face with orange peel-infused water yields excellent cosmetic results. Source: Folk remedy

3. Radiance-Enhancing Pills: In the early Qing Dynasty, renowned physician Chen Shifeng successfully used an ancient formula to treat acne. This formula consists of equal parts cinnabar, scutellaria root, white芷 (white peony), white aconite, and windproof herb. Grind into fine powder, mix with honey to form pills. After washing the face daily, apply to the face. This formula also treats various skin conditions and improves complexion. Source: *Shi Bao Bi Lu*
4. Dodder Seed Treatment for Facial Acne: Squeeze juice from dodder seedlings and apply directly to affected areas 3–5 times daily until acne disappears. Source: *Zhou Hou Bei Ji Fang*
5. Bitter Melon Remedy for Acne: Wash bitter melon, extract juice, add a suitable amount of rock sugar, and drink. Apply the juice externally to the affected area. After continuous use for several days, acne will disappear. Source: Folk remedy
6. Radiant Complexion Formula: Take 250 grams of winter melon seeds, 200 grams of peach blossoms, and 100 grams of peeled poplar bark (remove outer coarse layer). Dry in shade, grind into fine powder. Take 1 gram after meals, three times daily. To achieve a whiter complexion, increase winter melon seed dosage; for a rosier look, increase peach blossom dosage. According to Ge Hong, a famous medical expert of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, after 30 days of use, facial color becomes whiter; after 50 days, hands and feet also turn white. Another version substitutes orange peel for poplar bark. Source: *Zhou Hou Bei Ji Fang*
7. Heavenly Gate Root Beauty Formula: Heavenly gate root is a common herbal medicine. *Ben Cao Gang Mu* states: "Cooking and eating it makes the skin smooth, fair, and clear, eliminating all kinds of foul odors and unclean ailments." Numerous preparation methods are recorded, including one: "Take ten jin (approx. 5 kg) of heavenly gate root and one jin (approx. 0.5 kg) of apricot kernels, crush into powder, mix with honey. Take one square spoonful daily." Applying heavenly gate root externally can make dark skin appear lighter. Drying and grinding the root into powder, mixing with honey into pills, and using daily to wash the face, skin becomes noticeably fair and tender within less than a month. Source: *Sheng Ji Zong Lu*
8. Egg White Face Mask: Soak three eggs in white wine for 28 days. Each night, apply the egg whites to the face. This can make the face as white as snow. Simple and effective, with remarkable beauty results. Source: *Pu Ji Fang*
9. Milk Skincare Formula: Milk is a globally recognized nutritious health beverage with a long history of consumption in China. Both internal intake and topical application moisturize the skin. Folk legend claims that bathing in milk can make skin soft and elastic. While I do not recommend full-body milk baths, applying milk to the face or body after washing, leaving it on for 10–20 minutes before rinsing, is beneficial. <TCM>