Gourd. After harvest, collect juice in October. Before collection, water the root heavily. Cut gourd stem 60 cm above ground, bend downward, insert into a 1.8-liter glass bottle. Cover bottle mouth with thin aluminum foil, insert cotton wool, bury lower half of bottle in soil. One night yields a full bottle of gourd juice. Filter through gauze, add a little glycerin, boric acid, and alcohol. Alternatively, dissolve 2 grams of benzoin in 50 ml alcohol, then mix into 1000 ml gourd juice, add 30 grams glycerin.
Each morning, wipe face with gauze soaked in gourd juice. This formula has beautifying and anti-wrinkle effects.<Anti-Wrinkle>