🌿 Folk Prescriptions

In skincare through dietary therapy, selecting different food types according to skin complexion can achieve better beauty effects.
Palid Complexion
Honey-Grilled Peanut and Red Date
Preparation: 100 grams of red dates, 100 grams of peanuts, soaked in warm water, then placed in a pot with sufficient water, simmered over low heat until soft, then add 200 grams of honey until the liquid becomes sticky. Alternatively, use a pressure cooker for about 30 minutes; honey should be added after the peanuts and red dates are cooked. Red dates tonify Qi, peanut skins nourish blood, peanut kernels moisturize, and honey tonifies Qi.
Facial Wrinkles
Dried Fruit Yam Paste
The main cause of many facial wrinkles is spleen and stomach deficiency.
Assorted Yam Paste
Preparation: 500 grams of fresh yam or potato boiled until soft, peeled, mashed, then shaped into small cakes. Top with chopped almonds, red dates, hawthorn, and green plums, then steam for about 10 minutes, finally pour honey on top. Yam tonifies spleen and kidneys, almonds tonify lungs and kidneys, moisten dryness, and enhance brain function, while red dates tonify Qi and nourish blood. Together they smooth out wrinkles and make the skin smooth and lustrous.
Dull Complexion
Chestnut Stew with Chinese Cabbage
The main cause of dull complexion is kidney Qi deficiency and depletion of Yin fluids.
Chestnut Stew with Chinese Cabbage
Preparation: 200 grams of raw chestnuts, shelled and halved, stewed in duck broth until fully cooked, then add 200 grams of sliced Chinese cabbage, a little salt and monosodium glutamate, thicken with starch once cabbage is tender. Duck nourishes Yin and replenishes deficiency, chestnuts strengthen spleen and tonify kidneys, Chinese cabbage nourishes Yin and moistens dryness. Together they brighten and clarify the complexion.
Rough Complexion
Braised Bamboo Shoots with Sea Cucumber
The main cause of rough skin is deficiency of Yin and blood, commonly seen in dry-fire constitution.
Braised Bamboo Shoots with Sea Cucumber
Preparation: 200 grams of rehydrated sea cucumber cut into strips, combined with 100 grams of fresh or rehydrated bamboo shoots cut into slices, cooked together with lean meat until tender. Add salt, monosodium glutamate, sugar, wine, thicken with starch before serving. Sea cucumber nourishes Yin and blood, bamboo shoots clear internal heat. Together they make the skin delicate and radiant.
Flabby Complexion
Dried Shrimp Stir-Fried with Chinese Cabbage
The main cause of flabby face is Yang deficiency, insufficient kidney Yang, leading to dampness rising to the head and face.
Dried Shrimp Stir-Fried with Chinese Cabbage
Preparation: 200 grams of Chinese cabbage washed and cut into long segments, stir-fried in oil. Then add 50 grams of dried shrimp soaked in warm water, stir-fry with sufficient chicken broth, add salt and monosodium glutamate, thicken with starch. Chinese cabbage promotes urination and removes dampness, dried shrimp tonifies kidney Yang, chicken broth replenishes deficiency and strengthens Qi. Together they reduce facial puffiness.