You may be accustomed to using traditional Chinese medicine for treating illnesses and regulating health, yet remain hesitant about beauty products containing herbal ingredients. In fact, by mastering basic knowledge of Chinese herbs, you can craft simple herbal skincare products at home to achieve remarkable beautifying results.
1. Polygonum Multiflorum (He Shou Wu)
Benefits: Expands blood vessels and relieves spasms, ensuring adequate blood supply to skin cells, brain cells, and hair follicles. A precious ingredient for hair care, nourishment, and growth.
Usage: Extract concentrated juice from the root tuber, then boil with washed japonica rice and red dates to make porridge.
2. Artemisia argyi
Benefits: The medicinal parts are stems and leaves. Boiling the leaves for hair rinses or body baths imparts shine to hair and smoothness to skin.
Usage: Steep Artemisia capillaris as tea to help postpartum women regain their figure quickly; pairing with Leonurus japonicus enhances effectiveness.
3. Oats
Benefits: Soothes wind-dried skin with exceptional moisturizing properties, ideal for sensitive skin types.
Usage: Apply thick oatmeal paste to the face, ensuring it's near skin temperature.
4. Angelica Root
Benefits: Promotes blood circulation and nourishes blood, lightens spots, and brightens skin. Recognized as an anti-aging beauty agent, it is hailed as a "beauty elixir."
Usage: Grind into powder, mix into a paste for facial application, or steep in water and soak cotton pads for localized compresses.
5. Bletilla Root
Benefits: Renowned for miraculous beauty effects, it makes skin tender and smooth while offering exceptional wrinkle prevention and reduction.
Usage: Mix Bletilla powder with egg white and honey for a premium natural mask. (Beauty results vary by individual; consult relevant professionals before use.)