Chinese herbal medicine Bai Fuzi not only has the effect of drying dampness and eliminating phlegm, but can also be used in various facial masks for beauty and skin care purposes. So how to make a Bai Fuzi spot-removing and whitening facial mask?
【Name】
Bai Fuzi Spot-Removing and Whitening Facial Mask
【Ingredients】
Bai Fuzi 10g, ground into fine powder
Bai Zhi 10g, ground into fine powder
Honey, appropriate amount
Mineral water, a small amount
【Method】
Put Bai Fuzi powder, Bai Zhi powder, honey, and mineral water into a facial mask bowl. Stir well with a mixing chopstick until it forms a thin and easy-to-apply mask paste. Apply the mask on the face and leave it on for about 15-20 minutes. Rinse the face thoroughly with water.
【Efficacy】
Cleanses and purifies the skin, lightens pigmentation, and whitens the skin.
【Functions and Effects of Bai Fuzi】
1. Drying dampness and eliminating phlegm
Bai Fuzi is pungent and warm, mainly used for cold phlegm and dampness. It can be combined with Gan Jiang and Xi Xin to warm the lungs, dry dampness, and eliminate phlegm in cases such as coughing, wheezing, and excessive thin phlegm caused by the combination of phlegm and cold pathogen invading the lungs.
2. Dispelling wind and stopping spasms
Bai Fuzi is mainly used to treat symptoms such as facial and eye deviation, limb weakness, limb spasms, dizziness, and vertigo caused by stroke. If there is phlegm and dampness accompanying the stroke, known as wind-phlegm syndrome, Bai Fuzi has better therapeutic effects.
3. Detoxifying and dispersing nodules
Bai Fuzi is mainly used to treat lymphadenitis. Lymphadenitis is a disease characterized by the growth of nodules of varying sizes in the neck, similar to what we now call lymph node tuberculosis. Bai Fuzi can disperse nodules, and pharmacological studies have also found that Bai Fuzi's effect against Mycobacterium tuberculosis is second only to streptomycin, so it can be used to treat lymphadenitis.
