The beauty and nutrition of the skin are closely related. Once malnourished, not only does the skin easily become dull and lifeless, but it also lacks a healthy color, appearing pale or dull. Therefore, proper and sufficient nutrition is essential for both health and beauty. Here are some recommended medicinal recipes for beauty and whitening.
Medicinal Recipe One: Pork Skin Jelly
Ingredients: 500g pork skin, 1,000ml water, spring onions, ginger, peppercorns, star anise, cooking oil, salt, yellow wine (rice wine), 100g soybeans, monosodium glutamate, coriander, chili oil, sesame oil, vinegar, minced garlic (all to taste).
Preparation: Remove the hair and fat from the pork skin and blanch it in boiling water. Then, cut it into strips. In a pot, add water, pork skin, spring onions, ginger, peppercorns, star anise, soy sauce, salt, yellow wine, and soybeans. Simmer and cook together, removing any foam that forms. When the soup thickens, remove the seasonings, add monosodium glutamate, and let it cool in a container. When serving, cut into small pieces and add coriander, chili oil, sesame oil, vinegar, and minced garlic. Mix well and enjoy.
Benefits: Regular consumption of this dish can make the skin smooth, maintain elasticity, and delay aging.
Medicinal Recipe Two: Braised Sea Cucumber
Ingredients: 500g soaked sea cucumber, 200ml broth, 30g starch, 30g sugar, 40ml scallion oil, 20ml soy sauce, 30ml cooking wine, 4g monosodium glutamate, ginger water, salt (to taste).
Preparation: Cut the sea cucumber diagonally, blanch in boiling water, and then simmer it with broth, cooking wine, and water. Discard the muddy soup. Then, add broth, cooking wine, soy sauce, monosodium glutamate, and salt to taste. Thicken the sauce, and drizzle with scallion oil before serving.
Benefits: Regular consumption can keep the skin moisturized, increase elasticity, and delay aging.
Medicinal Recipe Three: Five White Cake
Ingredients: 50g white kidney beans, 5g white lotus seeds, 50g white poria, 15g white chrysanthemum flowers, 50g Chinese yam, 200g flour, 100g sugar.
Preparation: Grind the kidney beans, lotus seeds, poria, Chinese yam, and chrysanthemum flowers into fine powder. Mix the powder with flour. Add water to make dough or use fresh yeast to ferment it. After fermentation, knead it into a white dough, steam it in a steamer over boiling water for 30 minutes until cooked, and then cut it into pieces to make a staple food.
Benefits: This recipe is effective for whitening the skin, moisturizing, and removing dampness. It is suitable for treating facial brown spots caused by phlegm and dampness.
Medicinal Recipe Four: Ginseng and Poria Glutinous Rice Balls
Ingredients: 5g ginseng, 10g poria, 10g Chinese yam, 250g glutinous rice flour, 50g red bean paste, 100g sugar, 20ml lard.
Preparation: Grind the ginseng, poria, and Chinese yam into fine powder and sift through an 80-90 mesh sieve. Mix the powder with sugar, red bean paste, and lard. Make small balls with a diameter of about 1cm. Roll the balls in glutinous rice flour to make rice balls. Cook them in boiling water until done. Serve as a meal or snack.
Benefits: This recipe can nourish the spleen and stomach, strengthen the kidneys and qi. Regular consumption can make you feel light on your feet, have a rosy complexion, and be full of energy.
It is recommended to choose a beauty and whitening medicinal recipe that suits your taste in order to achieve healthy and bright skin as soon as possible.
