Sun protection tips

With the arrival of summer, many beauties want to protect themselves from the sun and keep their skin whiter through sunscreen and sun protective clothing. In addition to these two ways, from the level of Chinese medicine, from the body to resist the sun is also a good way to prevent sunlight whitening in summer. Let's take a look, what are the best ways to resist the sun in Chinese medicine?

Chinese medicine sun protection trick 1: scientific absorption of lycopene

From the anatomical structure of the skin, pigment cells in the basal layer of the epidermis will secrete a large amount of melanin when exposed to ultraviolet light, which is used to absorb ultraviolet light as a way to block the damage of ultraviolet light to the body. Therefore, the more melanin is secreted, the stronger the protection against melanin damage to the body. Once melanin is excessively concentrated, dark spots will be easily produced.

Tomato - the best whitening vegetable and fruit

We can prevent tanning by eating more vegetables, and tomatoes, which have a lot of lycopene, are the best vegetable for "whitening". Lycopene is anti-aging, fights various free radicals in the body, metabolic waste, prevents tumors, and can also play a role in whitening. This antioxidant function is somehow better than vitamins E and C in terms of sun protection. The lycopene can only be absorbed by the body after the tomatoes are cooked.

Other fruits and vegetables rich in lycopene

In addition to tomatoes, the following vegetables: pumpkin, citrus, carrots, papaya, plums, watermelon and other red and yellow fruits and vegetables all contain a certain amount of lycopene. But the other partial gray vegetables such as amaranth, celery, rape leaves, mullein, parsley, coronary, spinach, etc., contain substances that increase the body's skin photosensitivity, these substances are easy to cause us to be tanned.

Chinese medicine sunscreen trick 2: whitening mask DIY

In the northeast, the female factory workers who process ginseng have very white hands, the reason is that their hands often touch the leaching solution of ginseng, which will make their skin very delicate and white. It is evident that ginseng has excellent effect on whitening, and external application can produce very good effects such as whitening, anti-aging, increasing the elasticity of skin dermal fibers, and resisting free radicals. But is using ginseng for skin whitening too extravagant? Consider using the raw sun ginseng sold in pharmacies and hospitals. Since it can be artificially cultivated so the price of one gram is around one dollar, the cost of using about five to six grams at a time will range from five to six dollars. To use the ginseng, buy a drink (slice) of raw ginseng, use a cooking machine to grind it into a coarse powder, and then boil it in water to ensure that the active ingredients of the ginseng are precipitated. Add about five grams of coarsely ground ginseng powder to water at a time and boil it for thirty minutes. The boiled water can then be used to wash your face or hands, or soak an absorbent towel in ginseng water and put it on your face for about a quarter of an hour.

Chinese medicine sunscreen trick 3: rose chrysanthemum infusion water to drink

In Chinese medicine, freckles are related to heredity, and with the growth of age may appear in the cheeks in blocks of discoloration, called chloasma. The definition of chloasma in The Authentic Book of Surgery: "Those with sallow spots, water deficiency cannot control fire, and blood weakness cannot hua skin." This means that the production of chloasma is related to yin deficiency and fire, blood deficiency, and inability to nourish the skin. Looking further inward, it is caused by the deficiency fire of the kidney and liver qi stagnation, etc. If you want to lighten the spots, you still have to solve them from the source - dredging the liver and relieving depression, and regulating the emotions. The physician recommends the tea substitute of rose flower. The "Justice of the Materia Medica" mentions that rose flower can dredge the liver, invigorate blood and wake up the spleen and stomach. Together with chrysanthemum, it has the effect of dispersing wind and clearing heat, calming the liver and clearing the eyes. Use 7-8 roses, plus 5-6 chrysanthemums, and make water.

Chinese medicine sunscreen trick 4: tea to repair after-sun skin

For relief after sunburn, you can use tea. The tea is rich in tea polyphenols, and it has a good UV prevention effect when taken internally, and it has a significant effect on after-sun repair and whitening. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that sun exposure will form phototoxicity, and green tea is cool to detoxify the light, so it has a very good preventive and relieving effect on sun exposure. After the sunburn, take green tea iced on the affected area of the sunburn, depending on the severity of the sunburn, regardless of the number of times, if the dressing feels dry skin, apply emollient oil moisturizing can be.