Having spots on the face is a common concern for many women. Spots such as freckles, melasma, and chloasma can appear on the skin at different times. If not treated in a timely manner, the skin can become worsened, let alone becoming a beauty. So what are the effective methods for removing spots?
Millet and Lotus Seed Porridge for Melasma
Ingredients: 150g millet, 50g lotus seeds, 15g rock sugar, 5 red dates, 1000ml water.
Instructions: Wash the millet and soak it in cold water for 3 hours, then drain the water. Remove the core of the lotus seeds and pit of the red dates, and wash them separately. Put the millet in a pot, add water, bring to a boil over high heat, and simmer for about 20 minutes. Then add the lotus seeds and red dates, continue to cook until fully cooked, and finally add the rock sugar. Cook until the sugar melts and becomes porridge. Usage: Take once a day and consume regularly.
Effect: Millet has the most effective post-sun repair function and is an excellent ingredient for beauty. It has the effects of lightening spots, whitening the skin, treating warts and acne, and moisturizing and reducing wrinkles. Millet not only blocks melanin but also removes free radicals, achieving an anti-aging effect. Drinking this porridge regularly can help remove melasma and slow down aging.
Liuwei Dihuang Pills for Melasma
Ingredients: 40g prepared Rehmannia root, 20g dogwood fruit, 20g Chinese yam, 15g alisma rhizome, 15g moutan bark, 15g white poria.
Instructions: Grind the above six medicinal herbs into fine powder, sift, and mix well. For every 100g of powder, add 135-145g of honey to make large honey pills. Usage: Take orally, once a day, one pill each time.
Effect: Liuwei Dihuang pills can remove black spots on the face caused by yin deficiency.
Precautions: Liuwei Dihuang pills have clear indications and need to be adjusted and combined according to different constitutions to achieve the best results. Blind consumption is not recommended. People with weak spleen and stomach can choose to take the pills half an hour after meals. It is best to consult a doctor before taking Liuwei Dihuang pills.
Plum Face Wash for Freckles
Ingredients: 30g soapnut, 30g purple fringed waterlily, 30g plum flesh, 30g sweet cherry twig.
Instructions: Grind the above medicinal herbs together into powder. Take some powder in the palm of your hand every morning and evening, add a little water to wash your face, gently massage for 2 minutes, and rinse with warm water.
Effect: Plum face wash can remove freckles and beautify the complexion.
Water Hyacinth Face Wash for Freckles
Ingredients: 100g water hyacinth from ditches.
Instructions: Dry the water hyacinth and grind it into powder. After washing the face before going to bed at night, apply the powder to the face. Use it for 7 days as a course of treatment. Effect: This method can promote sweating, dispel wind, eliminate dampness, and clear away heat, thereby detoxifying and removing freckles and treating them. This method is from the "Shenghui Fang" and is a simple and practical remedy for beauty and spot removal.
Bottle Gourd Juice for Freckles and Butterfly Spots
Ingredients: 1 fresh bottle gourd.
Instructions: Take a small amount of juice from the stem of the bottle gourd and apply it directly to the cleansed skin with spots, allowing it to be fully absorbed. Use it for 7 days as a course of treatment.
Effect: Bottle gourd contains B vitamins that prevent skin aging and vitamin C that whitens the skin. It can protect the skin, eliminate patches, and make the skin white and tender. It is a rare beauty product. This method can not only remove freckles and butterfly spots but also moisturize the skin and prevent wrinkles.
Soapnut and Almond Face Mask for Spot Removal and Skin Nourishment
Ingredients: Soapnut and almond in a 1:1 ratio.
Instructions: Grind the soapnut and almond into powder. Mix with saliva every night and apply to the face. Wash it off the next morning.
Effect: This soapnut and almond mask not only removes facial spots but also has the effect of nourishing and beautifying the skin.
Potato Whitening and Spot Removal Face Mask
Ingredients: 1 fresh potato, 1/3 cup fresh milk, some flour.
Instructions: Wash the potato with clean water, peel it, cut it into small pieces, and juice it in a juicer. Pour the potato juice into a clean container, then add milk and flour, stir to form a paste. The potato whitening face mask is now ready. Apply it evenly on the face and leave it on for about 20 minutes, then rinse with warm water.
Effect: Potatoes are rich in vitamins that promote skin cell growth, maintain skin luster, whiten subcutaneous melanin, and prevent dermatitis. Therefore, it can effectively reduce spots and whiten and nourish the skin.
