Mask therapy is a method that applies masks made from Chinese herbs or extracts with acne-clearing effects onto the skin, providing a way to treat acne and improve skin care and beauty. For acne treatment, the medication is directly applied to the affected areas, resulting in rapid and effective treatment. The masks are easy to make and convenient for patients to prepare and use.
Treatment
Acne-clearing mask
Indications: Lung meridian wind-heat type acne. Symptoms include mainly red papules, pus-filled pimples, red nodules, painful lesions, itching sensation, and facial flushing.
Ingredients: 250g Asarum, 500g Angelica dahurica, 500g Paeonia lactiflora, 500g Aconitum carmichaelii, 500g Radix Angelicae Sinensis, 200g Dolichos lablab, 200g Schisandra chinensis, 100g Carthamus tinctorius.
Method: Grind the ingredients into fine powder. Mix 200g medical plaster with 20g herbal powder. Add warm water at 30-40°C and stir to form a paste.
Usage: Apply the paste onto the face, leaving eyebrows, eyes, nose, and mouth exposed. Remove after 30 minutes. Use once a week for a total of 4 weeks.
Tea leaf mask
Indications: Acne.
Ingredients: Tea leaves, egg white, as needed.
Method: Grind the tea leaves into fine powder. Mix with paste or egg white.
Usage: Apply onto the face. Remove after 30 minutes.
Note: This formula has the effect of tightening pores and cleansing the skin.
Mung bean and indigo powder mask
Indications: Early stage of acne, excessive sebum secretion.
Ingredients: 35g mung bean powder, 7g indigo powder, 3g borneol.
Method: Mix the three ingredients together and add warm water to form a paste.
Usage: Apply onto the face before bedtime and use continuously until healed.
Note: This formula has the effects of clearing heat, detoxification, cooling blood, and removing fat.
Almond and mica powder mask
Indications: Acne or dark complexion.
Ingredients: Equal amounts of almonds and mica powder.
Method: Grind the two ingredients into powder, mix with buffalo milk, and steam slightly.
Usage: Apply to the affected skin before sleep and wash off in the morning.
Note: It can reduce swelling, detoxify, and remove various facial blemishes caused by wind and heat.
