Are you still worried about the blemishes, acne, and dark circles on your face? These beauty and skincare soups below can help you eliminate spots and regain your beauty. Why not take action now?
1. Blood-boosting Rice Soup
Ingredients: 100g glutinous rice, 3g Szechuan lovage rhizome, 6g Chinese angelica, 2g safflower, 4g astragalus root, 3g spring onion, 3g ginger, 1g salt
Instructions: Wash the rice and soak it in water. Cut the Chinese angelica, Szechuan lovage rhizome, and astragalus root into thin slices. Put the sliced herbs and safflower into a clean small cloth bag and tie it tightly. Place the bag in a clay pot and boil it with chicken soup until it becomes a medicinal juice. Then add the glutinous rice to the juice and cook until thick. Season with spring onion, salt, and ginger before serving.
Effects: This soup can promote blood circulation, nourish Qi and blood, and enhance beauty.
2. Polygonum Multiflorum and Jujube Stewed Pork
Ingredients: 15g Polygonum multiflorum, 20g Solomon's seal, 20g coix seed, 3 jujubes, 250g pork, salt to taste
Instructions: Clean the Chinese medicinal materials and set aside. Blanch the pork lung and bring it to a boil with 10 to 12 bowls of water. Add all the ingredients and cook over high heat for ten minutes. Then simmer over low heat for two hours. Season with salt before serving.
Effects: This soup nourishes Yin and lungs, moistens the skin, enhances beauty, and tonifies the liver and kidneys. It is suitable for people with rough skin, dark complexion, and dull hair.
3. Coix Seed and Red Bean Porridge
Ingredients: 20g coix seed, 30g red beans
Instructions: Wash 20g of coix seeds and 30g of red beans, soak them for half a day, and drain. Boil the coix seeds until they are half cooked, then add the red beans and cook until done. Add rock sugar and stir until dissolved. Remove from heat and serve.
Effects: This porridge helps with beauty and skincare, nourishes Qi and blood, and promotes diuresis and reduces swelling. Red beans can nourish Qi and blood, and promote diuresis and reduce swelling, while coix seeds can invigorate the spleen, promote diuresis, clear heat, and eliminate pus.
4. Solomon's Seal and Goji Berry Stewed Fish
Ingredients: 5g Solomon's seal, 5g mulberry bark, 6g goji berries, 20g coix seeds, 4 red dates (pitted), 1 fish
Instructions: Rinse the fish and remove the scales. Fry it with ginger until slightly yellow. Then put it in a pot with the other herbs and simmer over low heat for four hours. Eat the fish together with the soup residue.
Effects: This soup can eliminate puffiness and lighten dark circles.
