Pearls have always been regarded as precious treasures by people, who are willing to use words like "pure," "gorgeous," and "round" to describe their beauty. Whether in ancient times or modern times, pearls have always been crafted into beautiful ornaments to symbolize power, wealth, or beauty.
However, many people are unaware that pearls have high medicinal value and are valuable animal medicine besides being used for decoration. The use of pearls in medicine has a history of over 2,000 years in China. The "Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China" and the "Dictionary of Traditional Chinese Medicine" both state that pearls have the effects of calming the mind, improving vision, detoxifying, and promoting skin regeneration. Modern research also shows that pearls have unique effects in enhancing the body's immune system, delaying aging, whitening and removing spots, and supplementing calcium. Especially in terms of delaying aging and whitening, it is a blessing for women who pursue beauty.
In ancient times, many members of the royal family had the habit of taking pearl powder. Among them, Empress Dowager Cixi can be said to have fully utilized its benefits. Empress Dowager Cixi believed in the beauty effects of pearls and established a specialized institution to study the medicinal effects of pearls. Royal physicians were assigned to develop pearl powder, which she frequently took in fixed doses to maintain her vitality and beauty. Legend has it that when Empress Dowager Cixi was in her fifties or sixties, her skin was still as youthful as a young girl's.
In fact, many expensive cosmetics nowadays also contain pearl powder. Ms. Chang is someone who loves beauty very much. She says, "Women live for their faces." When she came to the hospital, she said that two or three years ago, she developed melasma on her face for no apparent reason, just below her right eye, about the size of half an egg. She had bought a lot of cosmetics for this issue. Later, she realized that constantly covering it up was not a solution, so she came to the hospital for a check-up.
The method of using pearl powder to treat melasma is very effective. The specific preparation method is as follows: first, buy 60 grams of pearl powder from a Chinese medicine store. Then pour the pearl powder into a container for making a face mask and mix it with an appropriate amount of milk. You can also add a small amount of honey to ensure that the pearl powder can be evenly applied to the face.
When using it, first wash the face with warm water, then evenly apply the prepared pearl mixture to the face. Massage the areas with melasma for a while to promote blood circulation and the absorption of nutrients by the skin. After 20 minutes, rinse off with warm water. Ms. Sun applies it every night before going to bed. After less than a month, the melasma disappeared, and her colleagues even praised her for having smooth and tender skin.
Modern pharmacological research has proven that external application of pearl powder mainly solves the problem of facial oiliness and dead skin, and delays skin aging by enhancing the activity of SOD (superoxide dismutase, which is the garbage collector in the human body). After using it, the skin becomes refreshed, smooth, fair, and beautiful.
