Taiping Princess's beauty recipe, "Peach Blossom Red Skin Cream", is a facial mask. On the seventh day of July, take the blood of a black chicken and mix it with peach blossom powder from the third month of the lunar calendar. Apply it on the face and body. After two or three days, the skin will become fair and white.
Recipe for Facial Mask
The ingredients of this facial mask are peach blossoms and black chicken blood. Although these two ingredients seem ordinary, the selection is quite particular. Peach blossoms should be picked on the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar, dried in the wind, and ground into fine powder for storage. On the day of the Qixi Festival, kill a black chicken. Mix the chicken blood with the dried peach blossom powder to make a paste-like facial mask. When using it, evenly apply it on the face and skin. After use, the skin will become smooth, tender, and fair.
Source and Benefits
Why use "peach blossoms" and "black chicken blood"? Ancient Chinese people have long recognized the value of peach blossoms. "Qian Jin Yao Fang" records: "Peach blossoms, seventy-three stems. Drink on an empty stomach, slim waist, and beautiful as peach blossoms."
1. Peach blossoms
According to the record in "Guo Jing Ben Cao", taking fresh peach blossoms soaked in wine and drinking a small amount every day can improve the complexion, maintain a slender figure, and make one as beautiful as peach blossoms. The main beauty effect of peach blossoms lies in the fact that they contain nutrients such as quercetin, vanillin, isoflavones, vitamin A, B vitamins, and vitamin C. These substances can promote blood circulation, moisturize the skin, prevent the chronic deposition of pigments in the skin, and effectively remove unsightly yellow-brown spots, freckles, and dark spots. It is also effective in preventing and treating dry, rough, and wrinkled skin, and enhancing the skin's ability to resist diseases, thereby preventing and treating skin diseases, dermatitis, and scurvy. It is beneficial for the skin.
Why pick peach blossoms on the third day of the third month? Because this is the peak season for peach blossoms. The medicinal properties are better on this day.
" Ming Yi Bie Lu" records: "Peach blossoms are mild in nature and sweet in taste, and they have the effects of promoting laxative, diuresis, and anti-swelling. They can be used to treat edema, constipation, waist pain, abdominal pain, and other conditions. To treat edema, stagnant qi, phlegm, and stagnant accumulation, difficult bowel movements, take an appropriate amount of peach blossoms and honey, and steep them in boiling water."
2. Black chicken
Black-bone chickens are rich in vitamin C and vitamin E, which can nourish the skin and delay aging. Mixing peach blossoms and black chicken blood can promote skin metabolism and provide sufficient nutrition, thus achieving the effect of beauty.
This recipe also has certain auxiliary therapeutic effects on skin diseases such as vitiligo. If it is difficult to find black-bone chicken blood, it can be replaced with milk, honey, and other ingredients. For oily skin, mix peach blossom powder with milk and apply it on the face. After 20 minutes, rinse it off. For dry and neutral skin, mix peach blossom powder with honey and use it as a facial mask.
