First Beauty and Skin Care Offer - Tremella
Tremella, also known as white fungus, has a sweet and mild nature and contains various beneficial substances for the human body, especially proteins and fats. It is an essential beauty and skin care product. Tremella can nourish the kidneys, strengthen the body, regulate blood circulation, moisturize the lungs, relieve coughs, replenish qi and nourish the brain, and promote heart health and beautiful skin. It is particularly effective in nourishing and moisturizing the skin, making it a special beauty and skin care product for women.
If women are aging and weak, coughing and wheezing, and feeling hot and thirsty, they should consume more tremella. It can quickly regulate and nourish the body, improve blood production, enhance immune function, and promote the growth of healthy cells.
According to "New Compendium of Materia Medica", tremella can moisturize the lungs and nourish yin. Those in the palace know that consuming tremella regularly can maintain youthfulness and prevent aging. It is a healthy food that promotes health, prevents diseases, nourishes the skin, and extends life.
Second Beauty and Skin Care Offer - Hot Water Soaking
The palace maids hold a silver basin filled with steaming hot water. They wrap Empress Dowager Cixi's hands with a hot towel and soak them in the hot water in the basin. They change the water three times, gradually cooling it down, to ensure the best result. After the soaking, her hands appear fair, translucent, tender, and delicate.
The palace maids know that Empress Dowager Cixi's hands have remained delicate for decades thanks to their careful care and this set of beauty and skin care methods. This daily second offering in the morning is essential for maintaining her beauty.
Third Beauty and Skin Care Offer - Hot Compress
Hot compress is one of the beauty and skin care secrets invented by Empress Dowager Cixi herself. It is also her favorite method for maintaining eternal youthfulness. The palace maids called it "washing the face," but more precisely, it is what modern people refer to as hot compress for beauty.
Using a specially made silver basin filled with hot water sprinkled with fragrant spices, a soft and delicate cotton towel is soaked in hot water and carefully applied to the skin following its texture, giving a sensation similar to sliding on smooth silk.
Years of hot compressing have resulted in virtually no wrinkles on her face. Her skin always appears bright, smooth, fair, and radiant.
Fourth Beauty and Skin Care Offer - Drinking Human Milk and Milk
One lifelong habit of Empress Dowager Cixi was drinking human milk and cow's milk. It was her most habitual and obsessive practice. In her own words, it was one of the effective methods for her beauty and skin care.
In the Qing Dynasty court, the practice of drinking milk was usually reserved for people from the northeast region. They referred to it as "milk tea" when mixed with tea. What made Empress Dowager Cixi's milk tea unique was that it was not supplied by the imperial tea house but by a small tea stove in the Palace Treasury. The milk tea was prepared according to her preferred concentration and taste, and it was made specifically for her by the tea stove every day. The proximity and the trustworthy old eunuch, Lao Zhang, who was in charge of this task, made it even more special.
