Freckle on the face is the inevitable worry of middle-aged and old women. In hot summer, even if it is not easy to grow freckle physique, excessive exposure to the sun will inevitably grow spots after all. No matter freckle, liver spot, all spots are associated with increased melanin and spots are calm in muscle surface; Chinese medicine also calls them “mucuna”, “mucuna on the face” or “dust on the face”. When metabolism is normal, melanin is excreted with the exfoliation of old epidermal cells. When the metabolism is slow, or the damage of ultraviolet ray is too big, melanin forms black spots. Heredity, ultraviolet ray, pressure, stay up late, female hormone influence, aging, food and drug factor, pollution or radiation, high-temperature environment, some chronic disease, etc, Many factors may activate the tyrosinase that forms melanin, or slows down the metabolism and excretion of melanin.

The main pathogenesis of “Blackish Facial Patch” is:

1. Spleen: poor diet leads to weak spleen and stomach, lack of qi* and blood, and loss of skin nutrition; Or spleen deficiency moistening phlegm, phlegm turbid water vapor on the surface. The symptom sees: the complexion Withers yellow, have the light brown spot piece, the boundary is ambiguous, often easy weariness, the limbs heavy lack of power, the digestion is bad, defecate slant soft, the female still may have leucorrhea quantity much condition. For this symptom, you can use tuckahoe, Chinese yam, coicis seed, yellow Jain, white stiff silkworm, replenishing spleen and dampness phlegm.
2. Liver: long-term pressure, mood swings, resulting in liver qi stagnation and qi – blood phlegm stagnation subcutaneous. The symptoms include spot color is deeper and boundary is clear, irritability, menstruation is out of tune, the spot color is deepened before menstruation, both of breasts swell and are painful. Fragrance, white Tribulus Terrestris, rose, and Angelica sinensis can improve the blood circulation of the skin, lighten spot and moistens the skin. If spot color is black with red, add peppermint, you can add mint, red peony root, and dry lotus grass to cool down blood and nourish Yin*.
3. Kidney: kidney problem caused by long-time illness and the elderly also can cause insufficient energy and blood. The symptoms include darkness around the eyes and face, easy dropsy, lumbar debility, tinnitus, urinary frequency, etc. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), such as White fungus, Chinese wolfberry, or rhizoma typhonii can help to improve gradually deepen, boundary clear spots.

You can also use traditional Chinese medicine to apply therapeutics. The Qing dynasty imperial doctor used a variety of traditional Chinese medicine to make “young face powder” to lighten spots on the face of the empress dowager Cixi. The ancient recipe is more complicated, and the improved “Chinese medicine whitening mask” can be used now:

Ingredients: Bletilla striata, angelica dahurica, Tribulus Terrestris, Poria Cocos, baishu, coicis seed, green bean powder, pearl powder, water.

Method: Grind the medicine into very fine powder, mix well, add water to mix paste. At night, apply to half dry (about 10 minutes) after washing your face and rinse off with warm water. Once a week.

In addition, the combination of acupuncture or gentle self-massage on acupoints can enhance the efficacy.

Tips for protecting skin:

1. Prevent bask in. Ultraviolet ray not only makes skin color darker, easy to grow spot, but also makes skin dry, aging, immune function drops, and skin cancer. After eating many citruses, celery, leeks and other light sensitive food, you should avoid the sun.

2. Don’t stay up late and worry less. From 11 pm to 3 am is the time for beauty sleep, otherwise, the body is overworked and the skin metabolism deteriorates. Stay up late and stress will affect endocrine, aggravate dark spots and dark skin.

3. Nutrition balance. Rich in vitamin C, fruits and vegetables can whiten and remove spots. Green tea and fresh berries contain antioxidants that brighten skin and slow aging. Nuts, on the other hand, contain antioxidant and anti-aging vitamin E, as well as unsaturated fatty acids, which soften the skin from the inside out and make it look younger.

4. Reduce skin stimulation: cosmetics containing mercury, skin care products with strong irritating, excessive exfoliate, and washing face with superheated water should avoid.

5. Menstruation not tuned for a long time, taking the pill for a long time, some chronic diseases (such as liver disease, adrenal lesions, tumor), smoking, or drinking, may result in increased melanin, or diminished ability to eliminate melanin. You should make the internal adjustment to comprehensive improvement, not only eliminate plaque.

*Qi: the vital life force that flows through the body and is supposedly regulated by acupuncture.

*Yin: Everything contains Yin and Yang. They are two opposite yet complementary energies. What does this really mean? Although they are totally different—opposite—in their individual qualities and nature, they are interdependent. Yin and Yang cannot exist without the other; they are never separate. For example, night and day form a Yin-Yang pair. (Night is Yin and day is Yang.) Night looks and is very different than the day, yet it is impossible to have one without the other. Both create a totality, a complete whole.