Introduction: As winter approaches, the skin seems to be getting drier and drier, and constant moisturizing still leaves the face feeling dry? In fact, the hydration we talk about needs to come from both inside and out. If the body itself is dehydrated, then no amount of skincare products will be effective. Today, the editor will introduce you to what vegetables are good for women's skin in winter.
1. Lotus Root
According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, raw lotus root is sweet, cold, and non-toxic. Cooked lotus root is sweet, warm, and also non-toxic.
Lotus root contains starch, protein, asparagine, vitamin C, and oxidase components, and its sugar content is also very high. Eating raw fresh lotus root can clear heat, relieve vexation, quench thirst, and stop vomiting; if fresh lotus root is pressed and juiced, its effect is even greater. Cooked lotus root is sweet and warm in nature, which can strengthen the spleen and whet the appetite, nourish the blood and benefit the heart. Therefore, it mainly nourishes the five organs and has the effects of aiding digestion, quenching thirst, and promoting tissue regeneration.
Pan-Fried Lotus Root Cakes
2. Seaweed
Seaweed is rich in protein, fiber, vitamins, and minerals. Nori, in particular, is rich in soluble fucoidan, which can protect the body from radiation damage.
3. Tomato
Tomato is sweet, sour, cool, and slightly cold in nature. It can clear heat and quench thirst, nourish yin, cool the blood, and is associated with the liver, stomach, and lung meridians. It has the effects of promoting saliva secretion to quench thirst, strengthening the stomach to aid digestion, clearing heat and detoxifying, cooling the blood to calm the liver, nourishing blood, and increasing appetite; it can be used to treat thirst and loss of appetite.
Tomatoes contain carotene and vitamins A and C, which have effects on removing freckles, beautifying, anti-aging, and skincare, and can treat fungal and infectious skin diseases. Niacin helps maintain the normal secretion of gastric juice, promotes the formation of red blood cells, and is beneficial for maintaining the elasticity of blood vessel walls and protecting the skin. Another study shows that tomato juice also has a certain effect on eliminating body odor.
4. Bean Sprouts
Li Shizhen recorded in "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Only this bean sprout is uniquely white and beautiful. After eating, it clears the mind and nourishes the body, and has the effect of 'detoxifying from alcohol and heat, and benefiting the triple burner'." In TCM classics, soybean sprouts are listed as the number one longevity food, while mung bean sprouts rank sixth. Bean sprouts can prevent freckles and dark spots, and whiten the skin.
Stir-Fried Mung Bean Sprouts
5. Winter Melon
Winter melon is a great beauty product with a significant effect on whitening the skin. Wiping the face with winter melon slices daily or washing the face frequently with winter melon pulp can make the facial skin delicate, smooth, and clean, and reduce melasma. This may be related to the histidine, urease, and various vitamins and trace elements in the pulp.
Winter melon has also always been regarded as a top product for weight loss, earning it the reputation of the "slimming melon." The modern medical community believes that the slimming effect of winter melon is mainly due to its rich content of malonic acid, a substance that can inhibit the conversion of carbohydrates into fat, thus preventing fat accumulation in the body and achieving a slimming effect. "Shennong's Classic of Materia Medica" says that winter melon "makes one's complexion good, replenishes qi and relieves hunger, and long-term use makes one light-bodied and resistant to aging."
6. Chili Pepper
Chili pepper is pungent and hot in nature, expelling pathogens and cold, brightening the eyes and killing insects, its warmth is not harsh, and it enters the heart and spleen meridians.
The vitamin C content in chili peppers ranks first among vegetables. Chili peppers can promote hormone secretion in the body and improve skin condition. Many people think that eating spicy food causes acne, but it's actually not the chili's fault. Only for people who are already prone to acne, eating chili will add fuel to the fire.
Stir-Fried Pork Skin with Chili Peppers