Dealing with acne on your face is frustrating. Here are 6 fruits that are effective for clearing it up.

A person's skin is the most outward expression, and everyone wants to show their best side to the people around them. However, acne grows mercilessly on people's faces. Acne is often caused by lung heat, heart fire, and spleen heat. Patients with acne on their face should choose foods that detoxify, remove heat, and are cooling to eat. Let's take a look at what foods can help alleviate and remove acne.

1. Strawberry

For those with excess liver fire, strawberries can both nourish the liver and are experts at removing liver fire. From a Traditional Chinese Medicine perspective, strawberries are cool in nature, slightly sweet and sour, and can nourish and protect the liver. Because red enters the heart meridian, it can also remove heart fire. Furthermore, strawberries are a typical berry, rich in vitamin C, which helps the body absorb iron and nourish cells; their natural anti-inflammatory components can reduce the production of free radicals to keep brain cells active. However, strawberries are cool in nature, so don't eat too many at once, especially for those with a weak spleen and stomach, who are prone to diarrhea, or have excess stomach acid.

2. Milk

Many people believe that drinking milk can worsen "internal heat" and cause irritability. In fact, milk not only doesn't cause "internal heat" but can also relieve heat toxins and remove liver fire. Traditional Chinese Medicine considers milk to be slightly cool in nature, and it can exert a "heat-clearing" effect by nourishing yin and relieving heat toxins. Moreover, milk contains about 70% water, which can replenish the water lost by the body through excessive sweating.

Purple Sweet Potato Milk Almond Paste

3. Apple

An apple is a low-calorie food, with only 60 kilocalories per 100 grams. The nutrients in apples are highly soluble and easily absorbed by the body, hence it's known as "living water." It helps dissolve sulfur, making the skin smooth and supple. Moreover, apples also have the effect of removing acne. Mash a fresh apple into a pulp, apply it to the face for 30 minutes, and then wash it off with salt water. This will not only feel very refreshing but can also make the skin fair and tender. Persisting for a month can effectively remove acne.

4. Pear

Pears are delicious, with crisp, juicy, sweet-and-sour flesh and a beautiful aromatic flavor. They are rich in sugars, proteins, fats, carbohydrates, and various vitamins, playing an important role in human health. The dietary fiber in pears can help lower cholesterol levels and aid in weight loss. American nutritionists have found that each pear contains 10 grams of dietary fiber that lowers cholesterol, meeting 40% of the body's daily dietary fiber requirement. Applying a mask made of mashed pears mixed with yogurt to the face for 15-20 minutes before washing it off has an anti-inflammatory effect on oily skin and skin with acne, large pores, and blemishes, and can also shrink pores.

Osmanthus and Tremella Stewed Snow Pear

5. Aloe

The polysaccharides and various vitamins in aloe have excellent nutritional, moisturizing, and whitening effects on human skin. Barbadensis Miller (Aloe Vera) is the most suitable fresh aloe leaf for direct cosmetic use. It has properties that can astringe, soften, moisturize, reduce inflammation, and whiten the skin. It also has the effect of softening and exfoliating, and improving scars. It can not only prevent fine lines, eye bags, and sagging skin but also keep the skin moist and tender. At the same time, it can treat skin inflammation and is also very effective for acne, freckles, and blemishes, as well as burns, cuts, and insect bites. It is also effective for hair, keeping it moist and smooth and preventing hair loss.

6. Banana

Bananas contain various trace elements and vitamins that can help relax muscles, make people feel happy, and have a certain weight-loss effect. Bananas have many benefits. Mashing the banana flesh into a paste and applying it evenly to the face for 20 minutes before washing it off can reduce inflammation and kill bacteria, making it especially suitable for skin prone to acne.

Banana Pancakes