How to treat acne caused by excessive stomach fire?

Excessive stomach fire can easily cause acne, which troubles many people. Therefore, effective conditioning cannot be ignored. You can cook some mung bean porridge, monk fruit herbal tea, and winter melon soup, all of which have a good effect in removing stomach fire.

1. Mung bean porridge

According to ancient books, mung beans are sweet and cold in nature, enter the heart and stomach meridians, reduce swelling, relieve gas, suppress heat and detoxify. In the scorching summer, people like to cook a pot of mung bean porridge in the evening and eat it after it cools down. It is refreshing and makes people feel much more comfortable even in the dog days of summer. If you feel that your stomach is getting hot, you might as well make yourself a bowl of sweet, cool and delicious mung bean porridge. The upgraded versions of mung bean porridge include mung bean lotus leaf porridge, mung bean and barley porridge, etc., which are all cold foods and are very helpful in reducing stomach fire.

The preparation method is: 30 grams of gypsum powder, appropriate amounts of polished rice and mung beans. First boil the gypsum with water, then filter out the residue, take the clear liquid, add rice and mung beans to cook porridge.

2. Monk fruit herbal tea

The treatment of excessive stomach fire is mainly to clear away stomach fire. You can choose to use Sterculia lychnophora, Momordica grosvenori, Cortex Moutan, Rehmannia glutinosa, etc. Luo Han Guo is sweet, sour and cool in nature. It has the effects of clearing heat and cooling blood, promoting fluid and relieving cough, lubricating the intestines and detoxifying, rejuvenating the skin and improving the complexion, moistening the lungs and resolving phlegm. It is often used for symptoms such as lung fire and dry cough, sore throat and aphonia, dry intestine and constipation. It has a good effect on the treatment of acute tracheitis, acute tonsillitis, throat fire, and acute gastritis.

The preparation method is: 2 to 3 pieces of monk fruit, 1 piece of Sterculia lychnophora, and appropriate amount of rock sugar or honey. Remove the shell of monk fruit, add sterculia lychnophora, brew with boiling water, add appropriate amount of rock sugar or honey and drink.

3. Winter melon soup

Winter melon is cold in nature, can clear away stomach fire, nourish the stomach and produce body fluid, reduce people's food intake, and promote the conversion of starch and sugar in the body into heat energy instead of fat. At the same time, winter melon has anti-aging effects. Long-term consumption can keep your skin as white as jade, moisturized and smooth, and keep your body healthy. Most importantly, winter melon has a good effect of clearing heat and relieving summer heat.

The preparation method is: chop the ribs into small pieces, wash and drain the water; peel the winter melon and cut into appropriate pieces; chop the ginger. Blanch the ribs in boiling water for 5 minutes, remove and rinse with clean water. Bring the ribs, ginger, aniseed and appropriate amount of water to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for about 60 minutes. Add the winter melon and simmer for about 20 minutes. Remove the ginger and aniseed, add salt, pepper and MSG and serve.