How to detoxify and whiten your skin, old Chinese medicine practitioners recommend several detoxifying foods

Due to the deterioration of people’s living environment and their unhealthy living habits, more and more toxins accumulate in the human body and cannot be discharged normally. Excessive accumulation of toxins in the body not only affects people's appearance, but also harms their physical health. So what are some ways to detoxify and whiten?

1: Job's tears can promote blood circulation and water metabolism in the body, exert a diuretic and swelling-reducing effect, and help improve edema-type obesity. Barley water is a good detoxification method. Simply boil the barley in boiling water, then add a little sugar according to personal taste. It is a natural skin whitening product.

1: It tastes sweet and sour, and is warm in nature. It has the effects of nourishing the spleen and liver, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst, detoxifying and stopping diarrhea. Li Shizhen said in Compendium of Materia Medica: "Eating litchi regularly can nourish the brain and body..." Suishenju Dietary Manual records: "Lychee is sweet, warm and fragrant, can nourish the mind and improve intelligence, replenish essence and fluid, eliminate odor and relieve pain, nourish the heart and nourish the liver and blood. It is the best fruit, and fresh ones are especially good."

2: Modern medicine believes that litchi contains vitamins A, B1, C, as well as pectin, free amino acids, protein, and various elements such as iron, phosphorus, and calcium. Modern medical research has proved that litchi can nourish the kidneys, improve liver function, accelerate the elimination of toxins, promote cell generation, and make the skin tender. It is an ideal fruit for detoxification and beauty.

1: It tastes sweet and is neutral in nature. It is also known as cucumber, courgette, and prickly melon. It is native to India and has obvious effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, promoting body fluid and quenching thirst. Modern medicine believes that cucumbers are rich in nutrients such as protein, carbohydrates, vitamin B2, vitamin C, vitamin E, carotene, niacin, calcium, phosphorus, iron, etc. Cucumbers also contain succinic acid, cucurbitacin, soft fine fibers and other ingredients. They are a rare detoxifying and beauty-enhancing food.

2: The cucumis acid contained in cucumbers can promote the body's metabolism and excrete toxins. The vitamin C content is 5 times higher than that of watermelon. It can whiten skin, maintain skin elasticity and inhibit the formation of melanin. Cucumbers can also inhibit the conversion of carbohydrates into fat and are very beneficial to the lungs, stomach, heart, liver and excretory system. It is easy to feel irritable, thirsty, have sore throat or phlegm in the summer. Eating cucumbers can help resolve inflammation.

1: It is well known that salt has anti-inflammatory and bactericidal effects, but in fact, its detoxification effect is also unique. If you are addicted to oily skin, try mixing a small spoonful of salt with honey, apply it on your face and gently massage for five minutes before washing it off with clean water. Salt can deeply clean the skin pores, while honey water can replenish skin nutrients in time. Applying it once in the morning and once in the evening can help remove toxins from the skin.

1: 60-70% of the human body is made up of water. Water can also help transport waste in the body. Its importance is self-evident. Each person should drink 6-8 glasses of water every day. For most healthy people, one of the criteria for judging whether you are drinking enough water is: if you urinate less than 10 times a day, then add more. In addition, adding half a lemon or lemon juice to the water and drinking it while it is hot is beneficial to the normal functioning of the digestive system and lymphatic system, thereby promoting the removal of waste from the body. At the same time, lemon water can help the liver detoxify and balance endocrine system; studies have shown that the citrate it contains can inhibit the formation of kidney stones.

Modern people pay more and more attention to their health. Experts point out that only by eliminating harmful substances and excess nutrients in the body in a timely manner and keeping the five internal organs and the body clean can the body remain healthy.