Although acne is a skin disease, it is closely related to our daily diet. People who don't have acne will not grow up if their diet is chaotic; But people who are prone to acne, if they don't strictly control their diet, will only make the already serious condition worse! Therefore, for patients with acne muscles, a healthy and regular diet is the most important.
How do acne patients eat?
1. Light vegetarian, less spicy and exciting.
Eat more foods rich in dietary fiber, such as fresh fruits and vegetables, promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, keep stool unobstructed, and prevent metabolic waste from staying; At the same time, we should try to eat less foods and drinks that can stimulate androgen secretion and sebaceous gland secretion, such as raw onions, garlic, peppers, spirits, strong tea and coffee.
2. Low in fat and sugar, eat less fishy hair.
High-fat, high-sugar foods will not only lead to increased secretion of sebaceous glands, but also transform into fat in the body, aggravating acne. However, fishy hair such as shrimp, crab, mutton and goose can easily cause the recurrence of inflammatory diseases.
3. Moisturize and remove heat to ensure sufficient water.
Acne patients are mostly hot, so it is advisable to choose foods with the functions of cooling, clearing away heat, promoting fluid production and moistening dryness, such as bitter gourd, cucumber, wax gourd, celery, tomato, lotus root, soybean and pear. Adequate water has both moisturizing and excreting effects, which is beneficial to the treatment of acne.
4. Appropriate vitamin supplementation and food structure adjustment.
In the deployment of diet structure, acne patients should pay attention to supplement appropriate vitamins and trace elements. Among them, vitamin A can regulate the metabolism of epithelial cells, inhibit the proliferation of epithelial cells and hyperkeratosis of hair follicles, regulate the function of skin sweat glands, and reduce the invasion of acidic metabolites on epidermis, which is beneficial to the rehabilitation of acne patients. Foods rich in vitamin A include Flammulina velutipes, carrots, leeks, spinach and beans.
In addition, zinc can also inhibit sebum secretion by sebaceous glands and reduce cell shedding and keratinization. You can eat lean meat, peanuts, chestnuts, sesame seeds, peach kernels, corn and other foods appropriately.
Syndrome differentiation treatment of traditional Chinese medicine
1. Wind-heat type of lung meridian
Clinical manifestations: the facial skin is flushed and greasy, and the lesions are mainly red papules, sometimes itchy and painful, accompanied by dry mouth and thirst, constipation, short and red urine, red tongue with thin yellow fur and floating pulse.
Treatment principle: clearing lung and expelling wind.
Treatment prescription:
Lily chrysanthemum soup
Materials: lily 30g, white chrysanthemum 10g, rock sugar 20g.
Practice: Wash lily, add water to white chrysanthemum and boil for 15 minutes, then add rock sugar to dissolve. Always drink tea instead of tea.
Efficacy: expelling wind, clearing away heat and moistening lung.
Eriobotrya leaf barley porridge
Materials: fresh loquat (peeled and pitted) 50g, clean loquat leaves 10g, coix seed 10g.
Practice: decoct loquat leaves to get juice, add coix seed and cook into porridge; Then wash loquat, peel it, cut it into pieces, add it to porridge and stir it evenly. Eat as a meal.
Efficacy: clearing lung qi and dissipating heat.
2. Damp-heat type of spleen and stomach
Clinical manifestations: greasy facial skin, swollen papules, itching and pain, mostly blackheads, pustules, nodules or cysts; Dry mouth, halitosis, constipation or sticky discomfort, Huang Chi in urine, yellow greasy tongue coating, and slippery pulse.
Treatment principle: clearing heat and promoting diuresis, and regulating spleen and stomach.
Treatment prescription:
Almond kelp mung bean soup
Ingredients: sweet almond 9g, kelp mung bean 15g, rose (cloth) 15g, and a little brown sugar.
Practice: After boiling the top grade * * *, remove the roses and add brown sugar to taste. Eat soup.
Efficacy: clearing heat and diuresis, regulating stomach and dispersing lung.
Yin Hua green tea
Materials: green tea 3g, honeysuckle 10g.
Practice: brew with boiling water. Drink tea instead.
Efficacy: clearing heat and promoting diuresis.
3. Phlegm and blood stasis type
Clinical manifestations: papules, pustules, obvious nodules and cysts can be seen in the lesions; Upset and irritable, chest pain; Women with irregular menstruation or dysmenorrhea; The tongue is purple or dark with ecchymosis, thin yellow fur, thin or astringent pulse.
Treatment principle: promoting blood circulation to dissipate stagnation, benefiting yin and clearing heat.
Treatment prescription:
Peach kernel hawthorn porridge
Ingredients: peach kernel10g, hawthorn 20g and japonica rice 50g.
Practice: Peach kernel and hawthorn are boiled in water to get juice, and japonica rice is used to cook porridge. Eat as a meal; Every day 1 time.
Efficacy: promoting blood circulation, resolving hard mass, resolving food stagnation and regulating stomach.
Lotus leaf Fritillaria walnut porridge
Ingredients: half a lotus leaf, Fritillaria 10g, walnut kernel 10g, and rice 60g.
Practice: Boil the first four flavors with water to get juice, and add rice to cook porridge. Eat as a meal.
Efficacy: eliminating dampness and resolving phlegm, harmonizing stomach and benefiting yuan.
Author: Yu Yongping
Secretary of the Party Branch of Jinggu County Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, deputy chief physician, bachelor degree, graduated from Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine in 2005, engaged in clinical work 10 years. I went to Yunnan Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine and the First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University for further study. At present, he is a member of the Standing Committee of Yunnan Association of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, a member of the Dermatology Committee of Yunnan Association of Ethnic and Folk Medicine, a member of the Dermatology Committee of Yunnan Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine, a member of the Rheumatology Committee of Yunnan Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine, a member of the Geriatrics Branch of China Association of Ethnic Medicine, and a member of the Ninth Council of Yunnan Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Good at: acne, eczema, urticaria, herpes zoster, rheumatoid arthritis, gastritis, cold, cough, abdominal pain and so on.
Editor-in-Chief Ma Chunli