Oily face with acne?

In life, people often say that their skin is not oily, but they are prone to acne. They have tried a lot of acne-removing and oil-control products, but not only do they have no effect, but the more they are used, the oilier the skin becomes. In fact, this is due to oily skin. The reasons for acne are different. Oily skin and frequent acne are in themselves the result of the two toxins of dampness and heat that cannot be smoothly excreted from the body. That is, acne is a heat toxin, and excess oil is a damp toxin. Where do these damp toxins come from?

Oily face with acne?

1. Staying up late damages liver qi. The most direct harm of staying up late is that the liver qi cannot be generated. The liver and gallbladder meridians are in charge at midnight. If you don't rest in the middle of the night, it will definitely affect the generation and release of liver qi. If things go on like this for a long time, the liver's regulating function, or what modern medicine calls its detoxification function, will be affected. More and more toxins accumulate in the body, forming heat toxins that cause acne.

2. Staying up late hurts the spleen and stomach. The stagnation of liver qi caused by staying up late will directly lead to malfunction of the spleen, the center of qi and energy in the human body. The spleen is responsible for transportation, transformation and metabolism. Its normal functioning depends on the regulation of liver qi as a "lubricant". Therefore, when the liver qi is stagnant, the spleen qi will become abnormal. The metabolism of water and the removal of phlegm and dampness in the human body are inseparable from the spleen's transportation and transformation. Therefore, when the spleen is affected, it is difficult for dampness to be expelled from the body, thus generating dampness. Too much dampness accumulates and turns into heat, which provides a better breeding ground for the generation of heat toxins.

3. Excessive drinking, smoking and intake of fatty and sweet foods. Drinking and smoking will allow the two poisons of dampness and heat to enter the body directly. Fatty, sweet and greasy foods aggravate the stagnation of heat in the middle burner, further exacerbating spleen dampness and further producing heat toxins.

4. Too much thinking, too many desires, and too high expectations for ambition and success. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that thinking can cause qi stagnation. The qi here mainly refers to the qi of the spleen. Therefore, when we are in a bad mood, we often cannot eat and have no appetite at all. If the spleen's Qi is not functioning smoothly for a long time, it will become stagnant and turn into heat, which will rise to the surface.

It can be seen that oily face and acne are a comprehensive sub-health problem. Changing the above-mentioned bad living habits and mental state is the fundamental to reversing physical condition. Only on this basis can we talk about dietary therapy.

Here, we recommend a medicinal diet for you, which is very beneficial for clearing dampness and heat and changing skin condition.

Prepare 30 grams of mung beans, 50 grams of coix seeds, and 10 grams of dried purslane. Wash the mung beans and coix seeds together, soak them in a small amount of water for 12 hours, and add about 800 ml of water to the pot the next day. Bring to a boil over high heat, then turn to low heat to simmer. Meanwhile, soak or wash and chop the purslane. After the mung beans and coix seeds are cooked, add purslane and cook for 3 to 5 minutes. If you feel the taste is not good when taking it, you can add a small amount of honey.