What to do if you have acne

The fast-paced life and the lack of attention to developing good living and eating habits can easily lead to acne on the face. Acne can occur in many parts of the body, but mainly on the face or chest. Although acne will not cause a great impact on people's health, it will seriously affect people's personal image. Some people always have repeated acne on their faces. What should I do?

What should I do if I always have acne on my face?

Acne is a common facial inflammatory skin disease in adolescents and young people. It often occurs after puberty, when the androgen level in the body increases, the sebaceous glands secrete excessively, the sebaceous gland ducts of the hair follicles become over-keratinized and blocked, and cannot be discharged to form acnes. Secondary infection by Propionibacterium acnes forms inflammatory papules. In specific constitutions, the inflammatory papules further spread to form cysts, nodules, abscesses, etc. Therefore, acne is a skin disease that seriously affects the patient's appearance and often causes uneasiness and even anxiety and depression in some patients. Therefore, acne cannot be treated in a single way, because the causes of the disease are multifaceted, and the treatment is also targeted at multiple links, including excessive androgen, excessive sebum secretion, and infection. Therefore, treatment requires an assessment of the condition, and systematic and local medication under the guidance of a doctor. It can also be combined with physical therapy, red and blue light, photodynamic therapy, intense pulsed light, etc. Of course, patients should pay attention to regular life, avoid spicy and irritating foods, not stay up late, and try to have smooth bowel movements and not have stool retention.

Folk remedies:

1. Wash 20g of Houttuynia cordata, add water and boil it into a thick soup, take it orally, several times a day. Mash the Houttuynia cordata leaves, take the juice, apply it to the affected area, 4 times a day.

Effect: promoting blood circulation, unblocking meridians, treating acne

2. Grind the Salvia miltiorrhiza into fine powder and bottle it. Take 3 grams each time, 3 times a day. Generally, acne starts to improve after 2 weeks of medication. Acne counts decreased in 6-8 weeks. The dosage can be gradually reduced later, and the medication can be stopped after the therapeutic effect is consolidated.

Efficacy: Promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, treat acne.

According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine: drinking soup according to the symptoms and regulating the body in a targeted manner is both safe and can achieve the purpose of both eating and nourishing, and both nourishing and treating. The following three-ingredient soup is highly recommended. It has significant effects in treating acne skin and can also achieve the effects of beautifying, whitening skin tone and improving skin quality.

1. Barley and Pig’s Trotter Soup

Ingredients: 200 grams of coix seed, 500 grams of pig's trotter, 5 red dates.

Seasoning: 5 grams of salt, sprinkles, pepper, scallions, ginger slices, as needed

Method: Remove impurities from coix seeds and wash them; remove the pits from red dates and soak them in water.

Remove the hair from the pig's trotters, wash them, cut them into pieces, blanch them in boiling water, remove them and wash them with clean water

Put the above ingredients, scallion segments and ginger slices into a pot, add appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil and then simmer on low heat until the pig's trotters are cooked through. Pick out the scallion segments and ginger, add salt, cooking wine and pepper to taste.

Health benefits: Job's tears contain a certain amount of vitamin E. Regular consumption can keep human skin shiny and delicate, eliminate acne and spots, and improve skin tone. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that coix seed has the effects of strengthening the spleen and eliminating dampness, clearing away heat and discharging pus, while pig's trotters are rich in collagen protein, which can prevent and treat dry skin and enhance skin elasticity. Combining the two into a soup can help improve acne-prone skin.

2. Barley Sweet Soup

Ingredients: 200g coix seed,

Seasoning: Rock sugar

Method: Soak the barley and remove impurities, then wash it.

Put the coix seeds in a pot, add water, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer until the coix seeds are cooked through, scoop out and put into a small bowl. Use another pot to boil rock sugar water and pour it into the bowl.

Health benefits: Job's tears is a plant of the Poaceae family, the dried mature kernel of Coix lachryma-jobi. Its main ingredients are protein, vitamin B and vitamin B2, which can make the skin smooth, reduce wrinkles and eliminate pigmentation spots. In addition, coix seed can promote the metabolism of blood and water in the body. Long-term consumption of this soup can prevent and treat brown spots, freckles, acne, etc., and can moisturize the skin.