How to treat chloasma caused by qi stagnation and blood stasis

Qi stagnation and blood stasis are not only bad for health, but can also easily lead to skin problems for female friends, such as the appearance of chloasma. Therefore, you should pay attention to dietary conditioning and eat more foods that can help promote qi and blood circulation. White radish, citrus, garlic, and ginger are more effective.

1. White radish, citrus, garlic, ginger, fennel, cinnamon, cloves, peach kernels, leeks, rice wine, red wine, onions, ginkgo, rose tea, jasmine tea, etc.

2. Peach kernels, rapeseed, and black soybeans have the effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis; it is reported that black fungus can remove congestion on the blood vessel walls; a moderate amount of red wine can dilate blood vessels and improve blood circulation; hawthorn or rice vinegar can lower blood lipids and blood viscosity.

3. People with qi stagnation and blood stasis constitution should eat less salt and MSG to avoid increased blood viscosity and aggravated blood stasis.

4. Avoid eating foods that are easy to cause flatulence, such as sweet potatoes, taro, broad beans, chestnuts, etc.; avoid eating too much fatty meat, cream, eel, crab roe, egg yolk, fish roe, chocolate, fried foods, and sweets to prevent increased blood lipids, blockage of blood vessels, and affect the circulation of qi and blood; avoid cold drinks to avoid affecting the circulation of qi and blood.

5. Drug conditioning for qi stagnation and blood stasis constitution

People with qi stagnation and blood stasis constitution should use qi-moving and blood-activating drugs to unblock qi and blood, so as to achieve the purpose of "tonifying by unblocking".

Qi-moving and blood-activating medicines such as bupleurum, cyperus, curcuma, angelica, ligusticum, chuanxiong, safflower, allium macrostemon, aurantium, peach kernel, panax notoginseng, and ginkgo biloba can help improve the constitution of qi stagnation and blood stasis.

For stomach and abdominal bloating and pain, belching, uncomfortable bowel movements or constipation, you can use costus root, tangerine peel, amomum villosum, betel nut, cardamom, magnolia bark, tangerine peel, radish seed, rhubarb, Shenqu, hawthorn, malt, chicken gizzard lining, etc. to promote qi circulation, relieve pain, help digestion and promote bowel movements.

If people with qi stagnation and blood stasis constitution suffer from depression, they should focus on psychological counseling, combined with drugs for soothing the liver, regulating qi and relieving depression, such as bupleurum, turmeric, green peel, cyperus, ligusticum chuanxiong, green calyx plum, and atractylodes japonica.