With the change of seasons and the accompanying temperature changes, many people’s skins will appear tight, dry, and seem to have allergic flare-ups. Skin care products can protect the skin from external wind and sun damage, but the essence of good or bad skin lies more in internal conditioning for its nourishment.
When a person’s qi (vital energy) and blood are sufficient, the skin will appear bright and shiny. A traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) practitioner introduces three types of soups that are effective in skin moisturizing and nourishing. They are especially useful for autumn and winter and have the effect of moisturizing the lungs and enhancing skin care.
Healthy Lungs Means Beautiful Skin
In TCM, it believes that to be effective in moisturizing the skin, you need to keep the lungs functioning well. “Yellow Emperor’s Inner Canon”, a classic of TCM, mentioned that “Daily eating provides qi to the stomach, turbid qi returns to the heart, the lustful essence goes to the meridians. Meridian qi returns to the lungs, the lungs go to the hundreds of meridians, and the essence is infused into the skin and hair.”
Ellen Wan
Author
Ellen Wan has worked for the Japanese edition of The Epoch Times since 2007.
