What are the effects and functions of indigo powder?

I believe most of my friends are not familiar with the Chinese medicinal material Indigo powder, but many female friends not only know about it but are also using it. This is because Indigo powder has good whitening and acne-removing effects. You can use Indigo powder and other materials to make homemade facial masks to care for the skin. After all, Indigo powder is a Chinese herbal medicine, so its effects and functions are not only reflected in beauty. Let's learn about its other effects and functions together.

Indigo was first recorded in Kaibao Materia Medica. It is a dry powder or agglomerate made by processing the leaves or stems of Baphicacanthus cusia (Nees) Bremek. of the Acanthaceae family, Polygonum tinctorium Ait. of the Polygonaceae family, or Isatis indigotica Fort. of the Cruciferae family. It has the functions of clearing away heat and detoxifying, cooling blood and eliminating spots, and relieving liver meridian fire. It is mainly used to treat rashes caused by warm toxins, vomiting and bleeding due to blood heat, epilepsy in children, mouth ulcers, and throat congestion. It is also the main ingredient of throat blowing powder commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine.

Beauty effects:

1. Grind equal amounts of mung beans, indigo, and plum slices into powder, and then mix them all together. Add appropriate amount of water to make a paste. After washing your face, apply the mixed compress on your face and wait until it dries before washing it off. It can whiten and remove acne.

Second, Indigo can remove oil and whiten the skin. The popular whitening black mask can be replaced by pure Chinese medicine Indigo!

3. Ingredients: Mix equal amounts of mung bean, indigo powder and coix seed powder, add appropriate amount of purified water to make a thin paste. Apply the mixed dressing on the face after general cleaning, and wash it off after it dries.

I believe everyone is now very familiar with the effects and functions of indigo powder. If it needs to be used for medicinal purposes, it must be taken according to the prescription prescribed by a doctor in a traditional Chinese medicine hospital. Friends who want to use indigo powder for beauty can use the method introduced above. Although indigo powder is very effective in whitening and removing acne, it is a Chinese herbal ingredient after all, so it is recommended that you use it once a week.