Can motherwort be used for beauty?

Many women experience dysmenorrhea during their menstrual period, so they buy some motherwort to drink, which can solve problems such as irregular menstruation and menstrual disorders. Motherwort has many benefits for our female bodies. It can promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, and it can also act as a diuretic and reduce swelling. Some women who love beauty also use motherwort for beauty. Usually we only use motherwort to solve menstrual problems, so can motherwort beautify? Let’s take a look together.

It is said that the requirement for practicing Motherwort is to harvest the whole Motherwort without any dirt on it on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. Dry the motherwort in the sun, grind it into fine powder, and sieve it; then add appropriate amount of flour and water, mix it into dough, and knead it into the size of an egg; dry it in the sun again, then use a yellow clay stove with holes on all four sides, put a layer of charcoal on the top and bottom, put the medicine in the middle, and light it to calcine. After about a whole day, take out the medicine, dry it in the sun, grind it into powder with a porcelain mortar, sieve it and grind it again. The finer the better. After use, add one tenth of talcum powder and one percent of rouge, mix well, grind into powder, and scrub with the powder when bathing or washing your face. This method makes your skin smooth and jade-like. This recipe is also known as "Fairy Jade Girl Powder". Beauty - Wu Zetian and Motherwort

The beauty effects of motherwort were also recorded in the book "Supplement to Bencao" by Chen Cangqi, a pharmacist of the Tang Dynasty in 739 AD, who said that it "can be used as facial medicine to make people radiant and treat acne." Pharmacological studies have shown that motherwort contains a variety of trace elements. Selenium has the function of enhancing the activity of immune cells, alleviating the occurrence of atherosclerosis and improving the disease defense function system; manganese can resist oxidation, anti-aging, anti-fatigue and inhibit the proliferation of cancer cells. Therefore, motherwort can improve skin color and prevent aging.

To sum up, we know whether motherwort can be used for beauty. The love of beauty is every woman's nature. Women should choose the beauty method that suits them. The one that suits them is the best. We all know the effects of motherwort. Motherwort is more commonly used by women, and its benefits to our body are beyond words, so you can choose to take motherwort according to your body's needs.