What Is the Connection Between Diet and Acne?

Acne is also known as acne. Facial acne is acne on the face. This is a common skin disease. It is more common in teenagers. Of course, facial acne does not have an age limit.

Facial acne

Acne is also known as

The occurrence of acne is mainly caused by excessive secretion of sebum, clogging of sebaceous glands in hair follicles,

Acne is a multifactorial disease, and its incidence is mainly related to factors such as sex hormone levels, large secretion of sebaceous glands, proliferation of Propionibacterium acnes, abnormal keratinization of sebaceous ducts in hair follicles, and inflammation. With the advent of puberty, acne has repeatedly increased due to various habits of life and diet, which greatly affects the beauty of our faces, and sometimes also causes our own inferiority, so we have to Correctly understanding the cause of acne can better fight acne to the end;

Moisturizing facial cleanser can be used. Do not use cosmetics. Excessive secretion of facial oil can be used appropriately.

1. Western medicine generally treats acne according to its classification. Mild acne is usually a vitamin A cream or gel. Benzoyl peroxide can kill Propionibacterium acnes without resistance. Moderate acne requires oral antibiotics. In severe cases, isotretinoin is taken orally. Acne treatment must be carried out in accordance with the doctor's advice, not blindly.

2. Hormonal therapy: Hormonal therapy is mainly targeted at people with severe facial acne. The use of hormone therapy requires strict guidance from a doctor. Misuse and abuse by themselves will lead to hormonal dermatitis.

3.Traditional Chinese medicine treatment: The rational deployment of traditional Chinese medicine can be used to deeply remove moisture, heat, fire, inflammation, and poison from the body, and block the origin of acne.

4. Photodynamic is a local treatment without systemic side effects. The purpose is to prevent recurrence and prevent the formation of acne scars, pits and scars.

5. Other folk prescription treatments:

(1) Peach kernel and hawthorn tea: 9 grams of peach kernel, 9 grams of hawthorn, 9 grams of fritillary, half a leaf of lotus leaf, and appropriate amount of green tea. Method: Wash the lotus leaves and cut into slices. Take a casserole with a suitable capacity, add 1000 ml of water, add peach kernel, hawthorn, fritillaria, lotus leaf, and fry until it is boiled. Boil it for 15 minutes with simmering heat, filter out the medicine residue, get the juice, and reheat it. Use a thermos bottle for equipment. . How to take: Make green tea with liquid medicine. Drink it every day for 30 days. Application: Activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis, reducing phlegm, strengthening acne, and treating acne.

(2) Use ointment containing anti-inflammatory ingredients such as Fritillaria and Baiji.

(3) 15 grams of earthen tea, 15 grams of yellow polo, 15 grams of mother-in-law, 15 grams of peach, 15 grams of golden key, 10 grams of loquat leaf, 15 grams of red scallion, 15 grams of black fan, 15 grams of wild chrysanthemum, 15 grams of honeysuckle, 15 grams of pine blue, 10 grams of big green leaves, 15 grams at first sight, 15 grams of forsythia, 15 grams of angelica, 6 grams of licorice, one dose of decoction daily. One course every ten days.

6, folk diet therapy:

(1) Black bean kernel hemu porridge:

100 grams of black beans, 100 grams of japonica rice, 30 grams of motherwort, 15 grams of hematoxylin, 10 grams of peach kernels, brown sugar amount.

Put motherwort, hematoxylin, peach kernel, etc. into the pot together, cook with water for 30 minutes, and filter out about 500 milliliters of medicinal solution. Then add black beans and japonica to a pot filled with medicinal solution, pour an appropriate amount of water, cook until the porridge is cooked, and mix with brown sugar.

(2) Mung bean barley soup:

25 grams of mung beans, 25 grams of barley kernels, and 10 grams of hawthorn.

Wash the three materials and put them in a pot. Add 500 g of water for 30 minutes and cook. After boiling for a few minutes, stop the fire. Do not remove the cover. Simmer for 15 minutes and substitute for tea. Drink 3-5 times a day.

(3) Mung bean fruit and vegetable drink:

Pakchoi, bell pepper, celery, bitter gourd, lemon, apple, mung bean, honey are all appropriate.

First pour mung beans into the pot and cook for 30 minutes, filtering out the mung bean juice. Then cut the cabbage, bell pepper, celery, bitter gourd, and apple into sections or cut into pieces, stir the juice, and then add mung bean juice, drip lemon juice, and honey to taste. Take 1-2 times daily. ^[2-3]