The winter climate is cold, and the skin is prone to discomfort symptoms such as dryness, tightness, and flaking due to a lack of moisture. This condition is common in elderly people, especially in the calves and other areas. As they age, skin moisture decreases, skin ages, dryness and sensitivity increase, making them more prone to itching. Here are several recommended dietary remedies. Drink regularly to nourish yin and moisturize the skin, nourishing both internally and externally.
Congee
Ingredients: 60 grams of shredded rice and 100 grams of rice.
Seasoning: An appropriate amount of white sugar.
How to do it: grind the shredded rice, put it into a casserole, add 300ml of water, fry it to 200ml with low heat, remove the residue and leave the juice, add rice, add some water and sugar, and cook it into Congee with low heat.
Usage: Serve with meals.
Effect: Not only can it prevent skin dryness, but it also has the effects of nourishing the kidneys, liver, and improving vision.
Baiju Snow fungus soup
Ingredients: appropriate amounts of Tremella fuciformis, Lily, and Chrysanthemum.
Seasoning: Moderate amount of honey.
Method: Soak the Tremella fuciformis in boiling water, cut it into shreds, and add it to a pot with lilies and chrysanthemums. Add an appropriate amount of water and bring to a boil over high heat. Then turn to low heat and fry for 10 minutes. Season with an appropriate amount of honey.
Usage: Take 1 dose daily, divided into morning and evening portions.
Effect: Moisturize the skin. Suitable for individuals with dry skin.
Zhebei Coix Seed Soup
Ingredients: 7 grams each of Zhejiang scallop and Job's tears, 3 grams each of honeysuckle, white atractylodes, and summer dry grass, and 3 grams each of licorice and red dates.
Method: Put all the ingredients into a pot, add an appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce the heat and simmer for 20 minutes.
Usage: Serve with meals.
Effect: Moisturize the skin. Suitable for individuals with seasonal dry skin.
Cherry Tremella Rice Congee
Ingredients: 50g of Tremella fuciformis, 2 tablespoons of canned cherries, 100g of rice.
Seasoning: Sweet osmanthus and rock sugar in appropriate amounts.
Method: Wash the rice, put it into a pot, add some water to cook Congee, add rock sugar until dissolved, add white fungus and cook for 10 minutes, then add cherry and sweet osmanthus, boil it.
Usage: Serve with meals.
Effect: Moisturizes the skin, making it tender, white, and delicate.
Tomato and corn Congee
Ingredients: 1 tomato, 1 orange cake each, 8-9 shiitake mushrooms, appropriate amounts of green beans, corn kernels, and fresh milk.
Seasoning: appropriate amount of vegetable broth, water starch, cream, a little salt, and white pepper.
Method: Wash the tomatoes and cut them into small pieces; Chop the orange cakes into small pieces. Put green beans and vegetable broth into a juicer and mash them into a paste. Take them out and add fresh milk, salt, white pepper powder, and water starch. Mix well. Put the green bean paste and other materials into the pot, add some water, boil it into Congee, and add cream.
Usage: Serve with meals.
Effect: Make the skin more delicate and radiant.