This disease refers to a chronic inflammation of the hair follicle and sebaceous gland and frequently occurs in females and males in adolescence, accompanied often by seborrhea. It can be cured naturally or relieved mostly after adolescence. This disease is a disease of multiple factors and its pathogenesis is still not known completely. Usually, it is believed to be related to the production of free fatty acid in the local area by propionic acne bacillus in the sebaceous under the function of androgen. This disease belongs to the category of "Acne of Lung Wind" and” Acne" in Chinese medicine. The disease can be caused by improper food intake, and excessive intake of greasy and sweat foods, which result in accumulation of heat in the lung and stomach to fumigate the face along the meridians, plus secondary infection of pathogenic wind. It can recur repeatedly in severe conditions to lead to failed function of qi activity, phlegm accumulation and blood stasis.
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1) Carp with Garlic and Common bletilla tuber soup
Ingredients: Carp 250g, garlic three heads, common bletilla tuber 15g.
Process: Clean the inside of the carp and cook it with the garlic and common bletilla tuber until it is done.
2) Decoction of Green Bean and Coix Seed.
Ingredients: Coix seed 80g, green bean 80g, honey 10g.
Process: Wash the coix seed and green bean clean and put in the pot. Add moderate water and cook it with small fire until it is done. And keep the cover on for a few minutes.
3) Gruel of lotus leaf, caladium and walnut
Ingredients: Half piece of lotus leaf, caladium 10g, walnut 10g, haw 10g, rice 60g.
Process: Decoct the first four ingredients in water and strain the dregs out of the decoction after they have been boiling. Then put the rice into the decoction to make gruel.
4) Decoction of Green Bean and Kelp.
Ingredients: Kelp 15g, green bean 15g, sweet almond 9g, rose 9g, moderate amount of brown sugar.
Process: Wrap the rose with gauze. Dip the sweet almond in the boiling water and peel them. Dip the kelp in the warm water and get them sliced. Put all the ingredients in the pot and add moderate water to cook the gruel until the green bean is soft.
5) Juice of Carrot and Celery
Ingredients: A big carrot, celery 150g, a small onion,
Process: Wash all the ingredients clean and put them in the juice extractor to get the juice. Take it with an empty stomach every morning.