Intelligent girls, do not forget using these
kinds of vegetables for eating and skin care.
Winter melon
The main component of winter melon is
water. Its nutrient content is relatively low and not fat. Every 100g winter
melon contains 0.4g protein, 2,4g glucide, 19mg calcium, 12mg phosphate, 0,3mg
iron and many kinds of vitamins such as Carotene, B1, B2, B3, C…
According to traditional medicine, winter
melon is sweet, blank taste, cool, so it is used for heat-relieving,
thirst-quenching, diuretic, detoxifying and slimming. So in hot weather of
summer, using winter melon frequently helps release and prevent the thirst
effectively. Apart from being used as food, winter melon can be processed into
a lot of skin care remedies, simple but effective.
Smoothing
skin, making the acne emerge from the skin surface with winter melon
Usefulness
of winter melon
Changing the skin’s moisture
Smoothing skin, making the acne emerge from
the skin surface
Healing acne and fading bruises
Antibacterial antiseptic
Can be used for cases of dermatitis, sanies
folliculitis
Winter melon juice
500g of peeled winter melon, remove the
inside, wash, extract for the water, put a little salt, divide into drink
several times a day.
Uses: prevention of sunstroke, pimples,
impetigo, prickly heat...
Winter
melon glue
500g of peeled winter melon and remove the
inside, 1.5 liters of alcohol, 1 liter of water, 0.5 kg of honey. Slice winter
melon into small pieces, and pour them into the mixture of water + alcohol.
Heat in medium fire in about 6 hours until only 1 bowl of water is left, and
mash by a wooden ladle. Then filter through a cloth. Pour back into the pot and
add honey to the mixture, then boil for 2 hours until it becomes pasty.
Water
of lotus leaf mixing with winter melon
Use 200g of winter melon, 1lotus leaf, 1
liter of water. Wash winter melon, cut into small slices, shred lotus leaf.
Boil two of them for 1 hour, add a little salt, then use as a beverage.
Uses: heat-relieving, very good for people
with pimples, mouth ulcer, obesity, dyslipidemia.
Aloe Vera
Aloe leave is available in supermarkets.
The inside part may be used to cook sweet porridge, mix orange juice, lemon
juice, which is cool and good for skin.
Besides, you can also make aloe syrup as
follows: Choose a few large leaves (about 600gr),clean, trim away the prickly
edges, chop into small pieces, put in blender with honey (about 3 spoons) and
white alcohol (4-6 spoons), then grind. Before using, shake it up. The mixture
can be taken three times a day, 15 minutes before breakfast, lunch and dinner.
It helps to nurture, heal lesions, and purify blood.
Aloe
Vera is very good for your skin
You can also apply Aloe Vera gel directly
onto the skin to smooth skin, shrink sweat pore, prevent sunburn, because Aloe
Vera contains antibiotic which is capable of sterilizing wound, quickly
creating new skin, healing scars, burn treatment and sunburn prevention.
Apply Aloe Vera gel directly to the Helomas
to soften them.
Water melon
Watermelon is sweet, full of water, cool
and nutritious, which is considered the lord of melon species in summer. The
folk has the phrase "In summer day, eating 3 pieces of watermelon, and
there will be no need for other kind of medicines".
Modern medicine through research has proven
that sugar, salt, organic acid in water melon have been found to lower blood
pressure, diuretic.
The peel of watermelon is sweet and cool,
has effectiveness of heat-relieving, detoxification. For those who are prone to
sore throats and mouth sores, eating watermelon frequently brings certain
effectiveness.
When eating water melon, should not remove
the seeds because it helps to cool the lungs, dissolve phlegm, get laxative, and
brings digestive benefits.
Though water melon is the best beverage, do
not eat too much at once, especially for those who have weak spleen and
stomach.
In summer, keep water melon in the fridge
for “emergencies” and use in the following cases:
·
Sunstroke: 1 big glass of watermelon juice,
drink into several times.
·
Sore throat: spray watermelon juice into sore
throat.
·
Alcohol solution: 1 big glass of watermelon
juice, drink into several times.
Tomato
Tomato contains nutrition and important
antioxidants such as manganese, calcium, potassium good for your health as well
as your skin. So add tomato into your meals every day to help regain the
natural soft white skin.
Tomato
contains nutrition and important antioxidants good for your health as well as
your skin
Shrinking
sweat pores
A teaspoon of fresh tomato juice will be mixed
with 4 drops of lemon juice. Use a cotton pad to apply the mixture to your
face. Leave for 15 minutes then wash your face with cold water.
Healing acne
Cut half a tomato and apply on face. Keep
in 1 hour, then rinse thoroughly and apply moisturizer.
Cleaning oil
Crush tomato, cucumber and filter for
water. Use a cotton pad to apply this mixture on your face every day.
Lightening
Mix honey (or fresh milk) with tomato juice
and then apply to your face. Wait in 15 minutes and then rinse thoroughly.
Note
Difference of tomato from other fruits and
vegetables is that well-done cooking is better than raw eating. One research
shows that when cooking tomato to 88oC within 2 minutes, 15 minutes
and 30 minutes, the longer time we cook, the concentration of lycopene in
particular and other antioxidants in general increase. Lycopene is a natural
antioxidant, forming distinct red color of tomato, more red fruit contains more
lycopene. Lycopene is considered being capable of preventing formation of free
radicals which causes cancer such as breast cancer, prostate, pancreatic and
colon.
