【聖誕快樂！】皮膚應節地「下雪」了怎麼辦？

#深層補濕需要調整生活模式
#BBQ火鍋燒肉約會要節制啊
#星期三CheckCheckMail

皮膚脫皮要潤燥
小白：「冬天到皮膚乾燥到不得了，痕癢時不斷抓，皮屑就如下雪般飄出來，塗抹潤膚乳都好像治標不治本。」

CheckCheckCin：不少人都期待冬天下雪，但如果皮膚乾燥脫屑如「下雪」一樣，就令人甚為苦惱。秋冬天氣乾燥，如果屬血虛、陰虛體質，皮膚乾燥情況就更為嚴重，外塗潤膚乳只能為肌膚表面補水鎖水，未能改善體內乾燥情況，你需要的是深層補濕，平日飲食宜清淡，多吃沙參、玉竹、麥冬、海底椰、百合、無花果等滋陰潤燥食物，忌喝奶茶、咖啡和忌食辛辣、油膩、偏熱性食物；忌晚睡熬夜；洗澡時水溫不宜太高，時間宜縮短以免令皮膚更為乾燥，用毛巾印乾身上水份後，趁身體還濕潤時塗抹潤膚乳效果更好，乾燥問題嚴重的話宜選含油性較高的潤膚乳；平日多小口小口緩緩地飲水，公司及家裡使用放濕機，都有助紓緩乾燥症狀。

潤膚茶
功效：養陰潤燥、潤澤肌膚
材料︰玉竹9克、玄參9克、麥冬9克、梨乾2-3片
做法︰材料洗淨切小塊備用；材料放入保溫瓶，熱開水沖洗一遍，再注入熱開水泡20分鐘即可。此茶可沖泡兩、三次至味淡。建議天氣乾燥可以一星期飲用三至四次。

Moisturize to relieve skin peeling
“My skin is extremely dry in the winter. The more I scratch, the more skin starts to peel like snowflakes. Applying moisturizer does not seem to help.”

CheckCheckCin: Many people are expecting snow in winter, but if the skin is dry and peeling skin shred like "snow", it is very distressing. Weather is dry during autumn and winter. If you have blood deficiency or yin deficiency body type, skin dryness may be even more serious. Applying moisturizer only hydrates the skin surface. It does not improve the overall body dryness. What you need is deep moisturization. The diet should be light. Eat more foods that can nourish yin and relieve dryness, such as radix adenophorae, radix ophiopogonis, radix ophiopogonis, sea coconut, lily bulb, fig. Avoid having milk tea, coffee, and spicy and oily and hot-natured foods. Avoid staying up late. The water temperature should not be too high when taking a bath, and the time should be shortened to avoid worsening skin dryness. After drying your body with a towel, it is better to apply moisturizer while the body is still damp. If the skin dryness is serious, choose a moisturizer with higher oil content. Drinking water slowly, and use humidifiers at office and home to alleviate the symptoms of dryness.

Tea to nourish skin
Effects: nourishes yin, relieves dryness and nourishes skin
Ingredients: 9g radix ophiopogonis, 9g figwort root, 9g radix ophiopogonis, 2-3 slices of dried pear
Preparation: rinse all ingredients thoroughly and cut into pieces then place into thermos, rinse with hot water once. Then add in hot water again and steep for 20 minutes. You can re-brew for 2-3 times until its flavor weakens. For best results, drink consecutively for 3-4 days when the weather is dry.

#男 #女 #我枯燥 #血虛 #陰虛

【輪班人生】逆時鐘的生活不是人人可以

#航空警察消防醫護酒店採訪界人士辛苦了
#要自己找回生活作息規律
#星期三問題多多

輪班人要識滋陰
白衣天使：「我工作是輪班制的，經常覺得人很乾，容易出暗瘡，精神狀態又差，可以如何調理？」

CheckCheckCin：根據中醫古籍《黃帝內經》記載：「法於陰陽，和於術數，食飲有節，起居有常，不妄作勞」，意思是生活作息有常規，人的身體和精神才會健康。但現代人工作難免有輪班制，以致生理時鐘呈混亂狀態，很容易耗損元氣，出現陰虛火旺的狀況，所以容易有口乾、口瘡、暗瘡、便秘等偏熱症狀。輪班制工作的人被逼日夜顛倒，唯有微調飲食及生活習慣，將傷害減低，身體更舒服。

輪班人士養生小貼士
1) 自訂三餐時間，每隔4-6小時吃下一餐，令進食有規律
2) 沒時間進食也要吃一份三文治或喝一杯米水，不會傷到脾胃
3) 飲食宜清淡，適量進食粥品、米粉等容易消化的食物
4) 適量進食清熱滋陰食物如雪梨、花旗參、百合、沙參、玉竹、海底椰、蜂蜜等
5) 忌吃辛辣、油膩、香口及偏熱性食物
6) 不宜喝薑茶、紅棗水、桂圓水等溫補食材
7) 睡覺時要自行調節光線，白天睡覺要關上窗簾，起床儘量令環境明亮，讓身體更好適應

適合繁忙人士的清熱養陰茶
功效：養陰清熱，潤燥補肺。
材料：花旗參粉1茶匙、石斛粉2茶匙
做法：保溫瓶內注滿熱水，加入藥材粉，焗15分鐘即可。為了吸收得更好，記得飲用的後建議慢慢喝，不要一次過全部喝下。

Shift workers should learn to nourish yin

I am a shift worker and always feel quite dry, am prone to acne and feel tired. What can I do about it?

CheckCheckCin:
According to ancient Chinese medicine book “Huangdi Neijing”, those with healthy regular routines and habits will have healthy bodies and sound spirits. However, some people have shift work and can create confusion in their biological clocks. This can hurt the core of the body and lead to yin deficiency and heat-related symptoms like dry mouth, canker sores, acne and constipation. Shift workers have to reverse day and night, so it is best to fine-tune diet and lifestyle habits to reduce the damage.

Healthy tips for shift workers
1) Tailor make your meals times and try to eat every 4-6 hours.
2) Eat a sandwich or drink a cup of rice water when you are busy to protect your spleen and stomach.
3) Eat lighter meals and bland foods such as congee and rice noodles.
4) Appropriately consume foods that can clear heat and nourish Yin such as pear, American ginseng, lily bulbs, radix adenophorae, radix polygonatum, sea coconut, honey
5) Avoid eating spicy, greasy, flavourful and hot natured food.
6) Avoid warm natured tonic drinks such as ginger tea, Chinese red dates water, dried longan water
7) Adjust the lighting during sleep. Close the curtains if you sleeo during the day and bring in light when you wake up to let your body adapt to the environment.

Tea for busy people to clear heat and nourish yin
Effects: Nourishes yin and clears heat, relieves dryness and replenishes the lungs
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon American ginseng powder, 2 tablespoon dendrobium powder
Preparation: Add hot water and powder into thermos and steep for 15 minutes. Remember to drink it slowly instead of drink all at once.

#男 #女 #我枯燥 #陰虛 #口瘡 #暗瘡 #喉嚨痛 #失眠

【春日皮膚候診室】以為面紅紅可以慳返胭脂？

#又紅又赤甚至痕癢一點也不好受
#經常熬夜症狀更嚴重
#星期二正能量

面頰通紅陰虛作怪
看到BB面珠紅通通覺得很可愛，但如果大人面頰泛紅不退，又有灼熱感，就令人很困擾了。從中醫角度來看，面頰泛紅，多因為體內有熱的象徵，以陰虛者最為常見，這種熱為虛熱，伴隨症狀為午後面部烘熱、皮膚多乾燥、潮熱盜汗、口乾、手腳心胸口煩熱、小便偏黃、大便偏乾甚至便秘等。
春季氣溫變化大，皮膚更容易受到刺激而出現泛紅症狀，以為面紅有熱就跑去胡亂喝涼茶，喝的話也要點到即止，否則弄巧反拙，因為你真正需要的是滋陰，增加身體津液，虛熱才會散去，面頰就不再泛紅。

陰虛體質調理法則
- 飲食宜清淡
- 適量進食滋陰食物如百合、沙參、玉竹、海底椰、花旗參、石斛、雪梨等
- 忌吃辛辣、油膩、偏熱性食物
- 忌熬夜晚睡

花旗參麥冬茶
功效：滋陰清熱生津，紓緩皮膚乾燥、口渴等症狀。
材料：花旗參3克、麥冬10克、蜂蜜2茶匙
做法：花旗參及麥冬洗淨放入保溫瓶，以熱開水沖洗一遍，再注入熱開水焗20分鐘，加入蜂蜜拌勻即可。此茶可反覆沖泡至味淡，建議連續飲用2-3天。
備註：痰濕、濕熱體質不宜。

Yin deficiency can cause redness in the face

We always find rosy cheeks on children to be cute, but it could be frustrating if there are signs of flushing cheeks on adults. From Chinese medicine perspective, redness in the face is usually a sign of heat in your body, and mostly as a result of yin deficiency. This type of heat is called asthenic heat, accompanying symptoms are heat flushed cheeks in the afternoon, dry skin, night sweats, dry mouth, hot palms, hot chest, yellow urination, dry stool, and even constipation.

There are big temperature fluctuations during spring season, skin will easily be stimulated and show signs of redness, however do not jump to conclusion and assume your body is hot and have a cup of herbal tea. Even if you decided to drink herbal tea, it should be in moderation. What you should do instead is to nourish yin to get rid the heat caused by yin deficiency. Then the redness will naturally subside.

Tips to regulate yin deficiency body type
- Eat a light diet
- Consume yin nourishing food in moderation: lily bulb, glehnia root, polygonatum, sea coconut, American ginseng, dendrobium, pear etc
- Avoid eating spicy, greasy, hot natured food
- Avoid late nights

American Ginseng tea with radix ophiopogonis
Effects: nourishes yin, clears heat and relieves dryness, alleviates symptoms such as dry skin and thirst.
Ingredients: 3g American ginseng, 10g radix ophiopogonis, 2 tsp of honey
Preparation: Rinse ingredients and put into thermos, rinse once with hot water, and add hot water, steep for 20 mins. Lastly add in honey. This tea could be rebrewed until flavor weakens. For best results, drink for 2-3 days.
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山斑魚滋陰強身，一般用作手術後調理，有助加速傷口癒合。其實將食材配搭調整，配合健脾青木瓜，補而不燥猴頭菇，還有疏肝理氣合掌瓜。做到滋陰降火，補而不燥、安神的效果，飲後可以好好睡一覺。

1）山斑魚 3-4條
滋陰強身，增強抵抗力，有助傷口癒合，生肌功效。氣血不足，身體虛弱特別適合
食用禁忌：手術後待一至兩星期才飲，因為傷口可能會出肉芽

2）青木瓜 1個
健脾胃、助消化、通便、降血壓、解毒消腫

3）合掌瓜 1-2個（視乎大小）
疏肝理氣、緩和肝鬱情況化痰潤肺、解熱、利尿

4）猴頭菇 3個
補而不燥，健脾、助消化、特別適合身體虛弱、胃炎人士。護肝、抗衰老、含不飽和脂肪酸，有助降低膽固醇、血糖

5）北沙參 約 2両
清熱養陰 祛痰、健脾胃，舒緩因虛勞、陰虛火旺的發熱

6）無花果 6-8粒
潤肺止咳、清熱潤腸、治療咳喘、咽喉腫痛、催乳

7）海竹頭 2両
功效與玉竹一樣，但「海玉竹」無硫磺燻過，煲湯不會酸。補而不燥、滋陰養血、潤燥除煩、延緩衰老，治療陰液不足、虛勞發熱、小便頻繁。但傷風感冒未清，切勿服用

8）生曬淮山 2両
養陰，補脾肺腎，固精止帶，脾虛食少，肺虛喘咳，腎虛尿頻，虛熱消渴。無硫磺燻過，煲湯不會酸，更香甜

9）百合 約2両
潤肺止咳、寧心安神

10）陳皮 1個
理氣、化痰濕、健脾胃、去腥
11）肉眼 1斤

做法：
1）猴頭菇洗淨，用清水浸3-4 小時，榨水再換水浸一會。用手榨出多餘水分，可以令猴頭菇更加乾淨，湯會更加清甜

2）青木瓜洗淨，去皮，切件

3）陳皮浸軟，刮瓤

4）肉眼汆水，生曬淮山洗淨

5）海竹頭洗淨切片

6）無花果洗淨，剪開

7）百合、北沙參用清水浸10分鐘

8）山斑魚去鱗，開肚，取出內臟，洗淨。煲鍋熱水，水滾放山斑魚下去，滾一會，去黏。

9）薑洗淨，用刀背拍扁，令薑更容易出味，可以辟腥、散寒

10）燒熱油鑊，將已拍扁連皮薑爆香，連皮可以防止黐底。山斑魚下鑊煎香，灒少許酒。之後將魚放入煲魚袋，立即加入大滾水將魚湯滾10分鐘，才加入大鍋

11）陳皮隨冷水落，水大滾，加入所有材料，大滾10分鐘，轉小火煲3小時，加鹽調味完成