I Can Talk to the Internal Organs-Chapter 243 - 210: Jade Skin Powder

"Now that you ask, I do know a few traditional beauty recipes."

Lu Jiu had indeed come across these recipes while browsing through ancient texts.

However, these recipes aren't meant for treating illnesses, their scope is too limited, so Lu Jiu never really pondered on them.

After all, he's a doctor, not running a beauty salon.

But these days, beauty salons really can make money. A classmate of his has a sister who started a beauty salon.

When they talk about profits, they always mention millions.

According to him, a beauty salon with million-level profits is just average. Those that can open chains all over the country have terrifyingly high profits.

During school days, he often shared gossip about the beauty industry with Lu Jiu and others, such as the dark secrets behind commonly used skincare products.

Many skincare products are actually useless, but as long as you can launch a new concept, hire the most popular celebrities, and have some beauty bloggers to endorse the product, even if your bottle is filled with just water, you can still sell it for millions.

Lu Jiu's classmate even often showed them a documentary by a director named Ling Fei, which detailed various scams within the industry. They even created a fake skincare product, marketed it with influencers, and ended up making real money.

Actually, from a traditional Chinese medicine perspective, these concepts are obviously fake and don't require any testing.

For instance, some facial masks, hydrating serums, etc., the cheap ones cost a few hundred, and the better ones cost over a thousand.

These are all just a tax on intelligence.

Among the Five Viscera, the lung governs the skin and hair. If you want good skin, the lungs must be healthy. When the lungs generate body fluids, adequate lung energy can distribute fluids throughout the body, including the face.

To have smooth and delicate skin, the first thing you need to nurture is the lungs.

Next is the liver, which governs detoxification, can remove toxins from the blood, making the skin look bright and vibrant.

After the liver comes the kidneys. It's simple, many people find their face puffy and oily after staying up late.

That's actually edema, plus yang not entering yin.

Just focusing on the face yields little effect, mostly providing psychological comfort. Applying those things on the face is no different from just putting your face in water.

In fact, the concept of hydration is man-made. Our skin needs replenishment, not of water, but of qi.

The layer of oil on our face is actually an external manifestation of qi, indicating you are young and healthy. If you observe carefully, you'll notice older people's faces don't reflect light, which is a sign of depleted qi.

Depleted qi doesn't mean a person is dying; rather, it means your internal organs are beginning to retain qi and blood, preventing unnecessary leakage.

Things like hair, teeth, and the shine on your face are all surplus qi and blood showing abundance.

So, even if the skin needs qi, it's not about applying things on the face.

"Dr. Lu, come on, tell me!" Zhang Xixi eagerly interrupted, her eyes especially bright.

Lu Jiu smiled and said, "Alright, I'll recommend three methods for you. The first one is simple, just buy some Yuzhu, and cook with it at home, like stir-fried Yuzhu with green peppers, or add it to chicken soup, it doesn't matter, you can eat it as a vegetable."

"The second one is making a soup with longan, sugar, and ginger. If you feel it's not sweet enough, you can add a bit of honey. Use dried longan, and adjust the amount according to your sweetness preference."

"The third is Jade Skin Powder, an external application: White Atractylodes, coix seed, mung beans, these three medicines, ground into powder and mixed with honey to make a paste, which you can apply to your face."

Yuzhu is sweet and neutral, eaten often, it can remove dark spots and moles from the face, and make the complexion rosy and bright.

Longan is also a beauty-enhancing medicine, boiled with sugar and ginger, it can warm and invigorate qi and blood.

As for Jade Skin Powder, its role is to whiten and tighten pores.

Of course, there are more than these three methods in traditional Chinese medicine, like girls often massage the Hegu acupoint, which also enhances beauty.

There are actually too many methods, and Lu Jiu couldn't remember many, so he only mentioned three.

However, with these three methods, as long as Zhang Xixi's condition improves, restoring her looks to the original level shouldn't be a problem.

"Dr. Lu, is it really this simple?" Zhang Yu thought the recipes would be more complicated, but it turns out it's just cooking with a single ingredient or making a soup and using an external paste. Everyone should be able to remember these formulas.

"Skin problems, within the realm of Chinese medicine, are the easiest diseases to resolve, of course it's simple," Lu Jiu said.

"Does it work?" Zhang Yu asked.

"You'll know once you try it," Lu Jiu replied.

He hadn't used these himself, firstly, he didn't need them, and secondly, they aren't medicinal treatments, why would he use them?

But he had tried the White Atractylodes in Jade Skin Powder, it does have a whitening effect. As a child, he loved playing outside and always got tanned. Since learning Chinese medicine with Lu Mountain involved recognizing and trying herbs, he had ingested White Atractylodes, and after internal use, the tan did get notably lighter. White Atractylodes can be used both internally and externally.

"Alright, Dr. Lu, please prepare the medicine." Zhang Yu said.

Lu Jiu got up and walked to the medicine cabinet, opening one small drawer after another.

Zhang Xixi watched Lu Jiu's figure and couldn't help tugging on Zhang Yu's sleeve, "Brother, it must be expensive, right?"

In her understanding, skincare products are usually expensive, even a slightly branded one can cost several hundred to thousands.

During her student years, she didn't dare to buy expensive ones, and it was only after starting work that she slowly increased her consumption level. However, in the field of skincare products, she still considered herself a newcomer.

She didn't know if traditional Chinese medicine could beautify, but she felt the prices must be high.

"According to Dr. Lu's pricing standards, I estimate the cost should exceed your imagination," Zhang Yu said.

Zhang Xixi held her phone, "Brother, I only have a thousand in savings on my phone, should I borrow some from you first and pay you back next month?"

Zhang Yu heard this and immediately knew Zhang Xixi misunderstood. He stifled a laugh and said, "Don't worry, a thousand is definitely enough. Dr. Lu never charges a cancer patient more than a thousand per session, for you, it's at most one or two hundred."

One or two hundred?

Can a skincare product that costs one or two hundred be effective?

Zhang Xixi was clearly brainwashed by high prices for many years, instinctively thinking that expensive products are better.

Not long after, Lu Jiu finished preparing the medicine and packed them in several bags.

"Here, this is Yuzhu, not much, just enough for a week, come back for more after you finish. This one is the dried longan, ginger, and sugar. I have little honey here, you'll need to buy that yourselves, enough to last a week. This is Jade Skin Powder, I've already proportioned it for you, enough for a month. If you don't have a grinder at home, you can use mine here before taking it home."

Zhang Yu smiled, "Of course, we'll use your grinder here, Dr. Lu, how much is all this altogether?"

Lu Jiu calculated quickly, "The consultation fee is fifty yuan, Yuzhu is 18.4 yuan, the dried longan bag is more expensive, 55.7 yuan, Jade Skin Powder is 21 yuan, totaling 145.1 yuan."

Zhang Yu nodded and turned to Zhang Xixi, "What are you waiting for? Scan the code."

Zhang Xixi dumfoundedly opened her phone, and during the scanning process she was puzzled.

Excluding the consultation fee, these three beauty formulas together didn't even exceed a hundred yuan.

Even the Jade Skin Powder, which lasts for a month, was only 21 yuan.

With such prices for skincare products, she wouldn't even look at them online.

After paying and grinding, and with all work done, Zhang Xixi and Zhang Yu left Lu's Clinic.

After a while, Zhang Xixi couldn't hold back any longer.

"Brother, can something so cheap really work?"

Zhang Yu said, "You'll know once you use it."

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