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Nourishing Beauty Formula

Formulas Name : Nourishing Beauty Formula

Chinese Name : 养容方

Drug Formulation

1 liang of white chrysanthemum flowers, half a bowl of pear juice, 1 liang of ginkgo nuts, 1 liang of white honey, half a zhong of breast milk, and half a zhong of fermented white wine.

Source

From *Compilation of Remarkable Formulas*, Volume 2.

Instructions for Use

First, simmer the white chrysanthemum flowers and pear juice in fine wine to make a concentrated decoction. Then, mash the ginkgo nuts and mix them thoroughly with the honey and breast milk. Apply this mixture to the face before bedtime and wash it off the next morning; the complexion will be as fresh as a child’s.

Nourishing Beauty Formula,From *Compilation of Remarkable Formulas*, Volume 2.,

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