1. People with fair complexions
You should eat more foods that nourish qi and blood, such as black fungus, jujubes, longan, and pork liver. Pay attention to rest and avoid overexertion. If you have cold in your body, you can boil some Sichuan peppercorns in water and soak your feet in it; this is very effective in warming and dispelling cold.
2. People with a yellowish complexion
Eat more foods that strengthen the spleen and remove dampness, such as lily bulbs, yam, bighead carp, yellow croaker, beef tripe, pork tripe, millet, and ginseng.
Foods that help dispel dampness include Job's tears, red beans, winter melon peel, lotus leaves, and lotus seeds. Job's tears, in particular, are good for both strengthening the spleen and dispelling dampness.
You should eat more foods that nourish qi and blood, such as black fungus, jujubes, longan, and pork liver. Pay attention to rest and avoid overexertion. If you have cold in your body, you can boil some Sichuan peppercorns in water and soak your feet in it; this is very effective in warming and dispelling cold.
2. People with a yellowish complexion
Eat more foods that strengthen the spleen and remove dampness, such as lily bulbs, yam, bighead carp, yellow croaker, beef tripe, pork tripe, millet, and ginseng.
Foods that help dispel dampness include Job's tears, red beans, winter melon peel, lotus leaves, and lotus seeds. Job's tears, in particular, are good for both strengthening the spleen and dispelling dampness.
3. People with red faces
Eat more fruits and vegetables with cooling properties, such as mangosteen, pomelo, lemon, pear, mung bean, watermelon, as well as vegetables such as cucumber, loofah, and water bamboo.
Some yin-nourishing foods should not be missed, such as sesame seeds, white fungus, glutinous rice, sea cucumber, jellyfish, milk, and pork skin, which can soothe emotions and improve complexion.
4. People with dark complexions
Eat more foods that warm the body and nourish the kidneys, among which mutton is particularly good. It can be cooked into a soup with ginger and angelica. Venison, shrimp, leeks, and fennel can also help restore yang energy.
5. People with a bluish complexion
It is advisable to eat more hawthorn and shiitake mushrooms. Drinking tea made from rose petals and Chinese rosebuds is very effective for women in improving qi stagnation and blood stasis, and reducing a bluish complexion. Men can eat more hawthorn, shiitake mushrooms, black beans, and lotus root.
