Brown sugar is a type of sugar commonly consumed. Unlike white sugar, brown sugar is more inclined to have the effect of warming and tonifying. Eating an appropriate amount of brown sugar and drinking brown sugar water regularly has a good effect of moistening the intestines and defecating. For girls, it also has a good preventive effect on irregular menstruation. Drinking a cup of brown sugar water when the weather is cold has a good effect of warming and nourishing the stomach.

1. Date, Fructus Ligustri Lucidi, and Black Fungus Soup

30 grams of black fungus, 15 grams of fructus ligustri lucidi, 5 dates, and 50 grams of brown sugar, decoct for internal use, twice a day. Regular consumption can effectively remove dark circles under the eyes.

2. Date and Chrysanthemum Porridge

5-10 dates, 100 grams of black rice, and 15 grams of chrysanthemum, add an appropriate amount of water, cook into porridge, and add an appropriate amount of brown sugar when the porridge is thick. This recipe has the effect of invigorating the spleen and enriching the blood, clearing the liver and improving eyesight. Regular consumption can make the facial complexion rosy, and play a role in health preservation and disease prevention, as well as anti-aging beauty.

3. Ginger and Brown Sugar Water

15 grams of ginger, an appropriate amount of brown sugar, infuse with boiling water as tea. It can treat common cold due to wind-cold, and effectively alleviate dysmenorrhea with cold and blood stasis.

4. Motherwort and Dried Ginger and Brown Sugar Water

20 grams of motherwort, 15 grams of dried ginger, 3 dates, and 30 grams of brown sugar, decoct the water for drinking. It warms the meridians and disperses cold, suitable for cold-type dysmenorrhea and chloasma.

5. Brown Sugar Mask

Place 3 tablespoons of brown sugar (about 100 grams) in a small pot, add 200 milliliters of mineral water, heat it, and cook it into a sticky syrup-like consistency (a semi-liquid and semi-solid state), then turn off the heat. After the syrup cools down, apply it evenly and thickly to the cleaned face, and wash it off after 20 minutes. Use twice a week, it can whiten the skin and remove spots.