——I don't know if your answer will include the three veterans of "dimension a, dimension C and dimension E". No problem. These three ingredients are really classic. They are of high quality, cheap price and good curative effect. They are equivalent to salt, sugar and vinegar in cooking. But we can't always fight these three things. There are many excellent elements in the colorful world that can complement each other. You may have seen the names of these ingredients in the products of major groups, but you don't know how effective they are. Today, let's pick up six kinds from the vast sea.

  01

 

Panax notoginseng / ginseng extract

 

I think you must have heard the moving story of "scientists found that the workers who brush ginseng have white and tender hands. They are inspired to try to combine ginseng with skin care products". Ginsenosides and other active substances are contained in the roots, stems, leaves and fruits of ginseng, as well as other plants (such as Panax notoginseng and Panax quinquefolium). The types and contents of active substances in different plants and different parts are different, which makes the extracts of various plants of this genus both common and different.

 

Ginsenosides show antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects by inhibiting oxygen free radicals and metalloproteinase activities. Recently, the concept of "micro inflammation" is very popular. The general idea is that adverse factors such as environmental pressure, bad work and rest, and sunlight will bring about tiny, invisible inflammation in the skin, which will lead to physiological changes at the molecular and cellular levels. These small changes will eventually lead to visible skin changes, from darkening and blotches to relaxation and wrinkles. One of the ways to repair the skin is to use anti-inflammatory ingredients to relieve skin micro inflammation.

 

Ginsenoside has the effect of promoting neovascularization at the burn site [2]. Therefore, there are corresponding skin care patents, which believe that it can strengthen skin blood flow, improve skin nutrition, and make the skin more ruddy and lovely. There are also reports about its whitening and sebum inhibiting effects.

 

02

 

licorice root extract

 

Licorice extract contains a variety of effective components, such as glycyrrhizic acid, glycyrrhetinic acid, glycyrrhizin. These ingredients have similar effects, whitening and anti-inflammatory, anti-inflammatory is the most important. In short, almost any bad skin changes, including but not limited to sensitivity, tingling, reddening, acne red to translucent, skin aging

 

03

 

Crithmum Maritimum

 

Like most plant extracts, sea anise extract also has antibacterial effect. The essential oil extracted from the leaves of sea anemone can be used as antioxidant in food industry. In addition, a small number of experiments showed that the essence of extract from 0.1% sea anise stem cells can help skin barrier repair and reduce water loss. [3]

 

04

 

curcuma longa

 

"Turmeric" is not the "Ginger" we usually eat. As the name suggests, turmeric has a very strong yellow, without it there would be no Indian curry yellow paste. Turmeric has always been associated with "healing" in traditional Indian culture. In the movie "father wrestling," turmeric is contained in the liquid poured when preparing the mud for wrestlers.

 

Modern research has proved that curcumin in Curcuma really has a strong power. When taken orally, its anti-inflammatory effect is stronger than that of the common nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug ibuprofen [4]. Curcumin can also play an anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidation effect when used externally. In mouse experiments, curcumin successfully reduced the skin damage after UVB irradiation, including increased melanin, decreased skin elasticity, skin thickening, and increased the diameter and length of blood vessels in the skin [5] - as we all know, skin photoaging accumulated over time is more serious than natural aging The results showed that curcumin has the potential to reduce photoaging.