'Fairy Wand' of Skincare---Burdock

Speaking of burdock, many friends are not strange, it can be found in the ordinary wet markets and supermarkets. Although the appearance is similar to the iron stick yam, the effect of burdock is not quite the same as the yam. Burdock is deep hidden natural "tonic", has been known as vegetable ginseng, contains a lot of nutrition, especially eating burdock can improve the body immunity, has a very good effect on relieving constipation. Burdock fiber can promote the peristalsis of the large intestine, help defecation, reduce the body cholesterol, reduce toxins, waste in the body accumulation, to prevent stroke and prevent gastric cancer, uterine cancer effect. Western medicine believes that in addition to diuresis, elimination of accumulation, expectorant and diarrhea pharmacological effects, it is also used for constipation, hypertension, high cholesterol.

You think that's all there is to burdock? No! Burdock is also known as the "fairy wand of skin care"! Its omnipotence lies in that it can not only be applied in functional food, but also in functional skin care products. By means of water extraction, it can completely retain the water solubility and the ability of associated water molecules of burdock polysaccharide, and form a network structure in the cuticle to maintain skin moisture, improve the antioxidant capacity of skin, prevent skin aging and play a moisturizing role.

Burdock root is rich in nutrients, containing a variety of vitamins, trace elements and proteins, in the removal of garbage in the blood at the same time, can also be on the body for toning and toning, promote metabolism, with the growth of age, the skin will appear freckles, melasma, freckles, burdock root has the effect of freckle light freckle, make the skin more beautiful and delicate. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the occurrence of many diseases is related to the impassability of Qi and blood. Burdock root makes the whole body Qi and blood smooth. Long-term use can also make the face ruddy and nourish the blood.

The wonderful use of burdock root in skin care products

1. Antibacterial

All burdock plants contain antibacterial components. The polyalkynes of burdock root have good anti-bacterial and anti-fungal effects. Chlorogenic acid, a polyphenolic substance in burdock, can inhibit Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus subtilis and Micrococcus garcini. The low concentration of chlorogenic acid can cause significant distortion in the germination of Phytophthora and Echinotidis, and has obvious anti-fungal effect on plant disease.

2. Anti-aging

The water-soluble dietary fiber in burdock root showed strong scavenging ability on hydroxyl free radical and oxygen free radical. Burdock root has antioxidant effect and can protect the cell membrane of human aged erythrocyte treated by pyrogallol. Its scavenging free radicals, and VC's antioxidant performance index is comparable, has higher antioxidant characteristics. Burdock root extract has been shown to significantly improve skin extracellular matrix metabolism, affect glycosaminoglycan renewal and reduce visible wrinkles in human skin.

3. Moisturizing

Burdock has very good film formation and water absorption, can effectively moisturize, avoid water loss.

4. Anti-inflammatory and anti-allergy

Butanol fractions of burdock root extract have anti-inflammatory and antiallergic effects, which may exert their antiallergic and anti-inflammatory activities through transcription of inhibitory factors and activation of anti-inflammatory signaling pathways in spleen cells. In addition, burdock extract inhibited antigen-induced mast cell degranulation and also reduced the release of inflammatory factors. The low molecular weight peptide of burdock root extract can act on both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria

5. Moisturize Skin

Chinese people generally lack vitamin A, and the deficiency of vitamin A will cause lesions in the eyes, bones and immune tissues, and will make the whole body skin itching, peeling, dry, wrinkled and other symptoms. Burdock root is very rich in carotene, often eat burdock root can make the skin more smooth and delicate.

6. Promotes skin repair

Burdock root extract also regulates cell adhesion and gene expression in dermal fibroblasts, affecting signaling pathways that are key regulators of wound healing, as well as promoting tissue repair of the skin barrier.

Now in the market, there are many brands of skin care products are burdock extract as the main active ingredient of their products, because this substance itself belongs to the natural, very mild, so in some mother and child skin care products, more common.