Chapter 25Current Research in Korean Herbal Cosmetics
Jun S. Park, Ga Y. Cho and Sung-Il Park
25.1 Introduction
Traditional Asian medicine has a long history of curing various diseases, thereby gaining more interests from medical scientists as an alternative medicine that can complement the Western medicine to establish a new paradigm of medical science. The Korean herbal cosmetics were produced by applying the Oriental medicine to the cosmetic science, and they are growing in the world cosmetics market. They contain ingredients from medicinal plants that are listed in traditional medical books. The herbal ingredients are tested to verify the efficacies and safety on the skin and then formulated to make optimum effects on skin care. Korean ...
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