Medicine Herbs For Skin: Their Effects On Modern Skin Care Products

Haven’t you noticed? The more we enter the modern time, the more we seek for the simpler and basic solutions. This is because we find things to be so complicated that we barely understand how things work.

One good example is by using skin care products. We constantly seek for ancient skin care treatment. This is because the modern treatment involves the use of synthetic ingredients that can cause harmful effects to your skin and your health. The use of medicine herbs for skin is still the most trusted treatment used today.

These traditional herbal products for skin are now wrapped in attractive packages. They are now found in creams, gels, and other skin care products. They are still beneficial and the results are still effective. They are also available in hydrating lotions, moisturizers, toners, and nourishing creams.

These herbs cannot only make the skin soft, smooth, and healthy. They can also treat skin problems like wrinkles, dryness, and acne. Medicine herbs for skin are known to produce satisfying results. But you have to be sure that the products that you will use contain large amounts of these natural ingredients.

Jojoba oils are known to be natural moisturizers used in ancient times. They can now be found in lotions and creams to prevent skin dryness and to bring back the moisture that was lost.

This is the same with macadamia nut oil and avocado oil. They can be absorbed easily by the skin because they resemble the same molecular structure with the skin’s natural oils.

These ingredients are more preferred than the modern products with mineral oil. Mineral oil is harmful to the skin. It can provide good results at first but will leave your skin dry and irritated.

The natural skin oil is washed away and the dryness of your skin can be aggravated.

On the other hand, there are plenty of other natural ingredients like active Manuka honey and Phytessence wakame that treat skin problems and restore the natural skin health.

When using medicine herbs for skin you are using natural ingredients like the above mentioned substances.  These are much preferred over harsh chemicals for overall good skin health.

Elizabeth Ruby is passionate about good health and using healthy products on her skin. She does extensive research on the best products to use and what products to avoid. Visit her website at http://www.your-best-skin-care-site.com/ to find out what products she recommends.

Gynura procumbens, Longevity Spinach, Leaves of the Gods, Mollucan Spinach ….Kim Thất, Bầu Đất,Rau Lúi, Rau Bầu Đất ….#3


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Chụp hình tại thành phố Hồ Chí Minh ( Saigon ), miền Nam Việt Nam.

Taken in Ho Chi Minh city, Southern of Vietnam.

Vietnamese named : Bầu đất, Kim thất, Rau lúi, Rau bầu đất.

Common names : LONGEVITY SPINACH , Bai bing ca, Scrambling Gynura, Dawn Dewa, Leaves of the Gods, Mollucan spinach, Cholesterol Spinach

Scientist name : Gynura procumbens ( Lour.) Merr.

Synonyms : Gynura sarmentosa DC.

Family : Asteraceae. Họ Cúc ( Hướng Dương )

LINKS :

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Bầu đất, Kim thất, Rau lúi, Rau bầu đất – Gynura procumbens (Lour) Merr. (G. sarmentosa DC), thuộc họ Cúc – Asteraceae.

Mô tả: Cây thảo mọc bò và hơi leo, cao đến 1m. Thân mọng nước, phân nhiều cành. Lá dày, dòn, thuôn, xanh lợt ở mặt dưới, hơi tía ở mặt trên và xanh ở các gân, dài 3-8cm, rộng 1,5-3,5cm, khía răng ở mép; cuống dài cỡ 1cm. Cụm hoa ở ngọn cây, gồm nhiều đầu màu tía, các hoa trong đầu hoa hình ống, màu vàng da cam. Quả bế có ba cạnh, mang một mào lông trắng ở đỉnh.

Cây ra hoa kết quả vào mùa xuân-hè.

Bộ phận dùng: Toàn cây – Herba Gynurae Procumbentis.

Nơi sống và thu hái: Hầu hết phân bố ở nhiều nước châu á như Ấn Độ, Inđônêxia, Thái Lan, Philippin và Việt Nam. Ở nước ta, bầu đất mọc hoang dại, nhưng cũng thường được trồng làm rau ăn và làm thuốc. Người ta thu hái cả cây vào mùa hạ, dùng tươi hay phơi khô.

Hình 92. Bầu đất

1. Ngọn cây mang hoa; 2. Cụm hoa; 3. Quả

Tính vị, tác dụng: Bầu đất có vị đắng thơm, tính mát; có tác dụng thanh nhiệt giải độc, lợi tiểu, tiêu viêm.

Công dụng, chỉ định và phối hợp: Người ta dùng cành lá, ngọn non chần qua nước sôi, xào hoặc nấu canh cua; cũng dùng làm rau trộn dầu giấm. Canh bầu đất được xem như là bổ, mát.

Bầu đất được dùng làm thuốc để chữa: 1. Ðái són, đái buốt; 2. Phụ nữ viêm bàng quang mạn tính, khí hư bạch đới, bệnh lậu, kinh nguyệt không đều; 3. Trẻ em đái dầm và ra mồ hôi trộm; 4. Sốt phát ban (sởi, tinh hồng nhiệt) và lỵ. Dùng ngoài trị đau mắt đỏ.

ở Campuchia, thân và lá bầu đất dùng phối hợp với những vị thuốc khác để hạ nhiệt, trong chứng sốt phát ban như các bệnh sởi, tinh hồng nhiệt. Ở Malaixia, người ta cũng dùng lá ăn trộn với dầu giấm và cũng dùng cây để trị lỵ. Còn ở Java người ta dùng nó để trị bệnh đau thận.

Ðơn thuốc:

1. Ðái són, đái buốt, trẻ em đái dầm: Bầu đất tươi 80g, sắc nước uống.

2. Chữa phụ nữ viêm bàng quang, khí hư, bạch đới: Bầu đất sắc nước uống với bột Thổ tam thất và ý dĩ sao với liều bằng nhau, mỗi lần 10-15g ngày uống 2 lần.

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Nhan đề: Hoạt tính dọn gốc tự do anion superoxid và tác dụng chống oxy hoá bảo vệ tế bào gan, tế bào não chuột (in vitro) của cao lỏng Kim thất (Gynura procumbens (Lour.) Merr.)

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Family • Asteracea

Sabuñgai

Gynura procumbens (Lour.) Merr.

LONGEVITY SPINACH

Bai bing ca

Scientific namesCommon names

Gynura procumbens (Lour.) Merr.Gues (Neg.)

Gynura affinis Turcz.Kamañgi (Tag.)

Gynura angulosa F.-Vill.Purpuriket (Ilk.)

Gynura sarmentosa DC.Sabuñgai (Ig.)

Gynura scabra Lour.Mollucan spinach (Engl.)

Senecio cacaliaster BlancoLongevity spinach (Engl.)

Senecio mindorensis Elm.Cholesterol spinach (Engl.)

Leaves of Gods (Engl.)

Bai bing ca (Chin.)

Botany

Sabuñgai is a twining vine, smooth except for the peduncles. Leaves are stalked (the uppermost ones stalkless), ovate-elliptic or lanceolate, 3.5 to 8 cm long, and 0.8 to 3.5 cm wide, with somewhat entire or toothed margins. Flowering heads are panicled, narrow, yellow, and 1 to 1.5 cm long. Involucral bracts are smooth and up to 6 mm long. Achenes are very small and smooth, with very close and slender ribs.

Distribution

In thickets along streams, in old clearings, etc., at low and medium altitudes, ascendiing to 1,500 meters.

From northern Luzon to Mindanao, in most islands and provinces.

Also occurs in Thailand and Indo-China to Malaya.

Constituents

Study identified abundant proteins from the leaves.

Properties

Leaves considered anti-hyperglycemic, anti-hyperlipidemic and anti-inflammatory.

Parts used

Whole plant, leaves, shoots.

Uses

Culinary

In many Asian countries, leaves eaten fresh or cooked; added to salads or stand-alone salad; used for sauces, as flavoring.

Folkloric

In Java, used for kidney troubles.

In Malacca, decoction used for dysentery.

In Thailand, used as topical inflammation, rheumatism, and viral ailments.

Poultice used for rheumatic and general body pains.

In some parts of Asia, used as abortificient.

In Malaysia, a folk remedy for diabetes and hyperlipidemia.

Studies

• Anti-Inflammatory: Study of ethanol extract showed antiinflammatory activity.

• Antihypertensive: Study showed the oral administration of aqueous extract significantly lowered blood pressure in spontaneously hypertensive rats. Results suggest GPE may be useful for prevention and treatment of hypertension through increasing NO (nitric oxide) production in blood vessels.

• Glucose Lowering: Ethanolic extract of leaves significantly suppressed elevated serum glucose levels in diabetic rats. The extract did not significantly suppress glucose levels in normal rats. Results conclude the leaves of GP may be biguanide-like activity.

• Abundant Leaf Proteins / Peroxidase: Study found few abundant proteins from the leaves of GP; among these, peroxidase was found the most abundant of the extracted proteins. Results suggest a natural source for peroxidase for use in the cosmetic and skin care industry.

• Nutritive / Antioxidative Properties: Ethanolic Gynura extract exhibited the highest antioxidative properties in every assay. Nutritive evaluation suggests the extract is a good protein source and may have positive effects on free radical scavenging and iron chelating.

• Gynura procumbens Medical Toothpaste: A Gynura procumbens toothpaste invention consists of" gynura procumbens (Lour.) extractant of 1-20%, glycerol of 20-55%, diglycol of 10-15%, abradant of 20-45%, carboxymethyl cellulose of 0.5-1.5%, sodium dodecyl sulfate of 0.5-2%, additive of 1-4%, essence of 1-2% and saccharin of 0.1-1%.

• Anti-Ulcerogenic: Study results suggest the ethanolic leaf extract of Gynura procumbens promotes ulcer protection as shown by significant reduction of ulcer area, histologic decreases in ulcer areas, with absence or reduction of edema and leucocyte infiltration of submucosal layer.

• Anti-Diabetic: (1) Study evaluating the water extract of G. procumbens in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats showed a hypoglycemic effect by promoting glucose uptake by muscles. (2) Study results suggest the antidiabetic effect may be mediated through the stimulation of glucose uptake and the potentiation of insulin action.

• Toxicological Evaluation: Administration of a methanol extract of G. procumbens did not produce mortality or significant changes in various parameters in both acute and sub-chronic toxicity studies.

Availability

Wild-crafted.

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Plant Foods Hum Nutr. 2002 Fall;57(3-4):233-44.

Antiinflammatory screening of the medicinal plant Gynura procumbens.

Iskander MN, Song Y, Coupar IM, Jiratchariyakul W.

Source

The Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Victorian College of Pharmacy, Monash University, 381 Royal Parade, Parkville, Victoria, 3052, Australia.

Abstract

Gynura procumbens is used in Thai folk medicine to treat topical inflammation, rheumatism, and viral ailments. In the present work, attempts were made to verify the folk medicinal claim that the crude ethanolic extract of G. procumbens has antiinflammatory action and to relate the activity to particular fractions using a croton oil-induced mouse ear inflammation model. The original ethanolic extract of G. procumbens was partitioned between water and ethyl acetate. The residues were subjected to antiinflammatory evaluation. While the water extract did not show any antiinflammatory activity, the administration of the original organic extract significantly inhibited the increase in ear thickness in response to croton oil (n = 5). The activity of 0.75 mg/ear original organic extract showed similar antiinflammatory activity (inhibition 65.2%) to that of 6 mg/ear hydrocortisone 21-hemisuccinate sodium salt (inhibition 64.8%). The organic extract was then fractionated with a series of solvents in order of increasing polarity. Each fraction was dried, dissolved in acetone and monitored using the same bioassay. These experiments showed that the hexane and toluene fractions showed significant inhibitions of 44.6% and 34.8%, respectively. These two fractions had similar activities to 4 mg/ear of hydrocortisone (inhibition 35.0%). The possible chemical constituents in the extracts and fractions were investigated using thin layer chromatography and specific color reagents. These tests showed that steroids might be one class of antiinflammatory compounds in this plant.

Medicine Herbs For Skin: Their Effects On Modern Skin Care Products