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 a kind of deep hidden natural "tonic", which has been known as vegetable ginseng and contains a lot of nutrition. Eating burdock can improve the body immunity and 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 and waste in the body accumulation, to achieve the effect of preventing stroke and preventing gastric cancer and uterine cancer. Western medicine believes that in addition to diuresis, elimination of accumulation, expectorant and diarrhea pharmacological effects, burdock is also used for constipation, hypertension and high cholesterol.

Do 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 and containing a variety of vitamins, trace elements and proteins. While removing waste from the blood, it can also nourish and condition the body and promote metabolism. with the growth of age, the skin will appear freckles, melasma and color mottle, burdock root has the effect of removing freckles, making the skin more beautiful and delicate. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the occurrence of many diseases is related to the impassability of blood circulation. Burdock root makes the whole body blood smooth. Long-term use can also make the face rosy, nourish the blood and beautify the face.

Wonderful Application of Burdock Root in Skin Care Products

1.  Antibacterial

The whole herb of burdock contains 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 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, and 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, which can effectively moisturize and avoid water loss. Besides, 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 rich in carotene, often eating burdock root can make the skin more smooth and delicate.

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. Promoting 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.

At present, there are many brands of skin care products that use burdock extract as the main active ingredient in their products, because this substance itself is natural and very mild, so it is quite common in some skin care products for mother and infant.