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photos: Spline x, Tristan tan, Tarapong Srichaiyos, 5, Shutterstock.com photo: Yuri2010, Shutterstock.com Mat are tima ing Beca imp used wer toni Skin Gins herb Chin trad gins tion imm high gins in C tries are inte ing is o ent and moi skin ness spot is p Chin mor com of g own amp line Ant Rho mat met and a ve It is and TCM mor rose ics. with prod pose help mun doctor of Chinese herbal medicine, a total of 160 herbs were registered as having an improving effect on beauty. Li also emphasised in his works that a balanced functionality of inner organs was the prerequisite for outer beauty. Therefore, accord- ing to traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), keeping the inner health in order results in true outer beauty. The Materia Medica was published in Japan in 1606 AD and was al- so honoured in other neighbour- ing countries such as Korea. Tradi- tional Korean medicine, known as hanbang medicine, is based on the herbal knowledge derived from the L aunching vegan and plant- based cosmetics is a trend that has become very popu- lar in Europe recently, even though the ideas of a plant-based diet and cosmetics are actually not a new invention. In ancient China peo- ple were fully aware of the posi- tive effects that numerous plants and herbs have on beauty. There were indications of herbal cosme- tics as early as in the Qin and Han dynasty more than two thousand years ago. In The Compendium of Materia Medica, the works about herbal medicine from Li Shizhen (1518-1593 AD), the most famous China: Back to the roots Ingredients| Mei Gräfe from Intergate Consulting has selected three well-known plants from traditional Chinese medicine, now being used more and more often in cosmetics products. AUTHOR: Mei Gräfe, Consultant and Managing Director of Intergate Consulting, Haar, Munich m.graefe@intergate-consulting.de www.intergate-consulting.de GO FUTURE: NATURAL COSMETICS 20  l  COSSMA 7–8 I 2016 COS1607_20_GraefeChinese.indd 20 25.07.16 15:34 COS1607_20_GraefeChinese.indd 2025.07.1615:34

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