Ingredients

This article collects the main ingredients of Japanese cosmetics and not only Japanese ones. The list of components is constantly being updated.

Yukinoshita extract

Yukinoshita extract – a family plant of Yukinoshita (scientific name: Saxiraga stolonifera English name: Strawberry Gelanium) from all herbal water, ethanol, BG (1,3-butylene glycol), or extract obtained by extraction with these mixtures. It is known as saxifrage.

It is said to be called yukinoshita because the leaf does not wither even if it is under snow in winter, and it also has the nickname tiger ear herb (Kojisou) due to the shape of its hairy thick leaf.

Pharmacological actions are known to be antibacterial and diuretic.

Hatomugi seed extract

Rice from the family of hatomugi plants (scientific name: Coix lacryma-jobi var. ma-yuen English name: Adlay) from seeds, excluding the husk and seed coat (baby fruit) water, ethanol, BG (1,3-butylene glycol), or extract obtainedby extraction with these mixtures.

The composition of wheat seed extract varies depending on the country, region, and time due to extraction methods and natural ingredients, mainly,

• fatty acids and fatty oils: palmitic acid, stearic acid, coixan
• Polysaccharides: Coixsan A, C, starch

Hatomugi seeds are called yoquinin (薏苡 Цзинь) in Chinese medicine and preparation, while those remaining on the husk are called hatomugi.

It originated in Southeast Asia and was born in Vietnam during the late Han period, and in the 7th and 8th centuries, it came to Japan as a medicinal material from China, but it began to be cultivated from the Edo period.

In folk remedies, it is empirically known that yoquinin is effective for water warts and warts, and it is also used in the treatment of edema, hypertension, and lack of breast milk.

If it is mixed with cosmetics,

• Moisturizing effect by increasing moisture in the skin
• Activation of cells by promoting the proliferation of epidermal cells
• Anti-inflammatory agents
• Inhibitory effect suppressing pigmentation by inhibiting the expression of SCF
• Deodorant effect of sweat by suppressing isovaleric acid

For these purposes, it is used in products such as skincare cosmetics, body and hand care products, makeup cosmetics, sunscreens, sheet and mask products, and sweat deodorant products.