한국 한방화장품 발달 배경 및 연구 현황

The Background and Current Research Applied to Development of Korean Cosmetics Based on Traditional Asian Medicine

Traditional Asian medicine has anextensive evidence base built upon thousands of years of experience within Asia, of curing various diseases. Onlyrecently, within the past two centuries, have modern medicals cientists developed interest in traditional Asian medicine. Asian Medicine seems to be regarded only as an adjunctive medicine and viewed as alargely un-provenalter native medicine to complement western medicine, used in some cases to establish anewparadigm of “integrativemedicine”. This articlereview show Korean herbal cosmetics emerged by applying traditional Asian medicine to the science of cosmetics. The characteristics of Korean herbal cosmetics are examined through example sofhistory, concept sand traditions. With the advance ments in biotechnology, studies are now being conducted on the dermatological effects and processing methods ofher baling redients, including ginseng. The author sex plain the current research on the identification on the activeing redients of herbs, extraction methods, and bio-processing of ingredients to improve the biological efficacies of herbson the skin. A summary of studies focused on modern reinter pretations of ageing the ories, such as ‘Sevenyearagingcycle’, areprovided. In conclusion, the development of Korean cosmetics products are based on the accumulated knowledge of thousand sofyears of experience including; 1)practical heritage of traditional Asian medicines such as Donguibogam; 2)excellent medicinal plants, such as ginseng, which are native to Korea; and 3)innovative attempts to modernize materials, processes, and principles.