The Wonderful Use of Chinese Herbs —— Bitter Ginseng Extract

2025-02-13

What is Bitter Ginseng?

Bitter ginseng is an herbaceous or subshrubby plant of the family Leguminosae, genus Sophora, sparsely shrubby, usually up to 2 meters tall. It is mainly distributed in the north and south provinces of China, and also in India, Japan, Korea and Siberia of Russia. It mainly grows in sunny places on mountain slopes, grasslands, plains, roadsides, sandy and red loamy land, at an altitude of less than 1500 meters.

As a kind of traditional Chinese medicine, the earliest application of bitter ginseng was proposed by the medical sage Zhang Zhongjing, mainly for anti-inflammatory and antibacterial purposes. Thanks to its efficacy in clearing heat and dampness, dispelling wind and antibacterial, it has been used in the development of various skin care products and is now favored by many brands.

What is Bitter Ginseng Root Extract?

Bitter ginseng root is tough, coarsely fibrous in section, yellowish-white, with a slight odor and a very bitter taste. An alkaloid extracted from Panax ginseng is Panax ginseng root extract. Bitter ginseng root extract contains active molecules such as Picrasidine, Oxidized Picrasidine, Hydroxypicrasidine, N-Methylcryptopine, Anagyrine, Indoleine, Dehydropicrasidine, d-Isopicrasidine, Picrasidine and so on.

What are the skin care benefits of Bitter Ginseng Root Extract?

1. Antibacterial and anti-inflammatory

Bitter ginseng, known as “natural anti-inflammatory and antibacterial”, has a high efficiency of sterilization, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects. Bitter ginseng root extract is cold in nature and has the effect of clearing heat and drying dampness. It has good anti-inflammatory effect on common skin problems such as redness, swelling and inflammation, and has a good effect on relieving itchy skin. In addition, the alkaloids in the bitter ginseng root extract have a significant inhibitory effect on bacterial respiration.

2. Repair and moisturize

Bitter ginseng root extract can balance oil secretion, unclog and astringent pores, but also remove toxins and impurities within the skin, rich in herbal nutrition, promote the growth and repair of damaged vascular nerve cells, restore the vitality of subcutaneous capillary cells, so that the skin is more firm, tender and smooth. And it can also assist in locking the skin moisture, reduce the loss of skin nutrients, there is a very good moisturizing repair effect.

3. Anti-allergic acne

Picrasidine is one of the most important ingredients in the bitter ginseng root extract, it can soothe and repair our skin base, especially for acne skin, the effect is better! Moreover, Picrasidine can also reduce the release of allergic mediators in the body, which in turn plays the role of immunosuppression. So the acne and anti-allergy effects of Bitter Ginseng Root Extract are also excellent.

Ginseng root extract contains ginseng alkaloids, oxidized ginseng alkaloids, locust alcohol, chrysanthemum alkaloids and other alkaloids, which are antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, anti-allergic, immune-regulating, and have a lot of benefits for the skin. In daily life, the regular use of skin care products rich in ginseng root extract, not only mild and non-irritating, but also helps to soothe and repair the skin, beauty lovers can pay more attention to products containing this ingredient.