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Malt, the main ingredient for manufacturing beer, refers to germinated barley. It has a strong activity of amylase-hydrolyzing carbohydrates-, so it is also used for producing sweet rice drink and starch syrup. Protease, another enzyme in malt, decomposes protein in barley, which makes beer have magnificent flavor and good head on. In the mean while, malt is known as a oriental medicine for treating indigestion and stimulating secretion of milk.

In sparkling water is naturally or artificially diluted carbon dioxide. Nowadays, it is getting more and more popularity because many people are using it for both drinking and their beauty. The pH of sparkling water is 4.5~5.5, similar to that of healthy skin. So, it helps recover the pH balance of alkaline skin(e.g. acne, atopic dermatitis). Also, it is studied that it is effective for the synthesis of lipids in epidermis and recovery of skin barrier. In Korea, Chojeong sparkling water, gathered in Chojeongri, Chungbuk, is famous. It is naturally formed in limestone strata 100m below the sea level, containing many kinds of minerals beneficial for us. Traditionally, it is passed down that people washed there in the hottest days of the midsummer. Plus, according to Korean historic books, King Sejong and Sejo treated an eye disease and dermatitis using Chojeong sparkling water.

Baobab tree, appearing in the famous novel 'The Little Prince', is one of the biggest tree species in the world. It usually grows in Africa, whose seeds and leaves have been used for alleviating a fever and a diarrhea as a traditional remedy. Also, it is reported that people in Africa have used its bark to relieve a pain and inflammation and healing wounds. The fruit of baobab contains especially much amount of calcium and phosphorus, and helpful for removing ROS thanks to lots of vitamin C

Avocado is originated from where has Mediterranean climate of Mexico or South America, cultivated in California and region of South America. Avocado fruits contain 20% of fats, whose amount is much more than other fruits and vegetables. For this reason, it is called 'Butter Fruit' and used for making salad and other purpose. Most of the fat of avocado is unsaturated fatty acids, good for moisturizing because they block evaporation of moisture from our skin. Also, avocado has rich amount of vitamin A, B, E, β-carotene and minerals. Additionally, it is known that glutathione plays a role as an anti-oxidant.

Strawberry is cultivated all over the world and one of the most common fruits. Its vivid red color and sweet flavor makes it so popular. It is widely consumed juice, pie, jam as well as fragrance and cosmetic products. Anti-oxidants like anthocyanin and ellagitannin are contained in strawberry, effective in protecting our fibroblasts from UV-damage

Milk is excellent source of nutrition, and it is almost a super food because it contains lactic acid, proteins, lipids, vitamins, and minerals. Lactic acid in milk serum is one of the NMFs in our skin and it has the ability to retain large amount of water, so it is helpful for moisturizing our skin. Also, it controls keratinization, which results in enforcing flexibility of the epidermis.

Camellia sinensis is an evergreen shrub whose leaves are used to produce tea. Tea is divided into several types according to how the leaves are treated. Green tea is non-fermented tea made from tea leaves treated by heating. Catechin, the representative polyphenol in green tea, is much more powerful anti-oxidant than vitamin C and E. If catechin affect with those vitamins and organic acids on our body, those substances create synergistic anti-oxidative effect. In the meantime, theanine, one of the amino acids only found in green tea, helps ease tention

Papaya is native to tropical America, from southern Mexico to the Andes in South America. It is brought to Caribbean, Pacific Islands and Europe by Spanish explorers in the middle of 17th century. Papaya skin, pulp and seeds contain various kinds of nutritients such as carotenoids, vitamin C, minerals and polyphenols. When unripe fruit is cut, white liquid containing papain, a kind of protease, is smeared. The powder refined from this liquid has an excellent detergency and it is known that it helps alleviate acnes. According to a recent study, polysaccharides from papaya fruit has the ability to remove DPPH and superoxide and to retain mosture as strongly as that of hyaluronic acid and glycerol. These characteristic makes papaya valuable as a natural moisturizer with anti-oxidative effect.

Rosemary is an evergreen shrub native to the Mediterranean. It has strong but fresh scent, so it is very popular ingredient for fragrance and deodorant. Also, it was traditionally used as a anti-dandruff hair tonic and its floral water was good for washing eyes. It is reported that rosemary not only supresses the propagation of microbials and inflammation but also removes free radical as an anti-oxidant.

Marshmallow is a perennial plant originated from Asia and Europe. As its name, Althaea', came from 'altho : to cure', it is known that it is the most powerful medicinal mallow. The leaves help reduce swelling from a bee sting. The extract of dried leaves, flowers and roots alleviates stomatitis and gastritis. Especailly, roots have been used for treating burns, bites and skin inflammatory disease, which is related to the fact that it helps phagocytosis and supresses the propagation of microbial.

Jasmine is a genus of shrubs and its name came from Greek word 'jasme', which means fragrant oil. It is native to Northern India and Persia, introduced to Europe in the middle of 1600s. Nowadays, it is mainly cultivated in France, Morocco and Italy. (R)-(-)-linalool in jasmine has unique scent making us relaxed. For this reason, it is used for manufacturing diffuser and fragrance and aromatherapy for treating depression and soothing. It is known that Thai used it as food ingredient and medicine for relieving dizziness, anti-bacterial, anti-inflammation and sanitization.

Ginger is one of the popular spice for its unique scent and pungency. It contains essential oils such as gingerol. zingiberol and zingiberene. Gingerol, a representitive active substance in fresh ginger, shows anti-microbial, anti-inflammatory and sterilizing effect. 10-shagol helps keratinocytes and fibroblasts proliferate and move to damaged area of skin, accelerating skin recovery.

Rooibos is a needleleaf tree growing in South Africa. The main characteristic is its red leaves, which gave it the name - 'Red shrub.' Rooibos tea is made from dried leaves and contains no caffeine compared to other teas. However, there are plenty of minerals in the tea. Also, it is an excellent anti-oxidant due to its quercetin and isoorientin, preventing photoaging by lessen the UV-induced stimulation on skin.

Damask rose is assumed that it is a hybrid between Rosa gallica and Rose Moschata in Asia and propagated through Syria, Fareastern Asia and to Europe. It has elegant scent, so it has been traditionally and widely used as ingredients for fragrance and cosmetic bath. Petals contain much more vitamin C than lemon or orange and also phenolic compouds such as quercetin and kaempferol. As a result, it effectively removes free radical and ROS. What's more, it is studied that damask rose also has anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory effect.

It is assumed that mung beans had been already cultivated since the Bronze Age in Korea. The main component is starch, but it is good nutritious food because it contains more than 25% of proteins, too. According to 'Donguibogam', mung bean positively affects on relieving fever and abscess, curing skin disease and detoxifying. What's more, vitexin and isovitexin in mung bean peel helps remove free radicals.

Portulaca Oleracea is often caalled 'Soebireum' and it is named after its shape of horse's teeth. According to 'Bonchogangmok', crushed Portulaca Oleracea's leaves are attached on abscess and wart or used to exterminate parasites. In relavant of this usage, Portulaca Oleracea had an effect on relieving inflammatory pain and damages in many recent studies.

Green tea is one of the most popular drinks in the world. Traditionally, it is known that it has a positive effect on quenching thirst, treating skin ulcer and detoxifying our body. Due to its excellent role as anti-oxidant resulting from polyphenols, green tea is widely used for cosmetic material. 

Collagen is a fiber protein filing the space between cells of animal. A large amount of collagen exists in skin, catilage, bone, blood vessel wall and muscle. Especially, the connective tissue of skin is full of collagen and elastin fibers. 70% of dermis components is collagen fibers. As we get older, collagen synthesis is slower and exising collagens are decomposed, which results in skin aging. Collagen having small molecular weight invades skin more efficiently and helps rejuvinate damaged skin. As a result, the elasticity of skin is recovered and finally skin aging can be prevented.

Shea butter is vegetable fat and oil from African Shea tree and it has been used as folk remedies and moisturizer for a long time. Unlike other types of oil, shea butter is not saponized. For this reason, effective components such as vitamin E can function on the skin much better. Enriched vitamin E plays a role not only as a natural anti-oxidant but also anti-elastase helpful for thining stretchmarks. In addition, shea butter has a excellent moisturizing effect, so it is used to maintain moisture of our skin and hair.

Aloe vera is a perennial tropical plant originated from Africa. According to old medical books of Korea and China, it is described as 蘆薈 - a traditional medicine for curing skin diseases, abscess, ulcers and detoxification. Greek medicinal book introduced aloe as following : Spreading out aloe powder on damaged skin helps it cured and treating abscess and other skin disease. Monosaccharide, polysaccharide, amino acids(His, Arg, Ser, Gly etc) in aloe vera leaf are helpful for skin moisturizing. Especially, when applying leaf juice on the burned skin, the damaged skin gets moisture from it and recovers quickly .

Flax is an annual plants originated from Central Asia and mostly cultivated for producing linen, a type of textile. After the fruits are ripen in fall, seed are collected. Flaxseeds are used for reducing the symptoms accompanied by Hansen's disease, pruritis and loosing hair. It is known that ancient Egyptian doctors possessed flaxseeds all the time in readiness for treating unexpected diseases or food. Also, Hippocrates is also known to use them for relieving inflammation. Early European applied flaxseed oil to reduce aches in muscle, and the word 'Liniment' came from here.

The orange had been cultivated since B.C.2500 in China, introduced to Europe. Usaually it is eaten as a fresh fruit or juice, but we have benefitted from it for the purpose of relieving fatigue and digestive agent. Nowadays, it is used in preventing cold, cosmetic and fragrance. Vitamin C in oranges is known for having anti-oxidant and whitening effect. Flavonoids and carotenoids, phytochemicals showing yellow or orange color, also remove free radicals, so they prevent skin damage.

Lotus is a plant native to India, propageted in Korea along with Buddhism. All parts of it have been versatile materials in our life. Lotus, its flower, have been used for helping blood circulation smoother, and believed to treat blood congestion coming from bruise.

Rice is one of the top three crop for staple, along with wheat and maize. It is known that rice is native to tropical area within 20 degrees of latitude. Nowadays, it is cultivated in Korea, China, India and other nations. It is divided into n-degree brown rice and white rice depending on how much the outer layer is peeled. Rice bran is a mixture of peel, seed coat and aleurone layer. Rice germ is attached to rice bran, which contains lots of beneficial substances such as vitamin A, E, B groups, iros, phosphorus and γ-oryzanol, which block allergic reaction by binding to IgE.

Green tea is one of the most popular drinks in the world. Traditionally, it is known that it has a positive effect on quenching thirst, treating skin ulcer and detoxifying our body. Due to its excellent role as anti-oxidant resulting from polyphenols, green tea is widely used for cosmetic material. Grenn-GPT is glycoprotein coming from extracted and purifed green tea leaves. It protects our skin from UV damage by supressing the expression of MMP-1 . Also, it is powerfully anti-inflammatory as much as indomethacin, which is one of the anti-inflammatory drugs and needs to be prescribed.

Blueberries are prostrate shrubs native to North America. Native Indians called them as 'star-shaped berries' and ate fresh or stored ones. Nowadays, there are many kinds of product using blueberries; juice, squeeze, baked goods, jam and so on. Blueberries are commonly famous for 'fruits for eyes' due to anthocyanin, but it has anti-aging as a powerful anti-oxidative substance as well as protecting eyesight. Also, they contain flavonoids and carotenoids, another types of anti-oxidant.

Bamboo usaully grows in Korea, Japan, China and Southeast Asia and its stem is empty compared to other poaceae. Its leaves are used for cooling down the fever or stopping bleeding in oriental medicine, and relieving inflammation in Indian folk remedy. Indeed, it has been reported that leaves helped reducing redness and swelling, main symptoms of inflammation and avonoids and alkiloids acted as a pain killer. Also, bamboo extract has an whitening effect by supressing the activity of tyrosinase.