Centella Asiatica

Benefits

The “long life” remedy

It helps to refine wrinkles, improve skin elasticity, re-epitalize and rebuild the skin's protective barrier, improves hydration.

Things
It is a plant native to India and Madagascar, also known as "Tiger Grass", due to their habit of rubbing on it to heal wounds. In Ayurvedic medicine it was used in Rasayana, the "long life" remedies as it was considered rejuvenating, fortifying and invigorating, but also to calm and increase mental clarity. Introduced in the mid-nineteenth century in Europe, it was used to treat various skin diseases, such as eczema, psoriasis, wounds.
The extracts are obtained from the leaves and aerial parts. As with all plants, we talk about phytocomplexes, because it is the synergistic action of the different active components that creates the properties of the plant; in this case the primary active ingredient is contained in triterpenes: Asiaticoside, Asian acid and Madecassicoside

Curiosity

According to Paracelsus' theory of signatures, according to which each plant is "marked" in its appearance by its function, gotu kola has a shape similar to that of the brain.

Centella derives from the verb "sip", to indicate its continuous sipping of water from the moist soil in which it grows.

Do you want to try the benefits of this ingredient?

You can find it in the All In One Eye And Lip Contour Cream .