Hi Klevies! Have you ever heard about this plant with small and beautiful white petals, yet has a myriad of benefits? It’s Houttuynia Cordata! This plant has been known for a long time ago and used as traditional medicine, effective for health conditions like high blood pressure to treat snake bites.
Apart from being traditional treatments, Houttuynia Cordata has several benefits for skin treatment as well. Can you guess what are the benefits of it?
Houttuynia Cordata contains main bioactive compound like Polyphenolic Flavonoids which includes Quercetin, Quercitrin, Rutin, and Hyperoside. These contents are efficient for anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and antibacterial.
Antioxidant
This beneficial plant is rich in antioxidants which is very helpful to fight free radicals from pollutants, UV rays, lacking sleep, stress, or unhealthy eating habits. Sun exposure can potentially resulted in sunburn, inflammation, hyperpigmentation, and even skin cancer. The antioxidant in Houttuynia Cordata provides extra skin protection from UVB Rays, gives a brighter skin appearance, and diminishes dark spots.
Antibacterial
If you have acne-prone skin, this function might be your best healer! As you may know, there are some factors that trigger acne, one of them can be caused by bacteria such as Propionibacterium acnes and Staphylococcus epidermis. Houttuynia Cordata has antibacterial and antimicrobial effects that can fight these acne-causing bacteria for you.
Anti-Inflammatory
Acne usually comes together with another skin problem such as inflammation. However, you can prevent this from happening with a little help from Houttuynia Cordata which will soothe redness, irritation, and inflammation. Its anti-inflammatory properties can also treat AD (atopic dermatitis) skin conditions like eczema.
Besides all these benefits we mentioned above, Houttuynia Cordata also contains polysaccharides. In skincare products, this molecule work as humectants that attract water and hold it in the skin so it will moisturize and maintain skin elasticity. Using Houttuynia Cordata with glycerin will help you to get a younger skin appearance.
These days, you can find this ingredient in many skincare products. But Klevies, did you know that KLEVERU Sea Buckthorn Cleansing Gel is the first local brand to use Houttuynia Cordata as its main ingredient?
Yup! Our best-selling cleansing gel does not contain SLS/SLES, instead, we use Houttuynia Cordata as a natural cleanser with a great ability to cleanse your skin without making it dry and safe for all skin types.
Another notable ingredient inside this cleansing gel is Sea Buckthorn which contains 15x more natural vitamin c than oranges, talking about antioxidants, this ingredient is absolutely packed with it.
Giving a try of these ingredients to treat breakout, dehydration and inflamed skin could be the right solution for you.
So Klevies, have you tried this herbal ingredient before?