Research Papaer : A Study of Bathing Culture and Oriental Herbal Bath Toiletry

Jeong, Ju Mi; Cho, Woo A; Kook, Jee Youn; Kang, Soo Kyung

Journal of the Korean Society of Cosmetology 2007;13(3):1283-1292.

전통목욕풍속(傳統沐浴風俗)과 목욕제(沐浴劑)에 관한 고찰

정주미, 조우아, 국지연, 강수경

Research Papaer : A Study of Bathing Culture and Oriental Herbal Bath Toiletry

Ju Mi Jeong, Woo A Cho, Jee Youn Kook, Soo Kyung Kang

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to search of bath culture and oriental herbal bath toiletry in korea. And the bath toiletry in effect and the extraction region and extraction time it shared and a bath toiletry useful characteristic it examined. The peach, the rice, the mugwort, the garlic, the ginseng, the sweet flag and the red-bean were used frequently from bath of korea. The anti-microbial and the anti-inflammatory are many most effect of the bath toiletry and the next is the whitening activities. The seed, the stem and the fruit were used most plentifully in the bath toiletry. And, the peach and the japanese apricot (maesil) are the bath toiletry materials which is useful.

Key Words: Bathing Culture, Oriental Herbal Bathing