US 2011 0052731A1 (19) United States (12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. No.: US 2011/0052731 A1 Park et al. (43) Pub. Date: Mar. 3, 2011 (54) MEDICINAL PLANTS EXTRACT USING A636/7 (2006.01) PROCESSING OF HERBAL MEDCNE AND A6IR 36/634 (2006.01) COMPOSITION OFSKN EXTERNAL A6IR 36/282 (2006.01) APPLICATION COMPRISING THE SAME A6IR 36/66 (2006.01) A636/72 (2006.01) (76) Inventors: Jun Seong Park, Suwon-si (KR); A636/8 (2006.01) Hye Yoon Park, Anyang-si (KR); A6IR 36/232 (2006.01) Dong Hyun Kim, Uiwang-si (KR): A636/725 (2006.01) Eun Jeonag Moon, Seoul (KR); Ji A6IR 36/287 (2006.01) Hye Chung, Seongnam-si (KR); A6IR 36/236 (2006.01) Jae Kyoung Lee, Seoul (KR); A6IR 36/482 (2006.01) Duck Hee Kim, Seoul (KR); Han A636/58 (2006.01) Kon Kim, Suwon-si (KR) A636/85 (2006.01) A6IP 7/8 (2006.01) (21) Appl. No.: 12/990,699 A6IR 36/428 (2006.01) A636/896 (2006.01) (22) PCT Filed: Nov. 6, 2008 A636/534 (2006.01) (86). PCT No.: PCT/KR2O08/OO6545 (52) U.S. Cl. ......... 424/728; 424/725; 424/736: 424/757; 424/755; 424/769; 424/756; 424/773; 424/777; S371 (c)(1), 424/740; 424/778; 424/775; 424/758; 424/753; (2), (4) Date: Nov. 2, 2010 424/747 (30) Foreign Application Priority Data (57) ABSTRACT May 2, 2008 (KR) ........................ 10-2008-0041544 The present invention relates to an extract of a processed herbal medicinal plant and a composition for skin external Publication Classification application which contains the extract. More specifically, the (51) Int. Cl. composition for skin external application contains an extract A6 IK 36/258 (2006.01) of processed herbal medicinal plant, prepared through a A6 IK 36/00 (2006.01) method comprising the steps of: (a) processing an herbal A6 IK 36/752 (2006.01) medicinal plant by a process of boiling, steaming, roasting, A6 IK 36/48 (2006.01) baking or heating the medicinal plant or a combination of two A6 IK 36/3 (2006.01) or more of these processes; (b) obtaining an extract of the A6 IK 36/185 (2006.01) processed medicinal plant. The composition shows an A6 IK 36/906 (2006.01) improved antioxidant effect. US 2011/0052731 A1 Mar. 3, 2011 MEDICNAL PLANTS EXTRACT USING vessel and a heated to a prescribed degree, and then herbal PROCESSING OF HERBAL MEDCNE AND medicine is added thereto and roasted, and then the auxiliary COMPOSITION OF SKN EXTERNAL material is filtered out. APPLICATION COMPRISING THE SAME 0011 (i) Roasting to yellow color or dark color: wheat bran is placed in a previously warmed vessel and heated until TECHNICAL FIELD it smokes. Then, herbal medicine is placed in the vessel and agitated uniformly, and it is roasted until the color of the outer 0001. The present invention relates to a medicinal plant surface becomes yellow or dark. Then, the wheat bran is extract prepared using Chinese herbal medicine processing discarded, and the roasted material is cooled. Generally, 5-10 and a cosmetic composition containing the same. kg of wheat bran is used for 100 kg of herbal medicine. 0012 (2) Baking: this is a method of roasting herbal medi BACKGROUND ART cine together with a specific amount of liquid auxiliary mate rial to impregnate the auxiliary material into the tissue of the 0002 The processing of medicinal plants is a pharmaceu medicine. tical technology of changing the inherent properties of herbal 0013 (i) Baking together with alcohol: about 15% alcohol medicines by processing the herbal medicines based on Chi is generally used, and when Soju is used, the concentration of nese medicinal theory. Any herbal medicine is toxic or intense ethanol must be adjusted before processing of herbal medi in nature, and thus cannot be directly taken internally, any cine. Herbal medicine is added to alcohol, roasted in a vessel herbal medicine has medicinal properties which easily with weak fire to a prescribed degree, and then cooled. Gen change, and thus cannot be stored for a long period of time, erally, 10-15 kg of alcohol is used for 100 kg of herbal and any herbal medicine can be used only after impurities and medicine. Somes parts are removed. Even in the case of the same medici 0014 (ii) Baking together with vinegar: vinegar is added nal plant, the unprocessed material and the processed material to and uniformly mixed with herbal medicine, and the mix have different properties or different actions. Such herbal ture roasted in a vessel to a prescribed degree and cooled. medicines must be processed before use, and this operation is Generally, 10-15 kg of vinegar is used for 100 kg of herbal called the “processing of herbal plants. The processing medicine. method is a traditional pharmaceutical technology and has 00.15 (iii) Baking together with table salt: table salt is various Korean names, including Hapwha, Hapyak, Suchi, dissolved in a suitable amount of water, and then filtered. Poja and Susa. Herbal medicine is uniformly mixed or wetted with the salt 0003. The objects of processing Chinese herbal medicines water, placed in a vessel, roasted to a prescribed degree, and are to: (1) make medicine clean and facilitate the storage of then cooled. Generally, 2 kg of table salt is used for 100 kg of medicine; (2) reduce or remove the toxicity or side effects of herbal medicine. medicine; (3) change the nature of medicine to make the 0016 (iv) Baking together with ginger: ginger is pounded, medicines more effective; (4) enhance the therapeutic effects a suitable amount of water is added thereto, and the ginger of medicine; and (5) remove the offensive odor and taste of Solution is Squeezed under pressure to obtain a juice. The medicine to make it better to take the medicine. juice is combined with a juice obtained by adding a Suitable 0004. The processing of herbal medicine is performed in amount of water the ginger remnants and boiling the solution, various manners, and specific examples of the processing thus preparing a ginger juice. When dry ginger is used, it is method are as follows: pounded in a mortar and boiled twice to make a juice. The 0005 (1) Roasting: this is a method of roasting herbal ginger juice is added to herbal medicine, and the mixture is medicine, and the roasting temperature and time and the placed in a vessel and roasted with weak fire to a prescribed degree of roasting are important. In the roasting operation, degree, until the ginger juice is completely absorbed into the heating power must be maintained at a uniform level, and herbal medicine. The roasted material is dried. Generally, 10 continuous agitation is required for uniform heating. kg of ginger or 3 kg of dry ginger is used for 100 kg of herbal 0006 1) Roasting without adding auxiliary material: this medicine. is a method of roasting herbal medicine with weak fire or 0017 (v) Baking together with honey: boiled honey is strong fire to a prescribed degree. dissolved in a suitable amount of hot water, and then the 0007 (i) Roasting to yellow color: herbal medicine is honeyed water is sprinkled on or immersed in herbal medi placed in a vessel and roasted with weak fire to a prescribed cine. The resulting herbal medicine is roasted with weak fire degree. to a prescribed degree and cooled. Generally, 25-30 kg of 0008 (ii) Roasting to brown color: herbal medicine is honey is used for 100 kg of herbal medicine. placed in a vessel and roasted with weak fire, until the outer 0018 (3) Boiling: according to the processing regulation surface of the medicine becomes brown. The medicine is of each herbal medicine, a liquid auxiliary material is added roasted either until the color of the section is turned dark or to to herbal medicine, and the mixture is boiled until the auxil a prescribed degree. Herbal medicine which is easily burned iary liquid is completely absorbed or until the white color of in the roasting process is wet with a small amount of clear the inner part of the cut herbal medicine disappears. The water and roasted again or dried in Sunlight. boiled material is dried. After toxic herbal medicine is boiled, 0009 (iii) Roasting to black or brown color: herbal medi the remaining juice must generally be discarded. cine is placed in a vessel and roasted with weak fire to a 0019 (4) Heating: according to the processing regulation prescribed degree, until the surface is burned black or the of each herbal medicine, a liquid auxiliary material is placed inner part is burned yellow. The roasted material is wetted in a suitable closed vessel, and herbal medicine is added with clear water, and then dried. thereto and heated in water bath or steamed with water vapor, 0010 2) Roasting together with auxiliary material: this is until the auxiliary liquid is completely absorbed into the a method in which a solid auxiliary material is placed in a herbal medicine. The heated material is dried. US 2011/0052731 A1 Mar. 3, 2011 0020 (5) Steaming: according to the processing regula extracts is attributable to the effects of the extracts. Also, the tion of each herbal medicine, a liquid auxiliary material was extracts are being used in cosmetic products and the like on added or not added to herbal medicine, and the herbal medi the basis of experience and oral tradition. cine is steamed by heat in a Suitable vessel or steamed to a prescribed degree. The steamed material is dried.