Description

Equiseto (Equisetum arvense L.) erba is the product obtained from the plant of the same name.

What it is used for and where
Equisetum Arvense is a perennial plant belonging to the Equisetaceae family with a high silica content used in traditional medical science for the treatment of tuberculosis, bleeding, osteoporosis.
Phytochemical analysis reveals the presence of linolenic acid, phthalic acid.

Cosmetics
Humectant. Hygroscopic compound used to minimise water loss in the skin and to prevent it from drying out by facilitating faster and greater absorption of water into the stratum corneum of the epidermis. The epidermis is the most superficial of the three layers that make up human skin (epidermis, dermis and hypodermis) and is the layer that maintains hydration in all three layers. In turn, the epidermis is composed of five layers: horny, the most superficial, granular, spinous, shiny, and basal. Humectants have the ability to retain the water they attract from the air in the stratum corneum and have the function of moisturising the skin. They are best used before emollients, which are oil-based.
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