This is Dr. Lee Moon Won, a doctor oftraditional medicine who helps you to make super hair.

2020 flew by very quickly, and now the springof 2021 has arrived.

And from March to April, I am always busy.

At this time, plum flowers, camellia flowers,lindera obtusiloba, cherry blossoms, and bleeding-heart flowers all bloom atonce,

so about two weeks, I get really busy pickingup the flowers and make the extract I want.

If we skip this time, we have to wait untilnext year, so have to strain ourselves.

Also, I finally finished extracting the linderaobtusiloba.

I used to extract plum, camellia, corn, andcherry flowers every spring, 

but I always wanted to try the lindera obtusilobaas well.

But I discovered a field with a linderaobtusiloba and, with the permission of the owner of the land, 

I was finallyable to obtain an extract of the flowers of a lindera obtusiloba this year.

Flowers and leaves of lindera obtusiloba smellof ginger.
 

It does not have a strong smell but more thefaint smell of ginger.
Especially the flowers of lindera obtusiloba have a verypleasant scent of refreshing ginger.

Lindera obtusiloba flowers promote collagensynthesis, have antioxidant effects, and excellent antibacterial properties.
Ithas a pleasant scent, which is why I always look forward to spring.
 

Collagen is strongly associated with hair loss.
The more collagen in the scalp tissue breaks down,
the harder and thinner thescalp becomes, and the hair easily falls out and weakens. 
 

Thus, it is importantto prevent collagen from shrinking and to make sure it is synthesized well.
 

There are experimental results showing theability of the lindera obtusiloba extract to synthesize collagen. 

The higherthe concentration of the lindera obtusiloba extract, the higher the rate ofprocollagen synthesis.

Source: Applicability of Lindera obtusilobaFlower Extracts as Cosmetic Ingredients (HyeonAh Yu, Chun Dug Kim / AsianBeauty Cosmetics Academic Journal / 2017)

In addition, scalp inflammation causes symptomssuch as gray hair, hair loss,
scalp odor, and dandruff. And lindera obtusilobaflower can prevent or reduce inflammation.

So we can say that this flower is useful forcreating super scalp and super hair. 

We also want to tell the results of anexperiment on how strong the antibacterial effect of the extract of linderaobtusiloba 

has on bacteria in the skin that cause folliculitis and acne.

Source: A study on cosmetic applications ofextracts on Lindera obtusiloba flower (HyeonAh Yu / NambuUniversity Graduate School / 2017)

According to the results, the higher theconcentration of the lindera obtusiloba extract, 

the higher the antibacterialeffect.

Lindera obtusiloba fruit oil has beenbeneficial for hair care. 

It is a popular hair care oil with a history as longas camellia oil.

If camellia oil was used in the southernregions, then lindera obtusiloba oil was used in the central and northernregions.

This regional division is due to the fact thatcamellias grew only in the southern regions.

However, in Gangwon-do, lindera obtusilobaflower was called the camellia flower, so in this region, lindera obtusilobaoil also called camellia oil.

In Gim Yujeong`s popular novel, The Camellias,there are lines: “... a blossom of the yellow camellia flower.” Here, theyellow camellia flower is the lindera obtusiloba flower.

Since lindera obtusiloba is also calledcamellia when it comes to hair oil, it can be easy to get confused about which'camellia' we are talking about.

If classified correctly, there are 2 differentoils, camellia oil, and lindera obtusiloba oil.

However, these days it is very difficult tofind lindera obtusiloba oil.

So, I will look around for places where itwould be possible to find lindera obtusiloba oil in winter.

I am very curious about the texture and smellof this oil.

We will continue to search for Korean naturalingredients and apply them in hair and scalp products or treatments.