Botanicals are plant extracts that are popular additives to skin care products. Botanicals
formed the basis of all medical treatment when European settlers first came to America.
These Europeans learned that the American Indians had an extensive pharmacopeia, based
on native plants, that was passed from generation to generation through the wisdom
of the medicine man in each community. These plant concoctions were mastered by the
settlers, transported back to England, and incorporated into some of the earliest
books on medical treatment. When the new English settlers were learning about North
American plant extracts, a large body of knowledge utilizing plants from the Orient
was also being developed. The richness of plant material in the tropical Orient led
to different plant extracts of great diversity that were used in Oriental medicine
and religious practices. Today, cosmetic formulators have access to plant materials
worldwide for incorporation into topical preparations.
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