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Skin whitening, also known as skin lightening and skin bleaching, is the practice of using chemical substances in an attempt to lighten the skin or provide an even skin color by reducing the melanin concentration in the skin. Several chemicals have been shown to be effective in skin whitening, while some have proven to be toxic or have ...
Jintan has about 16 ingredients including cinnamon, mint, cumin, clove, and Fructus Amomi. [citation needed]The pills contain or contained the metal silver.A 1987 case report in the Hiroshima journal of medical sciences documented a woman who had taken 500 Jintan pills a day for nineteen years and subsequently developed a blue tint to her skin, a condition known as argyria.
Thus skin-whitening cosmetic products are popular in East Asia. [156] In 2010, four out of ten women surveyed in Hong Kong, Malaysia, the Philippines and South Korea used a skin-whitening cream, and more than 60 companies globally compete for Asia's estimated $18 billion market. [157]
Asian ginseng is believed to enhance the immune system in preventing and treating infection and disease. Several clinical studies report that Asian ginseng can improve immune function. Studies have found that ginseng seems to increase the number of immune cells in the blood, and improve the immune system's response to a flu vaccine.
In Thailand, it went by ya khayan ('hard-working pill'), then as ya maa ('horse medicine'), and then ya ba ('crazy pill') in 1996. [5] According to an episode of the television series Drugs, Inc. , it is commonly referred to in north Thailand as chocalee , due to its alleged sweet taste and chocolatey smell. [ 6 ]
The chain was founded in Santa Cruz, Manila in 1945, [1] making it the second oldest drugstore chain in the Philippines after Southstar Drug by eight years. As of 2017, Mercury Drug has over 1,000 branches nationwide [ 6 ] and over 50 percent of the Philippine pharmaceutical retail market.
The Asia-Pacific holds the largest market share in the K-beauty industry as of December 2020, with Asian countries/regions being some of the largest consumers of K-beauty products. [23] There is also a growing market for K-beauty products in Western countries such as the United Kingdom. [24]
In the United States, anti-aging products are commonly marketed with false health claims, and are deemed to be among various scams on consumers. [3] [4] Since 2007, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued dozens of warning letters to manufacturers of skin care products with false marketing – including supposed anti-aging effects – about the benefits of such products, which are ...