EXTERNAL PREPARATION FOR SKIN FOR IMPROVING WATER (OF CHINESE MEDICINE IDEA)

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain the subject external preparation capable of stimulating organs controlling the secretion of water to the outside of the body, promoting and improving water (of Chinese medicine idea) action for promoting the secre tion of water in the body to the outside of the body, comprising a specific compound as an active ingredient. ;SOLUTION: This external preparation comprises one or more selected from the group consisting of a compound of formula I (R₁ to R₈ are each H, a short- chain alkyloxy, OH, an acyloxy or a short-chain alkyl; A is H or a carbon atom bonded to OH; B and D are each O or carbonyl), its physiologically permissible salt and its glycoside as an active ingredient. Preferably, to be concrete, quercetin of formula II, campherol of formula III, etc., are used as the compound. The content of the compound is preferably, for example, is 0.001-10 wt.% based on the total of the external preparation.;COPYRIGHT: (C)1998,JPO