7 Herbal Shower Gel

Also known as horsetail. Widely cultivated as a wild herb in farmland. It contains 8 to 14% silica. Horsetail stimulates the skin's metabolism and increases its elasticity. The extract is used to revitalize and firm tired skin.

(Betula alba). The extract from the leaves of this typical tree of Northern Europe has circulation-promoting and nourishing properties.

The stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) is one of the most time-honored medicinal plants, is extremely versatile, and delicious as a tea or in herbal dishes. Almost everyone is familiar with this plant, whose leaves have distinctive stinging hairs, which can leave unpleasantly itchy welts on contact with the skin. The leaf extract has the exact opposite effect: It soothes the skin after sunburn, minor burns, or insect bites and has an anti-inflammatory effect. Nettle leaves contain, for example, flavonoids, caffeic acid esters, minerals such as potassium, calcium, silica, vitamin C, and iron. The stinging hairs contain formic acid, histamine, acetylcholine, and serotonin. Rubbing nettle into the skin stimulates circulation and can thus relax tense muscles.

It is a component of the skin's own Natural Moisturizing Factor (NMF) and has an effective hydrating effect. It has excellent moisturizing properties while simultaneously stabilizing the skin's barrier function. We use plant-based glycerin.

In addition to saponins, mucilage, tannins, and sugar, it also contains growth hormones and hesperidin, which have earned the linden blossom (Tilia cordata) the nickname "beauty herb." Hesperidin is a single component of the vitamin P complex. The extract from the dried flowers has skin-protecting and skin-strengthening effects.

Penetrates easily into the skin and improves moisture retention, especially in dry, chapped, and cracked skin. Panthenol counteracts redness and irritation, is anti-inflammatory, and relieves itching.

Rosmarinus officinalis (Rosmarinus officinalis) is an evergreen shrub native to the Mediterranean region. The leaves are harvested before flowering. They contain 1 to 2% essential oil and approximately 8% tannins. In herbal cosmetics, it is used for large-pored, inflamed skin due to its antiseptic and circulation-stimulating properties.

This evergreen, perennial spice and medicinal plant originates from the Mediterranean region but is now widespread throughout Europe. The active ingredients in sage (Salvia officinalis) are the essential oils thujone and 1,8-cineole, salviol, camphor, salven, saponin, rosmarinic acid, ursolic acid, tannins, and bitter compounds. Sage extract has, among other things, astringent and antiperspirant properties.

(Achillea millefolium) The flowering herb is used. The extract has anti-inflammatory, astringent, and circulation-stimulating effects.