Salicylic acid reduces inflammation

Salicylic acid may be a type of traditional Chinese medicine that people are less familiar with, but its anti-inflammatory effect is quite obvious. The use of salicylic acid for anti-inflammatory purposes should be carried out under the guidance of a professional doctor and should not be used blindly. Salicylic acid can not only be used in drug formulations, but also has functions in various aspects. For example, it can be used to make preservatives; it can also be used in skin care products to show anti-inflammatory effects.

Effects of salicylic acid

1. Standards for alkaline titration and iodine titration. Fluorescent indicator, complex indicator.

2. This product is used as an anti-scorch agent and in the production of ultraviolet absorbers and foaming agents in the rubber industry.

3. Used as a complexing indicator and complexing masking agent. A color developer and preservative for titanium, zirconium, tungsten and other ions.

4. Salicylic acid is used as an additive in some weakly acidic electrolytes and can also be used as a complexing agent for electroplating or chemical plating.

5. Cosmetic preservatives. It is mainly used in water-based cosmetics such as floral water, prickly heat water, and quinine head water. In addition to its antiseptic and bactericidal effects, it also has the functions of removing sweat odor, relieving itching and swelling, relieving pain and inflammation.

6. Mainly used as raw material in the pharmaceutical industry for the preparation of aspirin, sodium salicylate, salicylamide, analgesic, phenyl salicylate, and Xuefang-67. The dye industry is used to prepare mordant pure yellow, direct brown 3GN, acid chrome yellow, etc. It is also used as a rubber vulcanization retardant and disinfectant preservative.

7. Used as an accelerator for epoxy resin curing and also as a preservative. It can be used to prepare synthetic fragrances such as methyl salicylate and ethyl salicylate. The dye industry uses it as raw material for preparing direct dyes and acid dyes. It can also be used as a rubber anti-scorch agent, disinfectant, etc.

8. A small amount is used to prepare daily flavors such as animal flavors. It is used in trace amounts in food as a preservative. It is an important raw material for the pharmaceutical industry.

9. "Salicylic Acid Phenol Patch", commonly known as corn plaster.

Salicylic Acid Skin Care Benefits

1. Salicylic acid has an exfoliating effect

Salicylic acid is fat-soluble and can easily break down excess sebum on the skin's surface. It cleans the skin's pores by fusing with lipids and can help exfoliate the skin. However, be careful not to use skin care products containing salicylic acid for a long time, otherwise it will cause the stratum corneum to be too thin, and the skin will become fragile and sensitive without the protection of the stratum corneum.

2. Salicylic acid has the effect of controlling oil and fighting acne

Salicylic acid can break down excess sebum, while inhibiting excessive skin secretion and playing a role in oil control. It also has a strong dissolving effect on keratin plugs and acne formed by sebum blockage, improves the unclean state of hair follicle walls, helps sebum to be smoothly discharged from the pores, corrects abnormal cell shedding, prevents pore blockage for mild acne, and is most effective for blackheads.

3. Salicylic acid can shrink pores

Salicylic acid can penetrate deep into the pores along the sebaceous glands that secrete oil, dissolving the old accumulated stratum corneum in the pores and improving the blockage of the pores. It can therefore block the formation of blackheads and shrink enlarged pores.

4. Salicylic acid has the effect of slowing down aging

The stratum corneum of the skin will be automatically renewed. If the old cuticle is not shed normally, the skin will appear rough and dull, and the skin's metabolism rate will slow down. Salicylic acid can remove old cuticle and promote rapid renewal of epidermal cells. When the epidermal cells are fresh and full of vitality, it will naturally slow down the aging of the skin and restore the skin to a smooth and delicate state.

5. Salicylic acid has the effect of whitening and removing spots

In an unhealthy keratinocyte layer, there is usually pigmentation on the surface of the skin, and salicylic acid can help peel off this layer of aging keratinocytes and prevent pigmentation. In addition, salicylic acid can assist the penetration of other acid whitening ingredients, so it is often added to whitening and spot-removing essences in the form of a complex to help fight potential spots in the bottom layer of the skin.