Effect of improving phytoncide oil-containing fabric atopic dermatitis

Effect of improving phytoncide oil-containing fabric atopic dermatitis

Phytoncide Oil, an essential oil collected from cypress trees, is known to cause symptom relief in allergic diseases, and many people enjoy forest bathing or aromatherapy. However, these conservative therapies have been used only as an auxiliary method in alternative medicine until now, as they show many limitations on the application methods that are effective for patients with allergic diseases such as atopic dermatitis.
However, a recent study showed that fabrics containing phytoncide oil have a real effect on improving atopic dermatitis.
Professor Jo Gwang-ho and Kim Beom-jun, Dept. of Dermatology, Chung-Ang University Hospital, recently published a paper entitled’The Effects of Fabric Containing Chamaecyparis obtusa Essential Oil on Atopic Dermatitis-Like Lesions: A Functional’ Clothing Possibility) announced on the 24th that it was published in the June edition of the SCI-class international journal’Skin Pharmacology and Physiology Journal’.
The research team collaborated with the Korea Knit Industry Research Institute (Kim Eui-hwa, Researcher Young-woon Kim) to apply a special fabric containing cypress essential oil to a rat model with atopic dermatitis for 6 hours per day for 14 days, followed by a modified SCORAD score, Percutaneous moisture loss (TEWL) and allergy-related inflammatory cytokine improvement index were measured. Special fabrics are microencapsulated in cypress essential oil and then stabilized through thermosetting process by binding to 100% cotton fabric. After rats are active, cypress essential oil from cloth is rubbed by friction between skin and fabric. It was produced to be ejected (No. 10-2011-0048635, 10-2013-0108703 of the Korean Intellectual Property Office). As a result of the experiment, it was confirmed that the skin barrier function of the rats wearing cypress essential oil special fabric was restored, the level of’serum IgE’ increased when there was percutaneous moisture loss and allergic diseases, and inflammatory cytokines were normalized to improve atopic dermatitis. did.
Prof. Yoo Kwang-ho said, “Clothes can physically and chemically affect the skin condition, such as itching and irritation in people with atopic dermatitis by contacting human skin for the longest time every day.” “There was an anti-atopic and anti-inflammatory property because we developed a fabric containing cypress essential oil this time due to increased demand for and demand for effective fabrics that alleviate the effect.” Professor Yoo Kwang-ho said, “It is necessary to further confirm whether the symptoms are alleviated and persisted by applying it to patients with actual atopic dermatitis, and whether there are no problems with skin irritation symptoms and safety. However, this study later included cypress essential oil in everyday life. “It is expected that the fabric can be implemented as an alternative functional garment for people with atopic dermatitis.”

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