People have been using Marshmallow as a healing plant for thousands of years with its botanical name 'althaea' meaning 'cure'. Mallow is anti-irritant, soothing and calming. It is great for reducing the appearance of redness, pimples and irritation.
Solubility: Water and Water:Alcohol mix is the best medium with which to extract the actives from this herb
Extraction: As this is an 10 :1 extract you only need add of powdered extract to 90% water to reconstitute it into Marshmallow Juice. This juice can be used as your water phase if you wish as it is unlikely to cause irritation. However, it is more common to use it diluted as an extract.
Use Levels: 1-10% of a 'juice' prepared as above or 0.1-1% as supplied into your product.
Heat Tolerance: Relatively good.
Please Note: These products are for cosmetic use only and not to be consumed.
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