MOISTURIZING COSMETICS AND COSMETIC SOAP COMPOSITION CONTAINING ULMUS MARCROCAPA HANCE RHIZOMA MUCUS FOR PREVENTION OF SKIN DRYING

PURPOSE: A moisturizing cosmetics and a cosmetic soap composition containing Ulmus marcrocapa Hance rhizoma mucus are provided, which prevent skin drying; and show good skin moistue maintaining ability and skin moisture evaporation inhibiting ability; which show also good stability when preserve for a long time. CONSTITUTION: A process for the preparation of Ulmus marcrocapa Hance rhizoma mucus comprises of: pulverizing the Ulmus marcrocapa Hance rhizoma in a size of 10-200mesh; adding distilled water as an extracting solvent in the volume of 10times based on weight ratio; cool-soaking for 24hrs, or extracting for more than 3hrs at more than 50°C, and filtering; concentrating under decompression; re-dissolving the concentrated material in small quantity of distilled water, and precipitating by adding organic solvent; drying the precipitates, and pulverizing to get the Ulmus marcrocapa Hance rhizoma mucus. The moisturizing cosmetics and the cosmetic soap composition contain Ulmus marcrocapa Hance rhizoma mucus 0.1-20.0wt.%.