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This study examines the comparative effect of essential oil (instead of jojoba oil) and the effect of simultaneous massage treatments in abdominal obesity improvement. We selected middle-aged women in their 40s~50s residing in Seoul city, and treated a control group with jojoba oil. As a experimental groups, a group A was treated with essential oil, a group B was treated with jojoba oil and alongside massage treatments, and a group C was treated with essential oil and alongside massage treatments - applying the massage with a frequency of twice a week for four weeks, to a total of eight treatments. The experimental group A showed a decrease of the following data: body fat (0.93 kg), BMI (0.16 kg/m2), abdominal fat percentage (0.01%), waist size (1.76cm), . All of these are not statistically significant. The experimental group B showed a decrease of the following data: body fat (1.02 kg), BMI (0.36 kg/m2), abdominal fat percentage (0.03%), waist size (4.17cm). All of these are statistically significant. The experimental group C showed a decrease of the following data: body fat (1.56 kg), BMI (0.51 kg/m2), abdominal fat percentage (0.01%), waist size (7.32cm). All of these are statistically significant. As can be seen from these results, essential oil showed a larger increase than jojoba oil, and massage-applied groups clearly show a larger improvement than those without.

본 논문에서는 구기자 다당류(LBP)의 항노화 메커니즘을 탐구하고 더 나아가서는 피부 노화 및 노화의 속도를　늦추는　방법을　연구하여 도움을 주고자 문헌정리 연구방법을 사용하였고, 구기자 다당류의 항노화 메커니즘에 대해서 수집 및 정리하였다. 본 연구에 따르면, LBP는 구기자에서 추출한 일종의 수용성 다당류로서 단백질 복합체이자 구기자의 주요 활성 성분 중의 하나이다. LBP는 인체의 면역기능을 조절하고, 항산화 작용을 통하여, 노화의 속도를 늦추어준다. 중국의 본초 자원은 매우 풍부하기에 천연 식물에서 새로운 체내 유리기를 제거하는 항산화제를 찾고 있으며, 이는 현대의학과 뷰티산업의 발전 방향이기도 하다. 그리하여 본 논문은 구기자에서 추출한 유효성분을 채택하여 노화를 예방하는데 활용범위를 제시할 전망이다.

Recently, there has been active research on alternative and complementary therapy and increased interest in alternative and complementary therapy because of limitations of other unorthodox medical treatment. The main purpose in this research was to find out usage, treatment, effectiveness and satisfaction rate of alternative and complementary therapy in youth people. During 19 days from April 4, 2011 to April 22, 2011, researchers randomly selected workers from Youngdengpo-gu, Jung-gu, Seungdong-gu, Kwangjin-gu and Guro-gu Seoul to take a survey. The 71.4% of workers answered 'yes' when asked if they had ever tried alternative and complementary therapy, and only 28.6% answered 'no' that they did not. When asked if their pain was reduced after treatment, more than half the people answered 'yes'. Most respondents answered positively when asked about their satisfaction level on a scale of 1-5 with 5 being very satisfied. There should be more research to upgrade and develop alternative and complementary therapy. In addition, proactive advertising is needed on the facts that alternative and complementary therapy is a proven treatment on reducing side effect and also it's effectiveness. In order to maximize treatment, endless effort is needed to inform the public that medical treatment and alternative and complementary therapy can be used together to achieve the best results.

This study was conducted to find out the hydration effect and persistency of moisturizing cream by applying the moisturizing cream made with natural ingredients of Avena Sativa, Morus alba and Ulmus davidiana and the regular moisturizing cream on sale to the face area. The five women with the age of 20s to 30s were chosen. For the measurement of the moist contained in skin, the average amount committed three times on four areas, forehead, both cheeks and chin by Corneometer CM825 was used. The measurement of the oil contained in skin was conducted by Sebumeter SM815, and the term of capacitance (a.u) for the moist amount and the one of photometric reflection (㎍/㎠) for the oil amount were used. This results showed that the moisturizing cream with Avena Sativa has the most statistically significant result in both hydration effect and lasting. And these hydration effect and lasting of Avena Sativa can be supported by the fact that Avena Sativa cream has the best result in oil amount lasted. Therefore, this study may provide useful information for developing moisturizing cream using Avena Sativa that shows great hydration effect and lasting.