HONG HUA HUO XUE YOU - Red Flower & Horse Chestnut Oil

Also known as: Hong Hua Huo Xue You, Red Flower & Horse Chestnut Extract Oil.

The same blood-moving base as Hong Hua You, with two things added: horse chestnut and alcohol. The horse chestnut is the reason to choose this one over the plain Red Flower oil.

Eleven ingredients, jojoba base.

What's doing the work

• Aesculus hippocastanum (horse chestnut) seed extract, second on the list. The classical botanical for vessel tone.
• Hong Hua (safflower), Ru Xiang (frankincense) and Mo Yao (myrrh), the blood-moving core.
• Dang Gui (Angelica sinensis) and Bai Shao (Paeonia lactiflora) to nourish alongside.
• Alcohol, borneol and camphor carry it in faster than the oil alone would.

How to use

Apply 2 to 5 times a day and massage in.

Pairs well with

Hong Hua You is the same formula without the horse chestnut or alcohol, and is the gentler option on thin or fragile skin.

Full ingredients

Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Aesculus Hippocastanum Seed Extract, Angelica Sinensis Root Extract, Carthamus Tinctorius Flower Extract, Cinnamomum, Cassia Bark Extract, Commiphora Myrrha Resin, Olibanum, Paeonia Lactiflora Root Extract, Alcohol, Borneol, Camphor.

Ingredient list current as of publication. Check the panel on the item you receive.

Good to know

• 100ml.
• Vegan and halal.
• Do not use during pregnancy. Camphor, borneol and the blood-moving herbs are all traditionally contraindicated.
• Contains camphor. Keep away from children and never swallow it.
• Alcohol based, so it will sting. Not for broken skin.
• The supplier label carries a sesame allergy warning that does not match the current ingredient list. The base is jojoba. If you have a sesame allergy, read the bottle you receive.
• For external use only.

Dermatology M, formulated by Dr Mazin Al-Khafaji. Selected and reviewed by Dr. Stacee Munroe, OMD, L.Ac. Cosmetic use only. Not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.