QU BA YOU - Scar Oil / Conditioning Scar Oil

Also known as: Qu Ba You, Scar Oil, Conditioning Scar Oil. Dermatology M sells the identical formula under the Conditioning Scar Oil name.

A jojoba and sunflower oil base carrying 13 botanical extracts and resins, most of them blood-invigorating. Myrrh and frankincense are the two you will smell.

This is a massage oil, not a cream. It wants to be worked into the area rather than patted on.

What's doing the work

• Mo Yao (myrrh) and Ru Xiang (olibanum, frankincense), the classical pair for moving blood and dispersing stasis. They have been used together for this exact purpose for roughly 2,000 years.
• Dang Gui (Angelica sinensis), Hong Hua (safflower), Qian Cao (Rubia cordifolia, madder) and Bai Shao (white peony) carry the blood-moving side of the formula.
• Zi Cao (Arnebia euchroma) and Di Yu (Sanguisorba officinalis), both classical for surface repair.
• Jojoba seed oil is the carrier, structurally close to human sebum, so it absorbs rather than sitting on top.
• Borneol and camphor are the penetrants and the reason it has a sharp, cooling smell.

How to use

Massage into the area 2 to 3 times a day. Give it a minute of actual friction rather than a quick smear. Hands, feet and body only.

Full ingredients

Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Tocopherol, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Commiphora Myrrha Resin, Olibanum, Arnebia Euchroma (Redroot) Root Extract, Lycopodium Clavatum Extract, Angelica Polymorpha Sinensis (Dong Quai) Root Extract, Carthamus Tinctorius Flower Extract, Cinnamomum Cassia Bark Extract, Paeonia Lactiflora Root Extract, Laminaria Japonica Extract, Rubia Cordifolia Root Extract, Sanguisorba Officinalis Root Extract, Pinus Tabuliformis Bark Extract, Phryma Leptostachya Extract, Borneol, Camphor.

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

Good to know

• 100 ml (3.38 fl oz)
• May contain traces of nuts or seeds.
• Do not use during pregnancy. Camphor, borneol and the blood-moving herbs are all traditionally contraindicated in pregnancy.
• Contains camphor. Keep away from children and never swallow it. Camphor is toxic if ingested.
• Not for open or broken skin, or for freshly closed surgical sites without your practitioner's say-so.
• Contains kelp (Laminaria japonica), which carries iodine.
• Patch test before the first full application.
• 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.