Wando-gun Accelerates Production of Marine Healing Therapy Products Utilizing Specialized Resources

Published 31 Oct.2022 14:23(KST)

Development of 36 Products Utilizing Wando Seaweed, Mud, Hwangchil, Bipa, and Yuja

Wando County is accelerating the production of marine healing therapy products. (Photo by Wando County)

[Wando=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Kyungpil] Jeonnam Wando-gun, which is promoting the marine healing industry as a key project, announced on the 31st that it is accelerating the production of therapy products using locally specialized resources to be used in the Marine Healing Center, scheduled to be completed in the first half of next year.

This project is being carried out in an Original Design Manufacturer (ODM) method reflecting expert opinions to ensure the efficacy and utilization plans of each resource, as well as safety.

Looking at the therapy products, there are 36 products including those using proven excellent Wando mud, bath additives that help with fatigue recovery and blood circulation, scrub products effective for activating metabolism and removing dead skin cells, and highly concentrated ampoules using Wando seaweed and specialized resources with proven pharmacological efficacy. The main ingredient is seaweed.

Wando seaweed is formed on maekbanseok (a type of volcanic rock) that purifies the entire sea area and generates nutritional salts, containing many components that contribute not only to the taste of seaweed but also to health.

In addition, specialized resources of Wando such as Hwangchil, Biwa, and Yuzu, which have proven pharmacological effects, are also utilized to scientifically verify the product effects and secure the credibility of healing services.

In particular, by directly experiencing the efficacy of the raw materials of the products, it is expected that the marine healing effect will be maximized, the number of repeat visitors to the Marine Healing Center will increase, and marine healing will be revitalized.

Product production is scheduled to continue until April 2023. The manufacturing of therapy products uses the ‘Natural Plant Softening Technology,’ which consumes more raw materials than existing commercialized products, and is expected to contribute to increasing the income of local farmers and fishermen who are facing problems such as overproduction and overconsumption.

Meanwhile, the ‘Natural Plant Softening Technology’ won the grand prize at the 2021 Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries Marine Startup Contest. This technology directly adds plants (including seaweed) to cosmetics without extraction, allows the added plants to be visually confirmed, and when using the cosmetics, the plants softly dissolve with just the consumer’s rubbing force, enabling direct experience of the plant’s efficacy.