Centella Asiatica

HOW DOES CENTELLA ASIATICA BENEFIT YOUR SKIN?

Centella Asiatica helps calm the look of visible redness and irritation while supporting the skin's natural recovery process. It is especially valued in formulas designed to comfort reactive, compromised-feeling skin and help restore a calmer, more balanced-looking complexion.

Known for: Soothing

Also supports: Restoring

About

Centella Asiatica, often called Cica or Gotu Kola, is a soothing botanical extract long valued for its calming and skin-restoring properties. In skincare, it is prized for helping comfort visible redness and irritation while supporting the look of a stronger, more resilient-looking complexion.

Science

Centella Asiatica is rich in naturally occurring triterpenoids, including madecassoside, asiaticoside, and asiatic acid, which are studied for their role in supporting the skin's visible recovery and calming the look of irritation. In Stone Earth Beauty formulas, it is chosen for its ability to comfort reactive-feeling skin while helping restore a smoother, more balanced-looking complexion.

History

Centella Asiatica has been used for centuries in traditional Ayurvedic and Chinese medicine for skin and wound care. It became especially prominent in modern beauty through Korean “Cica” skincare, where it is now one of the most recognized botanicals for soothing, sensitive-leaning formulas.

Origin

Centella Asiatica is a small, herbaceous plant native to the wetlands of Asia, including India, Sri Lanka, China, and Indonesia. Its leaves are harvested and processed into cosmetic-grade extract, prized for its calming reputation and gentle compatibility with reactive-feeling skin.

Did You Know?

Centella Asiatica is nicknamed “tiger grass” after folklore describing wounded tigers rolling in the plant to soothe and heal their injuries. That reputation is part of why the ingredient, often shortened to Cica, became so closely associated with comforting, recovery-focused skincare.