The present invention is directed to a
lipolysis stimulator and a slimming agent which stimulate or facilitate
lipolysis of accumulated
adipose tissue, to thereby exert the body slimming effect. The
lipolysis stimulator or the slimming agent of the present invention contains as an
active ingredient any form of a
plant or an extract thereof, the
plant being selected from among common
juniper, togenashi, rosehip,
areca,
polygala root,
plantago herb, calumba, zuikorodoku, garden nasturtium, kidachiumanosuzukusa, bayberry, cogon grass, kohon, shoyokanzo,
Japanese white birch, tanjin, kikubafuro,
white mustard, common
sunflower, ground ivy, Chinese wolfberry, Japanese pagota tree, sennenken, common fig, kankatto, Chinese
hibiscus, usubaakaza, fenugreek, English walnut, sozuku, koniwa-zakura,
gardenia, shima-kan-giku, akamino-akane, futaba-mugura, karoou,
schizonepeta spike, purslane, karabyakushi, and prostrate knotweed.