Peat Cream / Lotion

Therapies

Also known as: peat cream, moor cream, peat lotion, peat moisturizer

Method: topical

Duration: Leave-on (continuous contact)

Frequency: 1–2 times daily

Temperature: Room temperature

Preparation: Emulsion (oil-in-water or water-in-oil) with peat extract, humic acid, or fulvic acid as active ingredient

Peat cream or lotion is a leave-on topical product offering the longest skin contact time of any peat cosmetic. This maximizes absorption of bioactive compounds, making it the most therapeutically relevant daily-use format. Suitable for face, hands, and body.

Formulation Considerations

Leave-on products require careful formulation to avoid staining from dark humic acids. Fulvic acid-dominant formulations are lighter in color and better suited for facial creams. The emulsion base itself contributes to moisturizing, working synergistically with humic substance barrier-support effects.

Brands

Brand	Country	Product	Key Ingredient
Omorovicza	Hungary	Moor Cream Cleanser	Hungarian moor mud (Lake Hévíz)
Moor Spa	Canada	40+ products: cleansers, moisturizers, eye care	Austrian moor peat extract
Gehwol (Gerlavit)	Germany	Moor-Vitamin-Cream	Moor plant extract + vitamins
Neydharting	Austria	Night Cream, Intense Body Cream	Austrian moor mud (Neydharting valley)
Miracle Moor	South Africa	Face cream, body lotion, hand cream	Peat extract + natural oils
Tołpa	Poland	Moisturizing Skin Cream, Dermo Face 50+	Peat extract

Evidence & Claims

treats dry-skin (moderate)

Moisturizing carrier + humic substance barrier support provides sustained hydration

mourelle-2024 — Review: peloid skin care and cosmeceutical benefits including hydration

blonska-sikora-2024 — Review: peat moisturizing properties in cosmetological context

treats eczema (preliminary)

Anti-inflammatory leave-on format for daily management of atopic dermatitis

wollina-2009 — Humic substances as adjuncts in topical therapy of inflammatory skin diseases

treats skin-aging (preliminary)

Antioxidant and mineral delivery properties may support skin repair and elasticity

tarnawski-2006 — Peat extract phenolic acids have measured antioxidant activity (ABTS assay)

gvozdeva-2025 — Review: HS antioxidant properties via ROS scavenging

uses fulvic-acids (verified)

Fulvic acids provide antioxidant activity and mineral delivery through skin

beer-2003b — Fulvic acid fractions demonstrated to permeate excised human skin

uses humic-acids (verified)

Humic acids provide anti-inflammatory and protective effects

verrillo-2022 — HA protects keratinocytes from urban dust damage and decreases IL-6/IL-1β