The invention belongs to the technical field of
cosmetics, and provides a preparation method of a
piper nigrum root extract and application of the
piper nigrum root extract in pain relieving
cosmetics. The kava pepper root extract is prepared by the following steps: crushing kava pepper roots, and performing
alcohol extraction; carrying out secondary extraction by using a small molecular
polyol solution containing
isopropyl acetate; combining the extracting solutions, and adding compound enzymes (
cellulase,
pectinase and
subtilisin) for enzymolysis to obtain a crude extract; and finally, carrying out subcritical extraction and purification on the crude extract to obtain the product. Through improvement of extraction and purification processes, the extraction rate of active ingredients is effectively increased, a certain amount of
glutathione is obtained, and
toxicity is reduced; the invention also discovers that the composition ratio of the active ingredients of the extract obtained by the optimized process is in a proper range, and the anti-inflammatory and
analgesic effects of the Kava pepper root extract are further improved.