Disclosed herein is a skin external composition for alleviating dry skin symptoms, which contains an extract of Scrophularia buergeriana Miq. as a main component and further contains an extract of Poria cocos Wolf, as well as the use thereof for skin-moisturizing cosmetics. The composition contains, as active ingredients, the Scrophularia buergeriana Miq. extract and the Poria cocos Wolf extract, which are prepared by extracting each of Scrophularia buergeriana Miq. and Poria cocos Wolf using water, ethanol, methanol, hexane, ethyl acetate or butanol.