Beauty and Herbs

1)      Beauty and Herbs:

1.       Hair problems, Hair care:

·         Hair fall: Put dahi in copper vessel. Stir with neem stock.

·         Boils on scalp: Put mustard oil and curd in brass katori overnight and apply.

·         Hair care/Headache:  strained water of Valerian as rinse or in oil.

·         Baldness:

a)       Put Desi cow ghee/cold pressed coconut oil/coconut oil mixed with unprocessed gel pieces of aloe vera barbadensis/ Panchgavya/ Desi cow ghee, goumutra ark, fresh raw Desi cow milk, fresh Desi cow curd, all in equal proportions/Cold pressed coconut oil mixed with a piece of crushed fresh ginger, a tsp of fresh or dried crushed pepper, a tsp of methi seed powder, 1 tsp amla, fresh paste or dry powder, Coconut oil mixed with onion juice.    Take any of above single alternatives or combination alternatives and fill up a pure copper pot to 3/4^th or little below the brim. Take a long fresh Neem stick or 4-5 sticks tied together. Length should be enough so that it immerses in the pot and you are comfortably able to hold it outside. Stir the mixture a 100 times every day. Leave for 3 days and nights in same pot covered with a cloth. Third day stir 100 times and strain. The resultant mixture is greenish. Store in a glass or glazed earthenware, porcelain container. Apply a little every day, massaging it into the head. Leave overnight or through the day.

b)      Apply pure onion juice.

·         Hair wash formula for hair fall, dandruff, lice ,good growth and healthy hair:

1)       Take whole/ powder of Reetha, amla, shikakai in equal proportions. In case of whole soak overnight or for at least 2 hrs. Crush in the water by hand and strain the frothy mixture. Also can boil the raw items, cool and then crush and strain. Pour some water, again press and strain. Wash hair with this frothy water. The mixture can be soaked and reused. In case of powders, soak an hour or longer or for quick options boil and strain. Soaked powders should also be strained unless they are very fine. Chemical shampoos leaves toxic residue in the hair making roots weak. Ideal to wash hair at least once a month with this, to remove the residues.

2)      Options:

a)      In above formula, can boil fresh red hibiscus flowers and leaves before straining to make this a wash + conditioning liquid.

b)      Can soak or boil pepper, methi seeds, ginger with the base formula.

c)       Can soak or add powders of Brahmi, Bhrungraj, Neem leaves, Mehendi leaves, Curry Leaves, Khus roots, Guava leaves, Mulberry Leaves, natural coffee powder mixed with Chicory. Especially in summer, for darkening hair and for stress.

d)      Fine paste or strained concentrate of Bathua leaves or Amaranth/ Methi/Tulsi/ Neem/Henna Leaves/Hibiscus flowers and leaves/Drumstick leaves. Apply on hair, leave for minimum 15 minutes to an hour and wash.

e)      Beaten Eggs mixed with raw Desi/vegan milk.

f)       Multani Mitti soaked paste, mixed with rose water/ Aloe Vera gel or any of the above. Especially in summer, wash hair with this.

g)      Fine powder of green Moong dal, prepared as suggested for Multani Mitti.

Rinses: Important to rinse hair after shampoo, and even after conditioner, at least once in 15 days with any of these natural rinses to remove toxic residues in the hair.

a)      All the above added options singly or together can be soaked or boiled, strained and used as final rinse with a quick clear water rinse after. Ideal to leave the herbal water rinse in the hair for at least 5 minutes or more.

b)      Apple cider vinegar or any other natural vinegar, diluted.

c)       Raw Desi cow milk, coconut milk.

d)      Coconut water, for non- availability of tender coconut water boil a few tsp of grated coconut in water and strain.

e)      Boiled water of rosemary, lavender, and thyme.

Dandruff, Lice, Scalp Diseases:

Most of the above options work.

Other simple remedies:

Dandruff: Apply juice of Neem/Lemon juice (diluted or mixed with oil)/Curd, Buttermilk/ Natural Vinegar/ Aloe Vera juice. Single or combined. Can be applied on hair for an hour or more before wash or used as a rinse.

Lice:

a) Fine powder of Custard apple seeds or Chickoo seeds. Sieve and make a thin paste with Neem oil and Neem leaf water. Apply. Tie a cloth around the head. Leave overnight and wash. Protect eyes.

b) Neem Leaf juice or Neem oil.