Beautiful hair is always part of a perfect female image. Nature is not all endowed with the same: someone they are thick and lush, and someone got rare and thin. Of course, now this problem can not be called: overhead strands or extensions instantly make you the owner of enviable hair of any color and length. But artificial beauty is short-lived (do not forget about the possible problems after building!). Or maybe it’s worth remembering our green assistants who will give our hair not only natural beauty, but also health!
Of all the variety, I selected 7 species that you can easily find in the middle lane.
What kind of plants, when and what parts to collect, how to dry and use?
Cirsium vulgare
Prickly perennial height of 50-100 cm, which you may have met more than once in your life.
Inflorescences-baskets purple-purple or crimson, with a pleasant aroma.
The deadline for the procurement of raw materials
Aboveground part: grass and inflorescences (cut during flowering) and rhizomes, roots (dug in September).
Method of application
Infusions and decoctions, which rinse the hair, contribute to their strengthening.
Infusion
- Dry crushed grass (2 tablespoons) pour 200 ml of boiling water, insist 2 hours.
- Filtered, diluted in 2 liters of warm water.
- Rinse the hair with a solution after washing.
Broth
- Crushed rhizomes and roots (2 tablespoons) pour 200 ml of boiling water, put in a water bath for 30 minutes.
- Remove, cool 15 minutes, filtered, diluted in 2 liters of warm water.
- Rinse the hair after washing.
Hypericum perforatum
Well familiar to all useful perennial.
The deadline for the procurement of raw materials
Collect grass (the upper part of flowering shoots) at the beginning of flowering, when some flowers bloomed, and the other is still in buds. Dry under a canopy, having spread out in 1 layer on a paper, or dryers at +35…+40°C, then the rough parts are removed.
How to use (do not use in summer)
Hypericum color the hair, giving them a red tint.
Paint from Hypericum perforatum
- The grass powder is poured with boiling water, stirring, until the consistency of the mushy mass.
- Slightly cool, apply to hair for 10-15 minutes.
- Wash hair under running water.
Broth and infusion Hypericum perforatum can be used to rinse oily hair, to combat dandruff.
Infusion of Hypericum perforatum
- Dry herb Hypericum perforatum (10 g), pour 200 ml of boiling water, put on a water bath for 15 minutes.
- Remove, cool, filter, diluted in 2 liters of water.
- Rinse the hair after washing.
The best effect is achieved by using ready-made masks, which add 7-10 drops of Hypericum perforatum oil.
Cooking oil from Hypericum perforatum at home (option 1)
- Fresh grass (100 g) pour 500 ml of olive oil, boil for 30 minutes in a water bath or low heat.
- Cool, filter.
- Poured into a container with a tight-fitting stopper.
- Store in a cool place.
Cooking oil from Hypericum perforatum at home (option 2)
- Fresh flowers Hypericum perforatum (1 part) and pour flax or sunflower oil (10 parts).
- Insist 2 weeks in a dark warm place, shaking the container periodically.
- Filtered, poured into a tightly closed container.
- Store in a cool place.
Urtica dioica
Well-known to all long-term (usually dioecious) weed height of 30-150 cm
The ability of nettle to burn the skin felt each of us as a child.
The deadline for the procurement of raw materials
Mainly the leaves (the gathering during flowering), the roots (in the fall), seeds (during fruiting).
Method of application
Juice of young nettle used to strengthen hair, giving them a beautiful Shine, and strengthen growth.
- Freshly prepared juice is rubbed into the scalp, put on a package, wrapped with a towel.
- Hold for 30 min.
- Then wash the hair as usual.
Infusion or decoction of nettle rinse hair after washing.
Infusion of nettle
- Dry crushed nettle leaves (3 tablespoons) pour 200 ml of water, put in a water bath for 15 minutes.
- Remove, insist 45 min.
- Filter, diluted in 2 liters of warm water and rinse the hair.
Burdock
Burdock is difficult to confuse with other plants, but to distinguish them from each other is quite difficult. For hair use raw materials:
- Arctium lappa;
- A. tomentosum;
- A. minus.
Lappa is the Latin name for burdock. Basically it is biennial with a basal rosette of large leaves and purple-purple tenacious baskets 3-4 cm in diameter.
The deadline for the procurement of raw materials
Roots (1 and 2 years of life) harvested in September-October or early spring, before the leaves. They dig, shake off the ground, washed under cold water, slightly dried. Clean, cut into pieces 10-12 cm long (they can be further cut along). Dry under a canopy, having spread out in one layer on a paper, or in dryers at +40…+50°C. Seeds are harvested in August-September.
Method of application
Infusion of burdock roots in vegetable oil (better to take almond or olive). Used to strengthen and improve hair growth.
Cooking burdock oil at home (from the roots)
- Crushed dry or fresh burdock roots pour oil in a ratio of 1:3, insist day.
- Then boil in a water bath for 15-20 minutes.
- After cooling, filtered, poured into bottles of dark glass.
- Store in a cool place.
Cooking burdock oil at home (from seeds)
- Seeds burdock large pour vegetable oil (1 cm above the seeds), put in a warm dark place for 10 days.
- Filtered, poured into a container of dark glass.
- Store in a cool place.
Tussilago farfara
Since ancient times, our ancestors knew what to do with strong hair loss: use a decoction of leaves to wash Tussilago farfara.
The deadline for the procurement of raw materials
The best raw materials are the leaves, the diameter of which averages from 5 to 7 cm. Collect them not immediately after flowering, and in June, when they are not very large and not damaged by rust. Dry quickly (in dryers), at +50…+60°C, spread in 1 layer on a baking sheet.
Broth
- Dry leaves of Tussilago farfara, nettle dioecious (3 tablespoons), crushed burdock root (2 tablespoons) pour 400 ml of water.
- Put on a water bath for 20-30 minutes.
- Remove, cool, filter.
- Diluted in 2 liters of warm water and rinse the hair.
Onopordum acanthium
A kind of prickly two years height 60-150 cm Lilac-purple baskets with a diameter of 3-5 cm (larger than those of burdock).
The deadline for the procurement of raw materials
During flowering: flower baskets, leafy shoots, at least-the roots. Dried in a drying oven at +50°C or under a canopy.
Method of application
When dandruff and hair loss used infusion.
Infusion
- Dry powdered raw materials of prickly Thistle and burdock root (1 tbsp. spoon), pour 1 liter of water.
- Boil in a water bath for 20 minutes, cool, filter.
- Broth rinse hair after washing.
Equisetum arvense
Perennial herb 15-30 cm high. Spring shoots (reddish-white) — spore — bearing, summer (green) – fruitless.
The deadline for the procurement of raw materials
Summer fruitless shoots-in June-July, drying under a canopy (in the shade).
Method of application
Used to strengthen and restore hair.
Hair mask
- Horsetail grass (2 tablespoons) pour 200 ml of boiling water, insist 1 hour.
- Filter, allow to cool down.
- Rubbed into the scalp, hair, put on a plastic cap, top-Terry towel.
- Leave for 20-30 minutes.
- Then wash off, rinse.
And what wild plants in hair care do you use? Share your secrets.
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