Nettle has curative and very useful properties. It consists of vitamins, chlorophyll, essential oils, acetic, formic and folic acids. In medicine, nettle is widely used to treat a variety of diseases. It is also used to improve the appearance and health of the hair.
- Benefits
- Medicines
- Oil
- Broth
- Masks
- For dry
- hair For oily
- hair to restore
- For
- growth for straightening
- from falling
- From
- dandruff In order to strengthen
- For clarification
Benefits
Nettle is especially useful forweakened strands. The substances that contain the plant promote hair growth, they become more alive and stronger.
The high content of vitamin K improves blood flow in the tissues of the head. Vitamins A, E, C and group B also benefit favorably.
The use of decoction and juice of nettle promotes a greater saturation of oxygen and nutrients in the skin of the head.
The main useful properties of nettle for hair can be identified:
- accelerates growth;
- strengthens hair follicles;
- fights with dandruff;
- regulates the production of sebum;
- has a tonic effect;
- gives volume and shine.
Treatment means
Nettles are used in the form of masks and decoctions, combining it with other components or as an independent tool. From it, you can even prepare medicinal oil. In the fresh form of nettle is more effective, but you can also use dry powder.
Collect it yourself should be away from the city, roads and garbage dumps. Alternatively, you can buy a dry collection or a liquid extract of nettle in a pharmacy.
to contents ^oil Self-prepared nettle oil preserves all the useful substances contained in the plant.
Nettle oil is used to treat split and damaged hair. They put on ringlets and after an hour they wash it off.
Strengthen hair growth and give them a healthy shine mixture of nettle oil, castor oil or burdock.
For oily hair is not recommended the frequent use of nettle oil. In this case, it is better to add 10 drops of the drug to your favorite hair balm. Thus, the cosmetic agent will be replenished with vitamins.
Do not add oil to the shampoo, just hold it on your hair for 2-3 minutes.
to contents ^Decoction
It is very easy to prepare a decoction of nettles, which fights with hair loss and has nutritional properties. For its preparation, brew 1 tablespoon of dry nettle leaves in a glass of boiling water and hold the broth on a steam bath for about 30 minutes.
Masks
Thanks to the abundance of folk prescriptions for home nettle masks, you can solve hair health problems in the home without resorting to the services of specialists and the use of expensivecosmetic products.
For dry hair
Recipe 1.
Mix 0.5 cups of dry crushed nettle leaves and 3 teaspoonsspoons of colorless henna. Blend the mixture with boiling water so that it gets the consistency of sour cream. Beat 1 egg yolk and add it to the mixture.
Apply the mask to the scalp and spread along the length. Cover the head with polyethylene and a towel. After 2 hours wash off. The mask should be done 1-2 times a month.
Recipe 2.
Bring 1 liter of purified water to a boil and pour 60 grams of dried nettle and the same amount of coltsfoot collection. Boil the mixture for 10 minutes and insist for half an hour.
When the broth cools down, dilute it with 1.5 liters of warm, purified water. Lubricate the hair with infusion and warm it. After 25 minutes rinse the mask with the remnants of the broth. Do not rinse.
Recipe 3.
Ingredients:
- 200 ml of nettle decoction;
- 50 grams of brewer's yeast;
- 60 ml of olive oil;
- 70 grams of honey.
Mix all ingredients until smooth, apply to hair and rinse after 15 minutes.
to table of contents ^For oily hair
Recipe 1.
Grind 200 grams of fresh nettle leaves and mix with 1 tablespoon of sea salt. Mask 2 times a week for 15 minutes, carefully rub in the roots of hair. It lowers fat and gives the hair a healthy sheen.
Recipe 2.
Dissolve nettle with broth of 60 grams of blue clay and mix with nettle gruel. The mask should be applied to the hair, wait for the clay to dry completely and wash it off.
Recipe 3.
Brew 150 grams of dried nettle in 400 ml of boiling water. Add in a warm broth 200 ml of fresh sea buckthorn berries. Treat with a mixture of curls. To wash the mask is not necessary.
To restore
Recipe 1.
Mix 60 ml of apple cider vinegar, bread kvass and nettle decoction. To process a solution of a lock and to not wash off.
Recipe 2.
Mix to homogeneity:
- 20 grams of rosemary seeds;
- 20 grams of gruel made from nettle leaves;
- 20 ml of burdock oil;
- 210 ml of filtered water.
The composition should be lubricated by the roots of the hair. The mask is suitable for daily use and does not require flushing.
Recipe 3.
Prepare the decoction from the bark of oak. Add 70 ml of nettle broth and 30 ml of olive oil to it. To cover with a mask hair, to warm cellophane and a scarf, to leave for one hour. Rinse in the usual way.
For growth
Recipe 1.
Composition:
- 50 grams of fresh nettle;
- 30 ml of olive oil;
- a pinch of salt.
Thoroughly grind the nettle, merge the resulting juice and combine it with butter and salt. Approximately 20 minutes before washing, the mask should be applied to the scalp.
Recipe 2.
Combine 210 ml of vodka and 120 grams of dried nettle and insist in a bottle of dark glass for 7 days. Apply infusion to the hair, distributing it along the entire length. This composition can not be washed off.
Recipe 3.
Make decoctions of nettles and burdock root separately. Then mix them in the same amount and treat the resulting product with hair after washing. Do not rinse out the mask or wipe it with a towel.
For straightening
Recipe 1.
In 120 ml of nettle broth pour in 40 ml of apple cider vinegar. Composition apply on the head and hair. After a half an hour, wash the strands with the remains of a nettle broth.
Recipe 2.
In a mixture of 120 ml nettle broth and 40 ml tonic from natural ingredients add 30 grams of gelatin and achieve complete dissolution. The mask should be washed off the hair after 25-30 minutes.
From
drop Recipe 1.
Brew in a glass of boiling water 2 spoons of nettle leaves, infuse and strain. Add 15 ml of burdock oil to infusion. Hold the mask on your head for 15-20 minutes and rinse with clean water. Use within a month 2 times a week.
Recipe 2.
The leaves of the young nettle must be twisted on a juicer or meat grinder. Take 3 tablespoons of the juice obtained and lubricate the scalp. Leave to act for 1 hour. Then rinse the product with running water.
Recipe 3.
Ingredients:
- dried geranium and nettle;
- 4 drops of any essential oil.
Pour the herbal mixture into a glass of boiling water and mix. Cover with a lid with a solution and wait until it has cooled to room temperature. Before use, the solution should be filtered. Massaging, apply the product on the scalp. After 30 minutes rinse with cool water without the use of additional funds.
to contents ^From dandruff
Recipe 1.
Pour 25 g of nettle with a glass of cold water and bring to a boil. To 3 tablespoons of the finished broth add 15 ml of apple cider vinegar and pulp of black bread. Stir and apply to the scalp with a thick layer. The mask can be used every other day, standing on the head for 20 minutes to 1 hour.
Recipe 2.
The nettle rhizomes are finely chopped and filled with mustard oil in a 1: 2 ratio. Give the composition to brew for 20 days, periodically shaking it. After the time has passed, the mixture is filtered and rubbed into the roots of the hair.
Recipe 3.
To prepare the mask you will need:
- hop cones;
- horsetail herb;
- burdock;
- leaves of nettle.
All components in equal proportions pour hot water and press for several hours. Then beat the infusion with a blender. Apply the product to the contaminated strands and cover with a towel. Apply until dandruff disappears.
to contents ^To strengthen
Recipe 1.
Ingredients:
- 3 tablespoons finely chopped leaves of young nettles;
- 200 grams of low-fat kefir;
- 2 teaspoons of crushed mint leaves.
Stinging nettle and mint with kefir at room temperature. All ingredients mix and lubricate the scalp. Hold the mask for 20 minutes and rinse.
Recipe 2.
To 50 ml of nettle juice add 40 grams of liquid honey. Composition stir, cover their head and curls. Warm the film and towel. Wash off after 25 minutes.
For clarification of
Recipe 1.
Add two eggs to the protein in two spoons of ground nettle herbs and chamomile. Mix well, rub the mixture into the scalp and warm it. The mask must be rinsed no later than 7 minutes. Blondes are recommended to replace the leaves of the nettle root, so that the locks do not acquire a green tint.