Using burdock root for hair

Burdock or, as it is also called, burdock is a very common plant that is considered a weed. It is very often used in the recipes of traditional healers, due to its rich content of valuable substances. Burdock is especially useful as a hair conditioner.

Benefits of burdock root for hair

All parts of the plant contain many valuable components, but especially a lot of them in the rhizome of the plant. Among them are tannins, many useful vitamins, essential oils, vegetable protein, starch, and minerals. Such a varied and useful composition gives burdock cleansing, wound healing and anti-inflammatory properties. The plant helps to normalize metabolism, helps to cleanse the body of toxins and removes toxins. As a result of taking drugs based on burdock, liver function improves, pancreas and liver heals.

The beneficial effect of burdock rhizomes on hair is widely known. It is useful to rub the juice of the plant into the roots in its pure form, use it in the form of a tincture or decoction. The burdock rhizome is also used for mixing homemade masks, making creams and ointments. The root of the plant is useful to strengthen, nourish and quickly restore damaged strands. With burdock root, you can stop hair loss, intensify the growth of new strands. Products based on burdock rhizomes help to restore healthy shine to curls, smooth strands, make them silky and give elasticity. With the help of burdock rhizomes, peeling of the epidermis of the head, seborrhea and dandruff are eliminated.

How to apply burdock root to hair

The plant and its rhizome are used to solve many troubles with hair. For example, to stop the loss, you can use a decoction from the dried rhizome or squeeze the juice. It is best to prepare the raw materials for the recipe with your own hands or buy it ready-made in the pharmacy. With constant use, the hair follicles are strengthened, dryness and dandruff, the hair stops getting dirty quickly.

The rhizome of the plant is also suitable if it is necessary to accelerate hair growth... Masks are made of it, healthy essential oil is rubbed into the roots, and the broth is used for rinsing. In about a month, an improvement will already be seen. The curls will gain density, grow and become shiny. Thus, the strands are affected by the substance inulin, which is contained in the medicinal plant.

For the result to be long-lasting, it is necessary to apply funds from the burdock rhizome on an ongoing basis. The duration of treatment procedures should be at least 30 days. To maintain the result, you need to do supporting procedures every 15 days with one week rest between them.

To prepare the broth, you need to mix a glass of water and 3 large tablespoons of dried crushed rhizomes. The mixture is brought to a boil over low heat and boiled for 10 minutes. After half an hour, the broth decant  and used to rinse hair after washing.

With the help of a burdock rhizome mask, you can get rid of excess fat content, make curls obedient and reduce their fluffiness. The mask is prepared from the following components:

• Dried burdock rhizome - 2 large spoons.
• Water - 1 glass.
• Milk whey - 1 glass of 200 ml.

To begin with, boil the burdock rhizome and water over low heat for half an hour. Then the broth is left to cool under the lid, filtered and squeezed out of the liquid. Whey is added to the broth and mixed well. The tool is applied to the root part of the curls with massage movements. The mask should act on the curls until it dries completely. Only after that, the composition can be washed off from the strands using shampoo.

Burdock root for hair: reviews

According to the girls, the rhizome decoction perfectly strengthens the curls and enhances their growth. Also terminates dropping out weak hairs, the density and thickness increases, they become stiff. After rinsing, the hair can be easily combed and styled.

The disadvantage of using a decoction is that the curls get dirty very quickly. Already on the second day after washing, fat content appears at the roots.