Sick of Dull Hair! Try out this natural shampoo to make your hair ‘strong, healthy, soft, and lustrous’

Digital Desk:  We frequently use a variety of products that claim to make our hair lustrous, smooth, long, and dandruff-free. But, much like your skin, your hair requires love, care, and products that are appropriate for its type. As a result, using anything and everything can cause more harm than good. 

Here are some facts about your hair, which contains keratin, a protein that is created in the hair follicles, where new hair cells are made. During this process, existing skin cells are gradually pushed out and new ones are created. A single hair strand grows at a rate of roughly 1 cm each month based on this process.

According to the American Academy of Dermatologists, each person's scalp contains 100,000 to 150,000 hair follicles, and it is normal to lose 50 to 100 strands of hair per day. As a result, a few hair strands on your comb are not cause for alarm. However, there are a variety of causes that can contribute to hair loss, including pharmaceutical side effects, hormonal changes, an unhealthy diet, and even stress.

"One has to be careful when using store-bought chemical products since, while they appear promising, they may contain high quantities of chemicals that can harm," said Rinky Kapoor, dermatologist at The Esthetic Clinic. Many solutions claim to provide instant relief from hair loss, but such results are just temporary, and your hair loss may worsen." Instead, the expert suggests using natural home treatments that contain natural chemicals and have little to no negative effects.

That's what we've got for you today: a tried-and-true natural shampoo from Chef Meghna Kamdar that promises silky, smooth hair.

1| 100 gm reetha (Aritha/Soapnut)

2| 20 gm shikakai pods

3| 20 gm dry amla (gooseberries)

4| 2 cups of water (after boiling it will become 1 cup)

1|First, remove the seeds from the reetha and shikakai and place them in a pan with 2 cups of water. 

2|Add amla, reetha, and shikakai to the water and bring to a boil. 

 

3|Allow it to cool. 

4| Squeeze out all of the reetha pulp. *Using a medium strainer (not a fine strainer), strain the shampoo to obtain a pulpy mixture of thick shampoo. 

Keep in a bottle.