Brief overview
Currently we have to sharpen our understanding concerning natural recipes, and prefers them as fort and being our secrete weapons in fighting against hair complaints such as hair damage, and promoting natural beauty and shine in our living in general.
If you feel exceptionally creative and imaginative, feel free to use the suggested recipes in this article to suit your desired outcome. For the benefits of my readers therefore, I have discovered the value in the following combinations, which I am happy to share with you. You can use these simple and common hair recipes shampoo for practically any hair type.
Carrot Seed Oil Shampoo
List of Ingredients used
.Water (1 cup)
.Jojoba (10 drops)
.Carrot Seed Essential Oil (5-10 drops)
. Liquid Castile Soap (1/3 cup) or other cleansing agent of choice
.Maple Syrup (2 tablespoons)
HOW TO MAKE A NATURAL CARROT SEED OIL SHAMPOO
DIRECTIONS
Combine all mentioned ingredients together into a consistent mixture. Then shake well the mixture, after there your carrot oil shampoo will be ready for use.
TO USE
Wash your hair with desired quantity of shampoo. Rinse and apply well your chosen conditioner consistently.
LIFE TIME AND STORING SHAMPOO
Use shampoo within one month, and store you shampoo in refrigerator or in a cool dry place.
BENEFITS OF THE MATERIAL USED
1. 1. CARROT SEEDS ESSENTIAL OIL
Carrot seed oil is an essential oil, and the result from the combination of different aromatic compounds that found in carrot plants. These compounds (natural chemicals) used by plants for their own health and survival. Therefore, carrot seed essential oil are steamed and well distilled from the carrot seeds itself.
Natural Vs Artificial Carrots
The carrot plant, Daucus carota or Daucus sativus, has white flowers. The plant leaves in other side can cause allergic skin reactions for some people. Carrots that grown at home farm known as a root vegetable (artificial carrots), while wild carrots (natural carrot) are considered a weed, and has different names mentioned Bishop’s lace, Bird’s nest, Queen Anne’s lace , Devil’s plague and Bee’s nest.
Carrot Seed Essential Oil Vs Infused Carrot Oil and Cold-Pressed Carrot Seed Oil
Sometimes you could find cold-pressed carrot seed oil. This is a fatty carrier oil which pressed from the carrot seeds itself, and it is a very different thing compare to carrot essential seed oil. This oil mostly used for different skincare and is frequently confused with carrot seed essential oil.
In other side you can meet with carrot infused oil. This is another variety of carrot oil, which emerges where carrot root is soaked in oil like olive oil or coconut oil for a time and then strained. This process removes out the compounds of the root and suspends it in the fatty oil. These are usually used in cooking for added flavor, and not for intensive and complex medicinal use.
Carrot seed essential oil come from the extraction of steam distillation process of the dried wild carrot seeds (Daucus carota) and also from the dried plant itself. The wild carrots are very popular in Europe, and it is known by different names in Europe. Some of those names are Queen Anne’s Lace”. Regardless of the use of components found in a seeds such as beta pinene, alpha pinene, gamma-terpinene, myrcene, limonene, camphene, sabinene, beta bisabolene and carotol, also this oil are mostly used in shampoo making.
Health Benefits of Carrot Seed Essential Oil
Treats dandruff infections
Carrot seed oil is mostly beneficial for dry hair and dandruff affection, it provide a vitamin boost because carrot seed oil is also rich in carotene and vitamin A, which found in it. The health benefit of this oil known from its compound properties as an antiseptic, purifier, disinfectant, detoxifier, antioxidant, ant carcinogenic, and stimulated the strong and good smell to the hair. Carrot seed essential oil also improves your hair circulation, strengthens, stimulates growth, and aids in any scalp dryness.
Antioxidant Properties
These essential oil repairs tissues damaged (oxidants or free radicals) and stop them from continue to harm the body tissue and cells. These antioxidants protect the skin from wrinkles, and keep the hair from turning white. These antioxidants also help joints from stiffening and muscles from being weakened and prevent the eyesight from declining. They can protect and prevent macular degeneration, sexual weakness, weak digestion, different type of cancer problems, and other problems related to aging.
Stop fungal infections
In many circumstances, Carrot seed oil is more effective against some types of fungal infections. Research shows that, the plants use the compounds found in carrot plant to deal with different complaints, and the fungal infections is among of them. Carrot seed oil cure fungal infections in plants and human skin fungus.
Treats Infections
Carrot seed oil can be applied to treat different infections on the skin and in open wounds. Therefore, carrot seed oil have the great value to many infections treat like throat, stomach, mouth, intestines, colon and urinary system when ingested. The carrot seed oil also has the great role in the fighting against psoriasis, ulcers, carbuncles, sores, gangrene, rashes, and others alike.
This powerful essential oil can have ability to prevent some of infections. According to the study of Jorge M. Alves-Silva et al. (Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2016). Carrot seed essential oil contains antiseptic properties, including the ability to prevent tetanus, and the ability to treat some of viral infections such as respiratory system. Also carrot seed essential oil is effective in fighting other viral infections as well flu, coughs, mumps, measles and colds.
Expels Gases
You could feel like you are a ball in your stomach due to the gas that you have accumulated from different sources like food. Eventually, gas can lift you up and make you float away at any time. Therefore, if you have ever felt this condition, then carrot seed oil can keep your feet, emotion and joy on the ground. Carrot seed essential oil would help you to expel the gases from the intestines.
Diuretic functions
Carrot seed oil also contained diuretic functions due to its nature, when do we talk about diuretic functions normally do we mean the ability of increasing urination. As we know, human being releases body waste in different ways including sweating and urinating. Therefore, through urination alone we can keep our body safe from many ailments associated with urine tract infections. That’s for each time when you urinate, some quantities of fat, microbes, toxic substances like uric acid and bile which cause infections in the urinary system and otherwise, are removed from the body with urine. Furthermore, it reduces blood pressure challenges and cleans the kidneys. Finally, carrot seed essential oil therefore, has the power of clearing out the renal calculi.
Reinstall regular menstruation
Most of the women suffer differently due to monthly menstruation. Some faced with menstrual pains, and others suffering from irregular or obstructed menses. With effectively use of carrot seed essential oil for those concerned with these kinds of menstrual challenges, the problems would be spelled away.
Stimulant
Meaning of a stimulant means a catalyst, something adds powers for effects to happen, and carrot seed oil delivers these properties through enhancing the circulation and metabolic functions of the body, along with the secretions of hormones, enzymes, gastric juices, bile and flowing of the intestines. The oil will keep all the organic systems and making them active and efficient. By stimulating the brain functions and nerves system, the carrot seeds oil provide more alert and activation to the brain. In addition, Carrot seeds oil also stimulates the development and improvement of the body cells and tissues.
Hair moisturizer
Carrot seed essential oils also help to moisturize dry hair. Take six drops of Sandalwood, two drops of Cucumber Seed, four drops of Carrot seed Oil then, two drops of Cedarwood and one tablespoon of Jojoba. Mix together all mentioned materials and massage into scalp and spread to all your hair. Leave for about an hour or two hour, there after continue with normal hair washing.
Acts as Tonic
Carrot Seed essential Oil also used to tone muscles, tissue, the stomach, and the skin things enhance their strength, ability and function to maintain the movement of digestive fluids that prevent skin from sagging, respectively. Carrot seed oil removing different bodily toxins found in the body includes urea, uric acid and other environmental toxins like pesticides and chemical residues that enter the body through different ways like diet. Carrot Seed Essential Oil helps boost body immunity, reduce muscle and joint inflammation, addresses fluid retention, and soothes the discomforts of arthritis, edema, gout, and rheumatism.
Other Benefits
For the benefits of boosting the therapeutic quality of a bath, mix 5-10 drops of Carrot Seed Essential Oil with 1 cup of Dead Sea Salt, then pour it under warm running water inside a bathtub. But before enter the tub; confirm that the salts are completely dissolved. For a more wonderful scent which is very effective in relieving stress and anxiety and giving a refreshing feeling and good for the skin and protects it from developing wrinkles, blend 5 drops of Carrot Seed Essential Oil with 2 drops of Rose Absolute and 2 drops of Cedarwood Essential Oil. Carrot seed essential oil also has the wonderful aid in healing treats anorexia, muscle aches, improves eyesight, and enhances the production of erythrocytes.
PRECAUTIONARY ADVISE
Best avoided during pregnancy and while breastfeeding it since research has not been conducted to tell which attributes and stimulating qualities are passed to the fetus. According to Aromatherapy Science, direct that “carrot seed essential oil contains terpinen-4-ol, which has a diuretic effect”. Therefore, excessive use can cause irritation to the kidneys. You are advised to consult your medical doctor before using essential oils.
2. 2. JOJOBA OIL
Jojoba oil is a potent hair moisturizes, also it control and reduce head dandruff, as well as cuts scalp dryness. This surprising oil contains vitamin B, vitamin E, zinc, copper and silicon, which are very potential vitamins and minerals in human body.
Jojoba oil contained natural chemicals that have the ability to prevent hair loss. It perform this function of growing new hair by dissolving the clogs and debris that prevent your follicles from growing your hair, hence hair loss problem emerged.
It relieves scalp psoriasis by cleansing the scalp. It tames frizzy, dull, and dry hair. When massaging jojoba oil into your scalp you will improves blood circulation and preserves hair color.
Jojoba is unique carrier oil that remains shelf stable for long time estimated 2 to 3 years in most cases. The oil is Excellent for skin conditions because skin absorbs jojoba very well. These potentiality influence manufacturer to use jojoba oil for different uses in cosmetic making.
Jojoba oil it can be used as a moisturizer due to having oil composition. Also jojoba oil added to hair conditioners to give protection against different conditions like breakage, dryness, and split ends. The oil also softening the scalp and remove dandruff.
Like other natural oil, jojoba contains a great amount of vitamins and minerals that nourish hair. Those minerals are copper, and zinc, while vitamins contained are vitamin C, B vitamins and vitamin E.
Due to its it hair strengthening duty, jojoba oil also prevent hair loss and enhancing hair thickness.
3. MAPLE SYRUP
Maple syrup is made from the circulating fluid or sap of sugar maple trees, then boiling the sap to produce thick syrup. It is estimated that, over 80% of the world’s supply is now produced in the province of Quebec in eastern Canada. Commonly, the sugar syrup product from maple can be used to sweeten many dishes.
Grades Differences of Maple Syrup
Maple syrup differ by color, and vary between one country and another. These differences lead to the emergence of different groups of this syrup.
In the USA for example, maple syrup classified into Grade A or Grade B. In Grade A also there are three further category groups of Light Amber, Medium Amber and Dark Amber, while Grade B categorized by the darkest syrup.
The darker syrups made from sap and mostly extracted later in the harvest season. Darker syrups contained a stronger maple flavor and usually used for food baking, whereas the lighter are drizzled directly from foods like pancakes and other foods which can be dipped into boiled sugar.
Different Between Maple Syrup Vs Refined Sugar
Therefore, when you want to make any purchase for maple syrup, make sure to read well and carefully the food labels, so as to get a real maple syrup and not a just flavored one that can be mixed with refined sugar. I recommend this to you because maple syrup contained many antioxidants and minerals that refined sugar haven’t these natural beneficial.
Top Minerals Found In Maple Syrups
It is estimated that 1/3
cup (80 ml) of pure maple syrup contains 7 percent of Calcium, 6 percent of Potassium,
7 percent of Iron, 28 percent of Zinc, and 165 percent of Manganese. Although maple
syrup bring some amount of minerals, especially manganese.
Our body exploit energy which obtained from food we eat, especially that food contained sugar. Such sugar converted into glucose and brings energy into different parts in our body. In large quantity maple syrup contained such sugar, therefore to consume in excess sugar can leading to some of the biggest health challenges such as obesity, diabetes type 2 and different heart diseases. Due to these challenges, to achieve those minerals you may try to eat other alternative foods and fruits which contained the same potential minerals, in briefly eat a balanced diet. Surprisingly fact is that, maple syrup raises blood sugar slower than regular sugar. Therefore maple syrup is a beneficial option than regular sugar on preventing consuming more sugar that can affect blood sugar levels in the body and leads to blood sugar challenges.
Maple Syrup also Contained Antioxidants
According to Megan Wale (2018) in his article entitled How can antioxidants benefit our health? Defined “antioxidants are substances that can prevent or slow damage to cells caused by free radicals, unstable molecules that the body produces as a reaction to environmental and other pressures.”
Antioxidant against free radicals (oxidative), but what are free radicals? Megan Wale highlighted that “Free radicals are waste substances prodused by cell as the body processes food and reacts to the environment”
Therefore if the body cells cannot remove those free radicals efficiently, oxidative stress can result. This can harm cells and body function.
Other Compounds Belongs to Maple Syrup
Maple syrup has active compounds that help reduce the growth of cancer cells and may slow down the breakdown of carbohydrates in your digestive tract.
4. PURE CASTILE SOAP
Without any doubt, Castile soap by definition is a type of fine, hard, white or mottled soap made with only olive oil and soda (sodium hydroxide). This kind of soap was originated in Castile or Castilia, a province in Spain, and where the soap name comes from.
Over the years, people defined Castile soap in broader view by including other types of vegetable oils like coconut oil. Take an example from the castile soap made by Dr. Bronner which became the most and famous commercial liquid Castile soap in the sphere; actually use a greater percentage of coconut oil than olive oil.
Because a real castile soap is made up with olive oil, now we have to understand the olive oils and its potentiality to human health.
Olive oil in soap
In soap making always is known that, soaps that made with many different essential oils also have different health properties within. Therefore, soaps which made with olive oil are more conditioning for skin care than soaps made with coconut oil and there is no argument on this. On the other hand, olive oil soap they don’t lather up as much as a coconut oil soap. Due to its quality in conditioning, olive oil soap leave your body clean and you will feel better in the same way because olive oil soaps tend to be good on the skin and great for body cleansing.
Olive oil contains potential fatty acids, vitamins A and E, minerals, and proteins that are necessary to the skin. It is a moisturizer to dry, chapped, and scaly skin conditions. In medical perspectives, olive oil used to heal wounds. Olive oil is advised for sensitive skin especially in the treatment of eczema and psoriasis.
Olive oil contained antioxidants like hydroxytyrosol which prevent the development of free radical that effectively damage skin cells. In other side olive oil contains the anti-inflammatory compound of oleo-canthal, which inhibits the enzymes which are responsible to deal with inflammatory conditions in the body. For better result consult your medical care or aromatherapist to give you the directions on how to use olive oil.
FOR FURTHER READING
- Clashes, B (2017) A DIY Guide for All Things Natural Hair Discover Homemade Conditioner and Hair Rinse Recipes for Your Crowning Glory
- Clashes, B (2017) Homemade Shampoo 25 Easy DIY Recipes to Cleanse and Moisturize Your Natural Hair.
- Reeves, B (2015) Homemade Natural Hair Care (with Essential Oils) DIY Recipes to Promote Hair Growth, Shine & Repair (Shampoo, Conditioner, Masks, Aromatherapy, Hair Loss Treatment - 100% Cruelty Free)
- Harris, L (2015)DIY Aromatherapy Over 130 Affordable Essential Oils Blends for Health, Beauty, and Home.Rockridge Press.California.
- Johnson, S.A (2015) Evidence-Based Essential Oil Therapy The Ultimate Guide to the Therapeutic and Clinical Application of Essential Oils.Scott A. Johnson Professional Writing Services, LLC.
- Jorge M. Alves-Silva et al. (Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2016)
- Megan Wale (2018) How Can Antioxidants Benefit our Health? From https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/301506
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