Long and thick hair has its own charm. Men are always attracted by it. It makes women feel more feminine and powerful. Always surprised when people see my thick hipsLong hair for the first time. How did you plant it for such a long time? I can't believe it's so thick! What did you do to make it so shiny? I often hear these questions. You have to spend a lot of time and money on your hair and this is another comment I often hear. However, my hair care procedure is very cheap and very simple. I recently celebrated my 50 th birthday. 7 th birthday but my hair is better now than it was 20 years ago. This time, grooming is a nightmare because the hair breaks into a string and I can use dandruff as a talcum powder. When I was in my teens and twenties, my hair was lush and healthy. However, after thirty, my hair began to break, fall off and grow much slower. My doctor insisted that it was a natural result of childbirth and aging. Sonya, my hairdresser, suggested you cut it. I don't like the layering bob Sonya gave me. My long hair shows my identity. Besides, I don't believe that fertility and aging are the real reasons for hair loss. Hair loss seems to be a modern problem. If we look at the pictures from 50 to a hundred years ago, we will notice that people, both men and women, have a lot of hair even when they are old. No one can say these women have no children! I'm doing all the traditional things: washing my hair, conditioning and cutting off the fork. It seems like a bad day every day. I think I did something wrong. Instinctively, I know there must be a simple trick to grow healthy and strong hair. But to find it, I have to go back to my root. My family is a first and second generation immigrant and now settled in Toronto, California and Canada. My parents are from Hyderabad, a kingdom in southern India. South Indian women are known for long and thick locks. During her golden age, my mother's hair reached her ankle and was as thick as two fat wrists. How do women grow their hair to such extravagant lengths? It is clear that genetic and hot and humid weather play a role. Asian women tend to have longer hair growth cycles than European women. All hair grows faster in hot weather than in cold winter. But if that's the only reason why is gorgeous hair so rare these days even in India and Pakistan? In addition, as the old photo proves, even European women living in cold weather once had long hair. So how did women manage their hair in the past days? I started pestering my mom, my aunt, my grandmother and their friends to give me any traditional hair care recipe they know. As usual, people are very generous with their suggestions, but at the same time, almost everyone insists that the old methods of refueling, cleaning and drying require a lot of time and effort. --Not modern women! Even women in India and Pakistan began to cut their hair, using commercial shampoo and hair dryers. Aunt Shemima pointed out. What do you expect? You are always reading and studying. Learning is not good for hair. Everyone knows. Another lady commented wisely. As I did read and learn a little, I not only started learning books about hair care, but also about health and nutrition. I found Ayurvedic by accident. Ayurvedic gains health by balancing body functions with oil, herbs, yoga exercises and massages. Dr. Ayurvedic has also developed hundreds of recipes for hair and skin care. Many of these recipes use products that are not readily available in North America. Other things take a lot of time. And some are simply messy. I tried it and got used to it. Soon, I designed a hair care program based on Ayurvedic, but it works even in a busy North American lifestyle. According to Ayurvedic, there are three principles of hair care, which are very simple. My sixteen-year-Hana, the old student, came to me in tears. She wants to give up the AP math course. The reason? She thought the hard work had taken her hair off! I quickly found the real reason. Dandruff and soap slag clogged her hair! If the follicles are blocked in any way, new hair growth cannot squeeze them out of the follicles. The best way to clean and nourish blocked hair bags is to massage through oil and brush your teeth forcefully. What oil should a person use? Any Indian grocery store will provide a lot of premium oil. These consist of essential oils from Ayurvedic herbs, such as amla and brahmi, mixed into base oils such as coconut, sesame and almond. Alternatively, you can mix 40 drops each of rosemary, lavender, Baili and lemon oil into 100 ml bottles of pure almond oil. I personally use this oil because it is much lighter than the traditional formula. The real secret is not what you use, but how you use it. First pour the oil of your choice on your head. I mean, down! My mother described how her aunt filled her palm with as much oil as possible, and then poured the oil over the head of the person she was refuelling. A drop of oil is like a dust trap, which may do more harm than good. Oil should be soaked in the scalp. Only then will it reach the follicles! You then have to massage the scalp with the tip of your finger to distribute the oil. Use small, round, clockwise movements from forehead to nape, then from ear to ear. Try moving the scalp instead of the hair itself. Finally, pick up the small strands of hair and give them a gentle tugboat! But it will pull out all my hair! My sister insistedin-law Leila. I noticed a lot of hair fall off the first few times I massaged my hair this way. But I realize that this hair is very weak and will fall off soon anyway. A few weeks later, I began to notice that only a few hairs had fallen, and a thick layer of new hair was covered on the scalp! How much oil the scalp absorbs is surprising. Traditionally, in India, the remaining oil is combed through the hair until the end of the hair. The work may take several hours depending on the length and thickness of the hair. However, I found the rubber styling brush to do better and faster. Pass the brush through the hair from the scalp until the hair is stuck. No need to tug! Go back to the scalp and pass the brush again. After passing a few times, the brush runs through the hair smoothly from top to end. From the nape of the head to the Crown, from one ear to the other, and finally back to the nape from the hair line. Continue brushing your teeth until your scalp feels tingling and the hair is completely smooth. On the other hand, hair must have some natural oil. Traditionally, oil stays on the scalp and hair overnight. In order not to stain the pillowcase, my mom always covers the pillow with an old towel. I found half. The one-hour oil treatment is as effective as keeping the oil all night. The real problem is finding a shampoo that removes excess grease without drying hair and scalp. Most commercial shampoos contain sodium laurate or ammonium Laurel. These ingredients make luxurious suds. However, they also peel off the oil needed to keep the hair shaft soft and flexible. My experience is that sodium laurel sulfate also slows down the growth of hair. A variety of hair washing products are recommended in the traditional ayurvedic. Most of them are messy and hard to use. For example, I wouldn't recommend using a paste of flour and tamarind juice, or a paste of henna, or even a mashed ripe banana mixed with yogurt! Basic Ayurvedic shampoo recipe. Soak a handful of dry amla, reetha nuts and shikakai pods in two pints of water for the night. The next morning, boil until half of the mixture evaporates. Cool in a jar. This soup can be stored in the refrigerator for at least a week. Amla, reetha and shikakai are cheap herbal products. Available at any Indian grocery store and on the Internet. Reetha has natural cleaning agent with soap corner shikakai. For centuries, they have been used to clean everything from wool carpets to silk sari to gold and silver jewelry and, of course, hair. Some scholars even believe that the word "shampoo" comes from the word "shikakai. These herbs must be softened by soaking and boiling, but they produce a lot of suds and effectively clean the hair and scalp. Amla is an Indian currant. It is one of the highest concentrations of vitamin C in the world, about five times the orange! Amla is essential for softening and conditioning your hair as soap nuts make it a bit brittle. Amla prevents dandruff, stimulates hair growth, and delays hair ash. Are these products safe? They have been used by millions of people for about 4,000 years and the only complaint is that reetha tastes bad! Lentils shampoo also works. Soak two tablespoons urad dhal (black g) in a pint of dehydration until the grain expands. Cooked until cooked, very soft. Mix the mixture at high speed until it becomes foam. It looks strange and works as well as shampoo. It makes the hair clean and very soft. When I first came to Canada and didn't know where to get soap nuts or amla, I used Pure Castile liquid soap diluted with rosemary and chamomile leaves. The trick is to use shampoo directly on dry hair (or oily hair exactly ). Don't wet your hair. Oil is not mixed with water (very basic chemistry ). The shampoo will not react, and the hair will be dirty. Massage the scalp clockwise to make sure the shampoo covers the scalp and hair completely. Leave a few minutes on your hair. Rinse well. Repeat it with diluted shampoo. This second shampoo usually produces luxurious suds. Rinse again. You can rinse with rosemary, chrysanthemum, lavender or hibiscus flowers if you wish. The hair will be clean but there is a lovely scent. The hair must be completely dry before combing. Ayurvedic's way of drying hair is to make a fuss. Free and effective. After unscrewing my hair (which removes a lot of water), I rub it vigorously with a small towel and dry my scalp. The scalp should be pink. Then I use the soft cotton cloth (old T-The shirt is ideal. When my hair is no longer dripping, I wrap it in another T-Shirt, let it dry naturally. I never use a hair dryer. My hair does take hours to dry. But I use this time to either relax or catch up with my work. When I described my hair routine to my friend Seema, she shouted, "but the workload is too big! Well, it's a bit of a job. But the result is worth it! One result of traditional oil and shampoo is that a conditioner or hair serum is usually not required. The hair is smooth, almost tangledThere is almost no freedom to fork. Sometimes I wipe a few drops of coconut or almond oil at the end, but that's all. Brush your teeth only need a few minutes. Brushing dry hair is the opposite of brushing oily hair: I start at the end and gradually eliminate any tangles by increasing the brush by a few inches each time until I reach the scalp. I have never used a pig bri brush. I found that the shape of the brush with rubber bristles is very good. One drawback of traditional shampoo is that no one knows how reethha/shikakai can affect blonde or red hair. For this reason, I recommend that my blonde and redheaded friends use the Castile shampoo diluted with chamomile juice. Otherwise, it seems to apply to any hair type and any age. My Arab friends Lubna and Aisha and my Italian friend Francesca are raving about it. My seventy-seven-year-The old mother was surprised to see her hair line and some new hair sprouting! How often should an oil and massage scalp be? Ideal every day. I did this during the summer vacation and this time my hair really grew back. Now, I repeat treatment once or twice a week to keep my hair. I was very excited when I started using the Ayurvedic method and experienced the results. I started telling a lot of people about it. Surprisingly, most people don't want to give up their favorite shampoo and conditioner! I was even accused of selling for soap nuts and amla! I don't respond in the true yoga spirit. But I still say that anyone who wants healthy and natural hair should at least try hair care at Ayurvedic.
