Chamomile for hair - recipes for hair loss and restoration

Chamomile decoctions allow you to restore the beauty of your hair and the health of your scalp; such compositions are a real godsend! Thanks to this care, you can cure your hair from various diseases, improve its structure, and make your curls silky and beautiful! Our grandmothers used similar means, probably thanks to this, each of them wore “real Russian braids”...

Benefits of chamomile for hair

You can talk for hours about the medicinal properties of chamomile, its high efficiency, considering the plant as a unique folk medicine. The use in cosmetology is quite widespread; thanks to such products, it is possible to relieve irritation of the scalp, itching, and heal wounds. Thanks to chamomile decoctions and masks, serious pathologies of the scalp and hair can be cured. This effect is due to the high content of vitamins, nutrients, and organic acids.

Folk remedies prepared on the basis of this unique plant affect the hair follicles and epidermis as:

• hypoallergenic;
• anti-inflammatory;
• pain reliever;
• antiseptic;
• restorative;
• healing;
• nourishing;
• antispasmodic;
• antiseptic;
• oncoprotective substance of natural origin.

Protect hair and skin from ultraviolet radiation, moisturize, activate growth, strengthen roots. At the same time, they have a beneficial effect on the entire body, despite local use.

Note! The main difference between chamomile and other medicinal herbs is that it can be used for any hair structure and skin type.

Indications for use

Considering the scale of the impact, the indications for the use of chamomile are as follows:

• tarnish;
• fragility;
• dropping out;
• gray hair;
• slow growth;
• oily hair;
• (violation of structure).

A suitable remedy for eliminating many epidermal problems:

• redness;
• (peeling);
• voltage;
• formation of small cracks and wounds;
• development of fungal pathologies.

If such factors are present, cosmetologists advise using chamomile products to eliminate them. However, such compositions allow you to additionally lighten your curls by several tones.

Like peeling to remove dead epidermal cells. Give hair elasticity, elasticity, and a beautiful natural shine. After such procedures there will be no problems with combing and styling. Even with frequent exposure to extreme conditions - heat, frost, sun, curls will remain healthy, lush, and manageable.

Chamomile hair recipes

Chamomile is used in the preparation of hair care cosmetics, either alone or in combination with other medicinal plants and food products (lavender, sage, nettle, burdock, honey, lemon, cognac, propolis, egg, sour cream). Such ingredients only enhance the therapeutic effects of the formulations, increasing their effectiveness and efficiency. Sage with the addition of chamomile helps very well for hair, as an anti-inflammatory and strengthening agent.

Chamomile and nettle decoction against hair loss

As many people age, their hair becomes depleted and begins to fall out significantly. It is easy to fix the problem - a decoction is prepared using chamomile (2 tbsp dry plant) and nettle (1 tbsp), plantain (1 tbsp).

Pour the dry mixture of herbs with a liter of boiling water, bring to a boil and leave to cool, having previously wrapped it. Pour the cooled broth over 3 pieces of rye bread. As soon as the bread swells, grind everything using a blender and apply it to the hair, rubbing it into the roots.

The head is covered with a plastic bag and a warm scarf. After an hour, wash off and do not use shampoo. After the decoction, the hair becomes silky and its structure is restored.

Anti-dandruff with lavender

To eliminate peeling of the epidermis and dandruff, it is recommended to apply a chamomile mask as the problem appears. When preparing it, use 2 tbsp. l. dry chamomile, 2 tbsp. l. dry lavender, steamed with a glass of boiling water. Kefir is considered an additional component - after cooling, add ½ tbsp to the broth. fermented milk product. For elasticity, add a tablespoon of burdock oil.

It is recommended to rub the mask into the roots and apply it to the curls before each wash, until the unpleasant phenomenon is completely eliminated. Leave for about an hour under a bag and a warm scarf. When rinsing, use warm water, and only shampoo that is labeled “anti-dandruff.”

For oily hair

The following tincture allows you to reduce excessive oiliness in your hair: combine a glass of dried chamomile flowers with a glass of vodka or cognac. Leave for 2 weeks, preferably in the refrigerator. Strain, add water in a ratio of 1:1 (to the resulting solution).

Apply 2 times a week, rubbing the lotion with a cotton pad directly into the roots. It is not recommended to wash off. The course of treatment is no more than 20 days.

From gray hair

Using chamomile, you can completely “paint over” gray strands at home. Prepare a “steep” decoction by pouring half a glass of dry herb with a glass of boiling water. Boil for 2 minutes. After cooling, filter, apply to the head, evenly distributing over all curls, rubbing into the roots. Wrap in a bag overnight. In the morning, wash off without shampoo.

For hair growth

Take 2 tbsp. l. dry sage herb, pour ½ tbsp. boiling water Strain the cooled broth and add 10 drops of chamomile alcohol tincture. The same number of drops of pepper tincture and 2 tbsp. l. castor oil After rubbing, wrap it up and wash it off after an hour. Instead of pepper tincture for hair growth, you can add ½ tsp. red pepper.

Rinsing hair with chamomile infusion

Quite quickly you can prepare a general strengthening vitamin composition, rinse your hair with chamomile decoction: take ½ cup of dry chamomile grass (it is advisable to use inflorescences) and steam it with a liter of boiled water.

The composition is kept in a water bath for a quarter of an hour, filtered, and 2 liters of warm water are added. Use as a rinse after washing your hair. Hair rinsing is carried out to remove synthetic residues of various substances that provoke the development of pathogenic bacteria and microorganisms.

How to lighten your hair

To lighten hair, cosmetologists advise using formulations intended for rinsing. However, after rinsing, the curls should not be dried with handy means (hairdryer, sitting in the sun). The strands should dry naturally, and after applying the chamomile composition, they should no longer be rinsed with water.

To lighten oily hair, you can make the following mask: brew ½ tbsp. dry chamomile herb 0.5 liters of boiling water, keep for 10 minutes in a water bath. Add a teaspoon of vegetable oil, preferably olive oil, and lemon juice. Rub into the scalp and apply to the curls themselves.

This product is highly effective, therefore, if some of the strands remain “unprocessed,” they will not lighten. The disadvantage of this method is that it cannot be used on dry, brittle hair or on colored curls.

Note! In cosmetology, it is allowed to use both ready-made pharmaceutical preparations and chamomile collected and dried independently.

Preparing a hair mask from chamomile, lemon, honey, cognac

A mask prepared with chamomile, honey, lemon, and cognac will be nutritious and fortified. First, prepare a chamomile decoction using 2 tbsp in the usual way. l. medicinal plant and a glass of boiling water. Add the juice of one lemon, 2 tbsp. to the cooled mixture. l. any honey and 30 ml of cognac, which can be replaced with vodka.

Rub the composition before the bath about an hour before water procedures. Wrap up. Wash it off. After just a few uses, and it is recommended to apply the mask no more than 2 times a week, the hair will become silky and a natural shine will appear. After about 3 weeks of periodic application, the strands will become thicker and more manageable.

Important! When using chamomile-based products, you should not expect instant results. The first improvements will come no sooner than after 3 – 4 procedures!

How to make chamomile shampoo

For those who forget to prepare decoctions, or who are too lazy to make masks, the following option is suitable - using chamomile shampoo, which, by the way, can be prepared at home.

Brew 200 ml of water, approximately 5-6 tablespoons of dry raw materials. After cooling, filter and add to “Baby Shampoo”. Shake well before use. There is a second recipe for preparation, in which the decoction is combined not with ready-made shampoo, but with a piece of grated baby soap. Additionally add 15 ml of glycerin. Keep this shampoo in the refrigerator.

Using chamomile oil for hair

Chamomile essential oil is considered a widely popular hair care product. The unique composition of the product allows you to restore the hair structure and various diseases of the epidermis, making the strands beautiful, strong, and healthy.

Such cosmetics are produced by different manufacturers and you should read about their use on the packaging. When using oils, they are guided by the type of scalp and hair itself, for example:

1. Normal type. Chamomile oil is combined in equal proportions with cedar, almond, cypress, rosewood or lemon (take 10 drops each). Add a tablespoon of olive oil, rub into the roots, rinse off after 30 minutes;
2. Dry hair. Combine 10 drops of lavender oil, 5 drops of chamomile oil, 7 drops of geranium extract with 2 tbsp. l. almond oil. Heat slightly and rub into the epidermis. Wrap it up and wash it off after an hour.
   The use of such aromatic preparations not only improves the hair structure and scalp, but also gives the strands a delightful aroma of meadow herbs. In addition, such masks can eliminate excessive sweating of the head.

How often are procedures done?

Cosmetologists do not recommend using traditional medicine for hair care more than once a week. However, in severely neglected conditions, application up to 2 times, or even 3, is allowed. However, with the recovery process, the frequency of application is reduced to the recommended one.