Nettle recipes for hair

In ancient times, nettle was a very popular plant. She served as a universal raw material, which was used in many areas. Nettle made strong ropes, made fabrics, fishing nets, it was used in food, used for punishment and treatment. Nettle found application in cosmetology. Especially often it was used for hair care. Today we will talk about exactly how nettle is useful for hair, how to properly prepare and apply it.

Nettle - beneficial properties for hair

In ancient times there were no expensive shampoos and conditioners, with keratin or arginine, however, women managed to look their best and conquer those around them with luxurious hair. Of course, in many respects the good condition of the hair, our great-grandmothers are obliged to a favorable ecological situation, to a diet that does not contain harmful additives and any chemistry, and their lifestyle was completely different, much healthier than the current one. But not a small role in the beauty of the hair played and natural cosmetics, made from the gifts of nature.

One of the most popular hair products has been, and remains to this day, nettle. This amazing plant has the most beneficial effect on the human body. With its help, many internal problems can be solved, for example, getting rid of diseases of the bladder and liver, as well as external ones - healing of wounds, ulcers, removal of inflammations, etc. Nettle also has medicinal properties that can best affect the condition of the hair and scalp. This effect is due to the high content and successful combination of useful substances in the plant. In the nettle there is a necessary vitamin for hair, such well-known vitamins of female beauty as E, C and B, carotenoids, calcium, organic acids and phytoncides that have a beneficial effect on hair. Due to the wide range of actions, nettle affects the curls and scalp as follows:

• Eliminates dandruff.
• Stops hair loss.
• Heals wounds, relieves itching and skin irritation.
• Strengthens the bulbs.
• Reduces oily hair and skin.
• Improves hair structure.
• Makes curls shiny and obedient.
• Accelerates hair growth.

How does nettle

Almost everyone knows the ability to sting nettle. But despite the discomfort, it is quite useful. After contact with nettle, to the affected areas, blood rushes actively, falling even into the most distant and small capillaries of the skin. As a result, they are more than usual saturated with nutrients and oxygen, which favorably affects the condition of the skin. The same, although with less intensity, occurs with the hairy area of ​​the head when using juice or decoction of nettle. But the state of the hair itself largely depends on its condition.

Nettle for hair - terms of use

For effective hair care, it is allowed to use both fresh and dried nettle. The herb can be used as an independent tool, preparing from her infusions, decoctions or masks, and in conjunction with other components. But before you decide to care for your hair with nettle, you should familiarize yourself with some of the nuances:

• Nettle products make hair more rigid and dry it slightly, so owners of dry curls should refuse to rinse and use products from the grass only for rubbing into the roots.
• Nettle has a light coloring effect. After using it, blonde hair can become greenish. To avoid this in infusion, decoction or any other means prepared from nettle, it is recommended to add lemon juice.
• To make it easy to apply liquid nettle products to the roots, use a spray bottle.
• After rinsing the strands, lightly rub the product into the skin and hair, and then massage the scalp.

Infusion of nettle for hair

• Pair three tablespoons of dry, chopped herb with a pair of glasses of boiling water. Cover the container in which the infusion is prepared, with a napkin or towel and leave for half an hour. Strain and use for rinsing or rubbing. To this infusion is useful to add a little honey or vinegar.
• Perfect effect on the hair has a tincture of nettle with burdock. It can also be used to rinse the hair or rubbing it into the roots. For cooking means in equal proportions, mix dry nettle leaves and chopped burdock root. Three spoons of the resulting raw material, steam it up with half a liter of boiling water, then wrap it up and leave it for about half an hour.
• To strengthen the bulbs and improve the condition of the hair is well suited the following collection. In equal proportions, mix green tea, burdock root, rosemary and nettle. Two spoons of the mixture steamed with a liter of boiling water and leave to infuse for twenty minutes. Use for rinsing.

Nettle decoction for hair

This tool can be prepared in several ways:

• Fresh Nettle Broth. Wash fresh nettle with stems thoroughly (about fifty grams). Boil half a liter of water, then put nettle into it, then it is a quarter of an hour.
• A decoction of leaves and roots of nettle. This tool will help eliminate a lot of problems with hair. To make it, combine in one container in equal quantities dry leaves and nettle roots. Place a couple of spoons of raw material in a saucepan with a glass of water brought to a boil. Boil the nettles for half an hour, then cool and strain. Use the tool for rubbing into the roots. For rinsing, it is recommended to dilute the broth with boiled water.
• For dry hair. Equally mix a coltsfoot with nettles. Three tablespoons of herbs, steam in half a liter of boiling water, and then boil them for a quarter of an hour.
• Decoction from dandruff. Mix in equal quantities - heather, nettle, chopped hop cones, chamomile and burdock root. In a saucepan, bring four hundred milliliters of water to a boil, then add a couple of tablespoons of the mixture of herbs, boil them for about ten minutes, cool and strain. Use for rinsing.

It is recommended to rinse your hair every time you wash your hair. If you are used to carrying out this procedure every day, you should wash the hair with nettle products so often, nevertheless, do not do it about three times a week. By the way, if you are forced to wash your hair every day because of the oily hair, after using nettle, it can be done in a day or even two.

After rinsing, the strands do not need to be rinsed with clean water, it is also not recommended to wipe the curls dry, just squeeze them slightly and blot a little with a towel.

Fresh Nettle Mask

Fresh, just plucked, nettle for hair, of course, will be most useful. Therefore, from the end of spring and throughout the summer, it will not be superfluous to pamper your curls with products prepared from it.

• Nettle juice mask. A bunch of nettle with the leaves and stems mince or chop with a blender. Place the resulting mass in gauze, and then squeeze the juice out of it. The juicer will significantly simplify the task, so if you are the happy owner of such a wonderful device for extracting juice, you can use it. Juice generously moisten the roots and rub it with massaging movements. Wrap cellophane or a thin bag over your head and put on a warm hat. In this form, you should walk for at least an hour, if there is a desire and time, the procedure can be extended up to several hours.
• For greasy hair. Put the fresh nettle into the bowl of the blender and chop. To the resulting mass, add a spoonful of salt (preferably sea, but you can take the usual cooking). Apply gruel to the skin, rubbing it slightly. Then spread the mass over the roots and wrap the head. Hold thirty minutes.
• Nourishing mask. Three spoons of gruel made from fresh nettle, mix with a spoon of honey and half a spoonful of butter, better burdock.
• Hair firming mask. Grind mint and nettles with a meat grinder or blender, so that about a quarter cup of raw material is produced. Dilute herbs with the same amount of kefir or natural yogurt.

Dried nettle hair masks

• To strengthen hair. Pound a half-cup of nettle leaves to a powdery state, mix with them a couple of tablespoons of colorless henna and pour boiling water over the mixture so that a mass resembles a gruel forms. When the grass has cooled, mix it with the yolk. This mask is recommended to withstand about two hours.
• Dandruff mask. Crumble the flesh of black bread and add to it three spoons of infusion of nettle and a spoonful of apple vinegar. Apply the mixture in a dense layer on the hairy area of ​​the head, lightly massaging the skin, wrap the hair with polyethylene and then a towel. Procedure spend every other day, maintaining a mask about an hour. Also prepared in this way is prepared nettle for hair growth.
• Mask for dry hairwith. Sea buckthorn berries with a blender or meat grinder chop into mashed potatoes. Add to them a box of honey and about three spoons of infusion of nettle.

Infusion of nettle for ingestion

Nettle for the hair will be useful when ingested. This will greatly enhance the effect of external use of the herb. In addition, the use of nettle, will give you another nice bonus - strengthening the whole body. For ingestion is recommended to prepare the following infusion:

In a glass, put two tablespoons of dried (preferably May) nettle, and then pour it with boiling water. After a quarter of an hour strain. The resulting infusion should be drunk during the day, for three or four doses.

Nettle for hair use

Remember how beautiful Eliza wove 12 nettle shirts for swan brothers and dispelled the evil spell of the stepmother-sorceress in Andersen’s fairy tale she had known since childhood? By the way, it is really possible to twist a strong thread from a stalk of a nettle and in ancient times it was even cultivated as a fibrous plant, made excellent fabric from it, and revered nettle itself as a strong and useful medicinal plant.

Andersen mentions several times in a fairy tale that Princess Eliza had unusually beautiful hair. How nettle helped her hair, in the fairy tale does not say, but the fact that the use of nettle for hair growth is undeniable and does not have an unusually beneficial effect on them, even our great-grandmothers knew.

Nettle-based recipes have also retained an ancient, time-tested method for improving hair condition. Let's call it a “recipe for the beauty of the hair from the Eliza princess”.

Nettle Infusion Recipe for Beauty Hair by Princess Eliza

First you need to prepare nettle infusion for hair. Take 4 tbsp. spoon dry nettle (you can buy at the pharmacy, but it is better to prepare it yourself), pour a liter of boiling water, cover the dishes with a lid or saucer, if you brew the nettles in a glass jar. After half an hour, add a teaspoon of honey to the infusion and dissolve it in a warm infusion. Cover and leave to insist for another half an hour.

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Pour warm water into a basin and dissolve in it the filtered infusion of nettle leaves. Wash your head with infusion, making a light scalp massage. Then pour the water from the basin into a small scoop and rinse the hair with nettle. Repeat several times. It is not necessary to wipe the hair dry with a towel, it is better to only gently soak them and allow them to dry on their own. Hairdryer should not be used. After the hair dries, they will acquire shine and silkiness.

How useful nettle for hair

Naturally, the question arises, what is useful nettle for hair?

The healing properties of nettle are due to the rich content of the trace elements we need - manganese, potassium, iron, calcium, iodine, sodium, copper, silicon, chromium. It surpasses lemon in ascorbic acid content, contains carotene, B vitamins, carotene, vitamin K.

This is an invaluable treasure of health, not without reason there is a saying that nettle replaces seven doctors. Therefore, it is not surprising that infusions and decoction of nettle for hair so beneficially affect their condition.

Nettle use for hair:

• stops hair loss,
• cures dandruff
• enhances hair growth
• makes the hair structure smoother.

How to properly collect and dry nettles

Dry nettle leaves, already ready for use, are sold at the pharmacy. Just do not buy dust in bags, the benefits of it are the same as from tea in bags, i.e. no.

Yes, and always nicer to collect useful grass himself for a walk in the woods. Well, if it grows in your summer cottage. I have nettle side by side and I never spit it out, I use it in salads and soups, as well as for rinsing hair. For winter, you can dry the nettle leaves.

It is possible to collect nettles, as well as all herbs and tea collections in dry sunny weather, preferably in the first half, waiting for the dew to subside.

Wet raw materials can simply simply rot.

Naturally, this should be done away from the roads; we do not need grass covered with exhaust gases.

Choose bushes with healthy, dense, green leaves, not yellowed and without any insects.

Nettle is a rather burning plant that can cause burns, so do not forget to take gloves from a thick fabric. I use the usual household with rubberized coating.

Ruthlessly to break, and even more to pull up a bush with a root is not necessary. With the help of shears, scissors

or a knife, cut a twig with leaves about 10 cm above the ground and fold it into a basket. Tamper should not be, let it lie freely and breathe air. The available inflorescences do not need to be torn off, they also suit us.

Having brought home, we cut off the leaves and lay them on cotton cloth or parchment paper to dry in the shade, the drying place should be well ventilated. Once a day, the leaves can be turned upside down

Drying in the open air usually takes 5-7 days. You can dry the nettles in an hour. To do this, it spread on a baking sheet, covered with parchment, in two thin layers and dried at a temperature of 40-50 degrees.

Properly dried leaves should be easily scattered in the hands of dust.

Store dried leaves in jars with the lid closed, in paper bags.

How to cook a decoction of nettle for hair

Well, now, we finally come to the recipe for cooking nettle broth for hair.

The grass is used both fresh and dried. Fresh, of course, better, because it contains the maximum amount of nutrients. The difference in the preparation of broth only in the amount of nettle, fresh grass should be taken more.

1. We take three or four tablespoons of dried grass or half a liter jar of fresh nettle leaves, you can, along with the stem (they must be cut in advance, of course), pour them into a small saucepan.
2. Pour a liter of boiled water. Water should be taken just boiled, but not boiling hot water, and the one that hits the white key, exactly the same as we use when brewing tea.
3. Cover the pot with a lid and, boiling, boil for 10-15 minutes over low heat.
4. Insist 20-25 minutes.

This broth turns out dark green color.

By the way, for this reason you can only use it with dark-haired hair, and after applying such a product, blond hair will become greenish. Although they say that you can try to add lemon juice or chamomile to a decoction of nettle and other ingredients that suppress the coloring effect. But I would not experiment, it is better to use in this case for rinsing chamomile hair.

It is preferable to cook the broth always fresh, during storage a significant part of the useful properties disappears.

Nettle composition

This plant originated in Northern Europe and Asia, and now it grows almost all over the world as wild vegetation. The leaves and stems of the May nettle are covered with microscopic fibers, which, upon contact, release burning substances, due to which the grass has acquired its name. The root, stem and leaves contain a rich composition of components with healing properties for strengthening and rapid growth:

• Chlorophyll forms the work of the subcutaneous glands, promotes rapid growth, prevents the occurrence of age baldness.
• A whole complex of vitamins from groups B, A, K, C has a beneficial effect on the general condition of the hair, actively saturate the follicles, strengthen the curls, heal the puncture, relieve premature gray hair.
• Useful trace elements such as manganese, calcium, potassium, copper, chromium, iodine make it possible to compensate for the lack of substances that positively affect the appearance of the hair.
• Ascorbic acid in the nettle in quantity exceeds lemon by 10 times.
• Also present are carotene, tannin, phytoncides, tannins, organic acids that enrich the scalp and curls from root to tip.

Stinging nettle

Useful properties of nettle for hair

Due to its unique content, the healing plant helps to get rid of a number of unpleasant factors. If you rub the product every day or rinse your head with a prepared decoction, the effective effect of the nettle pharmacy will become noticeable in the near future. From the healing properties of plants can be noted the following:

• Due to the special harshness of the plant, which is not felt when applied, growth is stimulated, their density increases, blood circulation is normalized, and the skin receives more oxygen.
• Doing decoction for rinsing is useful in case of premature gray hair, the effect of healing ingredients stops the spread of gray hairs.
• Useful decoction with the appearance of dandruff and for its prevention. Nettle relieves irritation, dry skin, regulates oily skin, ensures the removal of dandruff.
• The benefits of rinsing nettle will positively affect the condition of each hair, prevent the section, give shine, radiance, volume and silkiness.

General rules for using nettle for hair

Traditionally, nettles can be used both fresh and dry, they act the same, it does not affect the quality of the procedures. You can buy the blank in the bags at the pharmacy, and you can collect and dry the plant fees yourself. The main thing is to learn how to make a healing decoction and rinse properly with a solution, tonic, and make masks for growth. Before you begin to use, listen to the following recommendations:

1. Nettle extract is beneficial, but it can dry hair a little, so if dry hair is present, it can be harmed. You need to abandon the rinsing procedure, and do only skin rubbing.
2. Nettle slightly dyes hair, creates a color effect on light-colored hair, paints it in a greenish tone. For blondes in this case, you need to prepare a rinse with the addition of lemon juice or apple cider vinegar, which do not allow staining.
3. It is more convenient to apply the prepared balm on the roots in the form of a spray, so have a spray bottle at hand.
4. To enhance the effectiveness will help keratin for oral administration, as well as washing with specially selected shampoos for oily or dry hair.

Nettle can dye hair green

Recipes decoction for dry hair

#one. The fragile damaged hair damaged by the hair dryer, the iron, a varnish demand careful leaving and restoration. There is an excellent recipe that will help bring back vibrant shine, smoothness and strength to your curls. Prepare three tablespoons of the chopped nettle, then steam the floor with a liter of boiling water and place on the stove. How to cook the broth? The solution is prepared for 20 minutes. Then it needs to be cooled and used.

# 2. Another recipe is similar to the previous one, only add 3 tablespoons of a shredded mother and stepmother's plant to the nettle, mix the ingredients and boil it.

# 3. Well stimulate the production of fat, as the natural protection of hair from damage, will help the following mask: oak bark in the broth, mixed with nettle, there also add olive oil. Apply on strands and hold for at least an hour.

#four. For dry and loose strands, a dioecious stepmother and ordinary nettle will be a very good remedy. Boil the plants, cool and use this decoction to rinse hair after each wash.

#five. An excellent nourishing mask for dry hair is obtained with honey, nettle and sea buckthorn. Chop the sea buckthorn berries into a puree, stir in a spoonful of warm floral honey and three tablespoons of the nettle broth. Likewise, you can lighten dry hair, which is absolutely safe for a hairstyle, just add lemon to the mixture.

Rinsing hair decoction

Recipes decoction for oily hair

#one. Nettle perfectly helps to tidy up hair that is prone to quick smudging. If you wash your hair daily to keep your curls fresh, after regular rinsing your hair will keep a clean look. For the manufacture of broth you need 1 tbsp. a spoonful of dried nettle and half a glass of water. Pour boiling water raw materials, put on the stove, boil for 10 minutes. After that, cool the broth and let it brew for half an hour. Do not forget to thoroughly filter before use.

# 2. You can mix the cooked composition with chamomile decoction. Such a combination of plants will effectively eliminate fat, give shine, and ensure a healthy appearance.

# 3. For toning fatty strands you need to use minerals, and at home it is very easy to make the following cleansing and normalizing mask. It is necessary to mix nettles with blue clay, one to two, apply the mixture to the hair, leave to dry. Flush also preferably infusion of nettle.

#four. For damaged oily and combination hair, the following recipe is suitable: rosemary (seeds), burdock oil, green nettle. All ingredients in equal proportions are poured with a glass of water; a dark and very fragrant liquid should result. It also needs to be rubbed into the hair roots once a day.

#five. For thickening hair and home lamination, you can use nettle with gelatin, just do not forget to mix in the conditioner as well, otherwise you will not wash the mixture from the hair.

A useful recipe for dandruff

#one. To forget about dandruff forever, prepare nettle decoction. To do this, take a glass of dried mass, fill the floor with a liter of water, then hold the water bath for 20 minutes. It is possible to increase the efficiency if you add mint, burdock root, dried from dandruff, sage, horsetail, dried hop cones, pharmaceutical oak bark, clove seeds. After this, insist broth 2-3 hours. You can also add the resulting solution in an amount of 100 ml to shampoo, and you can rinse it, diluting it in a ratio of 1 to 10.

If it is difficult for you to prepare a recipe for yourself, you can purchase a fitoboat or a clean line spray or any other brand and try to get rid of the problem with it.

# 2. You can also make alcohol tincture if you have rather greasy hair. She will need to wipe her scalp. Can it rinse hair? This is not recommended. The following recipe from fresh nettle is very simple: take fresh leaves, carefully wash, chop, then pour vodka or 45% alcohol in proportion to 1 to 10. Put the composition in a closed glass container, let it brew for 10 days. Then nettles need to be filtered, squeezed and applied.

What is the best - nettle decoction or infusion? It is definitely difficult to answer this question, what is better decoction or tincture, it all depends on the individual health status and the presence of fat content of curls.

# 3. Apple vinegar, nettle and black bread are often used to remove dandruff on greasy hair. The flesh of the bread is mixed with a spoonful of vinegar and three spoons of nettle decoction. It is necessary to apply a dense layer, rubbing into the roots. Use every other day.

Rinse prescription against hair loss

Hair loss can affect any man or woman, especially in winter and autumn, when the body is weakened. Each person loses approximately 100 hairs per day, but if you lose a lot more, try to deal with this by using rinsing with nettle, the benefits of which are scientifically proven. How to brew a decoction of fresh leaves for rinsing a simple recipe?

#one. To do this, mix a spoonful of nettle, rosemary and shredded burdock root. Fill the ingredients with 2 liters of hot boiling water and let it stand for 1-2 hours. To brew the components, it is desirable to use a thermos, it will create favorable temperature conditions. After cooking, you can use the infusion as a rinse. It will return the curls former strength, shine and reduce the loss.

# 2. From early hair loss and gray hair will help calamus and nettle. Crush plants, it is better if you initially buy calamus root in sachets, it is quite difficult to independently turn into powder. Fill with tea black tea (a glass of two spoons of herbs), insist a few hours, then wipe your head.

How to rinse hair with nettles?

It is necessary to competently perform rinsing 3 times a week, the process is performed as follows:

• Prepare the rinse solution by diluting a glass of healing broth in a liter of pure water.
• Wash hair thoroughly with a suitable shampoo for you, rinse with warm water.
• Slowly begin rinsing, pouring the solution on the head, try to evenly distribute it over the entire length. After rinsing you do not need to rinse your head with water.
• Dry the washed hair without the use of a hair dryer. Drying your hair is also not recommended, they should be wet.

Rinsing hair with nettle decoction

Nettle treatment hair masks

#one. It is not difficult to make a useful mask for your hair with high fat content from nettle leaves at home. Take 200-300 g of nettle leaves, chop finely or use a blender for this purpose. Mix the resulting composition with one teaspoon of special sea salt, mix the ingredients and gently rub this scrub into the head. Next, wrap your head with a film, and on top of a warming towel. Wait half an hour and wash off with water at a comfortable temperature.

# 2. For dry damaged hair, instead of sea salt, you can add a couple of tablespoons of honey, or burdock oil, serum, hydrolate for the smell, mix and apply in a similar way to chopped nettle. Before applying the mask, you can wash your head with hops and nettles to make the effect more complete.

# 3. Against baldness and seborrhea well helps horsetail and nettle. The simplest preparation is to simply grind the dry horsetail roots and nettle leaves into powder, pour them with hot water and put them in a dark place for 6 hours. After rubbing the hair with this infusion, it will help reduce the itchiness of seborrhea, and will contribute to strengthening the curls.

#four. Also excellent reviews about the tool, where the base is nettle and burdock for hair mixed with vodka. This method is categorically not suitable for blond, damaged or dry hair, as ethyl alcohol, which is contained in vodka, dries hairs very much. Vodka is added with the calculation of two spoons on the same amount of decoction of herbs. It is advisable to add to the mixture also hops with flowers (in infusion or oil). Apply to the hair only at the roots, cover the head with a wrap. Leave this mask for two hours.

As an option, for home procedures you can buy cosmetics with nettle from well-known brands:

• Mask The clean line contains vitamins PP, E, A, has a greenish color and a dense structure. After regular use, the hair will noticeably fall out less, tangled up and get dirty more slowly.
• Phytocosmetic nettle mask, with the addition of chamomile, sea buckthorn, restores and nourishes the hair, is easily applied to the hair and washed off with water. The structure becomes soft, the color becomes more intense, the split ends are less noticeable.
• Constant delight mask with nettle is suitable for dry and damaged hair. Strengthens, does not grease hair, promotes smooth combing, intensively moisturizes.

Mask Phytocosmetics

Preparation and method of application of nettle oil for hair

Nettle oil is made from freshly harvested plants. Raw materials after cutting should be left for a couple of hours in a dry place. They should curl a little and lose the extra zhguchest. Leaves with flowers are ground in a meat grinder or in a blender. Juice while pressing is not necessary. Next, put the resulting mass in a glass container and pour half of the vegetable oil into it. Cover tightly with a lid on top, put in a cool place for 2 weeks, stirring occasionally. Strain the resulting oil solution with gauze.

Apply nettle oil, adding it to the shampoo when washing, or rubbing it into the hair roots. Nettle hair will get rid of dandruff, accelerate the growth of new, prevent excess loss.

Nettle oil

General contraindications for use

It is necessary to refuse use if you have an individual intolerance of a plant. Is it possible to rinse the head with a nettle composition to the child? Children rinse solution do weak, preferably after consulting with your doctor.

Also, before starting the procedure, experts advise to conduct a light test on the occurrence of an allergic reaction. Apply a certain amount of money on your wrist and hold it on your hand for 30 minutes. Observe whether various irritations, redness, rashes have appeared on the skin. If the reaction is normal, you can safely start rinsing and make your hair strong, healthy and attractive.

Healing properties and benefits of nettle for hair

We know about the ability to burn nettle since childhood. The same property of the plant is used for good: the acids contained in the nettle stimulate blood circulation in the scalp and inactive hair follicles wake up. Due to this, nettle remedies are effective in baldness. Even if the prospect of losing curls in the near future does not threaten you, the plant can be used to strengthen hair and accelerate their growth, as well as to prevent loss of vitamin deficiency, stress, diseases, manifestations of age-related changes.

In the nettle there are vitamins A, B, K and C. The latter is about 4 times more in a stinging plant than in citrus fruits. The composition contains iron, zinc, copper, magnesium, calcium, iodine, manganese and flavonoids. Thus, nettle is the right balanced vitamin-mineral complex of organic origin, as well as a powerful natural antioxidant. Due to the high content of tannin, tannins and phytoncids, the plant is classified as a natural antibiotic that can cure even serious diseases.

Nettle has a large number of medicinal properties.

Liquid chlorophyll - natural plant extract. Now it is used internally and externally for the treatment of all diseases. From a cosmetological point of view, chlorophyll is incredibly valuable for its regenerating, healing, bactericidal properties. Nettle is the absolute champion in chlorophyll content, the concentration of which reaches 8%.

Recipes shampoos, masks, rinses based on nettle are aimed at improving the condition of hair, giving them strength and shine, protection from negative environmental factors, normalization of sebum, getting rid of dandruff, peeling and itching. The most valuable part of the nettle is the leaves, with fresh, collected during the flowering period. But, of course, traditional medicine knows a number of ways how to preserve these elements for a long time and how to use nettles throughout the year.

Nettle Oil

Nettle oil, as well as dried leaves of the plant, is sold in pharmacies. But it is easy to cook and at home.

You can buy ready-made nettle oil in a pharmacy, and you can prepare it yourself

For this you will need:

• tightly closed dark glass container
• fresh nettle,
• any cold-pressed vegetable oil.

1. We wash the leaves, chop them and fill them with a capacity of 2/3. The remaining volume should be oil.
2. Close the jar or bottle and place it for 2 weeks in a dark and dry place.
3. We periodically get and gently shake.
4. We filter the finished oil infusion, pour it into an opaque dish and store it in the refrigerator.

Nettle spirit tincture

• First recipe: take the juice from fresh leaves or a strong broth made from them and mix in equal proportions with medical alcohol. Insist for 10 days at room temperature in a dark place, filter,
• second recipe: fill a bottle of dark glass under the neck with fresh leaves, add vodka. With force we twist a cover, we leave for a month in a dark cool place. Filter out. Tincture on alcohol, as well as oil, is stored in the refrigerator.

For short-term storage and convenient application to the hair using juices, decoctions and infusions of nettle. Juice for rinsing is better to use immediately after preparation, the broth and the infusion are stored in the refrigerator for a week.

Infusion of nettle leaves

1. 5 tablespoons of fresh herbs pour 1 liter of boiling water.
2. Then cover and leave for 2-3 hours. The express-recipe offers to fill a 1-liter jar with ½ volume of fresh leaves. Pour boiling water to the brim. Insist 10 minutes.

To get juice from fresh nettle, you can use a juicer or first chop the leaves with a blender or meat grinder, and then squeeze out with force. Juice is stored in the refrigerator for 3 days.

Nettle rinse

There are the following nettle rinses for hair:

1. Nettle infusion is diluted with warm water and used as a conditioner after shampooing. You can add a teaspoon of honey. Do not flush.
2. 0.5 liters of broth is mixed with the same amount of warm water. Rinse the resulting solution with hair several times after each wash.
3. Alcohol tincture diluted with warm water (1 part tincture 4 parts water)
4. Along with rinsing, it is useful to massage the head, gently rubbing the product into the skin. As a tonic remedies nettle rinse enough to use 1-2 times a week. The course lasts at least 1 month. For the treatment of dandruff and hair loss should be applied every day or every other day with a course of 10-14 days.

Concentrated anti-fallout mask

Summer version of the mask - apply fresh juice on the scalp under the film for 1 hour. Then rinse hair without shampoo.

The same algorithm can be used with the use of nettle oil, as well as using alcohol tincture. For the prevention of hair loss and additional acceleration of their growth masks are used 2 times a week. With the onset of baldness, alcohol tincture is rubbed into the roots every day for a month.

Krapivno-salt mask for hair prone to fat

1. The juice obtained from 300 g of fresh leaves is mixed with 1 tbsp. l shallow sea salt.
2. The composition must be rubbed into the skin in the scalp.
3. After the massage, leave the mixture for another half an hour as a mask, wearing a shower cap and wrapping the head with a towel.
4. Wash off with water.

The recommended frequency of use is 1-2 times a week.

Firming mask

1. Dilute 1 tbsp. l colorless henna decoction in a 1: 2 ratio.
2. Add 1 tsp. honey, a couple of drops of your favorite essential oil and mix.
3. Apply on the scalp, wrapped with a film on top, hold for 1 hour.
4. Wash off with shampoo.

This mask is well combined with rinsing with the help of infusion or decoction.

Dandruff mask

1. Pour 100 g of pulp of rye bread 3 tbsp. l nettle infusion and 1 tbsp. l apple cider vinegar.
2. Apply to hair under the film for 1 hour.

Apple cider vinegar combined with nettle extract will help get rid of dandruff

Repeat every other day for 2 weeks.

Mask for strengthening hair with bifidobacteria

1. 5 tbsp. l fresh nettle leaves and 1 tbsp. l chop the mint leaves, pour 100 ml of kefir.
2. Leave the mixture to infuse overnight.
3. The finished product is applied to wet hair for half an hour.
4. Wash off with water.

It is recommended to carry out the procedure 1-2 times a week.

Kefir in the composition of the hair mask helps to strengthen

Nettle for hair washing

1. To make homemade shampoo, you need to pour 100 g of dry or fresh leaves with 1 liter of water.
2. Then add 0.5 liters of apple cider vinegar.
3. Warm over low heat or water bath for 30 minutes.
4. Then we part 500 ml of the filtered broth in a water basin.
5. My head without using shampoo.

The tool effectively cleanses the hair, gives it shine and removes excess sebum.

Nettle against gray hair

Nettle is a good remedy against gray hair

Massaging nettle oil into the scalp helps reduce the chance of gray hair. In addition, the plant has a light coloring effect, therefore, nettle products are often used as a natural tonic from gray hair. But such recipes are suitable only for owners of dark and blond hair. Shampoo from infusion of nettle and vinegar can be rubbed every day in the roots for a month. Keep no more than 45-50 minutes. It is recommended to repeat the course every six months. The gray hair becomes invisible, the dark shade is restored.

There are other recipes:

1. Take 50 g of dried leaves and roots, chop, pour 0.5 liters of vodka and as much apple cider vinegar. Shake and put to insist in a dark cool place for 3 days. After a certain time it is necessary to put the mixture on a low fire and heat it without bringing it to a boil. Give the composition to cool, strain. We rub the liquid in the hair roots every day for 2 months.
2. Mix the chopped raw greens with 1–2 yolks, depending on the length of the hair, apply for 2–3 hours. This method allows not only to get rid of gray hair, but also to improve and strengthen the hair. Suitable for daily use.
3. Mask for light brown and dark blond hair is prepared as follows: you need to take 1 tablespoon of crushed dried leaves and natural colorless henna. Add there a little boiling water, stirring continuously. There should be a mass of thick pulp consistency. For dry hair, you can add to the recipe 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil: olive, almond, coconut, grape seed, jojoba. Put on a hat, wrap a towel and wait for 1 hour. Wash off with warm water. Repeat the procedure 2 times a week.

Gray nettle masks have a cumulative effect. With each use, the hair becomes more pronounced dark shade, and gray strands become more invisible.

Features of use for different types of hair

Nettle has the property of changing hair color. Therefore, the best plant fit blonde, brown-haired women and brunettes. Blondes risk acquiring a piquant greenish tint. To avoid staining, the owners of light hair mixed nettle with brightening ingredients. For example, a decoction of chamomile or lemon juice.
In addition, nettle hair cosmetics is characterized by a drying effect.

For those with dry hair, it is advisable not to apply the plant or apply the product locally.

As a protection against dryness when using masks, you can pre-process the tips of burdock or olive oils. Tincture based on alcohol or vodka is a good choice for normal and oily hair, decoctions and infusions on water are more suitable for dry hair.

Nettle depilation

Prolonged use of drugs based on nettle seeds helps to slow down growth first, and then leads to stopping it in general by stopping the functioning of the hair bulb

In pursuit of beautiful thick hair, the main thing is not to confuse oil from nettle leaves with oil from its seeds. The latter is used to remove unwanted hair.

To prepare the solution for depilation you need:

1. 40 g of crushed seeds pour 100 ml of any vegetable oil.
2. Leave the mixture in a cool, dark place for 1-2 months.
3. Strain the mixture and store in the refrigerator.
4. Then apply to areas with hair.

The course must last at least 2 months.

With a razor, this method, of course, can not be compared. But after 2-3 weeks of use, you will notice that the hairs have become less, and the rest have noticeably exhausted.

Contraindications and side effects

Contraindications to the use of individual intolerance.

It is recommended that a sensitivity test be performed on the wrist or the inner elbow.

The property of nettle to stimulate blood flow inevitably leads to the fact that when applying masks, shampoos and balms, we feel how itchy skin. In this case, a slight burning sensation during the procedures is acceptable. But with a strong itch it is better to refuse to use the product.

The first rinsing incredibly pleased me, my hair acquired an unprecedented shine, which is not obtained from the purchase of masks. And to the touch were like silk, and most importantly, they remained clean right up to 4 days, and not 1-2 as usual. Dandruff disappeared.

Julia Savenkova

Last year I asked my parents to dry me a nettle for hair. Even as a child my grandmother taught me to rinse my hair with broth. True, then they were my golden brown and from the nettle had a greenish tint. And now on chestnut nothing is visible, so I always try to rinse.

Irina

I rinse with nettle after shampoo + a little balm, nettle is dry, freshly plucked, young, just brewed with boiling water, left for 10-15 minutes, sometimes more, then I cool and add a few drops of lemon juice. I rinse only with cold broth, the hair scales are closed and the hair is very shiny, combed well.

a guest

Oil, juice, decoction and infusion of nettle act as independent means or as ingredients for purchased and homemade cosmetics. Regularly adding just a few drops of nettle oil to a dose of shampoo, we will provide an effective makeup for the scalp and hair. The oil can also be mixed in equal proportions with ready-made masks, balms and rinses. The advantage of nettle is its availability. Grass grows almost everywhere. For the lazy, there is always an option to purchase ready-made leaves or seeds at a pharmacy for modest money. And it is important to remember that the composition of "burning grass" makes its use effective externally and internally.

Medicinal properties of nettle

What is the use of nettle for hair? What are the healing substances in its chemical composition?

• Vitamin C . Provides normal blood circulation and nutrition of the scalp, hair follicles. It is a natural antioxidant, removes toxins and slags, cleanses the blood, improves all metabolic processes in the body.
• Vitamin A . Fat-soluble vitamin, can accumulate in the body. Strengthens roots and prevents loss, affects the fat metabolism in the cells. The deficiency of this vitamin is indicated by dullness, brittleness, hair stiffness, dry skin, and dandruff.
• Vitamin B group. Necessary for hair growth, the formation of their healthy structure, give them shine, density, density.
• Mineral complex. The high content of iron, potassium, silicon, copper, manganese, zinc, selenium has a beneficial effect on the structure and rapid growth.
• Organic acids. Well moisturize, nourish hair, give silkiness and healthy shine, prevent the development of fungal and bacterial infections on the scalp.

Causes of unhealthy hair

The most common problem is thinning, hair loss, hairiness, dryness, brittleness, split ends, and dandruff.

• Wrong care. Many external factors affect the health of hair - washing with hot chlorinated water, sunlight, dry indoor air, frequent use of a hair dryer, curling, dyeing, using varnishes, foams and gels.
• Stress. An important factor that matters to overall health. Exhaustion, increased physical and mental stress, anxiety, insomnia - all this can affect the hair.
• Diseases of the endocrine system. In diabetes, diseases of the thyroid and adrenal glands, hair can become thinner and fall out.
• Passion for diets. With a shortage of vitamins, fats, organic acids and minerals, hair and nails are primarily affected. Also, frequent intake of laxatives and diuretics, which remove nutrients from the body, can be harmful.
• Side effect after treatment with drugs. In this situation, a supporting diet and a specialized mineral-vitamin complex are necessary.

Read more about the healing properties of nettle in our other article.

Application Methods

• Rinsing hair with nettle. The procedure is carried out after washing the head. To achieve a therapeutic effect, it is necessary to rinse the hair with grass for a month. After applying nettle, the head is not rinsed with plain water.
• Mask It is made from decoctions, infusions, fresh juice, rubbed into the scalp 30 minutes before washing. You can leave the mask for a long time, if there is no allergic reaction to the grass.

It is useful together with these procedures to do a head massage. It improves the blood supply and nutrition of the hair follicles.

What can you buy at the pharmacy

Nettle is a popular cosmetic. Her extract is added to shampoos, masks, creams, gels. In the pharmacy, you can purchase drugs that are used for the treatment and care of hair at home.

• Liquid extract. It is diluted, applied externally in the form of masks and rinsing.
• Nettle oil for hair. Rubbed into the scalp.
• Capsules and pills. Is taken orally as a multivitamin remedy to strengthen the body.
• Dry grass . From her cook broths and infusions.

Recipes for making nettle at home

There are many popular recipes for nettle hair care. The grass is used separately, in herbal collections, with the addition of other components.

How to brew nettles for hair? To prepare the broth take dry or fresh leaves. Before use, they are crushed.

1. Take 2 tbsp. l raw materials.
2. Pour 2 cups boiling water.
3. Boil for 2 minutes.
4. Insist half an hour.
5. Strain.

The tool is used to strengthen the hair. In some recipes, a different dosage is suggested - take 2 tbsp for 1 cup of water. spoons of crushed leaves. It turns out more cool broth.

Infusion should not be brewed, but only steamed. This is its main difference from the decoction. Apply the same as broth. More often used for rubbing in the form of a mask.

Infusion of nettle for hair

1. Take 2 tbsp. l grass
2. Pour a glass of boiling water.
3. Insist 2 hours.
4. Strain.

Infusion can be prepared from the roots of nettle. Helps with dry seborrhea of ​​the skin.

Nettle oil for hair is useful for their dryness and brittleness. It is useful to rub it in the heating season, when the scalp is very dry. As a basis, it is better to take olive or corn oil.

1. Take 1 tbsp. l dry raw materials (roots and leaves).
2. Pour 2 tbsp. l oils.
3. Insist in a warm place for 14 days.
4. Strain.

It is better not to apply oil in case of high fat content of the scalp.

Fresh Juice

What is useful fresh juice? It contains the maximum amount of vitamins. It is recommended to rub into the scalp to nourish the hair follicles. How to make nettle juice at home?

1. Feed through a meat grinder ½ kg of fresh grass.
2. Squeeze the juice through cheesecloth.
3. Collect in a dry glass container.

Juice can be stored in the refrigerator for no more than 2 days.

Alcohol tincture

Helps with increased sebaceous excretions, eliminates oily hair. It is made from leaves and roots.

1. Take 2 tbsp. l dry raw materials.
2. Pour 10 Art. l vodka.
3. Insist 14 days in warmth.
4. Strain.

For dry hair alcohol tincture is not suitable. Also, this tool can cause burning, peeling, allergies. It is necessary to conduct a test and apply the tincture on a small area of ​​the scalp. For a softer action, the product is diluted with water.

What is the use of nettle for hair?

The fact is that this plant is rich in various beneficial substances such as pantothenic acid, vitamins B2, C, B, A, E, K, calcium, sulfur, chlorophyll, carotene, phytoncides and bactericides and tannins, potassium, glycosides , macro and microelements and many others. Therefore, it is quite clear why nettle is so in demand in cosmetology and various hair care products.

Improving the structure of the hair and strengthening the hair follicles gives nettle for hair, the use of which is very wide. It is widely used for eczema and pruritus. Thanks to the rich properties of nettle, you can make a huge number of different masks, tinctures and decoctions for hair from it.

Combination with other means

Effective for the care and treatment are herbal, which includes: nettle, burdock root, sage, chamomile, oak bark, calamus root, string, horsetail, hops, birch bark. Nettle oil can be mixed with burdock, lavender and rubbed into the scalp.

Cooking decoction to strengthen hair

1. Take 5 tbsp. l mixed nettle and chamomile.
2. Fill in ½ liter of boiling water.
3. Boil for 2 minutes.
4. Insist 1 hour.
5. Strain.

Before rinsing in the broth add 1 tbsp. a spoonful of vinegar.

Nettle use for hair

In cosmetology, the healing properties of nettle are used for:

1. Restoration of the epidermis of the head,
2. Giving the curls a glossy shine,
3. Humidification and nutrition of each unit,
4. Strengthening and awakening of the follicle,
5. Improve blood flow and oxygen respiration, stimulating enhanced growth.

The composition of the leaves, shoots and rhizome contains:

• flavonoids,
• vitamins K, A, C,
• organic acids
• tannins.

Contraindications - individual intolerance. Allergy sufferers can avoid harm from herbal procedures preliminary testing of the composition.

Ingredients:

• 18 gr. nettle,
• 200 ml of water.

Preparation and method of application: Pour freshly picked leaves or dry grass with liquid, cook on low heat for twelve minutes. After preparation, strain and pour into a cosmetic bottle. Store in the refrigerator for up to a week.

Rinsing hair with nettle

Nettle hair care helps to get rid of dandruff and fungal lesions of the scalp, improve the condition of the curls, prevents tangling of dry areas. When rinsing, you can use cooled strained broth in its pure form or diluted with water infusion (10 ml of infusion per 300 ml of liquid). Repeat the procedure after each wash, for oily hair, add lemon juice, for dry hair - 15 drops of herbal oil. Rinse with nettle accelerates growth, saturates curls with vitamins, prevents fragility and dryness of curls.

Nettle oil for hair

Rich in vitamins and acids, it is used in its pure form and in the composition of masks from falling out and excessive fat content. The composition is rubbed into the scalp, distributed over the entire length, after half an hour the curls are thoroughly washed with natural shampoo. Nettle hair is very soft and shiny. Using after dyeing, the created pigment is sealed inside the strand.

Reviews on the use of nettle for hair

After a biowave, I had to restore hair for two months. Rubbed nettle oil every night. Passed dry and brittle, they again became strong and obedient.

To strengthen the roots after each wash compulsory ritual - rinsing hair with nettle. Curls began to grow better, soft silky to the touch.

Recently, dandruff appeared, hair quickly began to thin. Made a mask with her, oils and yolk all night. For a week, it was possible to stop the loss, the hair was elastic, and they stopped tangling.

Finally I managed my hair problems! Found a means to restore, strengthen and grow hair. I have been using it for 3 weeks already, the result is there, and it's awesome. read more >>>

Nettle Reviews for Hair

Most nettle reviews are positive for hair. What should I look for?

• Well eliminates fat. Women note that nettle especially helps with oily scalp. After using herbs, the head can be washed less frequently.
• Concentrated decoctions and infusions. The therapeutic effect is higher after applying steep decoctions and infusions. Therefore, if there is no allergy, you can take 3 or more tablespoons of dry raw material for 1 cup of water.
• Use dispenser. You can pour a decoction of nettle in a bottle with dispenser. It is convenient to use when rubbing funds into the scalp - the infusion does not flow, but is evenly distributed.
• Not suitable for dry hair. There are reviews that dry hair after applying concentrated decoctions and a long course becomes even drier.
• Quick flush paint. It is believed that nettle contributes to the rapid washing of the paint after fresh dyeing (especially in red). By the way, red-haired women note that nettle does not change the shade of red, unlike the blond. Nettle can stain dry, burn-through tips.

Oil, infusion, decoction of nettle for hair - cosmetics that can be easily prepared at home. They are used to strengthen the roots, getting rid of dry seborrhea, dandruff and oily scalp. In rare cases, there is an allergy to the use of herbs, so it is recommended to conduct tests of cosmetics on a small area of ​​skin.

The use of decoction of nettle for hair

Rinsing hair with nettle very effectively accelerates hair growth, strengthens the hair shaft, reduces their fat content and helps in the fight against the hated enemy of many people - dandruff.

It is best to independently collect nettles somewhere from late May to early June. It is preferable to use a young bug, even before she managed to bloom in full color.

In order to collect this plant, you should not go far into the forest, you can find it near your house, near the paths. But, of course, it would be foolish enough to collect a healing plant on the side of the road or in the very center of the city.

In order not to burn, you need to tear the stalks of nettle with the help of hard gloves that will protect your hands from contact with the burning hairs of this weed.

Put a pot of water on the fire (about 0.5 liters), add three tablespoons of pre-chopped nettle leaves there, and then add half a liter of vinegar to the mixture, preferably apple. Cook this mixture over low heat for thirty minutes. At this time you need to wash your hair. After thirty minutes of boiling this mixture, it is necessary to drain this broth and carefully rinse their hair. With regular use of a decoction of nettle for hair will have a firming effect, so the result will not keep you waiting.

Nettle Hair Mask

1. Firming.Grind three tablespoons of nettle with a blender. Freshly squeezed juice must be immediately rubbed into the scalp and covered with a shower cap or a regular polyethylene bag, and then wrapped up with a warm towel. This mask must be kept on the head for one hour. Then you just need to wash it off with warm running water nettle juice and enjoy the result: soft and shiny hair.
2. Against fat content. Squeeze the juice from the nettle in a juicer or blender. There throw one teaspoon of plain, but better sea salt. Mix everything thoroughly. Thoroughly rub into the scalp and make a light massage to have a better blood supply. Next, you need to wrap your head so that there is warm - so the effect of the mask will be even more noticeable. After half an hour you need to wash off this cosmetic mixture with lukewarm water. This mask for nettle hair will help you to cope with excessive oily hair, enjoy fresh and shiny hair.
3. For growth. Pre-dried nettle leaves must be mixed with one egg white and two tablespoons of chamomile flowers. This mixture should be applied to clean, freshly washed hair. It must be left on the head for only five minutes and then washed off with warm water. Thanks to this nettle hair mask, your hair will grow much better and will naturally shine.
4. Vitamin nutrition. The recipe for this tool is quite simple, but effective enough. To prepare it, you need five freshly picked stalks of a young pimple. They need to be cut into small pieces, add one tablespoon of natural honey and fifty milliliters of burdock oil (sold in any pharmacy). Such a mixture is better to insist at least twenty minutes to nettle was able to give the juice. Next, you need to rub this gruel into the scalp and make a light massage, so that the blood quickly entered the head. Then you need to wrap your head with a shower cap or plastic bag and a warm towel. This mask must be left for at least twenty minutes, and then thoroughly rinsed with warm water along with shampoo.

As we see, nettle is not just some plant that grows thickly in the expanses of our country. It is widely used not only in medicine, but also in modern cosmetology. No wonder people say: "Nettle replaces seven doctors." Therefore, we can say with confidence that nettle leaves for hair are almost a panacea, which can make an "indelible impression" on your hair.

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