How to wash your hair with soap nuts

I believe many people don't know that using soapnuts to wash your hair has many good medicinal values. After the soapnuts are crushed, they can be used to wash your hair to remove the scalp and bacteria on the scalp, and can also promote hair growth. However, soapnuts may cause irritation to the skin and are not suitable for people with skin allergies. Now let us understand the benefits of washing your hair with soap nuts.

1. Brush the soap nuts clean with a toothbrush and soak them in boiling water. Too dry soap nuts are not easy to swell and need to be soaked for 2 to 3 days to fully swell.

2. Pound the swollen soap beans. The more swollen they are, the easier it is to pound them. It is best to use a stone pestle to pound them.

3. Add 10 times the amount of water to the mashed soap nuts and heat it. The soap nuts water will easily bubble after boiling, so boil it on low heat before the water boils. Add some brown sugar (to help the beneficial microorganisms ferment after the soap nuts liquid is stored), stir, and boil for another 10 minutes. Turn off the heat when the soap nuts liquid is thicker.

4. Let it cool, filter and bottle (preferably in glass or porcelain bottles). Try to keep it in the refrigerator when the temperature is not low. The soapnut liquid boiled for the first time is thicker and more suitable for washing your hair.

Gleditsia sinensis is one of the tree species of the genus Gleditsia of the family Caesalpinia which is unique to my country. It should be scabbard-shaped, slightly curved, 100 to 400 mm long, about 40 mm wide, and 10 to 15 mm thick. The surface is reddish brown, covered with gray powdery frost, and has bulges where the seeds are. The two ends are slightly pointed, the base gradually narrows and curves, there are short pedicels or pedicel scars, and there are obvious longitudinal ridges on both sides. There are many species, which are flat and oval, yellow-brown and smooth. Hard texture. Slight odor, irritating, spicy taste. The complete thorns are often branched, sometimes into twigs, with sharp tips and flat cylindrical bases. The total length is about 10 cm or longer, and the base diameter is 0.8 to 1.2 cm. Surface purple-brown or reddish-brown. It is light in weight, hard in texture, with yellowish-white wood on the cut surface, loose pith, brown in color, odorless and light in taste.

Habits: It likes light and is slightly shade-tolerant. It likes warm and humid climate and fertile soil. It is also resistant to cold and drought and is not very demanding on soil.

Gleditsia sinensis, also known as the soapberry tree, grows vigorously, is dioecious, and the female trees have a strong ability to produce pods (soapberries). Gleditsia sinensis fruit is a natural raw material for medicinal food, health care products, cosmetics and detergents; Gleditsia sinensis seeds can help digestion, stimulate appetite, and contain a plant gum (guar gum) which is an important strategic raw material; Gleditsia sinensis thorns (soap needles) contain flavonoids, phenols, and amino acids, and have high economic value.