What are the functions and effects of a sheep horn comb?

Combing your hair every day has many benefits to the human body. It can promote blood circulation in the scalp, which is good for growing hair. It can also prevent Alzheimer's disease and other benefits. There are many types of combs, such as wooden, sheep horn, ox horn and plastic. Combs made of different materials have different effects on the human body. Among them, the comb made of sheep horn is a comb that has many benefits for the scalp. What are the functions and effects of a sheep horn comb? Let’s take a look at it next.

1. The efficacy and function of the sheep horn comb

1. Benefits of natural ox and sheep horn combs Ox and sheep horns are traditional Chinese medicines. They can cool blood and detoxify. "Compendium of Materia Medica" records ox horns as having high medicinal value for treating "red baldness and hair loss", stone stranguria, blood, heat toxins, and blood clearing diseases. Using a horn comb does not generate static electricity, can promote blood circulation in the head, regular use can relieve itching and detoxify, for acne, gray hair, hemiplegia and other diseases, has the effect of calming the mind and strengthening the brain, removing dandruff, protecting the body and health, and can relax muscles and tendons, enhance human cell immunity.

2. The horn comb does not hurt the scalp, feels cool and smooth, and makes hair very smooth and not sticky. Plastic combs generate static electricity, and wooden combs, like plastic combs, are often dirty with oil and difficult to clean. As for the pharmacological effect of ox horn combs being better than sheep horn combs, current medicine has not proven it. Moreover, modern medicine has not proven that ox horn combs have good pharmacological effects. Some sheep horn combs have been used for many years and mistakenly thought to be ox horn combs, but they are not without side effects.

2. How to identify a horn comb

1. Horn, first smell it, you can smell a fishy smell. If you can't smell it, you can soak it in hot water. A real horn comb will have a smell.

2. The simplest and most effective identification method: Use a knife to scrape some debris off the comb, then put them on the knife and use a lighter to burn them. When they are burnt, if you smell the smell of burnt feathers or burnt hair, it means it is real; if you smell the smell of burnt plastic, it is fake.

3. Precautions for horn comb

1. Cleaning: Use a cotton thread to pull it back and forth between the teeth of the comb, or use a paper towel to drag it between the teeth of the comb. After all the dirt between the teeth is removed, rinse the horn comb in cold water for a while, then wipe it dry with a soft cloth and place it in a cool place to dry.

2. Horn combs are easily bent due to moisture. After bending, you can use an electric iron at home. After it becomes soft, press it flat with a heavy object and let it cool.

3. Horn combs are easily scratched. You can wipe them with hand cream or essential oil and let them dry to maintain their brightness.