Cactus
Cactus: It is one of the fatty plants, belongs to the platypus, and corresponds to the most desert environments to live; It has the ability to tolerate thirst and temperature for many years, and is characterized as a stemless plant or short leg, and grows in length of sixty to one hundred cm, and leaves wide and thin The color of green is oblique to the interior, and its edge is serrated with white teeth. White spots appear on the upper and lower sides of the leg. Flowers grow for some species. Some species produce fruits resembling the fruits of figs. The cactus blooms in the summer, And not exceeding the length of ninety centimeters, and each Rose petals yellow short, and used cactus since ancient medicine in the field of herbal medicine, and the extract of cactus used in cosmetics and alternative medicine.
Types of cactus
- Spinal fig “Aknari”.
- The bracelet.
- Staric cactus.
Benefits of cactus for dry hair
- Strengthens hair and prevents its fall.
- Restores vital hair and beauty.
- Give him the luster.
- Intensify hair.
- Elimination of the crust.
- Cleans the hair.
- Increases the softness of the hair.
- Provides the necessary food for hair.
- Protects hair follicles.
- Moisturizing hair.
- Promote blood circulation of the scalp.
- Restores the natural acid balance of the scalp.
- Treatment of scalp infections.
Cactus mixtures for dry hair
- Combine the oil of the heart of the cactus plant with olive oil, and put it on the hair for two full hours as a cream for the scalp.
- Cactus oil blend with coconut milk and wheat germ oil, to be used as a head cleaner.
- Use the cactus bark as a hair conditioner by placing the cactus bark in a mixer and mixing it until it holds together. Put it on the head for two hours and once a week, then wash it with the appropriate shampoo.
- Use the gel extracted from the cactus in the scalp massage, then put a towel on the hair after massage, and for a quarter of an hour and then wash the hair.
- The mixture is made of cactus pulp with the oil of the narcissus; it is prepared by bringing the cactus paper, opening it from the middle, extracting the pulp inside it, then making a mixture of pulp and three cups of the oil of the narcissus, putting the mixture on the fire for five minutes, weekly.
- Mix the cactus gel with henna and prepare with a cup of fresh henna leaves in water for 2 hours, mix henna with 2 tablespoons of yogurt, add a tablespoon of olive oil to the mixture, mix the ingredients well, and then extract the cactus gel from the paper gently , Then add to the mixture and stir well, and then put on wet hair, leaving it for an hour before washing.