Best Essential Oils for Hair

The best essential oils for hair care depends on what type of hair you have and the condition it's in. The book Aromatherapy: A Complete Guide to the Healing Art suggests that lavender or rosemary can benfits all types of hair. Other suggestions:

Dry hair: Roman chamomile, palmarosa, rosewood

Oily hair: clary sage, cedarwood, cypress, lemon, patchouli, sage

Dandruff: cedarwood, geranium, juniper, sage, spearmint, tea tree

Hair loss: basil, cedarwoood, peppermint, rosemary, spikenard, ylang-ylang

You can add the essential oils to your shampoo or make this herbal hair rinse:

3 drops essential oil
1 pint herbal tea
1 tablespoon vinegar or lemon juice

Shake well and pour over scalp and hair after shampooing. Leave on for several minutes, then rinse. Store leftover rinse in refrigerator and use within three days.

For a hair treatment, Healing With Aromatherapy gives this aromatherapy recipe:

6 drops lavender
6 drops rosemary
1 ounce jojoba oil

Blend oils and massage into hair and scalp. Wrap you hair in plastic, then wrap the plastic with a towel. Leave on for 20 to 30 minutes, then shampoo.

Note: Use rosemary cautiously if you have high blood pressure because it might raise blood pressure.

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