Some of us know that shampoo has many disadvantages. It can dry out the scalp and hair, cause oiliness of the scalp and hair, hair loss, dandruff, fades hair coloring, strips your hair of its natural oils and the list goes on. Well what are you going to do? You have to use shampoo to get your hair clean right? Wrong. My mom has passed down an old Thai remedy on a way to cleanse your hair without needing shampoo. The juice from a certain fruit called the kaffir lime may also be used to cleanse your hair. I have tried this out myself, and it worked better than I expected. Usually after I shampoo my hair, my hair will get frizzy, and have tons of fly-a-ways. Using the kaffir lime juice, my hair got a different result: Soft, bouncy, shiny, and best of all no frizz or fly-a-ways. My mom passed this remedy down to me, and now I'm passing it down to you.
First you may want to know a little more about this magnificent fruit. The kaffir lime is a green lime citrus fruit with a somewhat wrinkly and bumpy exterior. Its dark green leaves come as if they were two Siamese twins joined together. At the top of the leaf it has more of a point, and joins down to a more rounded leaf at the bottom. They have a sweet lemon-like scent, and may also be used in soups, salads, curries, and many other stir-fried dishes. The most valued parts of the fruit are the leaves and the peel. The juice and rinds are used in traditional Indonesian medicine. Although the kaffir lime is often used in food, the juice is usually too acidic to be of use to the food, but in Thailand they use the juice to cleanse both clothing and hair.
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