If your suffer hair loss, it can be traced to your lifestyle. Hair growth is achievable with the right hair regime, hair products, hair styles and diet. Do you know that there are certain things right in your kitchen that can promote hair growth? One of them is rice water.
Rice water is the starchy water left over after rice is cooked or left to soak or washed. It is believed to make the hair smooth and shiny, as well as help it grow faster. Rice grains contain 75-80% of starch. Its starchy water from soaking or cooking, contains many vitamins and minerals such as amino acids, vitamins B, vitamin E, minerals, antioxidants. According to researchers, women in the Heian period (794 to 1185 CE) in Japan had floor-length hair they kept healthy because they bathed in rice water. The modern-day equivalent of this story can be found in China. The Yao women, who live in a village called Huangluo in China, are famous for having hair that averages 6 feet long. They credited the length and color of their hair to the fact they bathed it in rice water.
How do you make rice water?
Soaking is the quickest way to make rice water. To use this method, take ½ cup of uncooked rice. Rinse thoroughly and place rice in a bowl with 2–3 cups of water. Then leave to soak for 30 minutes before straining the rice water into a clean bowl.
Another method is by boiling the rice. You will need to cover ½ cup of rice with double the water typically used for cooking. Cook the rice in boiling water and strain the rice water into a clean bowl before usage.
Here is how to use rice water on hair:
Rice water can replace a commercial conditioner. To do this, a person should wash hair with shampoo. Then rinse thoroughly with water. Pour rice water onto their hair and massage the rice water into the hair and scalp. Leave on for up to 20 minutes before rinsing off hair thoroughly using warm water.
The benefits of rice water includes: it detangles of the hair, smoothens hair, keeps hair shinning and makes hair grow long and stronger.