Best tea for scalp?

[Lile]

There is a thread about teas for highlighting,colouring.
Now I'd like to know which is the best for your scalp?Which is the most nurishing,moisturizing,or cleaning?

I have many different kinds here:


green tea with jasmin
hibiscus flowers
white tea with goji berry
black tea
nettle
calendula
lime blossom
catnip
rooibos
some pukka mixed herb teas
yogi tea(the mix is called "heartwarming tea"and actually contains black pepper,which gives it an awful taste,so I thought about pouring it on my hair...would it be a good idea?)
lemon balm



I hope I'm not repeating another thread...

[ktani]

Catnip (http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/vbjournal.php?do=article&articleid=118), IMO. It is antibacterial, antifungal, moisturizing and a specific for scalp irritation.

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ktani.I knew your answer would be that:-))))Thanks.

I like catnip. But I also like the others:-)I'd like to give one of them a go for a longer time,and use it regularly,I just can't decide which one to be the first for a month or so...


What do you think about hibiscus as a clarifying rinse?It's quite acidic,so might be get one point as a tea for the cleaning process...

Any other experiences?

[ktani]

ktani.I knew your answer would be that:-))))Thanks.

I like catnip. But I also like the others:-)I'd like to give one of them a go for a longer time,and use it regularly,I just can't decide which one to be the first for a month or so...


What do you think about hibiscus as a clarifying rinse?It's quite acidic,so might be get one point as a tea for the cleaning process...

Any other experiences?

Hibiscus tea contains a fair amount of mucilage. That leaves a coating on the hair. IMO, that is not clarifying.

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Ktani

IC.
Thanks!
No point for hibiscus....:-(

[ktani]

Ktani

IC.
Thanks!
No point for hibiscus....:-(

You are most welcome. I do not think that any tea is clarifying. Catnip tea can cleanse the hair if it does not have anything else on it but clarify? no.

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Ktani,

What do you think about lime blossom tea?Have u ever tried it?

[ktani]

Ktani,

What do you think about lime blossom tea?Have u ever tried it?

Oh yes, I used it for about a year. Lime blossom tea (http://www.truestarhealth.com/Notes/2124007.html) or linden tea, gave me major build-up and hair breakage and split ends. It contains 3% mucilage. (http://www.herbs2000.com/herbs/herbs_linden.htm) Not recommended, by me.

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Thank you,

Maybe I go for catnip then.I don't really understand this thing with the mucilage(almost everything for hair gives build up...henna as well...what's the matter with it?)I guess you've already written about it.Could you send me a link?I don't want you to have to repeate everything many as many times as somebody is asking about it :p

[ktani]

Thank you,

Maybe I go for catnip then.I don't really understand this thing with the mucilage(almost everything for hair gives build up...henna as well...what's the matter with it?)I guess you've already written about it.Could you send me a link?I don't want you to have to repeate everything many as many times as somebody is asking about it :p

You are most welcome!

It is about things that coat hair and are not removed easily without clarifying. Not everything coats the hair the same way. Henna for example, contains resin that washes out between use. If henna were used too frequently and someone reported that they did, the resin can build-up and can cause hair breakage, and it did. Most people use henna every few weeks and it is not a problem, because they wash the resin out.

Catnip has never built-up on my hair in almost 4 years. It is very easily removed with shampoo. Most plants contain some mucilage. It is the amount of it that can be a problem.

4 years after stopping linden tea use, I have almost removed the stain it caused on my white and grey shower curtain, that has been scrubbed and washed many times, during the this time (I cannot use bleach on it).