Fermented Rice Water

[ChloeDharma]

I saw this mentioned recently and thought I'd post here asking if anyone has tried it.

[lapushka]

I'd think you'd need to boil the rice, and use *that* water, not any other way.

[parkmikii]

I'd think you'd need to boil the rice, and use *that* water, not any other way.

Actually I've seen people rinsing the rice a few times and then putting about 3 cups of water over half a cup of rice and let it rest overnight and use that water for a prepoo rinse.

[lapushka]

Actually I've seen people rinsing the rice a few times and then putting about 3 cups of water over half a cup of rice and let it rest overnight and use that water for a prepoo rinse.

Maybe it's just me, but I would not trust that if it wasn't boiled. But if it's just for hair, there probably is no harm to it.

[bunneh.]

Maybe it's just me, but I would not trust that if it wasn't boiled. But if it's just for hair, there probably is no harm to it.

I rinsed raw organic rice and used that water on my face in the past. I guess you could boil it and use that water but I think it would be gooey... Also if you're not using organic rice and you boil it first, any pesticide residue will get in the water so bear that in mind ("Furthermore, they noticed that pesticides disappeared following cooking, probably because boiling in water lead to the leaching of these substances." http://www.academia.edu/5951657/Invi...nt-based_foods ). Other than that I'm a believer of if it's good enough for me to eat, it's good enough to put on my body. Organic food is friggin expensive (twice the price+ of conventional) and I'm not even eating that much of it so I have no intentions of buying it simply to use on my body.

[Arkadas]

I rinsed raw organic rice and used that water on my face in the past. I guess you could boil it and use that water but I think it would be gooey... Also if you're not using organic rice and you boil it first, any pesticide residue will get in the water so bear that in mind ("Furthermore, they noticed that pesticides disappeared following cooking, probably because boiling in water lead to the leaching of these substances." http://www.academia.edu/5951657/Invi...nt-based_foods ). Other than that I'm a believer of if it's good enough for me to eat, it's good enough to put on my body. Organic food is friggin expensive (twice the price+ of conventional) and I'm not even eating that much of it so I have no intentions of buying it simply to use on my body.

thanks bunneh am using Lundberg organic brown rice. Very trusted organic farm in the US , may be expensive if your not going to eat the rice . have been able to successfully soak the rice 24 hours or more, strain it, rinse the rice and keep the added rinse water for my hair and body... Then put the rice with fresh water and cook it to eat. Hasn't hurt the rice at all. No waste for the money spent.

[ChloeDharma]

I'd think you'd need to boil the rice, and use *that* water, not any other way.

The idea is to let the water ferment which causes certain things I can't remember the names of lol to develop in the water. You can apparently then heat the water after say 24 hours to stop it fermenting further.
I have seen suggestions for using water that rice has been cooked in to wash the hair which also sounds great but for this treatment apparently it's the fermenting that does the trick.

[parkmikii]

I am going to try this next wash!
I have seen it at Steph Arizona as well and it seems really tempting lol
I'd like to see if it works for me or not

[ChloeDharma]

I am going to try this next wash!
I have seen it at Steph Arizona as well and it seems really tempting lol
I'd like to see if it works for me or not

You're going to try this? Oh fab I hope you report back to let us know how it turns out?

[parkmikii]

You're going to try this? Oh fab I hope you report back to let us know how it turns out?

I will (characters)