Health Benefits of Henna (Mehndi) for Hair, Skin & Body

Henna is the most important beneficial plant in the world. It has multiple using method. Henna is not only used for beautifying the parts of body and dyeing hair, but it also has some useful using in our life as an organic medicine. It has so more health benefits. Henna has the capability to occur some common problems such as reducing headache, detoxifying the body, recoveries, and improvement of nails, protecting the skin from any kind of harmfulness, boosting hair health, cooling the body, reducing inflammation, and speed up healing.

CONTENT OF HENNA BENEFITS :
What is Henna?	What can Henna be Used for?	Health Benefits of Henna =
1. Beautifying Hand	2. Hair color	3. Hair Health
4. Improving Hair Growth	5. Increasing Strength of Hair	6. Prevention of Hair Dandruff
7. Reduced Hair Loss	8. Natural Conditioner	9. Headache Reliever
10. Improving Nail Quality	11. Accelerate Wound Healing	12. Natural Anti-Aging
13. Henna for Prickly Heat	14. Fever Remedy	15. Home Remedy for Jaundice
16. Home Remedy for Eczema	17. Useful for Sleeping Problems	18. Regulated Blood Pressure
Side Effects of Henna =	1. Unsafe for the Child	2. Unsafe for Pregnant Woman
3. Henna Allergy	4. Red Eyes	5. Remember it

What is Henna?

Henna is a small flowering shrub plant. You can identify a henna plant by showing it's small leaves like neem leaves and small white or pink colored flowers as well as small fruits it bears. Henna has various names in the world. The scientific name of henna is 'Lawsonia inermis' and originated from Asia region. Egyptian called it's 'Privet'. In India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan it's known as 'Mehendi'. Henna traditionally used in many cultures from an ancient age.

Henna-Hair Care, Skin Care & Health Benefits

What can Henna be Used for?

Commonly Henna is used to color the hair, hand, many parts of the body and also used to decorate the body. Mainly henna leaf is used for coloring hair and decorate the body. Most of the people use it only for that. But many people don’t know about its medicinal benefits. It has various types of benefits in the different parts of the body. As it is used for beautifying the hand, hair and other parts of the body, similarly it is also used for occurring the health problem. So, let's start now to describe the benefits of henna in this article.

Health Benefits of Henna:

Henna leaf, oil, bark, and seeds are the most common things of traditional medicines, particularly Herbal or Ayurvedic practice. Let's know about the essential overrate of henna. Back to Top

1. Beautifying Hand:
   Henna is an important ingredient in cosmetics. Asian or Muslims bride isn't complete without applying henna. Our Almighty Allah (God) put these leaves of henna so much beautiful color to beautifying hand, hair and other parts of the body. So, it is the most important and useful natural things to do that.
2. Hair color:
   Henna plays a number of roles in our body. We can give our hair a beautiful and attractive color by applying henna. It is a completely natural hair color that has no side effect like other hair dying on the market. It is natural things given by almighty Allah.
3. Hair Health:
   Hair health means the improvement of hair growth, shining of hair, unbroken of hair, and strengthening of hair. Henna has the ability to give these results for both men and women. It helps improve hair health strongly. So you can use henna undoubtedly to improve your hair health.

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4. Improving Hair Growth:
   Henna has the natural capability to improve hair growth. When you will apply the henna oil on your head you can see the change your growth hair. The henna powder can be used to make important oil that helps and supports the growth of hair growth. To make henna oil you have boil 500 ml gingelly oil (Sesame oil/til oil just like olive oil) till starting of smoke, and then mix 10 cups of henna powder (homemade powder is better) with this boiled oil and let it boil this mixture for 10 minutes. After cold, it put into the bottle to save it for a long time. After all, you can apply this essential henna oil on your hair 2-3 time weekly.
5. Increasing Strength of Hair:
   Henna increases the strength of the hair and represents a safe dye that doesn’t permanently affect. It helps seal the hair cuticle, preventing breaking, and increasing the shine of hair.
6. Prevention of Hair Dandruff:
   Henna also has the natural capability to prevent hair dandruff. Henna past heals your dandruff completely. When you will use this past regularly on your hair, it will remove all dandruff from your scalp and prevent it from coming back again. Now let’s go how to make henna past. At first, you have to take some methi (fenugreek) seeds (like your needed) and soak it in water overnight and then grind it at the next morning. And then add some henna powder and mustard oil (like your needed) with this grinding methi (fenugreek) seeds and mix them perfectly to make past. Now ready your past and you can apply it on your scalp and hair. After 30 minutes of applying of this past, wash your head perfectly with your regular shampoo and condition your hair. Do not forget to condition your hair because of removing rashness of hair.
7. Reduced Hair Loss:
   Hair Loss is the great problem now. Henna also protects hair fall and baldness. It helps to stop hair from falling completely when it will be used regularly for a month. The traditional mixer of henna juice and mustard oil is the best home remedy for hair loss. Many people suffer from hair loss or baldness. So, those people who have been suffering for a long time from hair loss or baldness, they can use this remedy to reduce hair loss, it will help to deter this problem.
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8. Natural Conditioner:
   Henna is a popular natural conditioner that makes the rough, dull hair silky and lustrous also straight and glossy.
9. Headache Reliever:
   A headache can be relieved fast by applying juice of henna directly on the head. The anti-inflammatory effects of the compounds found in henna help it reduce tension and promote healthy blood flow in the capillaries, which is a common cause of headaches and migraines. You can read our natural remedies to reduce a headache.
10. Improving Nail Quality:
    Sometimes we cannot maintain our nails cleaning its underside or cutting the nails cuticles properly for our busy lives. But the cuticles or under space of the nails are the main location for bacterial presence and infection. Henna helps us to cure this problem such as applying an overlay directly to the nail beds can clear up irritation, reduce pain and infection. We can also drink henna leaves streaming water to save our nails cracking and reduce inflammation.
11. Accelerate Wound Healing:
    Henna has natural cooling abilities. It is the most useful for the skin protecting from any kind of infection and eliminating inflammation as well as for wound healing, burns, scrapes, sunburns. It has a similar capacity as Aloe Vera gel.
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12. Natural Anti-Aging:
    Henna leaves are great natural anti-aging. The astringents properties have been proven to improve skin elasticity to prevent premature wrinkles and reduce the signs of aging. The combination of anti-bacterial and anti-fungal, henna leaves are totally great for skin.
13. Henna for Prickly Heat:
    The anti-inflammatory property of henna is helpful for reducing skin rash. Make a paste by crushing henna leaves and water and apply to affected areas of skin twice a day. It is hopeful that the henna paste is useful for prickly heat and it reduces skin rash.
14. Fever Remedy:
    In Ayurvedic traditions henna used to bring down fevers temperature. Cause henna leaves have the ability to suck up the heat. Modern medicine has the ability to reduce fever quickly but it has also more side effect. An alternative Organic medicine has not ant side effect. So day by day people feels flexible to take natural remedies for healthy life.
15. Home Remedy for Jaundice:
    Henna is the traditional remedy for Jaundice. Drinking 20 ml of henna dried plant daily helps to cure jaundice.
16. Home Remedy for Eczema:
    Eczema is a fungal disease. Henna seed oil has anti-fungal power. Applying the henna seeds oil on the affected area provides relief from eczema.
17. Useful for Sleeping Problems:
    The henna oil may help to solve the problem of sleeping like insomnia. Because Henna contains the soothing effect of deeper sleep. And it is natural cooling things gifted by almighty Allah.
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18. Regulated Blood Pressure:
    Henna water and seeds can help to relieve stress on the cardiovascular system and effectively lowers blood pressure. This also can help prevent the plaque and platelet build-up in the heart and arteries, preventing heart attacks and strokes.

Side Effects of Henna

Some problems are available in henna although it is not so great problem, it is better to avoid using henna in the following conditions.

1. Unsafe for the Child:
   Henna is considered unsafe to use for a child. It can be the cause of serious side effects as applying henna on the skin can cause their red blood cells to burst.
2. Unsafe for Pregnant Woman:
   A pregnant woman must avoid taking henna by mouth during pregnancy because it might cause a miscarriage.
3. Henna Allergy:
   Allergy is the one kind of skin disease. Sometimes allergy affected people suffer using henna in their body. Some people have an allergy problem. When these people use henna they suffer more with an allergy problem. so, they should avoid it.
4. Red Eyes:
   If henna comes in contact with eyes it causes the redness and watering of the eyes. So, be careful about it during using henna.
5. Stomach Upset:
   Sometimes Consuming of henna can be the reason for stomach upset and vomiting.

Remember it:

Before purchasing henna you must have to check it’s organic or not. Without organic or authentic henna avoid the market products, please. Because now a day the markets are flooded with the non-organic and unauthentic products where there is the probability of side effect. Some sellers claim to be natural or organic henna but are filled with chemicals. Also, caution is you must wash your used area, hand and hair with pure hand wash and mild shampoo and conditioner.
Overall Henna is an essential product of our regular life. It has some side effects but the curing quality of henna can help to reduce many serious health problem and diseases.
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