Oil burdock

Burdock oil – the drug prepared from burdock roots – the plants also known as a big burdock.

Pharmacological action

Natural proteins, inulin, fat and essential oils, and also tannins, vitamins and mineral salts are a part of burdock oil. Thanks to the rich content of useful substances oil promotes food, strengthening of roots of hair, their growth, and also considerably slows down process of a hair loss. Besides, burdock oil has antimicrobic and anti-seborrheal effect, reduces manifestations of dryness and an itch. Burdock oil got positive reviews as the remedy used at various damages of hair structure (for example, owing to coloring or a wave).

Also oil is used at some skin diseases and in other medical purposes.

Quite often for strengthening of this or that effect add additional ingredients to composition of oil. So, there is a burdock oil with pepper, with a nettle, with propolis and with other useful additives.

Indications to use of burdock oil

Oil is widely applied at various diseases and as cosmetic. Burdock hair oil is especially useful. It proved as an effective remedy in the following situations:

• with a slow growth of hair;
• as medicine against baldness;
• at dandruff symptoms, and also at emergence of a xeroderma of the head and an itch;
• at damage or weakness of structure of hair, at their thinning, gloss loss, splitting on tips.

There is a set of positive reviews about burdock oil as the means helping to improve structure of nails. Also it is quite often applied at a mastopathy and as the drug possessing wound healing actions.

Route of administration of burdock oil

Applying burdock hair oil, it is important to be prepared for the procedure correctly. First of all it is necessary to wash up hair and to slightly dry them a towel. At this time it is necessary to warm up oil, having put it in a vessel with hot water. When all preparations are finished, oil needs to be rubbed in roots of hair within 15 minutes. For the best absorption it is recommended to divide hair a hairbrush into hair partings and to apply means on each new hair parting. After that burdock oil accurately should be distributed on all length. It is necessary to leave application for an hour, and then to wash away usual shampoo, having applied afterwards balm on hair. 1 or 2 times a week depending on type of hair are recommended to repeat such procedure. The course should not make more 12th time in a row, otherwise hair can become heavy and slovenly. However after a two-week break repetition of a course is allowed.

The advantage of burdock hair oil after such procedure will be noticeable right after washing: ringlets will gain silkiness, smoothness and well-groomed outward.

Burdock oil with pepper

In a special way it is necessary to distinguish the oil from a burdock containing extract of red pepper from all variety of types of this oil. Its popularity is explained by active impact on hair bulbs owing to which hair drop out much less, better and quicker grow, and also look healthier. Use of burdock oil stimulates growth of hair, increasing inflow of blood to roots. Besides, the substances which are contained in red pepper, irritating skin the head, promotes active penetration of the useful acids, vitamins and microelements which are a part of burdock oil.

Thanks to burdock oil with pepper positive changes in a condition of hair will become noticeable quicker, than when using usual oil.

Contraindications to use of burdock oil

Burdock hair oil should not be used only that who has an allergy to any of components of its structure.

Storage conditions

It is the best of all to store burdock oil at a temperature which is not exceeding 25 degrees in the dark place. At observance of all conditions the period of validity makes 2 years.