Herbal soap, a fairly common way to prepare a useful detergent with your own hands. And this is not casual. The emergence of the first soap has, the most that neither is, vegetable origin. It was subsequently invented alkaline soap with the addition of base oils and the additional use of herbs in the soap. The most interesting thing is that in the process of evolution, man found dozens of plant species with soapy properties. It was enough to pick a flower, to grind the spine, and lo and behold, in the hands of a cleansing foam soap for hands, for washing clothes and for dishes. Scientists have found that this is due to the saponin emulsion.
Fans of folk cosmetics are still used in soap and shampoos as the main component of soapstone (red soap stone), adonis (wild soap), gryzhnik naked (dog soap), licorice root and much more. In such soaps and shampoos, dried roots of plants ground into powder are used, with the addition of distilled water, essential oils, and infusions of other herbs, according to the type of your hair.
Also, herbal soap is made by adding medicinal plants to alkaline soap with your own hands and into a soap base.
Use of herbs in soap
Add herbs for handmade soap when making soap from scratch in a cold and hot way, to store soap basis and when melting children’s soap with the addition of useful components.
In the herbal soap with their own hands, in different proportions and in different forms, bring dry herbs, plant leaves, flowers, tree roots and seeds with different properties of medicinal plants.
Herbs are added to the soap:
- in the form of whole, well-dried flowers for decoration, a photo of such herbal soap is plenty on the Internet
- in the form of ground seeds, bark and roots, as a scrub
- in grass broths
- in alcohol tinctures
- for dyeing soap
- in essential oils for aroma
All these supplements in different degrees have a positive effect on the healthy appearance of the skin of the face and body, as well as on the condition of the hair and scalp. About the benefits of essential oils and natural dyes for soap, you can read in separate sections of the site with their own hands.
Herbs are added to handmade soap for shampoo soap, as well as for ordinary soap with a number of unique properties.
Useful properties of herbal soap
Herbs in home soaps, these are available ingredients that you can buy at the pharmacy, or prudently pick up and dry in the summer. Just do not forget that herbs for soap have useful properties only if they are collected away from city roads, noise and dust, somewhere in the woods or at granny in the village.
We tried to create a convenient crib from medicinal plants, we finally got tables of herbs for soap and shampoo with our own hands.
The champion is decoctions of chamomile, calendula flowers, linden, celandine, ginger root, hop cones and burdock root, which are suitable for almost all skin and hair types. They restore the subcutaneous lipid-fat balance, have wound-healing, nutritional and antiseptic properties and are readily available in our country. Other, no less simple medicinal plants and herbs have unique properties that we have combined in one table.
Table of the use of decoctions of herbs when creating soap for hair do it yourself
For hair |
Firming herbs for hair growth | Hop cones, bay leaf, horsetail, lime blossom, burdock root, lovage, parsley, wormwood, tarragon, rosemary, sage |
| Herbs that make hair shine | Birch leaves, cornflower, lavender, chernobrivtsy, burdock root, lovage, parsley, fennel, hop cones, horsetail, sage | |
| Anti-dandruff herbs | Immortelle, oak bark, bay leaf, burdock root, lovage, train, tansy, plantain, wormwood, tarragon, thyme, rowan fruits, yarrow, hop cones, horsetail, celandine | |
| Herbs for oily hair | St. John’s wort, calendula flowers, coltsfoot, horsetail, lime blossom, rosemary, plantain, sage, chamomile, yarrow, burdock root, oak bark, hop cones | |
| Herbs for dry hair | Coltsfoot, thyme, oak bark | |
| Herbs for normal hair | Oak bark, coltsfoot, chamomile, calendula |
Table of the use of decoctions of herbs when creating soap with their own hands
For face, hands and body
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Herbs for dry skin | Cornflower, heather, hibiscus, calendula, lavender, lime blossom, carrot seeds, chamomile, fennel, hops, dogrose |
| Herbs for sensitive skin | Acacia, immortelle, calendula flowers, yarrow, lavender, lime blossom, fennel, burdock, carrot seeds, chamomile, mountain ash, hop, celandine | |
| Herbs for normal skin | Calendula flowers, thyme, lavender, lime blossom, burdock, lemon balm, peppermint, hops, chamomile, mountain ash, yarrow, fennel, celandine | |
| Herbs for oily skin | Ledumberry, sage, birch leaves, hop, oak bark, oregano, nettle, bay leaf, lovage, lemon balm, peppermint and lemon mint, thyme, rosemary, celandine, parsley, tansy, plantain, wormwood, tarragon, chamomile, horsetail, chernobrabtsy | |
| Herbs for combination skin | Hibiscus flowers, oak bark, oregano, horsetail, nettle, bay leaf, chernobrivtsy, lime blossom, burdock leaves, lemon balm, peppermint and lemon mint, parsley, thyme, tansy, plantain, string, wormwood, tarragon, rosemary, chamomile, rowan fruits , yarrow, hop, green tea, celandine, sage | |
| Herbs for Fading, Aging Skin | Cornflower, immortelle, hibiscus, ginger, calendula flowers, horsetail, lavender, hop, bay leaf, lime blossom, celandine, melissa, mint, plantain, sage, wormwood, tarragon, chamomile, rowan, yarrow, fennel, green tea, dogrose | |
| Herbs for allergies and dermatitis | Calendula, lavender, celandine, burdock, plantain, horsetail, chamomile, succession, yarrow, fennel, hops | |
| Herbs in a bactericidal soap | Leaves birch, heather, hibiscus, ginger root, marigold, nettle, lavender, bay leaf, chernobryvtsy, Melissa, peppermint and lemon, parsley, tansy, celandine, plantain, sage, tarragon, tarragon, rosemary, camomile, fruit rowan, hops , thyme, green tea, succession | |
| Herbs in anti-cellulite soap | Birch leaves, oak bark, celandine, oregano, ginger root, bay leaf, rosemary, fennel, green tea, | |
| Herbs in the soap with a deodorizing effect | Calendula, Oregano, Lavender, Thyme, Sage, Ginger Root |
Tables of herbs for soap are compiled by us on the basis of the information collected in the Internet, if you have your knowledge on this subject, we will be grateful for your opinion, left in the comments below.
When adding herbs to soap, do not forget that only dried parts of plants are used. Using instead of water decoctions of herbs for soap, proceed from the calculation of 1 tbsp. spoon for 100-200 grams of purified water. When adding dried parts of plants as scrubbing elements, pre-perebit them with a rolling pin, or even with a mixer, so that the particles would turn out to be more delicate and gently cleansed the skin. Do not forget that herbal soap has not a long shelf life, so do not leave it to use for later, but enjoy all the benefits of herbal soap.
A variety of soaps – modern products that are used by all people. But many do not represent the rich history of this product.
Soap can be divided into synthetic and natural. Artificial soap – created by man, with the use of various additives. Natural soap is soap created by nature, not by man.
The first artificial soap – was created from olive oil. This soap was very liquid and very caustic. In addition, the oil then, just enough for food. Hygiene was not in vogue, as it is now. In those days, they did not think about biodegradability and environmental cleanliness.
After creating soap from oil, they began to carry out experiments on animal fats. However, this did not happen very well, they began to conduct an experiment – further.
Ocean helped man. At the end of naval warfare, the fleet began to engage in whaling. The whale is a very fatty fish, where fat was more than enough. They began to make candles from it and began to use it in the soap trade. This soap had a disgusting smell.
The times came when the first ladies and gentlemen who began to wash with soap began to appear. However, no one wanted to smell badly, so chemistry came to the rescue. Chemistry – can both create a stench, and eliminate it. Just with chemistry and a new era of soap. Flavors, emulsifiers, fragrances, etc. were added to the soap.
Now soap in the industry is produced mainly from coke and palm oil, with the addition of a variety of chemical improvers and additives.
Some facts about soap:
1. Any synthetic soap, as it turns out as a result of a chemical reaction of fat and alkali. There is no such substance in the natural environment. It means NOT a natural product.
2. Every soap does not differ in environmental friendliness, because it is produced using alkali. Alkali is a very dangerous caustic substance. Alkali production is harmful to nature.
3. Any soap, as a final product, can contain at least 15% SLS, which does not decompose in the environment (only under certain circumstances).
4. There is a natural alternative. Natural soap is not something that is produced at the factory or from someone at home, but what is created by Nature, without the participation of people.