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All Natural Yucca Shampoo
The Yucca plant a member of the Lily family has sword shaped leaves with
large panicles of white flowers. Known
as "Adam's Needle or " Soap weed" is often grown as decorative border
plants. Many Natives have used the Yucca plant to make baskets, rope and
sandals as well soap and shampoo.
Radiant shiny hair is easy to have when you follow the Navajos way. Its
been said some natives have used Yucca Shampoo to prevent hair loss and
dandruff.
The Yucca plant contains a substance called saponin which is a natural
detergent. It is the saponin found in the Yucca Plant that creates foamy
suds when agitated in water. Yucca is commonly found in the U.S.
Southwest or Mexico.
To make your own version of Yucca Shampoo:
Look for fresh young Yucca plants. Cut off a piece of the root and peel
the brown off of the root until you have exposed the white root inside.
Once clean take a hammer, smash the Yucca root until it breaks in
pieces. Wet the Yucca root, while holding the root over a basin of warm
water; rub the root like a bar of soap to get mounds of lather from it.
Wash your hair with the lather for a few minutes, gently massaging the
scalp. Rinse very well in warm water making sure that no Yucca pieces
remain in your hair.
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