Virgin coconut oil

coconut oil

COCONUT OIL

Virgin coconut oil:

Uses of hair growth oil:

  • Promotes faster hair growth. More on this topic here
  • Prevents and cures baldness. More on this topic here
  • Helps maintain thick silky hair, if used for long time.
  • Massage oil for babies under 1 year.
  • Use as cooking oil.

Ingredients:

  • Coconut – 2

Use only mature brown coconuts, not green ones.

Procedure:

  • Break coconut and scrap the white pulp.
  • Grind it and extract milk from the pulp by pressing in between fists or using a cheesecloth and weight on top of it.
  • If you are not getting enough milk, add 10 drops of hot water and try again.
  • Again grind with little hot water and try to take milk.
  • Now, boil the coconut milk freshly squeezed in medium flame.
  • Once the oil separates, remove from heat.
  • Cool it down and filter.
  • store the oil and use it for a month.
  • After filtering, use the coconut scrap as a natural soap for bathing. It can be refrigerated for a week.

This measurement can be doubled or tripled according to your needs.

Alternative: Instead of heating the coconut milk, you can keep in a jar in warm temperature for 24 hours. Oil will separate slowly. Then, you can easily separate oil and coconut scrap, with a spoon.

Dosage:

Dosage is dependent on hair quantity. Apply desired quantity on scalp and hair and massage gently for 5 minutes.

Repeat this everyday night, till desired result is achieved. If you don’t like the smell, you can wash it off in the morning with shampoo.

Caution: Use a towel on your pillow to avoid oil stains on your bed.

Side effects:

No side effects.

Author: amirtha

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