| Emblica Officinalis Amla Powder Catherine Cartwright-Jones Henna for Hair c 2004  Click HERE to learn more! | If you have a box of
brown powder marked "Amla" (also called "Amalaki" and "Indian
Gooseberry"), you have a box of the powdered dried fruit (perhaps with
some twigs, leaves and bark mixed in) of the Emblica Officinalis tree. Emblica Officinalis powder is tan and has an acidic astringent smell like a combination of raw cranberries and oak tree bark. If you make a simple paste from the powder, it does not stain the hands. The paste enhances waves and curl, and leaves a clean, healthy scalp. When you scrub your face with the paste, your skin feels firm and tight. Use for Skin:
Mix amla powder with hot water to make a paste that is about the
consistency of yogurt. Let that sit for fifteen minutes. Use the paste
as an exfoliating, astringent scrub for your face.
Use for Hair: If you add amla to a henna
and indigo mix, you will get a slightly cooler brown dye color. If you
add amla to henna itself, you won't see any color change. You can mix amla
with henna as the acid for dye release.
Online references: http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/parmar/07.htmlhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ http://www.wrc.net/phyto/Amalaki.html |