I'm just wondering if anyone's tried fresh ginger with anything. I've noticed it at the store, and am wondering if I could boil it in water or grind it up and combine it with something else. Does anyone have any suggestions, or know what its properties are concerning hair?

TIA-
Cairn

Cairn - what a good idea  :o

I love the smell (and taste) of fresh ginger!

I don't have any answers - but will do a bit of searching - maybe one of the others, here might have an answer?

(I love starting my morning with fresh carrot/ginger juice - it would be fun to have more than one use!)

nightowl

well ... it's a natural fungicide i think. maybe it could be used in anti-dandruff recipes.

ok... I checked a few places - and found a few sites on the uses of ginger.... I haven't tried any of these personally - it's just here for you to check out:


1.  A Chinese folk remedy recommends rubbing the cut root of the plant on the scalp to stop hair loss

http://www.viable-herbal.com/singles/herbs/s285.htm




2.  Long locks hair care cook book - Ginger dandruff treatment
http://www.longlocks.com/hair-care-recipes-cookbook.htm



3.  Remedies to deal with pre-mature Greying of Hair
http://www.shivajipark.com/health/beautytips.html

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4.  .........On return in Paris, I began to work on developing my treatment containing fresh ginger crushed in a mixer, to which I added vegetable extracts and essential oils. The result was surprising: tonicity, brightness, flexibility and fullness of the hair. On all the types of hair the result was the same ".
http://manstouch.com/skinbody/alaindivert.html


have fun!
nightowl

Great links, nightowl! Thanks for finding those. I'm hoping it'll help me with dandruff, when I find the time to try it.