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| Aloe Vera Oil |
Experience with research and experimenting has taught me to be a patient and keep trying. I have Aloe Vera plant in a pot, when ever my knees, legs were painful I would cut a leaf, take the gel from it and massage my legs /knees /back with it and it gave relief from pain. I used the gel for hair fall also.
I knew about the anti-inflammatory property of onion, carom seeds, garlic ginger etc. So I started making oil which would be helpful in pain relief as well as for falling hair and for improving the texture of hair.
Garlic gave such strong smell to oil that I could use it hair. So I removed garlic as ingredient and used onion, aloevera and carom seeds and ginger. Finally I got an oil which has pain releaving property as well as reduces hair fall. The texture of hair also becomes very smooth after applying this oil. I have been using this oil for almost a year now. So it is well tested.
Preparation Time : 30 minutes
Making Time : 50 minutes
Makes 300 ml. Oil
Ingredients Required To Make The Oil :
- 5 Aloe Vera leaves
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| Aloe Vera leaves |
- 250 ml Coconut oil
- 100 ml Sesame oil
- 4 Teaspoons Carom seeds (Ajwain)
- 4 Tablespoons Onion paste
Directions For Making Oil :
- Cut Aloe Vera leaves from sides. Carefully remove the upper green cover and scoop all gel from the leaves.
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Different Stages of extracting gel
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| Oil, Onion paste, Aloe Vera gel, Carom seeds |
- 250 ml coconut oil
- 100 ml Sesame seed oil
- Onion paste
- Carrom seeds
- Keep the container with oil and herbs on medium heat and let the oil mixture start to bubble.
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| Oil and herbs bubbling on low heat |
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| Mixture cooking on low heat |
- Once it starts bubbling bring the heat to low and cook with regular stirring.
- The mixture will start foaming. Switch off the heat and let it cool a bit for foam to settle down. Then again bring the heat to low and cook with stirring.
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| Stage when heat to be switched off |
- Repeat this process of switching off and switching on while cooking till foam appears. Do not stir vigorously. Be gentle while stirring else foam will come out of container spilling the oil.
- After almost 40 minutes it will be observed that the Aloe Vera gel has shrink to strips and onion paste turned light pinkish brown.
- Switch off the heat and allow it to cool.
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Oil ready with residue turning brown
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- The oil density and color will change and residue will have turned brownish.
- Sieve the oil, squeeze oil from residue as much as possible.
- Store this oil in any type of container you wish to.
- Apply this oil luke warm on scalp and hair strands. Keep for minimum 2 to 3 hrs. (I prefer 5 to 6 hrs.).
- Wash hair as usual.
- Repeat this once a week. After some time you will notice reduction in hair fall and hair texture changing to smooth silky texture.
- Legs, back, joints pain is relieved by massaging by this oil.
- For 350 ml oil I took 2lt container to make sure foam does not spill. Take bigger container till a certain degree of expertise is obtained in handling hot oil foam.
- Container should be thick bottom.
- Cook only on low heat with constant stirring.
- Switch off heat when residue starts turning brown, the residual heat will keep on removing the remainder moisture from gel and onion paste.
Suggested variations :
- 100 ml. Sesame seed oil can be replaced by 50 ml each of sesame and mustard oil.
