Henna is typically applied during
special occasions like weddings and during festivals. Henna is applied to hair,
hands, and feet and believed to bring good luck.
Our ancestors have advised applying
heena to hands, to the bottom of the feet, and hair, etc, especially at the
onset of rainy season.
This was because during rainy
season, the susceptibility to get infected by germs was manifold and henna’s anti-fungal
and anti-bacterial properties were believed to fight those germs.
Though henna is seen as an adornment, scientifically, henna extracts show
antibacterial, antifungal, and ultraviolet light screening activity.
Henna is anti-fungal and
can be effective against psoriasis [A noncontagious inflammatory skin disease].
Henna is most commonly used as a natural hair and skin dye, but
henna also contains a compound called lawsone [hennotannic acid], which
is what gives heena its antibacterial and antifungal capabilities. Henna is
effective against prevention of dandruff too.
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