Ingredient glossary

Aloe Vera Powder is the whole leaf of the Aloe vera plant, dried and milled into a fine powder for hair and skin.

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Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Powder (100%)

Part used

Whole leaf

Amla is Indian gooseberry, the small, sour fruit of Phyllanthus emblica, and one of the best-known fruits in Ayurvedic hair care.

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Phyllanthus Emblica Fruit Powder (100%)

Part used

Deseeded fruit

Aritha is soapnut: the dried fruit of the Sapindus mukorossi tree, milled into a fine powder that you mix with warm water to wash your hair and scalp.

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Sapindus Mukorossi Fruit Powder (100%)

Part used

Dried fruit

Bhringraj (roughly "bring-raj") is a small leafy herb, Eclipta prostrata, that has been part of Ayurvedic hair and scalp care for generations.

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Eclipta Prostrata Powder (100%)

Part used

Leaves

Brahmi is a traditional Ayurvedic plant name, and Spierb's Brahmi is Bacopa monnieri, a small creeping herb of wet, marshy ground, also called water hyssop.

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Bacopa Monnieri Powder (100%)

Part used

Leaves

Fuller's Earth (Multani Mitti) is a natural absorbent clay: fuller's earth is its English name, multani mitti its South Asian one.

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Solum Fullonum Clay Powder (100%)

Henna is the dried, powdered leaf of Lawsonia inermis, a shrub whose leaves hold a natural orange-red dye called lawsone.

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Lawsonia Inermis Leaf Powder (100%)

Part used

Leaves

Indigo powder is the dried, finely ground leaf of Indigofera tinctoria, a shrub in the pea family.

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Indigofera Tinctoria Leaf Powder (100%)

Part used

Leaves

Neem leaf powder is the dried, milled leaf of the neem tree, Azadirachta indica, a member of the mahogany family with a long place in South Asian household and Ayurved...

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Azadirachta Indica Leaf Powder (100%)

Part used

Leaves

Orange peel powder is dried sweet-orange peel, finely ground into a powder you mix with water for a rinse-off face or body mask.

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Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Peel Powder (100%)

Part used

Peel

Shikakai is a traditional hair wash made from the dried fruit pods of Acacia concinna, a thorny climbing shrub from tropical Asia.

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Acacia Concinna Fruit Powder (100%)

Part used

Dried fruit pods

Walnut shell powder is the hard shell of the common walnut, Juglans regia, dried, ground and sieved into fine particles.

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Juglans Regia Shell Powder (100%)

Part used

Shell (not the nut)