Authors-Jitumoni Saikia
Abstract- Although different kinds of commercial hair care products are available in the market still some ladies and gentlemen of Assamese using traditional hair care plants or plant products to keep their hair in healthy condition. Plants have the potent to provide nutrients to hair growth and development. Traditionally, Assamese peoples are using leaves, flowers, seeds, bark of seeds, fruits and calyx of different plants in hair care practices. These traditional practices are followed by generation after generation. Indirectly, primary or secondary metabolites of plants play the beneficial role to keep healthy and shiny hair. 14 medicinal plant species reported with high phytochemical ingredients, traditionally used in hair care practices by peoples of 15 villages in Lakhimpur district, Assam, North-East, India.
