As the age passes by, we tend to have white hair, but about the teenagers and the young people, who tend to have premature gray hair. We spend hundreds of bucks to turn our hair into black, but did you ever concentrate on your lifestyle, the natural remedies, which can turn white hair in to black. (Read: How To Grow Hair Fast)

What causes Gray hair or White hair?

Hair follicles contains melanin pigment cells, which is responsible for hair color. when the melanocytes slows down the melanin production, the hair turns into white.

Due to aging

Stress

Smoking

Unbalanced diet

Vitamin B12 deficiency

harsh chemical products and hair dyes

Effective remedies to avoid premature gray hair

Curry leaves:

It is the grand ma’s tip, which is being used since from ages. Curry leaves contains vitamin A,C and E, minerals, phosphorous, iron, which helps from white hair

How to use?

Add curry leaves to your diet

This could be taken as raw. Daily intake of 5 curry leaves will help improve the hair to turn into black

Curry leaves hair tonic:

Take coconut oil and add curry leaves in the oil and boil in it

Let it get lukewarm and apply on the scalp and hair

Curry leaves hair mask:

Just take few curry leaves and make the paste of it

Add the paste to the ½ tbsp of yogurt

Apply to the hair and leave for 30 min

Wash off with lukewarm water

Do this twice a week

Black sesame seeds:

Indians and Chinese use black sesame seeds for beautiful, shiny and black hair. Sesame seeds generate melanocytes to produce melanin. The more amount of melanin production, lesser the white hair.

How to use?

Take 2 tbsp of roasted black sesame seeds daily

Sprinkle on salads, recipes, juices, etc.,

Sesame seeds mask:

Just take 4 tbsp of black sesame seeds and make the paste of it

Now add almond oil or carrot juice to the paste

Apply the paste to the hair for ½ an hour

Do this twice a week

Black strap molasses:

It is the by-product which comes while preparing sugar. It contains antioxidants which fights free radicals and stops gray hair and also contains iron, manganese, iron, and many

How to use?

Take 1 tbsp of black strap molasses daily in the morning for few months for desired results

Hibiscus flowers:

Hibiscus flowers and leaves are great for strong and healthy hair. It enhances the blood circulation, increases the melanin production and gives silky hair

How to use?

Take 15 hibiscus flowers boil them in 5 cups of water

Let it get cool down

Strain the water and remove the flowers

Now make the paste of the flowers and apply on the hair

Leave it for 30 min

Wash hair with strained water

Again wash with normal water

Or

Take few flowers, make the paste

Mix it with yogurt and apply to hair

Leave it for 30 min and wash off with shampoo

Amla or Indian gooseberries:

This one is particularly used in many hair products for hair color, as it is the natural ingredient, which turns hair color into black. It contains vitamin C and antioxidants, which turns white hair into black

How to use?

Drink daily ½ glass of amla juice in the morning

Boil pieces of amla in water and apply the water to the hair

Add 2 tsp of amla powder in coconut oil and apply it to hair

Amla mask:

Take pieces of amla, soak them in water and boil them

Strain the water and add eucalyptus oil to it

Take the entire mixture in an iron vessel and keep it over night

Next day add Egg white, yogurt to it

Mix them well and apply to the hair

Leave it for 1 hour and wash off with shampoo

Onion:

Onion contains an enzyme catalese, which restores hair color. It contains folic acid and antioxidants which gives thick and stronger hair.

How to use?

Take an onion and make the paste of it

Apply it on the scalp and hair

Leave for 30 min and wash off

And

For effective results

Mix some coconut oil to onion juice and apply

Read: Uses Of Onion Skin (Read: Health and Beauty Benefits of Onion Skin)

Bhringraj:

Bhringraj or Eclipta Alba is a herb, which is mainly used to stop hair fall and for gray hair.

How to use?

Take 1 tbsp of bringraj powder boil it in 2 tbsp of coconut oil

Apply to the hair and leave it overnight and wash off with shampoo

Or

Bhringraj hair mask:

Take 2 tbsp of amla, bhringraj powder

Mix it with yogurt or raw milk to make the paste

Apply the mask to the hair for 30 min and wash off

Do this thrice a week

Henna:

Henna provides natural conditioning and color to hair. Apply henna twice a week for strong hair and natural color.

How to use?

Take ½ cup of henna

Add to it yogurt, black tea or coffee, fenugreek powder soak it overnight

Next day apply the paste to the hair and leave it for 2 hours

Wash off hair with lukewarm water

Sage leaves:

Sage leaves stop the growth of gray hair. It stops whitening hair and gets back the black hair. (Read: Benefits of Tulsi Leaves)

How to use?

Take handful of sage leaves and chamomile flowers in 2 cups of water

Boil it until the color changes

It becomes the tonic, apply it to the hair

Leave it for 30 min and wash off

Black tea:

Black tea contains natural antioxidants which retains back the natural hair color to hair. (Read : Benefits of Drinking Green Tea)

How to use?

Take 2 tbsp of black tea and boil it in a cup of water

Let it cool down

Strain the tea and apply the tea to the hair

Leave it for 30 min and wash off

Fenugreek seeds:

Fenugreek seed contains iron, vitamin C, potassium, lysine which retains the natural color to the hair.

How to apply?