Want to Grow Your Hair? Get a Rosemary Bush

Rosemary is quite an herb.  Little do people know that a concoction of rosemary, poured over your scalp whenever you shampoo will make your hair grow.  I've seen it personally do this for a former boyfriend who was starting to go bald.  You know men are just as concerned about their hair (or lack of it) as women are and my FBF was frantic about the thinning he was noticing.  His friend told him to get some rosemary and place some in a bottle and fill it with water.  I'm not sure if he put the flowers in too but I do know that the concoction was purpulish in color. 

I've got to admit the results were startling!  His hair came back alright, even thicker than before!!  Someone told me that the "ro" in Rogaine comes from rosemary.  Sure enough whenI went to the Rogaine site there is a special page for rosemary.  

Rosemary is also suppose to be good for slowing (even eliminating) gray so I'm going to give it a go.  I'm going to buy a rosemary bush and put it in my yard.  It is a quick growing herb and you're suppose to trim the bush every month so that means a constant supply of "rosemary juice" which is what I called my FBF's concoction.

Update: My cousin and I went hiking this morning and I tried to spot a rosemary bush that perchance may be growing in the wild.  But I didn't so we went the Mexican market and found "fresh" (the date onthe back is 4/15/11, which means it was picked a month ago.  Anyway, it was the freshest rosemary I could find so I bought it.

It didn't look bad but then I've never seen fresh rosemary before so who knows for now.

So I put four sprigs into a pot of water and brought it to a boil.  The whole house spelled like eucalyptus once the steam got going.  Then I covered the pot and turned down the heat and let it simmer for a while (I can't remember how long, maybe 15 minutes).


This is after I boiled then simmered the rosemary for 10 or 15 minutes.



Same brew one hour later.

 After boiling and simmering I turned off the heat and let the mixture sit, with a lid, for about an hour.  The color of the liquid is similar  to my FBF's "rosemary juice."  Now I have to decide if I want to dilute it.  I think I won't.

I will be using this concoction on my cousin's hair which is blond and straight and is the exact opposite of mine.  I will update with pics.

I recycled an empty baby oil bottle after I strained the rosemary juice.

For directions read "Rosemary Rinse - Hair Growth Experiment - Week 1".