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Table 3 Plants used as home remedies for treatment of hair and hair scalp in the West Bank/Palestine

From: Ethnopharmacological survey of home remedies used for treatment of hair and scalp and their methods of preparation in the West Bank-Palestine

Plant name

Hair endings

Hair damage

Hair loss

Baldness

Dandruff

Lice

Scalp acne

Alopecia areata

Scabies

Enhance the color of the hair

Hair dyes

Hair cleaners

Hair conditioners

Aloe vera

20.0

13.0

13.0

6.0

14.0

-

-

6.0

-

6.0

-

-

7.0

FL

23.5

15.3

15.3

7.1

16.5

  

7.1

 

7.1

  

8.2

Prunus dulcis

24.0

8.0

25.0

-

7.0

-

8.0

-

-

-

-

4.0

-

FL

31.6

10.5

32.9

 

9.2

 

10.5

    

5.3

 

Cocos nucifera

16.0

14.0

10.0

4.0

-

-

-

-

-

9.0

-

-

31.0

FL

19.0

16.7

11.9

4.8

     

10.7

  

36.9

Camellia sinensis

-

-

5.0

11.0

-

5.0

-

-

-

11.0

-

-

-

FL

  

15.6

34.4

 

15.6

   

34.4

   

Melaleuca alternifolia

-

-

-

-

-

6.0

       

FL

     

100.0

       

Capsicum frutescens L.

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

6.0

-

-

-

-

-

FL

       

100.0

     

Urtica pilulifera

6.0

-

5.0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

FL

54.5

 

45.5

          

Malus domestica

11.0

-

6.0

5.0

30.0

31.0

8.0

9.0

4.0

-

6.0

8.0

-

FL

9.3

 

5.1

4.2

25.4

26.3

6.8

7.6

3.4

 

5.1

6.8

 

Persea americana

10.0

6.0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

7.0

FL

43.5

26.1

          

30.4

Olea europaea L.

60.0

48.0

55.0

20.0

53.0

5.0

7.0

9.0

-

13.0

-

30.0

69.0

FL

16.3

13.0

14.9

5.4

14.4

1.4

1.9

2.4

 

3.5

 

8.1

18.7

Ricinus communis

43.0

22.0

40.0

22.0

15.0

-

-

6.0

-

-

-

-

25.0

FL

24.9

12.7

23.1

12.7

8.7

  

3.5

    

14.5

Barbarea vulgaris

4.0

-

11.0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

FL

26.7

 

73.3

          

Trigonella arabica

7.0

-

11.0

12.0

7.0

-

23.0

-

-

-

-

-

4.0

FL

10.9

 

17.2

18.8

10.9

 

35.9

     

6.3

Zingiber officinale

-

-

5.0

4.0

5.0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

FL

  

35.7

28.6

35.7

        

Sesamum indicum

-

11.0

8.0

-

4.0

-

-

-

-

4.0

-

-

8.0

FL

 

31.4

22.9

 

11.4

    

11.4

  

22.9

Lawsonia inermis

10.0

5.0

5.0

-

9.0

-

9.0

-

10.0

40.0

129.0

-

6.0

FL

4.5

2.2

2.2

 

4.0

 

4.0

 

4.5

17.9

57.8

 

2.7

Nigella arvensis

-

-

12.0

-

5.0

4.0

-

7.0

-

-

-

-

-

FL

  

42.9

 

17.9

14.3

 

25.0

     

Musa paradisiaca

6.0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

20.0

FL

23.1

           

76.9

Petroselinum crispum

-

-

-

-

-

8.0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

FL

     

100.0

       

Punica granatum L.

-

4.0

12.0

-

-

-

-

-

5.0

7.0

-

-

-

FL

 

14.3

42.9

     

17.9

25.0

   

Salvia fruticosa

6.0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

6.0

-

4.0

-

FL

37.5

        

37.5

 

25.0

 

Origanum syriacum

-

-

15.0

-

9.0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

FL

  

62.5

 

37.5

        

Pimpinella anisum

-

-

-

-

-

38.0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

FL

     

100.0

       

Citrus limon

-

-

7.0

4.0

43.0

10.0

14.0

-

-

-

4.0

-

-

FL

  

8.5

4.9

52.4

12.2

17.1

   

4.9

  

Syzygium aromaticum

-

8.0

-

-

-

-

14.0

-

-

-

-

-

-

FL

 

36.4

    

63.6

      

Allium cepa

-

-

4.0

9.0

-

6.0

-

15.0

-

-

-

-

-

FL

  

11.8

26.5

 

17.6

 

44.1

     

Anthemis cotula

-

-

-

-

10.0

4.0

-

-

4.0

17.0

5.0

6.0

-

FL

    

21.7

8.7

  

8.7

37.0

10.9

13.0

 

Allium sativum

-

-

16.0

38.0

-

9.0

12.0

62.0

14.0

-

-

-

5.0

FL

  

10.3

24.4

 

5.8

7.7

39.7

9.0

   

3.2

Hibiscus sabdariffa.

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

9.0

-

-

-

FL

         

100.0

   

Rosmarinus officinalis

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

9.0

-

-

-

-

-

FL

       

100.0

     

Cucumis sativus

-

-

-

-

-

18.0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

FL

     

100.0

       

Aegle marmelos

-

-

-

-

7.0

-

-

-

-

-

-

4.0

-

FL

    

63.6

      

36.4

 

Raphanus raphanistrum

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

4.0

-

-

-

-

-

FL

       

100.0

     

Mentha longifolia

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

4.0

FL

            

100.0

Azadirachta indica

-

-

-

-

-

6.0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

FL

     

100.0

       

Myristica fragrans

-

-

-

-

-

-

7.0

-

-

-

-

-

-

FL

      

100.0

      

Rosa canina

-

-

-

-

-

-

4.0

-

-

-

-

-

-

FL

      

100.0

      

Citrullus colocynthis

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

8.0

-

-

-

-

-

FL

       

100.0

     

Simmondsia chinensis

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

5.0

-

FL

           

100.0

 

Lavandula coronopifolia

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

4.0

-

FL

           

100.0

 

Abelmoschus esculentus

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

10.0

FL

            

100.0