olive oil
Olives were mentioned in the Holy Qur’an (“By the fig and the olive”) [Al-Tin: 1], and the Messenger, may God bless him and grant him peace, said: “Eat oil and anoint yourself with it, for it is from a blessed tree,” because of its great benefits to the human body from a health and cosmetic standpoint. Many history books mentioned that the Babylonians were the first to plant olive trees through grafting. The ancients used olive oil to make cosmetic mixtures, such as Cleopatra, who used it as a mask for her face to give it softness and moisturization and to give it a beautiful color. It was also used in ancient mixtures to preserve hair and help make it thick and long. The ancient Arabs were among the people who mostly used olive oil for hair because they measured a woman’s beauty by her long, thick hair, and it is also said that hair is a crown on a woman’s head.
Benefits of olive oil for hair
We mention some of the benefits of olive oil for hair:
- Strengthens scalp health: Olive oil is full of antioxidants that maintain the health of the scalp, and also works to treat the damage resulting from the use of cosmetics on the hair.
- Natural hair moisturizer: Olive oil has been used for centuries for hair recipes. It works to moisturize the hair and protect it from weather factors.
- Fighting fungi and bacteria: Dandruff, lice, and fungal diseases are all factors that lead to hair loss because of the damage they cause to the scalp. When olive oil is used for these conditions, it works to treat them and get rid of them permanently.
- Increase blood circulation in the hair scalp: Massaging the scalp with olive oil will increase blood circulation in it. It helps greatly in maintaining hair health, strengthening follicles, and increasing hair density.
- Shine and softness: Olive oil is used to give hair a healthy shine and softness to dry and rough hair and makes it easy to style.
- Hair density: Olive oil treats hair follicles from diseases that affect them and stimulates their function, which leads to hair growing more densely per follicle, meaning that three hairs grow in one follicle instead of one hair.
- Preventing hair loss: Drinking a tablespoon of olive oil helps greatly in maintaining skin freshness and preventing hair loss.
Ways to use olive oil
One way to use olive oil:
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- Apply olive oil to the hair and scalp and massage lightly for five minutes.
- Cover your head with a hair towel soaked in warm water.
- Leave olive oil on the hair for two hours.
- Wash your hair with warm water and dry it well to prevent dandruff from forming on the head.
Health benefits of olive oil
We mention some of the health benefits of olive oil:
- Olive oil is rich in healthy monounsaturated fats.
- Olive oil contains large amounts of antioxidants.
- Olive oil has powerful anti-inflammatory properties.
- Olive oil may help prevent strokes.
- Olive oil protects against heart disease.
- Olive oil does not cause weight gain and obesity.
- It may help fight Alzheimer's disease.
- Olive oil has anti-cancer properties.
