Benefits of gum arabic for hair

Arabic gum

Arabic gum is extracted from the bark of a tree called hashab, which lives for more than thirty-five years, tolerates drought, and is widely spread in the state of Sudan. Its exports from it constitute about fifteen percent of its total national income, and it is a white substance that tends to be slightly orange with a slight brown color. It absorbs water, and has been in use for more than five thousand years.

The benefits of gum in treating hair problems

Due to the many fibers rich in proteins that are included in the components of gum arabic, it has been noted for its great effect in treating hair loss and dandruff problems that affect the scalp. Because its mucilage base acts as a protective layer for the skin in facing and resisting the negative symptoms that cause hair breakage and the formation of greasy substances that cause dandruff in the scalp, in addition to the fact that this mucilage layer contains many nutrients that strengthen the hair and provide its follicles with the necessary food for hair growth through them. Experiments have great benefits in treating many fungi and pests that affect the scalp and scalp, and many shampoo packages include in their composition a percentage of gum arabic to improve their performance in the interest of hair, health and beauty.

One of the diseases that gum works to prevent, limit its aggravation and spread in the hair, and treat it is a disease called alopecia, which causes hair loss in a part of the head, and may have spread and spread to all other hair areas, and is also useful in treating light hair, as it works to increase its density and strength. And its durability, and gives the hair a bright, shiny color, and helps to reduce wrinkles in it, and the Pharaohs used it since ancient times to strengthen their hair, and for this reason experts, scientists and researchers refer to the secret of the beauty and health of their hair, which they were distinguished by.

General benefits of gum

There are many benefits of gum, including:

• It is used in the manufacture of industrial oils, textiles, soft drinks, dairy products, ice cream, bread, all kinds of sweets, and canned food.
• It is used in the manufacture of inks, various adhesives, paints, and in the formulation of various cosmetics.
• It is included in the formulations of many medicines and medical drugs to treat diseases such as: cancer, diabetes, kidney and liver infections, and many diseases of the stomach and intestines.

Gum damage

Despite all the attempts made by experts, scientists, and specialists to find industrial alternatives that play its role and replace it, all of those attempts failed. The gum arabic is distinguished from it by a percentage of toxicity that is non-existent in it, and for this reason many people call the gum arabic the title “the elixir of life”.