Why onion juice is healthy for hair?

Onion juice is full of compounds that can fight against bacteria and fungus and keep your hair healthy onions for hair growth and shiny. Here are some reasons for its effectiveness – Onion juice is rich in Sulphur that prevents breakage and thinning of hair. Sulphur is essential for the regrowth of hair follicles.

Onion juice is loaded with antioxidants that may help to prevent premature graying of the hair.
Onion helps to nourish your hair and prevent hair fall.
The antibacterial and antifungal properties of onion can help to prevent scalp infection and dandruff.
Massage with onion juice can improve your scalp circulation leads to healthy growth.

How to make onion juice?
Take one onion and chop it into small pieces. Blend these chopped onions and make a smooth paste of it. Now filter the paste by using a soft cotton cloth so there are no onion chunks left in the juice.

How to use onion juice topically?
Take a cotton pad and soak it into onion juice. With this pas, apply the juice over the entire scalp. Once you covered the entire scalp, massage your scalp with the fingers for a few minutes. Then leave the juice over the scalp and hair for an hour and then rinse it off with cold or lukewarm water by using a mild shampoo. You can use this treatment thrice a week for better results.

What are the benefits of onion juice?
Apart from cooking, onion has many benefits from hair to heart. It magically acts on hair to keep them nourished. Here are some major benefits of onion juice on hair are as follows –

Prevent hair fall
Onion juice is highly effective to prevent hair fall due to the presence of sulphur in it. It is a chief component to make your hair strong. The sulphur may help to promote collagen production that helps to produce more hair follicles and clean the skin. It is also believed that onion juice massage can increase the blood circulation of the scalp that improves hair growth.

Prevent premature graying of hair
Onion juice contains an antioxidant compound called catalase that helps to reduce hydrogen peroxide at the root of the hair. Hydrogen peroxide can cause graying of hair so by reducing its level you can prevent graying of hair.

To nourish and moisturize dry hair
Due to the presence of various micronutrients in onion juice, it nourishes your dry, brittle hair. It contains flavonoids, antioxidants, anti-inflammatory properties which increase the blood supply of hair roots.

Get rid of dandruff
Dandruff is the most common and annoying problem. Dandruff can be due to fungal infection which is sometimes co-related with a bacterial infection. Dandruff can cause your scalp skin to dry and itchy. Onion juice possesses anti-fungal and anti-microbial properties that can help to get rid of dandruff.

Cure the dry and itchy scalp
Anti-inflammatory properties of onion juice can soothe the dry and itchy scalp. It also increases the blood supply to the skin which helps to moisturize the scalp.