Hibiscus Uses - Hibiscus Tea - Uses Of Hibiscus Leaves And Flowers

It is the hibiscus with red flowers that is well known for its uses. The bright red flowers have medicinal and culinary uses while the leaves are mainly used for hair care. In India and China, the flowers are traditionally used for medicinal purposes from a long time.

The leaves and flowers of red hibiscus are extremely good for hair. If you have red hibiscus in your garden, you can blend the leaves and flowers together with enough water, filter and apply in your hair and scalp and then rinse off after few minutes. This acts as a great conditioner as well as a natural cleanser.

Regular use of hibiscus leaves or flowers in hair care can help prevent damage to hair and it may also help to promote the growth of hair. Like henna, hibiscus also give a cooling effect once applied to the scalp. You can also add hibiscus powder to your henna mix to enhance the color.

In today's market products enhanced with hibiscus are available for hair and body care.

Hibiscus is a tropical plant and can be easily grown in tropical and sub tropical regions with warm temperatures. They are usually grown from the stem cuttings from existing plants, but hibiscus seeds are also available in market which can be very helpful in growing these plants if you are new to growing hibiscus. However, growing from seeds need little bit more work and patience. I have never grown hibiscus from seeds, but from what I understood the seeds need to be nicked to allow moisture inside which will make the germination easy. 

I had two red hibiscus plants in my parents home, they didn't need to be watered daily. But I remember they flowered daily with lots of red flowers in all branches and as children we would pick the flowers and sometimes blow through the petals to inflate them, that was so much fun to do! To inflate the hibiscus petals, you need to separate a petal from the flower, cut it through the lower thick end which is narrow and then blow through the white cutting, watch out to see the entire petal inflating! You can do this even better if you gently squeeze the petal with out tearing it, before blowing.

Beautiful Hibiscus hair clips and Hibiscus straws for parties and celebrations.