Was there a "hair cream" in ancient times? How did the ancients dye their hair?

Since ancient times, men and women have attached great importance to their appearance, and hair naturally has a great influence on their appearance. Many people have the habit of dyeing their hair. Young people dye their hair in beautiful colors to show their personality, while old people dye their gray hair in black to look younger. Actually? Hair dye? It is not a patent of modern people, but a patent of ancient people. As we all know, the ancients paid more attention to hair than modern people. It's called. Body hair and skin of parents? Therefore, the ancients also cherished hair, so naturally, what about hair? Care? . In order to make hair more shiny, many wealthy families use sesame oil when combing their hair. These oils are naturally made from spices and plants, so they are all natural. In ancient times, people used natural hair dyes. For example, the makeup of ancient beauties was made of natural minerals, which was used to trim eyebrows and dye hair. ?

However, this degree of nature is not to dye hair, but to look more shiny. The first person to dye his hair should be Wang Mang, the new emperor. As we all know, Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty and proclaimed himself emperor. He was 60 years old when he became emperor, and his hair was even gray, which was very old in ancient times. In order to stabilize the situation of the new dynasty and make himself look younger, Wang Mang came up with a way to dye his hair.

It is said that Wang Mang's hair cream is made of soybeans, that is, black beans are soaked in vinegar, and the residue is filtered, and the remaining juice is boiled into a paste. Although this kind of hair dye is easy to use, its effect is naturally not as long-lasting as that of modern hair dye, and it needs to be dyed frequently to keep the color.

Generally, except black beans, anything with pigment can be made into hair cream, such as hibiscus leaf juice, rice juice, saponin and so on. In the Tang Dynasty, when the society was open, dyeing hair became a trend, but turning hair white did not weaken people's pursuit of beauty with age. However, the hair dyes of the ancients were all natural and did no harm to the body. Now many hair dyes contain heavy metal salts, which are harmful to the body, so the hair color is moderate.