Formulation Development and Evaluation of Poly Herbal Hair Oil for Hair Growth Stimulating Activity

Abstract

Herbal formulations always have attracted considerable attention because
of its lesser and nil side effect compared with synthetic drugs. The
concept of beauty and cosmetics are an ancient as mankind and
civilization. Various herbal beauty products are widely used and
continuously increasing in their demand by the common people because
of lesser side effects and with better safety and security profile The
objective of the present study is to prepare poly herbal hair oil using
Emblicaofficinalis (Amla), Eclipta prostrate (Bhringraj),
Azadiractaindica (Neem), Tinosporacardifolia (Giloy), Bacopamonnieri
(Bramhi), Mesuaferra (Nagkesar), Cyperus rotendus (Nagarmutha),
Nardocstachys jatamansi (Jatamansi), Psoralia caryfolia (Bakuchi),
Acorous calamus (Vacha) and Abrus precatorious (Gunja). The six
different oil formulations were prepared using different oil base either
single or in combinations with different concentrations.
For the purpose the powdered drugs soften by cold maceration process for overnight and further the
extraction was done in oil base by boiling method. The formulated herbal oils of different concentrations
were evaluated for proximate analysis and various parameters such as Viscosity, Saponification value,
pH, Acid value, Grittiness, Skin irritation, Sensitivity test, Moisture content, and Specific gravity are
reported in this paper. Further the prepared oils will be evaluated for their hair growth stimulating
activity.