Rice Water for Hair Growth – Thick Hair with Rice Water

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Long luscious hair is every woman’s dream. The Yao tribe girls from a Chinese village, popularly known as the land of Rapunzel, are living this dream. Their secret to the beautiful and strong hair is rice water. These women have been washing their hair with fermented rice water. Apart from being a magic ingredient for hair growth, it helps to add shine to your hair. Rather than spending on expensive products, let us give this remedy a try. The best part about rice water is that it is very easy to make. Rice water is widely used to treat many hair related problems. So, let us see how to prepare rice water and its benefits!

DIY Rice Water for Hair

You will need:

• Rice (any variety)- 150 g 
• Water- 6 cups 
• Spray bottle

How to make rice water (3 methods):

1. Soaking Method 

• Take 150g of rice, wash it gently to clean the rice and remove all the impurities. 
• Pour 6 cups of water into a bowl and add the rice to it. 
• Soak the rice for about an hour. 
• Gently stir the soaked rice and strain the rice water. 
• Pour the rice water into the bottle and put it into the refrigerator.

2. Fermentation Method

• Take a cup of rice and wash it thoroughly to clean it. 
• Put the rice in a bowl and add 6 cups of water to it. 
• Cover the bowl with a thin cotton cloth and let the rice soak for two days. 
• After two days, gently stir the rice and strain the rice water. 
• Pour the rice water in a glass bottle and refrigerate it. 

3. Boiling Method

• Take 150g of rice and wash it. 
• Boil 6 cups of water and add rice to it. 
• Let it simmer for 5-8 minutes, turn off the flame. 
• Strain the starchy rice water and let it cool down for about an hour. 
• Pour the rice water in a bottle and store it in the refrigerator. 

You can use the refrigerated rice water for a week prepared through any of the methods.

How to use Rice Water for Hair:

• Wash your hair with shampoo and condition it nicely. 
• Spray the rice water on your hair. 
• Let it sit for 3-5 minutes. 
• Rinse your hair with water. 
• If you do not have a spray bottle, you can directly pour the rice water on your hair. 
• Repeat this process twice a week. 

Also Read: Castor Oil for Hair Growth

Benefits of Rice Water for Hair:

• Stimulate hair growth: Rice water contains amino acids, vitamin B, vitamin C and E. This helps in stimulating hair growth and regeneration of hair. Rinse your hair with this cloudy water once or twice a week. This remedy is sufficient to have that long thick hair. 

• Prevent hair damage: Inositol, an ingredient present in rice water can penetrate the damaged shafts of hair and repair it from inside out. It further prevents your hair from getting damaged by strengthening the outer layer of the hair shafts. 

• Tame frizzy hair: Long hair but with a frizz is not worth it. Rice water acts as a natural conditioner and improves your hair texture along with increasing the volume. It helps in taming the frizzy hair and makes it smooth and shiny. 

• Decrease split ends: Split ends can become the worst enemy to your hair if not taken care of. They can cause breakage in hair, leading to less volume. Rice water has an immense amount of proteins, which aids in decreasing split ends. Soak your split ends in rice water for 10 minutes and voila!

• Add shine to your hair: Use of heat appliances, chemical products, pollution, weather, etc. can cause your hair to lose its shine. Washing your hair with rice water can add a protective layer to your hair that prevents it from such things. It aids in adding shine and luster to your hair.

• Strengthen hair roots: Strong hair roots are a key for a long mane. Amino acids present in rice water strengthen your hair roots and aids in hair growth. 

• Eliminate dandruff: Rice water inhibits the growth of fungus that causes dandruff. It moisturizes the scalp which takes care of dry and flaky skin. Using rice water once a week will keep the dandruff at bay. 

Read: Home Remedies for Hair Growth

Hope this guide on how to use ice water for hair is useful. We would love to hear back from you about your experiences using this remedy. Let us know what you think about it in your comments below. Thank you! Like us on Facebook 🙂