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Herbal Essences is a brand of hair care products line by Procter & Gamble. The brand was founded in 1971 [1] as the single shampoo Clairol Herbal Essence Shampoo (officially typeset as Clairol herbal essence shampoo). [2] There are 29 collections of varying hair care products, each designed to have a different effect on the user's hair. [3]
Herbal distillates, also known as floral waters, hydrosols, hydrolates, herbal waters, and essential waters, [1] are aqueous products of hydrodistillation. They are colloidal suspensions of essential oils as well as water-soluble components obtained by steam distillation or hydrodistillation (a variant of steam distillation) from plants and herbs.
Natural skin care uses topical creams and lotions made of ingredients available in nature. [1] Much of the recent literature reviews plant-derived ingredients, which may include herbs, roots, flowers and essential oils, [2] [3] [4] but natural substances in skin care products include animal-derived products such as beeswax, and minerals.
The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) is a trade association for the herbal products industry, founded in 1982 and based in Silver Spring, Maryland. Members of AHPA are domestic and foreign companies doing business as growers, processors, manufacturers and marketers of herbs and herbal products. AHPA's membership also includes ...
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Himalaya Herbal Healthcare has a very wide range of products, which include "pharmaceuticals, personal care, baby care, well-being, nutrition and animal health products.". [11] The company has more than 290 researchers that utilise Ayurvedic herbs and minerals. [12] Also, Himalaya Neem face wash brand is reportedly the second biggest in India. [13]
The use of plants for medicinal purposes, and their descriptions, dates back two to three thousand years. [10] [11] The word herbal is derived from the mediaeval Latin liber herbalis ("book of herbs"): [2] it is sometimes used in contrast to the word florilegium, which is a treatise on flowers [12] with emphasis on their beauty and enjoyment rather than the herbal emphasis on their utility. [13]
In herbal medicine, a herbal tonic (also tonic herbs, tonic herbalism) is used to help restore, tone and invigorate systems in the body [1] or to promote general health and well-being. [2] A herbal tonic is a solution or other preparation made from a specially selected assortment of plants known as herbs . [ 2 ]