The love of beauty is the nature of man, and it has never changed since the ages. In recent years, with the release of programs and documentaries such as "National Treasures", "If National Treasures Can Talk", "I Repair Cultural Relics in the Forbidden City", we ordinary people have the opportunity to intuitively understand national treasures, through these national treasures, and the stories behind them, we seem to dream back to thousands of years ago and see the world of the ancients.
After watching these programs, the author can't help but have a sigh - this ancient person is also too good at living a life! As early as the Song Dynasty, there were hair transplant toothbrushes, and they were also equipped with a special ointment for cleaning teeth (similar to toothpaste), and women did hair, dye nails, and even mastered the "hair removal technology". But now I will tell you how they made their black and beautiful hair in ancient times when there was no hair dye.
According to historical records, the earliest person to dye his hair on the mainland was wang Mang, the emperor of the new dynasty, and it is written in the "Book of Han and the Biography of Wang Mang": "If you want to look outward and be at ease, you dye his hair." "It is said that Wang Mang, who was 68 years old at the time, wanted to marry the empress, but at this time he was already white-haired and white-bearded, and in order to look younger on the big wedding day, he dyed his hair.
However, at that time, the ancients had not yet developed hair dyes, so Wang Mang used coal, ink and other substances, which was a "one-time hair dyeing". However, Wang Mang's act of dyeing his hair also gave the ancients inspiration and inspiration, so a large group of people began to study hair dyes.
By the Time of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, people have been able to skillfully use black soybeans as hair dyes, and the production method is also recorded in detail in the "Elbow Reserve Formula", first soaking a number of black soybeans in vinegar for 2 days, then cooking black soybeans with black soybeans on a high heat for about 1 hour, then standing for 15 minutes, then filtering out the residue with gauze, and finally continuing to boil over a low heat until black soybeans become paste, which is the best natural hair dye paste. It is described that this hair coloring cream can maintain the effect for about 1 week.
During the Tang Xuanzong period, the authoritative medical book "Outer Terrace Secrets" recorded a number of "hair formulas", the most famous of which was "Lotus Seed Grass Dyeing Hair Oil".
Lotus grass, also known as full of stars, the whole plant into medicine, young leaves can be eaten as wild vegetables, but also as feed, can be described as a treasure. The ancients found that the stem of this lotus grass contains black juice, and the effect is very long-lasting, so the ancients took out the black juice, combined with pine leaves, green tong white skin, jujube root white skin and other medicinal materials, to make hair dyeing water, and then add sesame sesame oil, bristles and other boiling, and finally came up with "lotus grass hair dyeing oil".
Intimate ancients, but also made a matching "jujube root white skin conditioner", after washing the hair, first use the "lotus grass hair dye oil" to apply hair, and then smear "jujube root white skin conditioner", not only the hair dye effect is obvious, but also can treat the head wind, promote hair growth, is perfect! ("Compendium of Materia Medica" on the book: Lotus grass can be black hair, juice coated eyebrow hair, fast and prosperous.) ）
Later, the ancients had more and more requirements for dyeing hair, not only to be able to dye black hair, but also to dye white hair (some young officials in order to dress up as "old"), so various colors of hair dyeing cream, hair dyeing oil came into being, although the use of different methods, but without exception, they are not harmful, there are no side effects, but also beneficial to the body (the author himself is moved).
In addition to dyeing hair, the ancients also had a way to create "dark and beautiful hair", that is, to wear wigs. After all, for the ancients, the body hair skin was affected by the parents, and the hair could not be moved randomly, so many people would also choose to wear wigs. The wisdom of the old ancestors is really admirable!