Can We Use Soap Nuts Seeds?How to Use Soap Berries,Does Soap Nuts Thicken Hair?How to Use Soap Nuts Seeds

Soap nuts, or Indian soap berries, have become increasingly popular in recent years for a variety of reasons. They are an amazing natural detergent due to anatural cleaning essence that is contained in their shell.Although they have received a lot of love and attention in the last couple of years, soapnuts have been known and used for centuries: these soap berries have historically always been an integral element of Indian customs and used widely by many Indian households. They are the fruits of a small tree called Sapindus Mukorossi tree, native of the Himalayas and the mountainous region between India and Nepal. Also called soapberry nut husks, they are indeed the husk (shell) from soapberry nuts. Once picked and left to dry in the sun, these amazing shells contain a natural cleaning agent called saponin that produces an effect comparable to soap.

The results were truly incredible, as soon as I started washing her clothes and sheets with the soap berries, her itching got incredibly better, she stopped scratching herself as much, which used to lead to infections and open wounds and she didn’t find fabric as irritating as before. That was definitely also because of other changes we brought into our lifestyle as a family, from dietary changes to using natural soaps, shampoos and other products, but I am very confident that using Indian berries for laundry had a significant part in it too.

Another way to use soapnuts to wash your laundry naturally is to blend them into a powder and use them as you would with a normal washing powder!
Grab a handful of soapnuts and place them in a blender (we recommend doing this in small quantity to keep the powder fresh and not leave it unused for too long, to get the most out of its cleaning agents)
Blend the soapnuts at a high speed until they are crushed into a fine, nutty smelling powder.
Use 2-3 tablespoons to add to your detergent drawer in the same way you would with a normal supermarket laundry powder. If you are using cold water for your wash, we recommend mixing the powder with some boiling water first to kick start the saponin release, and use the liquid instead.
If you have any spare powder left, put it into a sealed glass jar and keep in the fridge.

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