Plants that have a high saponin content make a lather with water. But don't expect as much lather like a soap or shampoo. Other plants are healthy washes for various purposes.
- Horse Chestnut (aesculus hippocastanum)
- Agaves (agave americana)
- Fat hen (chenopodium album)
- Soap lily (chlorogalum pomeridianum)
- Ragged robin (lychnis flos-cuculi)
- Pokeweed (phytolacca americana)
- Poplar (populus trichocarpa)
- Soap-bark tree (quillaja saponaria)
- Soapwort (saponaria officinalis)
- White and red champion (silene alba and dioica)
- Soapweed (yucca glauca)
- Shikakai (acacia concinna)
- Soap nuts (sapindus)
I am actually working as a soap maker, and making soap out of lye and organic vegetable oils. But naturally I am very much interested in soap producing plants. I have tried shikakai and soapwort, and they foam just a bit, nothing compared to a soap. However they do clean your skin or hair, even without the foam effect, due to their saponins. Below are some herbs useful to use on the hair. I will also post in the future on how to make natural shampoos.
Hair washing
Hair washing
- Nettles
- Horsetail
- Yarrow
- Sage
- Calendula
- Thyme
- Amla
- Henna
- Hibiscus
- Rosemary (rosmarinus officinalis)
- Chamomile (chamamelum mobile)
- Honeysuckle (lonicera ciliosa)
- New Jersey tea (ceanothus americanus)
- Ivy (hedera helix)
- Dwarf mallow (malva pusilla ) tooth cleaner
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| Soapwort is a plant that when boiled produces some lather and cleans |
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