A Review on Herbal Shampoo and Its Evaluation

The document provides a comprehensive review of herbal shampoos, highlighting their benefits over synthetic shampoos, particularly in terms of safety and performance due to fewer adverse effects. It details the formulation of a herbal shampoo using extracts from various plants like Acacia concinna and Sapindus mukorossi in a 10% aqueous gelatin solution, and evaluates its properties such as pH, foam volume, and wetting time. The study found that the herbal shampoo was less damaging to hair during combing and had similar physicochemical characteristics to commercial shampoos. Despite the promising results, the document suggests that further research is needed to enhance the quality of the herbal shampoo, which has the potential to contribute to economic growth through exports.