1. A composition for the prevention and treatment of human hair, comprising at least one extracts of Sesamum indicum L (black sesame seeds), Nigella sativa L (black cumin), Psoralea corylifolia L.(babchi), tea powder and/or coffee powder and/or combination thereof.

2. A composition for the prevention and treatment of human hair, comprising at least one extracts of Cocos nucifera (coconut oil), Ricinus communis (castor oil), Olea europaea, (olive oil) and/or combination thereof.

3. The composition of claim 1 & 2, wherein said extracts are selected from the group comprising a stem extract, a root extract, a rhizome extract, a leaf extract, a flower extract, a fruit extract and a combination thereof.

4. The composition of claim 1 & 2 , wherein said hair care is at least one of promoting hair growth, preventing hair loss, supplying nutrients to hair, cleansing the scalp, reducing dandruff, reducing color loss and maintain the shining of hair and/or combination thereof.

5. The composition of claim 1 & 2, wherein said composition administered in the form of a liquid.

6. The composition of claim 1 & 2, wherein said composition is non-sedative, nonalcoholic and nonfreezing.

7. The composition of claim 1 & 2, wherein said composition administered to human by the external application.

8. A process for preparing a composition for the prevention and treatment of human hair, the process comprising at least one of a) Preparing by Sun-drying and mixing though grinding of an effective amount of black sesame seeds (Sesamum indicum L.), black cumin (Nigella sativa L.), babchi (Psoralea corylifolia L.), tea powder, and/or coffee powder or combination thereof, and; b) Preparing mixing together an effective amount of the coconut oil (Cocos nucifera), castor oil (Ricinus communis), olive oil (Olea europaea) and/or combination thereof. c) Kept for 3-4 days for soaking the dry mixture with the oil mixture. d) Optionally, adding at least one of a solvent, an emulsifier, a stabilizer, a buffer and a combination thereof, followed by smeared to provide the formulation.

9. The process of claim 8, wherein said extracts are selected from the group comprising a stem extract, a root extract, a rhizome extract, a leaf extract, a flower extract, a fruit extract and a combination thereof.

10. The process of claim 8, wherein said hair care is at least one of promoting hair growth, preventing hair loss, supplying nutrients to hair, cleansing the scalp, reducing dandruff, reducing color loss and maintain the shining of hair and/or combination thereof.

11. The Process of claim 8, wherein said composition administered in the form of a liquid.

12. The Process of claim 8, wherein said composition administered to human by the external application.

HERBAL HAIR CARE COMPOSITION

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a herbal composition for hair care, and more particularly, a composition for achieving and preserving good growth of hair and prevent graying of hair. The present invention is also useful in preventing headaches, sneezing, cough, cold and fever.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Hair has diverse social and sexual significances in human beings. It is estimated that there are approximately 120,000 hairs in a human head, growing at an average rate of lcm per month, which in turn turns out to around 15 kilometres per year. The growth of hair is attributed to hair follicle, a complex organ rooted in the dermis to a depth of 4mm. The follicle is split in 3 areas- infundibulum, isthmus and bulb. The infundibulum is the uppermost segment and it extends from the entry of the sebaceous duct to the follicular orifice. This region does not change during the follicular life cycle. The isthmus is the segment between the point of insertion of the arrector pili muscle and the entrance of the sebaceous gland duct and the bulb is the deepest segment of the follicle, which is considered as the engine that drives the biological machine. It comprises the dermal papilla and the hair matrix.

Human hair undergoes a normal growth cycle wherein each hair grows continuously for approximately 2 to 4 years, and stops growing for 2 to 4 months, and then falls out. In its place, a new healthy hair begins to grow and this cycle is repeated. On an average, up to about 100 hairs is lost per day.

But excessive hair loss or alopecia has become a common problem in both males and females regardless of their age today. It has numerous causes, ranging from psychological stress to hormonal influences to chemical and physical trauma, such as from certain medications or from trichotillomania (compulsive hair pulling). However, the single largest cause of human hair loss is androgenic alopecia, which is not well understood, but may be hereditary in nature. At present, people suffering from hair loss constitute about 25% of the population in Asia, and about 30% of the population in America and Europe. The drastic changes that have happened in the environment as well as personal habits have also induced hair loss and many other hair related problems today. The same changes are also causing increasing incidences of fever, cough, cold and sneezing in many.

A number of medical treatments and hair oils are presently available in the market, which claims to reduce hair loss and cure hair related problems. But many of the medications followed are chemical based oils and this may result in negative impacts in the long run.

There are some herbal products in the market, which include, but not limited to, Himalaya Herbal revitalizing hair oil, Dabur Amla hair oil, Parachute Hair oil, Dhathri Herbal Hair Oil and the Herbalist Herbal Hair Oil fhttp://www.theherbalist.com/herbal hair oil.html). The contents of Himalaya Herbal revitalizing hair oil include Emblica officinalis (Indian Gooseberry), Sapindus trifoliatus (Soapnut-tree), Azadirachta indica (Neem), Trigonella foenum-graecum (Fenugreek), Eclipta prostrata (Thistles), Cicer arietinum (Bengal Gram), Aegle marmelos (Bael Tree). The main ingredient of Dabur Amla hair oil is amla extracts. The contents of the Dhathri Herbal Hair Oil, mentioned herein before, include Neela Amari, Kayyunnyam, Kattarvazha, Brahmi, Uzhinja, Kunni Veru, Thannikka, Kadukka, Puranakittam, Ksheeram and Velichenna. Parachute Hair oil is having coconut oil. The contents of the Herbalist Herbal Hair Oil mentioned herein before include pure essential oils of Rosemary, Lavender, Bay, Sage, formulated with botanical extracts of Nettles leaf, Burdock root, Red Clover blossom, Chaparral leaf, in a base of cold-pressed oils of Sweet Almond and Jojoba.

There are also a number of patents related to hair care herbal products. This includes, US Patent 6,689,348 (Jeon) entitled 'Method and composition for hair treatment'. The composition for treating hair according to this invention includes an effective amount of a herbal extract extracted from Angelica and Astragali Radix. US Patent 5,972,345 (Chizick , et al.) entitled 'Natural preparation for treatment of male pattern hair loss' is directed to a natural formulation for treatment of male pattern hair loss and uses a combination of Saw Palmetto extract, African Pygeum extract, stinging nettle extract, and optionally zinc, vitamin B6 and green tea extract.

Ukraine Patent 28012U (Purtov Oleksii Viktorovych) discloses a prophylactic herbal composition for skin and hair care and it uses ethanol extract of the mixture of dried roots of the burdock and sweet flag, hop cones, stinging nettle herb, birch leaves, and Japanese sophora buds.

Chinese Patent 101062003 (Zhou Dongri He) discloses a multifunctional liquid for protecting and washing hair wherein the constituents include conventional surface active agent, conditioning agent, preservative agent, flavoring agent, coloring matter, citric acid for adjusting the pH, deionized water and 1-50% by weight of extract of Chinese herbal Ipomoea cairica.

Chinese Patent 1333014 (Chen Gaofeng) discloses a hair-care style-fixing liquor made of Chinese herbal medicines of ginseng, Chinese Angelica root, cooked rehmannia, Eclipta, Chaenomeles fruit, biota leaf, Asparagus tuber, Ophiopogon tuber and other 6 Chinese medicinal materials through the processes of pretreatment, heating to extract effective solution, precipitating, separating, proportioning, sterilizing and making the above-mentioned materials into the invented product.

LV11521 (Vitina Nina) discloses a preparation for care of hair and skin, consisting of wormwood, milfoil and/or way bread, St. John's Wort, mixtures of Eucalyptus leaves and/or sage herbal at an even ratio. It also includes snuff, rootlets of bur and/or sweetflag, as well as ethyl spirit, vegetable and lavender oils.

Chinese Patent 1085790 (Zhaogan Feng) discloses a 'Pillow (or cap) for hair-care and health-care purpose' which uses the seed-sheel of Oriental aborvitae having the function of blackening and smoothing of the hair as chief Chinese herbal medicine with addition of 17 Chinese herbal medicines having effects of hair-blackening and sweet-smelling to sew into pillow (cap) for use by people. It is claimed that the said pillow (cap) make grey hair black and black hair smooth.

PCT Application WO9306815 (De Oliveira Mariana) entitled 'HAIR CARE SYSTEM' discloses a composition for enhancing the growth of hair comprising a conditioner having the following ingredients based on a total of 500 grams by weight: water, approximately 435.5 gm; cetyl alcohol, approximately 12.5 gm; standamul 100ZK, approximately 12.5 gm; proteins, approximately 35.0 gm; citric acid, approximately 2.5 gm; honey, approximately 0.5 gm; wheat germ oil, approximately 0.5 gm; lecithin, approximately 0.5 gm; herbal extract, approximately 0.5 gm; methylchloroisothiazolinone, approximately 0.5 gm. The composition also includes a shampoo and a cleansing solution.

One of the major limitations of the chemical based hair care products found in the prior art is that it is unaffordable for most of the people and the prolonged use of such chemical based treatments for hair care can cause serious health hazards in the long run. In the case of many of the herbal products available in the prior art, it is noticed that the efficacy claimed and the actual results obtained by the consumers do not match many a times. Continued research and experimentation in this area is therefore necessary and an improved product for preventing hair loss and promoting hair growth is desirable. There exists a strong need to develop safer, effective and cheaper alternatives in hair care, which can promote and preserve hair growth, reduce hair loss, reduce dandruff, reduce color loss and maintain the shining of hair. There also exists a strong need to develop hair care compositions which may also be useful in giving cool feeling to the head and preventing headaches, sneezing, cough, cold and fever.

OBJECTIVES OF THE CURRENT INVENTION

1. It is the primary object of the present invention to provide a herbal composition, based on safe natural materials for strengthening and preserving growth and shining of hair in human beings.

2. It is another object of the present invention to provide a herbal composition, useful in preventing headaches, sneezing, cough, cold and fever.

3. It is still another object of the present invention to provide a method of preparation of the herbal composition of the present invention in an easy to administer form.

4. It is a further object of the present invention to provide safe and non-toxic compositions that will not harm humans or the environment.

5. It is still another object of the present invention to provide safe and non-toxic compositions which can be inexpensively produced or employed.

6. Yet another object of the present invention is to provide compositions that can be used without burdensome safety precautions.

SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT INVENTION

In accordance with the present invention, the foregoing objectives and advantages have been readily achieved. The present invention features an improved hair care composition that has proved to be exceptionally effective in applications that include, but are not limited to, protecting and promoting hair growth, preventing hair loss, supplying nutrients to hair, cleansing the scalp, reducing dandruff, reducing color loss and maintain the shining of hair. The herbal composition of the present invention also gives a cool feeling to the head and prevents headaches, sneezing, cough, cold and fever.

In one of the embodiments of the present invention, the herbal composition of the present invention comprises of coconut oil (Cocos nucifera L.), castor oil (Ricinus communis L.), olive oil (Olea europaea L.), black sesame seeds {Sesamum indicum L.), black cumin (Nigella sativa L.), babchi (Psoralea corylifolia L.) and tea powder. This embodiment of the present invention may be prepared in the form of a herbal oil by mixing the contents in the following ratio:

coconut oil (Cocos nucifera): 600 gms
castor oil (Ricinus communis): 100 mg
olive oil (Olea europaea): 10 mg
black sesame seeds (Sesamum indicum): 50 gm
black cumin (Nigella sativa): 50 gm
babchi (Psoralea corylifolia): 50 gm
tea powder: 50 gm

To prepare the herbal hair oil according to this embodiment of the present invention, coconut oil, castor oil and olive oil are initially mixed. Black sesame seeds, black cumin and Babchi are simultaneously finely grinded and mixed with the tea powder. This powder extract is mixed with the oil mix and kept for 2-3 days. The resulting herbal oil can be used from the third day onwards.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the herbal composition comprises coconut oil (Cocos nucifera), castor oil (Ricinus communis), olive oil (Olea europaea), black sesame seeds (Sesamum indicum), black cumin (Nigella sativa), babchi (Psoralea corylifolia) and coffee powder. This embodiment of the present invention may be prepared in the form of a herbal oil by mixing the contents in the following ratio:

coconut oil (Cocos nucifera): 600 gms
castor oil (Ricinus communis): 100 mg
olive oil (Olea europaea): 10 mg
black sesame seeds (Sesamum indicum): 50 gm
black cumin (Nigella sativa): 50 gm
babchi (Psoralea corylifolia): 50 gm
coffee powder: 50 gm

To prepare the herbal hair oil according to this embodiment of the present invention, coconut oil, castor oil and olive oil are initially mixed.

Black sesame seeds, black cumin and Babchi are simultaneously grinded to powder form and mixed with the coffee powder. This powder extract is mixed with the oil mix and stored for 2-3 days, before using the same as hair oil.

As observed from the clinical trials, the herbal composition of the present invention is particularly useful in promoting hair growth, reducing hair loss, reducing dandruff, reducing color loss and maintaining the shining of hair. The herbal composition of the present invention, in the embodiment of hair oil, is also found useful in giving a cool feeling to the head and also useful in preventing headaches, sneezing, cough, cold and fever.

The herbal composition of the present invention can also be made in various other forms including, but not limited to, hair conditioners, hair cream and hair shampoo. The terms and expressions which have been employed herein are used as terms of description and not of limitation, and there is no intention in the use of such terms and expressions for excluding any equivalent of the features shown and described or portions thereof.

ADVANTAGES OF THE PRESENT INVENTION

The ingredients used in the herbal composition of the present invention are easily available and hence has tremendous scope against alternatives used in hair care.

The herbal composition of the present invention can be inexpensively produced or employed.

The herbal composition of the present invention provides a natural, non-toxic, eco-friendly and user-friendly alternative to the existing ineffective, costly and toxic alternatives.

The present invention provides the users the advantage of easy administration, as the method of preparation and administration are simple and users can follow up the practice with ease.

I claim:

1. A composition for the prevention and treatment of human hair, comprising at least one extracts of Sesamum indicum L (black sesame seeds), Nigella sativa L (black cumin), Psoralea corylifolia L.(babchi), tea powder and/or coffee powder and/or combination thereof.

2. A composition for the prevention and treatment of human hair, comprising at least one extracts of Cocos nucifera (coconut oil), Ricinus communis (castor oil), Olea europaea, (olive oil) and/or combination thereof.

3. The composition of claim 1 & 2, wherein said extracts are selected from the group comprising a stem extract, a root extract, a rhizome extract, a leaf extract, a flower extract, a fruit extract and a combination thereof.

4. The composition of claim 1 & 2 , wherein said hair care is at least one of promoting hair growth, preventing hair loss, supplying nutrients to hair, cleansing the scalp, reducing dandruff, reducing color loss and maintain the shining of hair and/or combination thereof.

5. The composition of claim 1 & 2, wherein said composition administered in the form of a liquid.

6. The composition of claim 1 & 2, wherein said composition is non-sedative, nonalcoholic and nonfreezing.

7. The composition of claim 1 & 2, wherein said composition administered to human by the external application.

8. A process for preparing a composition for the prevention and treatment of human hair, the process comprising at least one of

a) Preparing by Sun-drying and mixing though grinding of an effective amount of black sesame seeds (Sesamum indicum L.), black cumin (Nigella sativa L.), babchi (Psoralea corylifolia L.), tea powder, and/or coffee powder or combination thereof, and;

b) Preparing mixing together an effective amount of the coconut oil (Cocos nucifera), castor oil (Ricinus communis), olive oil (Olea europaea) and/or combination thereof.

c) Kept for 3-4 days for soaking the dry mixture with the oil mixture.

d) Optionally, adding at least one of a solvent, an emulsifier, a stabilizer, a buffer and a combination thereof, followed by smeared to provide the formulation.

9. The process of claim 8, wherein said extracts are selected from the group comprising a stem extract, a root extract, a rhizome extract, a leaf extract, a flower extract, a fruit extract and a combination thereof.

10. The process of claim 8, wherein said hair care is at least one of promoting hair growth, preventing hair loss, supplying nutrients to hair, cleansing the scalp, reducing dandruff, reducing color loss and maintain the shining of hair and/or combination thereof.

11. The Process of claim 8, wherein said composition administered in the form of a liquid.

12. The Process of claim 8, wherein said composition administered to human by the external application.