Shikai - Borage Therapy Moisturizing Shampoo - 8 oz.

UPC# :081738402403
Brand:Shikai
Size/Form:8oz.
Ship Weight:0.40

Shikai - Borage Therapy Moisturizing Shampoo - 8 oz. (240ml)
Shikai Borage Therapy Moisturizing Shampoo hydrates dry or damaged hair and nourishes your irritated or itchy scalp. Natural Borage Oil moisturizes the scalp and relieves dryness and irritiation. Rooibos Extract calms and soothes irritation and itching. Borage Therapy Shampoo is extra gentle yet highly effective. It leaves hair soft, manageable, and tangle-free.
Experience Powerful Natural Therapy & Hydrated Hair Plus a Soothed Scalp
Address Your Dry Scalp & Hairby Supplying Omega-6 Oils Directly to Skin & Hair Cells
Borage Oil is the natural solution for chronic dry skin that just won't go away, atopic dermatitis, eczema, and dry skin due to diabetes. Borage oil addresses a fundamental cause of dry skin by supplying omega-6 oils directly to skin cells. It is clinically tested with an 82% success rate. Recommended by dermatologists, pediatricians, and diabetes educators.
Ultra Gentle for Normal to Dry Hair
Paraben, Phthalate, & Gluten Free
Borage Oil & Healthy Skin Borage Oil is a little known secret for keeping your skin healthy. There is ample evidence from research on both humans and animals showing that Borage oil has a significant effect on improving the health and appearance of skin tissue. Clinically Borage Oil has been shown to be a very effective agent for treating skin disorders and for alleviating the inflammatory symptoms associated with these disorders. For everyday use Borage oil has been shown to be very effective in treating the redness, inflammation and moisture loss associated with dry skin. Wheter you take Borage Oil orally or apply it to your skin it appears to positively affect the texture, suppleness and moisture content of skin. Simply put, Borage oil is good for your skin.
What is Borage Oil? Borage, (Borago Officianalis) is a wildflower commonly called the starflower. It is a relatively large plant (1.5 ft tall) with star shaped bright blue flowers and it is found wild in almost all parts of the world. It is a well known herb that has been recognized and used for over 1500 years. The Roman historian Pliny writes of the virtues of Borage and it is suspected that Borage leaves, steeped in wine, was the mysterious Nepenthe elixer that Homer writes of which causes absolute forgetfullnes when drunk. In the middle ages Borage leaves were commonly brewed into a medicinal tea.
However today the borage plant is grown and harvested not for its leaves and stems but rather for the very valuable oil found in its seeds- Borage Oil. The great value of this oil is that it is the richest known source (24%) of an essential fatty acid called gamma Linolenic Acid (GLA).
A Little Biochemistry Our body is capable of naturally producing gamma Linolenic Acid. However in order to do so it must have as its starting material Linoleic Acid (LA). This is an essential fatty acid that our body is unable to make and we must ingest it as part of our everyday diets. Fortunately we get plenty of Linoleic Acid in our daily diets since it is commonly found in almost all edible vegetable oils. Once Linoleic acid is ingested it is acted upon by an enzyme called Delta-6- Desaturase (D6D) which biochemically converts LA into GLA. This is how we normally get our daily fix of GLA. Note the importance of the enzyme D6D, without it we would be deficient in GLA no matter how much linoleic acid we got in our diets. GLA is further converted via a sequence of biochemical steps into a very important compound called Prostaglandin 1 (PG1) which is a key molecule for maintaining healthy skin. PG1 exhibits a potent anti-inflammatory effect on the skin and also is very effective in regulating water loss and protecting skin from injury and damage. The D6D enzyme is often referred to as a “lazy ” enzyme. That is to say, it can be slow in doing its job, and under some conditions may actually be impaired. People with skin disorders such as eczema , atopic dermatitis and psoriasis show increased levels of Linoleic Acid with a simultaneous decrease in gamma Linolenic Acid. This evidence strongly suggests a reduction in the activity of the D6D enzyme. And as a consequence the resulting decrease in the synthesis of PG1 may be responsible for the characteristic dry skin and transepidermal water loss observed in these people. It is here where the importance of Borage Oil with its rich source of gamma Linolenic Acid becomes evident. Used as a dietery supplament or even applied topically Borage Oil can circumvent a “lazy” or impaired D6D enzyme by supplying the body directly with GLA and thus allowing the production of normal levels of PG1.
Borage Oil in Your Diet& on Your Skin Several recent studies ind