"If you want to look at yourself from the outside, dye your beard and hair." - "Book of Han·Biography of Wang Mang" Everyone will get older. From the appearance, the most obvious sign of a person getting older is that his hair starts to turn gray.

In modern times, if your hair is white and you can't go to the barber shop to dye it black, you can still look young. But in ancient times, there was no hair dye like the one we use. How did they solve this problem?

In ancient times, they just didn’t have the kind of chemical hair dyes we use now. They had natural hair dyes that were healthier than us. There were also many hair dye maniacs in ancient times. For example, Wang Mang not only dyed his hair, but also dyed his own hair.

The beard is dyed to make him look younger.

So what are the commonly used hair dyes in ancient times?

The most common and people-friendly one is black bean hair dye.

This hair dye is made from black beans. In our opinion, black beans are a delicacy. In ancient times, black beans could not only be eaten, but also used to dye hair.

The production process is very simple. Soak the black beans in vinegar for two days and two nights. After the black beans are fully soaked, pour the black beans into the pot and boil them.

When you see that there are almost only small impurities left in the black beans, you can filter them.

After leaving it for a while, you will get a pot of black and shiny paste, which can be used to dye your hair.

02 Hair dyes are also divided into pros and cons. The black bean hair dye mentioned above is the most common and people-friendly. For some dignitaries, they prefer to use lotus seed grass as hair dye.

The hair dyeing process of this kind of hair dye is also very particular. First, you need to moisten your hair with warm rice water, then apply the lotus seed oil evenly on your hair, and usually add some conditioner, so that you can achieve the best hair dyeing effect.

The purpose is to protect hair.

In ancient times, it was not just women who dyed their hair. Men also loved dyeing their hair, and they could dye their hair into different colors according to their own preferences. Of course, the colors chosen were not as many as those we have now, and the common ones were white and black.

Wang Mang dyed his hair black to make himself look younger. Kou Zhun, eager to be reused and look more mature, dyed his hair white.

Of course, there are also those who are against hair dyeing, such as Su Shi. He believes that hair dyeing is a kind of self-deception.

03 Women in ancient times not only dyed their hair, but also loved to use hair oil. The hair oil used by the ancients was also purely natural. The "Compendium of Materia Medica" recorded a herbal medicine that can extract hair oil, and this hair oil also has nourishing properties.

Hair care benefits.

Ancient women used hair oil for a long time to make their hair look more elegant, so that they could marry into a good family.

In addition to ancient China, the Germans, Romans, etc. all have records of hair dyeing.

They use different raw materials, such as plant ash and henna.

Therefore, hair dyeing is not exclusive to modern people. Ancient people were just as crazy about hair dyeing as we are. Moreover, ancient hair dyes were all natural, and many of them had hair care and nourishing effects.