Comments on: Henna with Tea

By: suma

suma — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 21:56:06 +0000

Indira, Please let me know how to take care of henna plant in winter.i live in dallas.If it is planted in the ground, after the winter does it grow back like a perennial.

By: Versa Kay

Versa Kay — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 11:17:03 +0000

Gorintaaku brings to mind Atla Tadde and Undalla Tadde, children swinging on rope suings, gongura and curd meals before sun rise and a whole lot of other sights and sounds from childhood. Thanks for a nice post.

By: Cherry

Cherry — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 11:22:56 +0000

Its so great to know that you grow henna plant. I was wondering how can I acquire a henna plant since it is not sold online. A morracan friend of mine introduced me to henna with tea to help maintain my blood sugar, and it seems to help. For the past couple of years my friend would have her family in morraco send them to me. I would love to grow my own henna…where can I buy them?

By: manila

manila — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 02:28:59 +0000

Sadly many people don’t use it on hair these days. That’s because of the fancy hair colors available. If you apply henna on your hair, you cannot apply a hair color or should I say that hair color won’t stick well on the hair, until all henna comes off first.

By: moi

moi — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:00:10 +0000

Hi Indira! Fascinating post, as usual. It’s wonderful that you grow your own henna! I’ve seen henna growing on the perimeter of fields in Gujarat. I read years later that farmers do this mainly because henna plants repel pests, and they additionally benefit from using or selling the henna. Can you or your father-in-law confirm if henna has pesticidal properties? If so, is it effective against any particular pest? I’ve heard/read similar things about neem and aloe. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if all our food could be protected from pests entirely by other useful plants, and we never had to use chemical pesticides!

Moi: Pruning henna was a family event:) and there was a small talk about henna at that time. In-laws told me about pesticidal properties and how even goats (they usually munch anything green) also won’t eat henna. They also said it would make a great hedge plant. Little or no water, tolerates lots of Sun and keep the plant diseases away.
I’ve forgotten about this conversation. Thank you for writing about this excellent henna benefit.
-Indira

By: Indian Girl

Indian Girl — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:21:19 +0000

Awesome post, Indira ! Henna just sucks the heat monster out and gives him a good whack ! I’d love some …

By: Padmaja

Padmaja — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:58:46 +0000

Thanks Indira,

Do you strain this before adding to the henna? I wonder if it would work with henna powder. I am at that age, where my hair needs a little something.

Boil, strain. Cool and then add the tea decoction to henna. Make a thick and smooth paste. The henna paste in the cup above went to color the hair. It works great, Padmaja. Brings earthy highlights to the hair.
-Indira

By: Sowmya

Sowmya — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:22:56 +0000

That looks really beautiful… Granny used to force us to apply it on hands/hair, we try to run away from her. But now I dearly miss them..

By: Vrinda

Vrinda — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:16:05 +0000

I hav henna plant at home..lov the smell a lot..

By: Indira

Indira — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:15:11 +0000

Thanks all for your mehendish like comments.

Vidhya: I will definitely try to save the seeds when it produces.

Padmaja: A glass of water and a teaspoon of tea powder. Boiling severely produces tea decoction. It’s concentrated plain black tea without milk and sugar.

DK: I don’t think they sell online. Check the “Featured Plants” section, second page for henna plant details.