FORMULATION AND EVALUATION OF POLYHERBAL SHAMPOO CONTAINING EXTRACT OF HIBISCUS, HOLY BASIL AND FENUGREEK

Shampoos has primarily been products that are intended to cleanse the hair and scalp. Herbal preparations always functional and have good activity and very minimal or no adverse effects on performance with synthetic. This study intended to prepare/ formulate and evaluate a complete herbal shampoo containing plant materials used only traditionally. The herbal shampoo prepared containing aqueous extracts of petals of Hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis), leaves of Holy basil (Ocimum tenuiflorum) and dried leaves of Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum) prepared by decoction method individually. Various physicochemical parameters such as color, clarity, pH and skin irritability, viscosity, surface tension, foaming ability and stability, and stability studies were studied using suitable procedures. The organoleptic evaluations of the polyherbal shampoo showed good results. The pH of the polyherbal shampoo range to be 5, which was near to skin pH. The viscosity of prepared polyherbal shampoo was found to be 0.0696 poise. The surface tension of prepared polyherbal shampoo was found to be 34.1 dynes/cm respectively.