Facts About Shea Butter
More facts about Shea Butter.
Pure African Shea Butter has been used for generations in Africa to keep skin soft and shiny.
Benefits of Shea Butter
Helps heal scars, burns, and stretch marks.
Prevents ashy skin, chapping, and skin rashes.
An ideal hair dressing that protects the scalp from sores and rashes.
Helps prevent weak hair from breaking, fading, or thinning out.
Fortifies cuticles and nails
Helps rid the scalp of Dandruff.
Helps bruises to heal.
Helps drain toxins from sore muscles: perfect for sports participants
Helps prevent skin irritation for babies: used for generations to help babies sleep better.
Use after shaving to prevent irritation, and to restore skins natural luster.
Ideal for dry skin, dermatitis, eczema, sunburn and athletes foot.,
Rejuvenates skin pores and adds elasticity to skin.
Firms up aging skin and helps clear wrinkles.
Massage Shea butter into areas affected by arthritis, joint pains, or other muscular ache.
Naturally contains vitamins A and E.
More facts about Shea Butter.
The Shea (Karite) tree grows in the grasslands of West Africa. It will often grow to a height of 50 feet or more; and produces shea nuts from which natural shea butter is extracted. The tree grows slowly, taking up to 20 years to produce fruit.
The nuts of the shea tree are normally harvested during the rainy season and sun dried over an extended period of time afterwards. Once sufficiently dried, the nuts are crushed and pounded into a powder. The powder is then boiled for four to five days to create the Shea butter. The fruit is edible.
The funeral beds of late kings are carved in the noble wood of an old Shea tree, and Shea butter has always served as a staple of African pharmacology. It acts as an effective decongestant, for example. Used for its draining and anti-inflammatory properties, it is soothing in sprains and strains, and is a widely used anti-arthritic treatment.
