Yucca Root Powder http://www.shilajeet.com/store/Yucca-Root-Powder-12-0-987.html en Sat, 23 Jul 2005 13:15:07 EDT Yucca (aka manioc or cassava), Yucca Schidigera, is a white, starchy tropical vegetable that was originally grown by the indigenous peoples of South America. Yucca is used as a dietary staple in many parts of the world these days. http://www.shilajeet.com/store/Yucca-Root-Extract-12-0-698.html Yucca roots (also called as soapwood root) contain the compound saponin, which has detergent like properties and seems to have a particularly beneficial effect on the hair fiber. It is the saponin found in the Yucca Plant that creates foamy suds when agitated in water. To make your own Yucca Root Shampoo, start with yucca root and peel the brown off of the root until you have exposed the white root inside. Once clean, take a hammer, smash the Yucca root until it breaks in pieces. Wet the Yucca root while holding it over a basin of warm water, rub the root like a bar of soap to get mounds of lather from it. Wash your hair with the lather for a few minutes, gently massaging the scalp. You must rinse well in luke-warm water to ensure that no Yucca root particles remain in your hair. http://www.shilajeet.com/store/Yucca-Root-Powder-12-0-987.html