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海娜文化 The Henna culture Henna，可以翻译成指甲花，又名散沫花。属于千屈菜科，它原产于非洲、南亚及澳大利亚的热带与亚热带地区。是一种小灌木，高约3～5英呎，花的颜色是淡粉红色，主要生长在气候炎热及干燥的地方，例如：印度、巴基斯坦、埃及、北非及中东等国家。它的花可以作为香水，树最上层叶片被用来作为手与脚彩绘的颜料，其余的部分则用来作为染头发的颜料。海娜是一种生长在热带干旱地区的植物，也是印度的主要经济作物之一。但是并不是所有的热带地区都适合海娜的生长。海娜的品质受温度，气候的影响非常明显。在印度的拉贾斯坦邦每年的降雨量在400mm以下，6月的最高气温可达到48摄氏度，非常适合海娜的生长。印度90%的海娜都出产自这里。通常来说6月-7月初期的海娜的色素含量是最高的，而2月时候收获的海娜色素含量是最低的。海娜被用于在东方国家被用于自然染色已有几个世纪的历史，用于美容甚至在远古时代就已被公认。波斯国王和王后用它来擦身。当佛教盛行时，人们坚信海娜能带来成功和胜利，因此被用于宗教仪式。著名的埃及艳后即克丽奥佩托拉七世也用海娜来美化她迷人的长发。至今在南亚国家，海娜的用途也非常兴盛，在婚礼中用海娜在新娘的手上、脚上纹出诱人的装饰图案。自古以来，这种植物在埃及、印度深受贵族喜爱，女性一直使用它纹身、彩绘、染指甲、染手掌心及头发，至今已有5000多年的历史，在南亚和中东地区已经成为一种习俗并广为流行。海娜具有天然的药物功能，是天然的治疗脱发和修复不健康头发的用品..海娜粉不含铅、汞、砷等危害人们身体健康的重金属，因此有很强的抗过敏性。此外，纯天然的海娜富含多种营养成分，且性热，不仅可供染发，染指甲用，还因独特的药性功能，染发后可防止和治愈因风寒引起的头痛，防止脱发，头屑以及过早出现的灰白头发及白发，已有白发者用后可效抑制白发的生长。 Henna, can be translated into henna, also known as henna. Belong to lythraceae, it is native to Africa, Asia and Australia in the tropical and subtropical regions. It is a small shrub, tall and about 3 to 5 feet,flower color is pale pink, growing mainly in the hot climate and dry places, such as: India, Pakistan, Egypt, North Africa and the Middle East and other countries. Its flowers can be used as a perfume, treetop leaves were used as hands and feet painting pigment, the rest isused as a hair dye pigments. Hana is a growth in dry tropical parts of the plant, and India is one of the main economic crops. But not alltropical areas are suitable for the growth of henna. Hanas quality is affected by temperature, the influence of climate is very obvious. In India state the yearly rainfall in the following 400mm, June the highesttemperatures can reach 48 degrees Celsius, very suitable for thegrowth of henna. India 90% decoration are produced from here.Usually in June -7 months earlier henna pigment content is the highest, while the February harvest henna pigment content was the lowest. Henna was used in Oriental countries being used for naturaldyeing has a history of centuries, for beauty even in ancien