Persian Gum Tragacanth | Katirah) from the locoweed shrub | Astragalus | a low-growing shrub containing a valuable sap called 'Gum Tragacanth' a water-soluble polysaccharide used as a thickening agent and emulsifier.
 
 Gum tragacanth has been used medicinally for thousands of years, dating back several centuries before the Christian era.
 
In folk medicine it has been used for a laxative, persistent cough, diarrhea, and as an aphrodisiac but the most popular use in Persian lore for this dried sap, is for strengthening hair and stopping hair loss almost overnight, it gives the hair an almost invincible 'armoured' shielding that gives full bodied thickness and volume after the first application.
 
We have superior quality available, only small amount (2 grams) is needed to soak into water overnight and swells to many times its size and volume is like a thick gel to put into the hair for a therapeutic hair pack for hair recovery, thickens hair giving body, shine & volume to hair.
 
 Gum Tragacanth 
15grams (3-4 times use)