Hair Restorer

There are several prescriptions in the Ebers Medical Papyrus which are said to be sure remedies for baldne , and for restoring hair to the original colour after it had turned white. Queen Shesh, the mother of King Teta, of the VIth Dynasty, found an excellent remedy for the falling out of her hair in the following pomade, made of the hoof of a donkey, a dog's pad and some date kernels, which were to be all boiled together in oil. Another sovereign remedy was to be found in the use of the plant *Degem*. To prevent the hair from becoming white or to restore it to its youthful colour, a remedy could be made of "the blood of a black calf that had been boiled in oil." "The blood of the horn of a black bull" boiled in oil and made into an ointment was also useful for the same purpose. The "fat of a black snake" was also thought to produce excellent results. It was equally po ible to cause the hair of a "hated rival" to fall out, for which purpose it was nece ary to boil together in oil the flower *sepet* and a particular kind of worm, and get it put on the head of the rival. Against this, however, there was an antidote in the fat of the hippopotamus, with which a boiled tortoiseshell had been pounded up, but then the head must be anointed "very, very often."