Shikakai :

Rasa: Tikta
Guna: Laghu
Veerya: Sheetha
Vipaka: Katu
Karma: Vatala

It is used as an ingredient in many herbal shampoos. The saponin content in its fruits and bark act as foaming agent and forms the foam.

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