Dandruff is a common embarrassing scalp disorder, affecting a large population.For the treatment of dandruff, shampoos containing imidazole derivatives and other chemicals are available but due to certain limitations such as poor clinical efficacy, compliance issues, side effects andinability to prevent recurrence, the people are attracted towards herbal products.Worldwide attraction and attention towardsherbal products for health care, health foods and natural cosmetic products including hair care formulations has increased. In the present work cow urine based polyherbal hair conditioner was developed as the medicinal properties of cow urine and herbs have been well described in ancient Indian medical science, Ayurveda and modern researchers have also reported their medicinal importance. Hair conditioner was formulated using coarse powder of Sapindustrifoliatus, Acacia concinna, mixture of Emblicaofficinalis, Terminaliachebula (retz.) and Terminaliabelerica in equal proportion, camphor, thymol and urine from indigenous cow. The developed formulation and available marketed products were compared for organoleptic characters such as pH, percent solids contents, dirt dispersion, detergency ability, ease of rinsing, luster of hair, foaming ability and stability. Evaluation of developed formulation for in-vitro antidandruff activity along with accelerated stability study was also carried out and presented.

Keywords: Cow Urine; Hair Conditioner; Candidaalbicans