Coconut Milk
Explore coconut milk benefits, traditional uses, natural constituents and what science actually says about coconut milk for hair, scalp, skin and wellness.
Origin
Central Malesia to Southwest Pacific
Traditional wisdom
Food, household preparations and traditional Ayurvedic formulations
Why Soumm chose it
Conditioning and softness; evidence is stronger for coconut oil than coconut milk
Quick facts
- Botanical name
- Cocos nucifera L.
- Common names
- Nariyal Doodh, Coconut Milk
- Source type
- Palm; coconut fruit endosperm
- Part used
- Mature coconut flesh/endosperm, extracted with water
- Natural constituents
- Lipids and fatty acids, proteins, carbohydrates, phenolic compounds
- Scalp relevance
- Potential emollient/conditioning role; direct clinical evidence is limited
- Evidence status
- Traditional and cosmetically relevant, but insufficient evidence for direct human hair-growth claims