Keeb kwm ntawm kev txiav plaub hau thiab kev tu plaub hau hauv kuv lub teb chaws yog ntev thiab tob -rooted. Thaum ntxov raws li lub sij hawm ntawm xeem xeem, tib neeg twb accustomed mus rau siv * ji * (hairpins) los khi lawv cov plaub hau; kev xyaum hnav ib tug plaub hau xoob thiab disheveled tau ua tsis tshua muaj. Nyob rau hauv ancient sij hawm, tib neeg nquag siv cov noob pods -tshwj xeeb yog cov ntoo * Gleditsia * - ntxuav lawv cov plaub hau; Qhov tseeb, qhov kev siv no tau sau tseg hauv * Shennong Bencao Jing * (Divine Farmer's Classic of Materia Medica). Cov pods, txiv hmab txiv ntoo ntawm leguminous * Gleditsia * cog, yog tsim thoob plaws hauv Suav teb. Lawv muaj saponins-muaj zog emulsifiers- thiab lawv cov tshuaj aqueous muaj peev xwm ua kom zoo. Thaum lub sij hawm Qin thiab Han dynasties, ib lub sij hawm cim los ntawm lub teb chaws lub zog thiab vam meej txuj ci thiab kab lis kev cai, hairstyles tau nce elaborate thiab refined.
Yog li ntawd, lub tswv yim ntawm kev tu plaub hau tau pib ua kom zoo. Liu Tao ntawm sab hnub tuaj Han dynasty tau sau tseg hauv nws daim ntawv teev npe *Shize* (Paj Qhia ntawm *Ze*): "Raws li *Ze*- tib neeg cov plaub hau feem ntau qhuav thiab qhuav; cov tshuaj no yog siv los moisten thiab noj nws." Ntawm no, *Ze* yog hais txog *zhize* (fat-raws li emollients)-ib pawg ntawm cov khoom tsim los ntawm fatty tshuaj thiab roj, siv los moisturize ob lub ntsej muag thiab cov plaub hau. Los ntawm Tang dynasty, nyob rau lub sijhawm ntawm kev vam meej hauv kev sib raug zoo thiab txhawb nqa los ntawm kev sib pauv kev coj noj coj ua ntawm East thiab West tau yooj yim los ntawm Txoj Kev Silk Road, cov kev coj ua ntawm hairstyling thiab kev tu plaub hau tau ntsib kev vam meej tshiab. Thaum lub sijhawm no, cov khoom tu plaub hau tsim los ntawm cov tshuaj suav tshuaj suav tshuaj thiab nqaij npuas rog twb tau siv dav; Wang Xi's *Waitai Miyao* (Secret Essentials from the Outer Terrace) ib leeg muaj ze li rau caum cov zaub mov txawv rau cov plaub hau moisturizing, kho dandruff, thiab dyeing plaub hau.
Nkag mus rau hauv lub xyoo pua 20th, cov ntsiab lus ntawm hairstyling thiab kev tu plaub hau tau dhau los ua qhov tob tob hauv zej zog. Thaum pib ntawm lub xyoo pua 20th, "shaving water"-infusion ua los ntawm cov ntoo shavings- yog ib qho khoom siv tu plaub hau nrov thiab nyiam heev. Qhov kev txhaj tshuaj no feem ntau yog npaj siv cov shavings uas tsim los ntawm cov kws ntoo thaum npaj ntoo. Shavings los ntawm * Wutong * (Suav parasol) ntoo tau tshwj xeeb nyiam; Thaum tso rau hauv dej, cov ntoo no ua rau cov kua uas muaj kuab heev, me ntsis viscos, thiab tsw qab - zoo nkauj uas ua rau cov plaub hau mos, du, thiab ci. Hauv xyoo 1920, cov roj plaub hau thiab cov plaub hau waxes pib siv. Los ntawm xyoo 1940, kev lag luam plaub hau thiab kev zoo nkauj hauv Shanghai tau dhau los ua qhov zoo thiab tsim tau zoo. Thaum xyoo 1970s, cov plaub hau txias tau qhia rau Suav teb, ua rau lub sijhawm ntev - sawv cev ntawm kev tso siab rau tshuaj zawv plaub hau nkaus xwb.
Nyob rau xyoo 1990, raws li qhov cuam tshuam ntawm ntau yam -xws li kev ua qias tuaj ib puag ncig, perming, thiab dyeing plaub hau- hnyav zuj zus, qhov tshwm sim ntawm cov plaub hau puas tau nce ntau. Yog li ntawd, tib neeg tau pib muab qhov tseem ceeb dua rau kev saib xyuas thiab tu lawv cov plaub hau.