Ayurvedic Hair Treatments

What are the diseases of the hair?

Hairs spring from the skin, each having a root and a stem. it is generally rounded and varies in thickness. Stem is made up with a fibrous character. the fibers being composed of soft cells with air spaces between them.

Blood, while it circulates through the skin, provides nutrition to hair. If due to some defects the nutrient does not reach to the hair. Many of hair diseases can be occurred.

Falling of hair.

Each day in the process of combing, a certain number of hair fall out and are replaced. but if this change is too rapid, it makes baldness.

In some cases, hair fall out because of any disease, they are likely to be replaced when the patient gets rid of the disease.

A partial loss of hair resulting in thinning of hair and patchy baldness.

Some treatments for patchy baldness,

• Application of the paste prepared by grounding the seeds of lime and black pepper on the patches, twice a day, for a week.
• Application of the paste prepared by grinding the liquorice pieces in milk with a pinch of saffron over the bald patches, at night.
• Application (rubbing) of cut onion over the bald patches till that area become res followed by application of bee honey, both in the morning and evening.
• Application and massage of coconut milk, all over the scalp.
• Intake of 300ml of the mixture of juice of lettuce and spinach, once a day.
• Intake of the mixture of juice extracted from fresh leaves of alfalfa with equal quantities of carrot and lettuce, once a day regularly.

Grey hair

Hair turns grey with age is normal condition. But premature greying of hair is disease condition.

Darkening agents should be avoided. Because they contain substances harmful for the skin.

In premature greying, open air exercises, massage of the scalp, dietary regimen, particularly ingestion of raw vegetables  are recommended.

Some treatments for premature greying

• Application of gooseberry juice mixed with a tablespoonful of almond oil and a few drops of lime juice on the head.
• Intake of a tablespoonful of the juice extracted from curry leaves with a cupful of butter milk or lassi.

Dandruff

It is a cosmetically annoying condition of the scalp. It is caused by the excessive secretion of the sebaceous glands. The secretion mixed with dirt forms scales.it can interfere with the nutrition reaching the hair and also to baldness. Dandruff is infectious with personal articles like comb, towel…The patient should not be used others. The hair and the scalp of the patient should be kept clean.

Treatments for preventing dandruff

• Application of fenugreek seed paste on the scalp.
• Washing hair with a teaspoonful of fresh lime after normal hair wash.
• Application (rubbing)of snake gourd juice on the scalp.
• Application and massage of curd for half an hour. For three day
• Application of the mixture of lime juice and fresh gooseberry juice, every night before going to bed.
• Application of two tablespoonful of green gram powder with half a cupful of curd on the scalp and then washing it off after half an hour.

 

Head lice

It is also a condition which disturb to maintain a healthy hair. Person who suffer with this, should keep scalp clean.

Treatment for head lice

• Application of the paste prepared from the leaves of custard apples on the scalp.
• Application (rubbing) of the decoction prepared with basil leaves (kept overnight exposed to the dew) on the head, in the morning for three or four days.
• Application of mustard oil mixed with two or three drops of vinegar, on the scalp.
• Application of the paste prepared by mixing two tablespoonful of fenugreek seed powder, a little camphor powder or garlic paste with water on the scalp and hair for an hour.

 

Lack of hair growth

There are some clues to make thickness of your hair.

• Application of castor oil, on the hair.
• Applying the decoction made from margosaleaves, on the scalp and wash the head after one hour.
• Application of the decoction prepared from a handful of shoe flower with 250 ml of coconut oil on the head regularly.

 

Try to do these treatments at home, it makes your hair healthy and long.