Men and women love to have thick, luscious, black hair. It makes them feel young and confident. But the numbers of men and women with healthy thick hair growth seem to be dwindling day by day. There are a number of reasons for hair loss and similarly there are a number of home remedies too to treat this condition.
Long hair was a craze not so long ago. Womenfolk would set aside time to take care of their hair, keeping the scalp adequately oiled and hair neat and untangled. Washing the hair and drying it took a long time. Spending so much time on hair has become a luxury for all these days. People could not devote much time to hair care due to their hectic schedule. It has resulted in a dramatic increase in the number of people suffering from hair loss and poor hair growth.
Some reasons for hair loss include heredity, anemia, stress and anxiety, dandruff, autoimmune diseases like lupus etc, hypothyroidism, unclean or unhealthy scalp, fungus, chemicals, environmental pollution etc.
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| Take plenty of Fruits and Vegetables to arrest hair fall |
Intake of healthy food like
fruits and vegetables, keeping away from junk food and leading a stress free
life, though sound clichéd, are still the basic tenets for healthy living as
well as healthy hair. So the first step
to arrest hair loss is to adopt this healthy lifestyle. This should be followed by trying a few home
remedies specific to the individual’s condition. Proper hair care takes time, but the benefits
are there to be seen.
Some of the time-tested Ayurvedichome remedies for hair loss are given below. Choose the one that
suits you best, based on your body type and easy availability of ingredients.
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| Fenugreek Paste Arrests Hair Fall |
Fenugreek is a great hair loss remedy. The best
way to use fenugreek is to make a paste with cow’s milk. The paste made of fenugreek and milk is
applied generously onto the scalp and washed off after 15 minutes with warm
water and soap nut powder. One note of
caution. This method is not suited for
those who catch cold very easily.
Dried gooseberry, white pepper,
kadukkai, aromatic turmeric (kasthuri manjal), and neem seeds of equal quantity
are collected. These are powdered
individually and then mixed together. A
teaspoon of this powder is taken and boiled in milk to form a thick paste. The paste is applied warm on scalp. It is allowed to remain for 10-15 minutes and
then washed off with soap-nut powder.
Arugampul (Bermuda grass) and
athimathuram powder are added to coconut oil and boiled to reach a thick
consistency of a thailam. Filter the
resultant preparation and store in a cool place. This thick oil is applied to scalp and washed
off after 15 minutes. This is a very
effective treatment for dandruff and hair loss.
Navacharam is the Tamil name for
ammonium chloride. One very effective
way to combat hair loss due to fungus attack of scalp is to mix a teaspoon of
navacharam in honey and applying the ensuing preparation on scalp, particularly
in spots which have been affected by fungus.
Cut small onion (shallot) into
half and rub it on the scalp where there is hair loss due to fungus, ringworm, or
bacterial infection. Wash off with warm
water after 15 minutes. Onion has
well-known antibacterial and antiseptic properties and hence can help in
arresting hair fall. The same technique
can be followed using wild garlic pods.
Freshly cut wild garlic pods are rubbed on scalp. Garlic is also a well known antibacterial and
antifungal agent which can prove beneficial in cases where hair loss is due to
ringworm or other bacterial infections.
Care should be taken as some can be allergic to onion or garlic. So the ideal way to benefit from garlic or
onion is to test a small portion of the scalp initially and then if there is no
reddening of scalp or unbearable itchy feeling, you can proceed to treat the rest
of the affected areas of the scalp.
Henna leaf is yet another time
tested herb that helps in treating hair loss.
Collect two fistful of henna leaf and make a fine thick paste out of
it. The paste is patted flat and round
into shape of a one rupee coin. Allow
this to try in shade for a day or two.
Drop these henna tablets into a bottle of sesame oil. After 3-4 days place this bottle of sesame
oil in hot sun for one day. Heat the oil
in stove and as the henna paste turns brown remove from stove and let it
cool. Store the oil in a bottle. This henna steeped oil is applied on scalp
and massaged thoroughly to prevent hair loss and premature graying.
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| Henna Leaves help luscious hair growth |
Elephant tusk is prescribed in
certain Siddha texts to treat hair loss due to fungal growth. The tusk is burnt to ashes. The ensuing fine powder is mixed in coconut
oil and applied on fungus affected areas of the scalp.
Water amaranth (Ponnanganni in
Tamil) and false daisy (karisalanganni, bhringraj) are two herbs used in
preparing hair oil. Bhringraj hair oil
is a well known Ayurvedic hair oil for hair growth. Both these herbs are cleaned and the leaves are
ground to make a fine paste. This paste
is added to coconut and allowed to boil for 3-4 minutes. Remove from heat and allow it to cool. Store the oil in a bottle. Apply this oil to scalp and hair every
day. This arrests hair fall and helps
thick luscious hair growth.
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| Shallots, a remedy for fungal attack on scalp |
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