Hair fall and greying — hair on pillow and comb, early silver.
Also known as: hair loss · baal jhadna · बाल झड़ना · गंजापन · khalitya · खालित्य · baldness · alopecia
Food Remedies
Main remedy
Amla: soak 50g dried amla in 250g water overnight and wash the hair with it each morning for ten days — roots strengthen, greying and falling slow. Amla oil, or amla-and-mehndi paste, darkens hair naturally.
Curry leaves boiled in coconut oil until dark, massaged in twice weekly.
Traditional
हरड़ · Harad
Triphala (harad, baheda, amla) powder at night rebuilds the roots over months.
Traditional
मेथी भाजी · Fenugreek leaves
Methi-leaf paste on the scalp for twenty minutes, twice a week.
Traditional
CautionTaken with diabetes medicine it can push the sugar too low — keep checking. Not in pregnancy — it stimulates the uterus. Not with blood thinners either.
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आँवला · Amla
soak 50g dried amla in 250g water overnight and wash the hair with it each morning for ten days — roots strengthen, greying and falling slow. Amla oil, or amla-and-mehndi paste, darkens hair naturally.
Traditional
मेहँदी · Henna
Ground henna leaves with curd and amla powder on the scalp for an hour, once a week.
Traditional
आँवला चाय · Amla tea
Amla tea each morning, and the leftover pulp rubbed into the scalp — vitamin C is what lets the hair root use iron. Hair fall after a fever or a delivery takes about three months to turn.
Traditional
कड़ी पत्ता चाय · Curry-leaf tea
8-10 curry leaves boiled in a cup of water each morning — iron and beta-carotene for the root. Eat the leaves in the dal too, instead of picking them out.
Traditional
On this page Documented — There are human studies behind this ingredient for this particular complaint. Traditional — Carried by tradition and experience; modern evidence for this particular complaint is limited.
All of this is what others have found — tradition, shared experience and the studies done so far. It is not advice given to any one person. Before changing your diet, and especially if you take any medicine, ask your dietician or doctor.
Naturopathy
Massage the scalp with cool oil using fingertips, never nails. Sarvangasana improves scalp circulation.
Bhojanveda
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