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Fight dandruff at home

Cutting down your extra calories in your daily diet and your way of life are two main factors that influence the health of your hair. Poor diet, ill health and shortage of any specific vitamin in your body affect the eminence of hair and problems like dandruff, thinning hair, going hairless, early graying spoil your hair. Here are some Ayurvedic based tips for your healthy hair care.

* Mix up a spoon of camphor to half a cup of coconut oil. Instead of coconut you can use kohomba oil otherwise. Keep this mixture in an air tight container, preferably a glass container and use this oil to massage your scalp before going to bed. Practice this continuously for at least 15 days and feel the difference of your healthy scalp. After 15 days do it for alternate days for the best of result.

* Massage your scalp every night with oil and have a shampoo the day next.


A green way to fight dandruff Courtesy: Beauty.indobase.com

For an itchy scalp

* Dandruff may also cause an itchy scalp. Here are some home remedies to prevent itchiness.

* A mixture of lettuce and spinach juice is good to drink to induce hair growth. The juice of carrot and lettuce juice also promote hair growth.

* Daily application of coconut oil mixed with lime- juice on the hair is also beneficial. Applying juice of green coriander leaves on the head is also good.

* Enhance oiling and massaging of scalp.

* Use coconut oil or mustard oil at least three times in a week.

* Use medicated oils on the scalp and massage gently in the roots of the hair.

* The diet should contain more green leafy vegetables, salads, milk, fruits and sprouts. Take more proteins and vitamin A.

 

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