Home Remedies for Hair Health

For hair fall and growth

• Massaging your hair with rosemary oil once a week reduces hair fall and promotes growth.
• Hibiscus leaves can be made into a paste with little water and applied to the scalp and hair. It is said to promote growth and thickness of hair.
• A mixture of amla (100 grams), shikakai (100 grams), brahmi (10 grams) can be soaked overnight in an iron utensil and next day made into a paste. Apply it to the scalp and leave for an hour promotes growth and healthy hair, also prevents hair from greying.
• Boil pieces of amla in coconut oil till the pieces become soft and get mixed. It is a very good hair tonic.

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• Two tablespoons of fenugreek (methi) seeds soaked overnight in water and made into a paste the next day. If applied over the scalp and left for half an hour then washed thoroughly controls hair loss and dandruff.
• Mustard oil boiled along with henna promotes hair growth.
• Castor oil mixed in coconut oil can be applied on the scalp. Rinse after twenty minutes and one could notice the difference in weeks.

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For dandruff

• A teaspoon of lime juice, if used for the last rinse while washing hair is effective against dandruff.
• Dandruff can be removed by massaging the hair for half an hour with curd which has been kept in the open for three days.
• Boil a handful of neem leaves in four teacups of water. After cooling and filtering, use for rinsing hair.
• The combination of olive oil and ginger on the head not only reduces dandruff but also nourishes the hair at the roots.
• Make a gel of aloe vera leaves and apply it on the scalp and leave it overnight. Wash it with a shampoo, preferably containing shikakai the next morning.
• Vinegar mixed with little water and used as the last rinse after washing hair can rid you of dandruff.