Baldness

Baldness refers to a loss of hair, usually in the skull.

Causes and Symptoms

Some of the causes of baldness are -

• Due to certain serious diseases like acute fevers, myxodema (a syndrome cause dbyhypothyroidism)

• Syphilis

• Intluenza

• Anaemia

• Great anxiety or nervous shock.

• Eczema of the scalp leads to rapid baldness

Ayurvedic Home Remedies -

• Collect the soft and green leaves of beetroot and boil a few in water. When the leaves become tender and soft take them out. Now grind the leaves fully to a homogeneous pulp. If water is needed, only that water should be used in which the leaves had been boiled.

• Repeat the procedure in a similar way but this time replacing the beetroot leaves with henna. Now grind both the leaves together. Apply this paste over the head liberally. Allow it to dry and then wash it with lukewarm water in which a few drops of lime juice have been added. Repeat the process for one full month. It is expected that within this period hair will again start to sprout on the bald area. After doing this treatment for one full month, repeat it after every week. It is a very good remedy and many bald people have now lush growth of hair. But, as told earlier, it could be useful only when the baldness has not been due to the hereditary factor.

• Rub on the scalp one teaspoon oil in which raw mangoes have been preserved for over one year. Repeat this treatment frequently.

• Grind one tablespoon licorice root pieces in one cup milk with one fourth teaspoon saffron. Apply this paste on bald patches at bedtime continuously.

• Grind fenugreek seeds, with water and apply on the head. Leave for at least ten minutes before washing. Do it every morning for a month.

• Boil one cup mustard oil with four tablespoon henna leaves. Filter and bottle. Massage on the bald patches regularly.

• Grind the remains of tobacco smoked in a hookah and add to boiling mustard oil. Cool and store. Massage on the bald patches regularly.

• If the baldness is due to any of the serious diseases, medication should start the moment the falling of the hair is noticed. A naturopathic remedy is the vigorous rubbing of the scalp with the fingers. This activates the sebaceous glands which nourish the hair and prevent its falling.