Dandruff is a common yet bothersome condition that affects nearly half of the global population. While it’s often considered a cosmetic issue, it is essentially a medical condition that requires proper attention. Homeopathy offers a holistic and side-effect-free approach to treat dandruff effectively and naturally. By addressing the root causes, homeopathy ensures long-term relief without reoccurrences. Coupled with home remedies, this integrative approach can significantly reduce dandruff and its symptoms. Discover how homeopathy and natural solutions can help you combat dandruff safely.
What is Dandruff?
Dandruff is a condition that involves the shedding of dead cells from the skin of the scalp. However, it is not just confined to the head and can also affect the ears, eyebrows, sides of the nose, facial hair, as well as pubic hair. It can occur on any part of the body with hair follicles.
Dandruff is also known as seborrheic dermatitis or seborrhea When it occurs in newborn children, it is prevalently called a “cradle cap”, which usually vanishes after a couple of months to return at a later age. Among teenagers, it is generally known as dandruff.
The dead skin accumulates as white flakes in the hair and causes itching and is the most common condition, affecting half of the population at the pre-pubertal age.
Why do we get dandruff?
A tiny fungus, the yeast Pityrosporum ovale that grows in the scalp triggers it. Another possible cause may be overactive oil glands on the scalp due to the clogging of the pores on the scalp. These clogged pores lead to flaking of the skin. The cause can be either internal or external.
The internal cause may be due to hormonal imbalances, stress, poor health, poor hygiene, allergy improper nutrition, and excess consumption of consumption of sugar, fat, or starch
External causes include excessive use of hair sprays and gel, improper shampooing, improper use of hair coloring products and hair drier, cold weather, and excessive exposure to sun (known to cause scalp desquamation).
Dandruff Symptoms
Clinical features: Itching of scalp, profuse scales and flakes formed in scalp and these flakes peel off from the scalp and are glued in the hair. Itchy flakes that appear on scalp or eyebrows or around the hair line, ears or nose. Scales may be small and white or large, greasy and yellow. Sometimes pimples on face are associated with dandruff.
Outward Manifestations: The hair becomes coarse and turn sticky at the roots, Hair appears laden with snowfall or chalk powder. If left untreated hair starts falling and scalp itchiness starts in. Many times, flakes appear on the eyebrows, eyelashes, shoulders and clothes. In case it becomes excessive, small flakes accumulate at the root of hairs and cause itchiness.
Home remedies for dandruff treatment
- While washing hair, apply fresh lime juice, as it removes stickiness and dandruff.
- Sour curd (yogurt) applied on the scalp and washed after 30 minutes; it will help to do away with dandruff.
- Wash hair with Neem leaves in boiling water or weak salt water to check hair fall and dandruff.
- Mix 8 tbsp. of groundnut oil with lemon juice and rub the mixture on the scalp, leave for half an hour and then wash as usual.
Homeopathy can help!
Homeopathy is one of the most effective for treating stubborn skin ailments like dandruff, which need treatment right from the roots—using homeopathy medicines to treat the root cause ensures no reoccurrences. The Homeopathic medications are customized for individual needs as per the severity of the condition. A few of the medicines that are most effective for dandruff are:
- Kali Sulph: used for yellow scaly and oily dandruff
- Thuja: used for white scaly dandruff
- Sanicula: used to treat scaly dandruff
- Badiaga: Used for sore, dry, and scaly dandruff
The list is long. Kindly note above names are just for reference. One cannot take any medicine by himself. An authentic homeopathic physician requires a careful selection of suitable medication.