Professional Ayurvedic Treatment for Hair Loss is recommended if you have an ongoing problem with hair falling out. However, there are several good ayurvedic treatments for hair loss which you can use as a preventative, and to help nourish your whole physical being, including your hair, bones, teeth and nails.
Hair loss, in Ayurvedic Medicine, is regarded as a Pitta condition. This means that more cooling foods should be eaten, and that heating foods should be restricted.
The Pitta idea is interesting, I think, because, in my experience, radiation from electromagnetic sources such as cell phone towers and the like, have caused hair loss whenever I have lived for a period of three months or so near electromagnetic disturbances. Electromagnetic energy definitely has a heating influence on the body. This is something you need to examine if you have ongoing bad health, your hair is growing thin, and you cannot fathom what the cause is.
Ayurvedic Diet for Hair Loss: Hair needs a good supply of calcium, zinc and magnesium for a start, so it is a good idea to eat more foods which supply these minerals if you want to maintain a good head of hair.
One of these such Aurvedic remedies which is high in calcium is Coconut. For treating hair loss, Coconut Oil, Coconut Milk, and the flesh of the coconut itself can all be used. Coconut is a very rich source of calcium, protein and fats, all of which benefit your hair growth.
Coconuts are a valued part of the daily diet in the South Pacific Islands, where people have marvellous heads of hair. Coconut milk is widely used in the Pacifica region as a protein and flavour enhancer for many dishes. It is also used as a baby food and as an invalid food. The oil of the coconut is used externally as a skin oil, and as a hair oil, to nourish the hair and the scalp.
Ayurvedic Medicine texts commonly recommend the use of coconut milk and flesh for helping restore hair growth:
- One source recommends the inner milk of the young coconut to be drunk each day, half a cupful each day. (if you have high cholesterol, you should check with your doctor, or health professional before using cocnut milk in the diet)
- Make up a coconut milk at home by blending together 1/2 cup grated coconut; 6 soaked almonds; 1 tablespoon sesame seeds; 1 cup warm water. This milk is good to drink. You can put it on your oatmeal porridge, which is also high in calcium, silica and other goodies which nourish the hair. You can massage some of this milk into the scalp at night. Leave the milk on the hair and wash out in the morning. This is a wonderful tonic for the hair: it helps regrowth and puts a great natural shine to the hair.
- You can rub coconut oil into the scalp and into the soles of the feet. Leave on overnight. You absorb nutrients from the coconut oil through the soles of your feet, and these will find their way, via your bloodstream, to feed the roots of your hair. Remember to wear some old cotton or woolen socks to bed when you treat the soles of the feet with coconut oil.
- Castor Oil is used in Ayurvedic Medicine to treat a variety of conditions, one of which is hair loss. Castor oil can be massaged into the scalp to help hair regrow. It is a good remedy to promote hair growth in babies and young children.
- Castor oil can be rubbed onto the soles of the feet at night to improve the health of the hair. Put on those old socks so that your sheets do not get marked. Wash off the oil in the morning with soap.
- Castor oil can also be taken internally to improve the condition of the hair. Taking 2 tablespoonsful in the morning on an empty stomach, twice weekly, will help your hair to regrow. This treatment will also improve your digestion, as taking castor oil internally reduces the toxins in the liver, and helps to flush out the gall bladder and the bowels.
Dairy, or Soy Milk Tonic
- Drink 1 cup of your favorite milk which has been blended with 1 tsp ghee, 1 tsp sesame seeds, and 4 almonds. This is recommended for the health of the hair. You take this mixture each morning, as soon as you get up, and before you eat anything else.
Aloe Vera Juice
- Taking a cup of aloe vera juice two or three times a day is another Ayurvedic remedy for hair loss. This is to be continued for 3 months.
- Aloe Vera Juice can also be used externally, to massage into the hair and scalp. Leave on for 30 minutes before rinsing out.
Eat Pumpkin Seeds and Alfalfa Sprouts for Zinc nourishment. Eat a handful of sesame seeds each morning, unless you prefer to make up one of the above milk recipes with sesame. A handful of sesame seeds contains about 1200 mg of calcium. Eat plenty of the brassica family: these are cabbage, broccoli, brussels sprouts, kale – all these contain high amounts of calcium and magnesium. Eat carrots daily to provide you with Vitamin A.
You can supplement these home ayurvedic remedies with professionally applied shirobasti, which is an effective remedy for hair loss. See your ayurvedic professional about this.
A qualified ayurvedic professional can also apply nasya, which involves the application of special medicated oils into the nostrils.