Natural Remedies.

Numerous medicted shampoos are available in the market for the treatment of dandruff. Most of these, however, in the process of curing the disorder, cause irreparable damage to hair roots because of the synthetic ingredients contained in them. The treatment of dandruff has to be largely constitutional if a permanent cure is pdesired.

The foremost consideration in the teatment of this disorder is to keep the hair and scalp clean so as to minimise the accumulation of dead cells. The hair should be brushed daily to improve the circulation and remove any flackiness. The scalp should also be thoroughly massaged every day, using one's fingertips and working systematically over the head. the procedure for massaging the scalp has been explained in the previous chaptor.

Several home remedies have been found useful for treatment dandruff. The use of fenugreek (methi) seeds is one such remedy. Two tablespoons of these seeds should be soaked overnight in water . The softened seeds should ground into a fine paste in the morning and apllied all over the scalp. It should left on for half an hour, and hair should then be washed thoroughly with soap-nut (reetha) solution or shikakai.

The use of a teaspoon of fresh lime juice for the last rinse, while washing the hair, is equally beneficial. This not only leaves the hair glowing but also removes stickiness and prevents dandruff. Washing the hair twice a week with green gram (mung) powder mixed in curd is another useful prescription.

Dandruff can be removed by massaging one's hair for half an hour with curd which has been kept in the open for three days, or with a few drops of lime jice mixed with amla juice every night before going bed. An other measure which helps to counteract dandruff is to dilute cider vinegar with an equal quantity of water and dab this on to the hair with cotton wool in between shampooing. Cider vinegar added to the final rinse after shampooing also-helps to disperse dandruff.