How to Handle Dandruff

People who are suffering from dandruff and those who are having a healthy scalp all should follow one strict rule, that one should be using one’s own towel and comb.
This article is to help you to choose any suitable anti dandruff measures. This is a follow up post of my article on dandruff prevention tips.

1. Mix olive oil and coconut oil in the ration 1:1, and 2 teaspoons of lemon juice and massage this paste to your scalp. Allow it to be there till 10 to 15 minutes.

Like face packs it’s not possible to prescribe an accurate time for oil application and massage for the scalp. Usually a massage for 30 minutes to 45 minutes in a gentle way is great for the scalp. But in people who are “kapha” by nature [according to ayurveda all people can be classified as vatha , pitta and kapha] are more prone to get respiratory illness. If oil is not washed within 5 to 10 minutes, those people might get respiratory illness.

1. Make a pack of green gram powder and curd. Apply this to your scalp and massage well with finger tips. Then wash with luke warm water. Never use hot water to wash hair.
2. Boil a handful of neem leaves in water. Allow that to get cool at room temperature. Then wash your hair with this neem water. Do regularly wash hair with neem water.
3. Grind gooseberries after removing its seed, mix the paste with lemon juice in the proportion 4:1 and apply this all over the scalp. Wash this pack only after 5minutes. If you are not prone to sinusitis, rhinitis or common cold, then this can be applied for not less than 20 minutes.

A special pack for dandruff

Ingredients

1. Henna powder-150grmas
2. Gooseberry powder-25 grams
3. Curd-2 table spoons
4. Black tea-3 table spoons
5. Egg white-2 table spoons

Method of preparation

Other than eggs mix all the ingredients and keep over night in an iron vessel. In the morning add egg white and apply the paste over scalp. There is another variation. We can use cooked gooseberries instead of raw. Gooseberries can be first cooked in a little water in an iron vessel and to that paste the rest of the ingredients can be added. This henna application will give you a natural burgundy color. If you want a more prominent color you can add beet root juice 2 table spoons to the mix before applying.  

Method of application

You need to have patience for applying this henna mix to the entire scalp, by taking thin sections of hair each time. Henna/dried mehndi powder is a great cooling agent.
Let the pack remain there for 15 to 20 minutes.Then very carefully wash the hair strands. The more the henna stays on your scalp say for 1 hour or two the more will be the benefit. But at the same time, you have to spend more time in washing out the pack. Grind hibiscus leaves make in the consistency of a shampoo and wash the scalp well. Those who plan to color their hair within 3 months should not go for henna application, because this natural pack is so powerful that it will be having a protective coating over each hair strands and it would be difficult to color your hair.

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