When you have dandruff on your head, you would have observed snow flake like white scales falling on your face and neck. This is due to the flaking of the skin on your head due to infection that is caused by fungus and bacteria. Dandruff is normally accompanied by itching and scale formation. It’s an infectious condition that can spread quickly through direct contact like sharing of combs, towels of others who already have the infection. There are two types of dandruff mainly dry and oil dandruff.
- Dry Dandruff: This occurs on skin which is dry. Here the white flakes either falls from the scalp or gets attached to the skin on the head.
- Oily Dandruff: This occurs on oily skin and the flakes appear in the form of patches and are attached to the skin.
Before you decide on trying out any of the home remedies for dandruff, first determine which type of dandruff you have. It’s difficult to treat oily dandruff as it keeps recurring, while dry dandruff can be got rid of easily. Home remedies for dandruff are made from natural ingredients available at home and can be used for at least two weeks or more to get permanent relief from the infection.
Fenugreek (Methi) Seeds for Dandruff
One of the home remedies for dandruff is fenugreek seeds. Soak two tablespoons of fenugreek seeds in water overnight, ground to affine paste in morning and apply this paste all over your scalp. Allow to soak for thirty minutes, and then rinse your hair thoroughly using soap-nut or ritha, or acacia concinna. This is a very effective dry dandruff remedy. This treatment should be done twice a week for two weeks and then once a week for another two weeks. You will witness excellent results. The water used to soak the fenugreek seeds can be used as an after shower tonic. Allow hair to dry naturally after wash and use cotton swabs to apply this after shower hair tonic on scalp and it will ensure you don’t suffer from dandruff again.
Green Gram (Moong Dal) Powder for Dandruff Treatment
Wash your hair twice a week using green gram powder that has been mixed with half a cup of curd. This is very effective for dandruff.
Lime Treatment for Dandruff
After washing your hair, as a final rinse use a teaspoon of fresh lime juice as your last rinse and this will remove dandruff from your scalp. It will make your hair glow and remove oiliness. Lemon juice is excellent for treatment of oily dandruff. Make a paste of lime juice with fuller’s earth or multani mitti and apply to scalp at least once a week. It’s an excellent scalp pack and provides deep cleanse to your scalp, removes dandruff and leaves your scalp squeaky clean.
Snake Gourd (Tori/Turai) for Dandruff
The juice of snake gourd is an excellent remedy for dandruff. Rub snake gourd juice on your scalp and leave for a few minutes and then wash. Snake gourd juice along with beetroot juice works wonders for dandruff removal. It also nourishes your hair.
Beetroot (Chukandar) for Dandruff
Boil the entire beetroot along with its leaves in water and use this water to massage into your scalp using your fingertips. This should be done daily at night before going to bed. Though this treatment will stain your bed linen, it is very effective.
Other Home Remedies for Dandruff
- Massage warm sesame oil or olive oil on scalp and wrap with a warm towel. Leave it on for few minutes.
- Massage olive and almond oil on scalp for at least five minutes; leave it to soak and then rinse.
- Mix one hundredth of black pepper corns with warm coconut oil, apply on scalp
- Henna paste with beet root juice is good for preventing dandruff and hair loss
- Mix two tablespoon of cosmetic vinegar with six tablespoons of hot water, apply mixture on scalp using cotton swabs, leave it overnight and rinse next morning with baby shampoo
- Massage sour curd into scalp for half an hour and then rinse after soaking. This curd should have been left out in the open for at least three days. You can mix some lime juice and juice of Indian gooseberry and apply this mixture to your scalp every night before bed.
