Baldness - Treatment

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Baldness - Treatment

Baldness may be local or general. Normally, people are found with

hairlessness on a circumscribed area of the skull or the beard. In

worst cases, hair of the beard, eye lashes, eyebrows, armpits and

even pubic region is lost. In ayurveda this condition is known as

khalitya.

 

Excessive mental worry, anxiety and anger are considered to be the

cause of this ailment. A type of pathogenic organism is also

considered to be the cause of loss of hair from the body including

the head.

Even through it does not cause any physical pain, it creates a lot

of psychic problems. A sort of inferiority complex develops in the

mind of the patient, specially because of the effect on baldness on

beauty.

Treatment: bhringaraja is the drug of choice for the treatment of

the disease. Maha bhringaraja taila or nilbhringadi taila is

commonly prescribed by the physicians. This is to be gently massaged

over the scalp about one hour before taking bath. By this massage

some of the existing weak hair fall out. Therefore, in the

beginning, the hair will look thinner and the baldness would appear

as if increasing. The patient should not get scared by this. In

fact, it is better if the whole head is thoroughly shaved and then

this oil is used for massage. It should be used constantly for about

six months before any significant results could be achived. Powder

of bhringaraja should be give to the patient orally. One teaspoonful

of this powder should be mixed with honey and given on empty

stomach, twice a day.