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Fresh Herb Treatment for Hair Loss by – Alice Hunter
Posted by: | CommentsAddress your hair loss problem from the inside out! Ayurveda, a Medical Science based in Ancient India, may be considered an alternative method of treatment in the west, but it addresses the main stream concerns at the beginning of all bodily illnesses, in theory. %GOOGLEAD%
Unlike Western clinical medicine, Ayurveda surmises that all hair loss problems begin in the liver.
This study of medicine, with origins in India, promotes the concept that hair loss treatments made from fresh herbs have a more vitalizing effect on the condition of the hair follicles. This type of holistic medicine also works on non-western principle to treat the cause first. Ayurveda seeks to enhance the endogenous balance occurring in specific organs on the body.
While western and European research claims that pattern hair loss is caused by genetics, and that the problem is in the coversion of regular male testosterone into its ugly counterpart, DHT, Ayurvedic medicine travels even deeper into the body for a cause.
If the problem is hair loss, it is diagnosed a whole body problem. According to these practitioners, hair problems are the result of an imbalance within the liver. All Ayurvedic treatments for hair loss seek to enhance that endogenous balance first and the outward, cosmetic results later. %GOOGLEAD%
One well-known Ayurvedic treatment for hair loss consists of the following fresh herb medicines to be taken in oral dosages, and oil topical applications.
The first Ayurvedic herb for hair loss is Eclipta Alba. The plant is an annual standing or leaning pubescent herb, rooting at nodes. It has long leaves with white hairs. It grows all over India in low-lying regions.
The arial leafy part of the plant has been reported to contain phytosterol, a natural herbal compound. Phytosterol is proven to help inhibit DHT, which causes male and female pattern hair loss. Eclipta Alba has been used in India as hair oil for centuries. It is available through many herbal providers.
Also used to prevent hair loss in Ayurvedic medicine is the Indian Gooseberry, or Emblica Officinalis (scientific name.) This herb contains hexahydroxi-deiphenic acid.
This may work to inhibit the DHT (dehydrotestosterone), which causes baldness.
Emblica Officinalis has proven effective as an antioxidant with the ability to destroy free radicals. Dermatologists are now discovering that free radicals may trigger the product of DHT, which destroys hair follicles.
Because common Indigo, or Indigofera Tinctoria, has proven as an effective treatment in liver ailments such as hepatitis, Ayurvedic medical practitioners are also putting it in hair loss treatments. There is reason to believe that the herb, which helps the liver, will help the health of the hair on the scalp.
In Ayurvedic traditional belief, the liver controls the hair, and in order to treat a malfunction such as hair loss, one must address the root of the problem. According to the Ayurvedic doctors, the problem with hair loss begins in the liver.
The Ayervedic herbs claim to take between 9 and 12 months to get positive results.
All of these herbal plants are available and can be purchased fresh, or in extract form, encapsulated.
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