From the Ayurvedic point of view, hair growth is linked to yourphysical and mental health. When you arecheerful, your hair looks lively. But when you are depressed and pessimistic, your hair acquires a lifeless look.
According to Ayurveda, hair is a byproduct of bone formation, and the tissue responsible for building bones is also responsible for the growth of hair. Early hair loss is related to the body type and the balance of the mind-body constitution (doshas).
In Ayurveda, hair lossis referred to as khalitya and premature graying of hair is termed as palitya. Both khalitya and palitya are considered pure paitikdisorders or those arising out your pitta dosha imbalances. So when you continuously disturb pitta heat in your body it can gray your hair.
# Try Panchkarma TherapyPanchkarma therapies like virechana, nasya, and shirodhara are very useful for gray hair.
- Virechana helps balance the vitiated pitta dosha.
- The best oils for nasya areshadbindu, neem, or yashtimadhu.
- Shirodhara with bhringaraaja oil or neeli oil can help reduce hair fall and gray hair.
A regular hair massage with til oil, prepared with amla or Indian gooseberry, neem, and yashtimadhuor licorice, helps prevent hair loss.
# Eat The RightFoods- Avoid spicy, heavy, and oily foods as well as tea and coffee.
- Avoid refined foods, refined sugar, junk food, and alcoholic and carbonated drinks.
- Increase the intake of fresh fruits, green leafy vegetables, and vegetable juice prepared from lettuce, carrot, capsicum, and alfalfa.
- Sometimes gray hair begins to appear due to lack of copper in your diet. Foods that are rich in copper are turnip greens, lima beans, yams, spinach, most meats,blackberries, pineapple, pomegranates, almonds, and pumpkin seeds.
# Take Care Of Your Hair DailyAlways keep in mind that hair isan essential part of our body and needs special attention and care. Handle your hair gently. Whenever possible, allow your hair to air-dry naturally. Avoid compulsively twisting, rubbing, or pulling your hair.
Cleanliness
- To begin with, everything used for the hair should be clean. Brushes should be of good quality. The whalebone-bristle variety is perhaps the best as it is not so stiff as to damage the hair, while the bristles are long and stiff enough to brush the scalp apart from the hair.
- Remember, combs should always be blunt-toothed. Both combs and brushes should be washed twice a week, and kept in a bag, which should be washed frequently.
- Both the brain and scalp prefer to be kept cool, so whenever washing the hair, it is best to use lukewarm water and a cool water rinse. It helps in toning the scalp and refreshing the nervous system.
# Treat Cold And SinusitisDon’t let kapha accumulate in your head. People who suffer perpetually from cold are more susceptible to get gray hair at an early age. Do not take a persisting common cold lightly. Seek treatment. Do not neglect sinusitis either. It has an adverse effect on hair.
# ImproveDigestionMake sure that your digestive system functions well, your liver is healthy, and you do not suffer from other gastric troubles. A sluggish liver and other digestive problems promote hair loss and turn the hair gray.