Natural Dandruff Treatments

As suggested in the preamble to this post, there are literally hundreds of different natural dandruff treatments that you will find detailed on a similarly large number of websites. The following list is intended to be a brief snapshot of many of these suggested methods that you might want to try:

Apple tonic: Mix one tablespoon of apple juice with three tablespoons of water and massage the mixture into your scalp three times a week.

Coconut oil and lemons: Massage warm pure coconut oil into your scalp and then rub in the juice of two lemons. Steam your hair by placing your head over a bowl of steaming hot water with the steam sealed in with a warm damp towel. After steaming for a few minutes, leave the mixture on your hair for a couple of hours before rinsing off, and repeat two or three times every week.

Thyme: Boil five heaped tablespoons of dried thyme in about a pint of water for a period of 10 to 15 minutes. After this, allow the infused liquid to cool before straining the thyme leaves out of the mixture and storing the resulting liquid in a jar. Keep in the fridge and massage the liquid into your scalp three or four times a week, taking care not to rinse the solution out.

Baking soda: It is now established that baking soda has powerful antifungal qualities, so making up a baking soda paste with warm water before applying it to your scalp should help to keep down the yeast which ultimately cause dandruff.

Winter melon or ash gourd: It is suggested on many ayurvedic medicine sites that grinding the seeds and skin of Winter melon and then mixing them together with a little warm water before applying the mixture to the scalp can help to control dandruff. Once again, it appears that this mixture has powerful antifungal qualities so that it is effective for keeping yeast at bay.
Peanut oil and lemons: Mix the juice of half a lemon with eight teaspoons of peanut oil and rub the mixture into your hair. Leave the
mixture on your scalp for 10 to 15 minutes before washing the solution away as normal.
Rosemary: Rosemary is the active ingredient in many commercial hair tonics and shampoo which rejuvenates the scalp and keeps the skin healthy. You may be able to buy rosemary oil in a health food shop, but if not, add eight tablespoons of dried rosemary to a pint of boiling water, oil solution to five minutes and then drain the wasted rosemary leaves away. Apply the solution to your scalp and leave on your head for as long as possible.

Indian hemp: Indian hemp (also known as dogbane, wild cotton or amy root) is a plant that can be found growing wild throughout North America that can be used to reduce dandruff. Simply crush the plant to extract the juice before applying that juice directly to the scalp. Leave for an hour and then wash off.

While this is not a list of all natural dandruff treatments, one or several of these techniques should help relieve the symptoms of dandruff.