Homeopathy For Dandruff

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About Dandruff

Dandruff is a shedding of dead cells of skin which is accompanied with itching and redness. Research on the etiology of dandruff has focused on the role of a fungus normally found on the human scalp and skin. The exact reason for the cell turnover that causes dandruff and other hyper-proliferative skin disorders is unknown but causes such as diet, hormones, and vitamin deficiencies are related as well as antibiotic use and yeast overgrowth.

Signs and Symptoms of Dandruff

• White, oily-looking flakes of dead skin in your hair and on your shoulders.
• Itchiness and flakiness of skin
• Scalp can be either excessively dry or oily.
• Intermittent phases alternating with burning itching and scaling actively increased during winter with remissions during summer this may be effect from sunlight
• Scalp appearance ranging from mild patchy scaly adherent crust, plaques are rare they spread from scalp to forehead and posterior of neck and ear folds,.
• Red and greasy patches of skin and feeling tingly on skin
• Depending upon the severity duration and progression of disease we can do biopsy examination and fungal culture test to find out the causative factor.

Causes Of Dandruff

• Poor hygiene.
• Excessive use of chemical hair products.
• Dry skin.
• Seasonal changes
• Stress
• Yeast like fungal infection - Fungus malassezia (Pityrosporum ovale).
• Allergic sensitivity and individual susceptibility.
• Overgrowth of skin cells that make up the scalp may cause dandruff. It is not known what accelerates this cell growth.
• Dandruff causes have been attributed to dry skin, oily skin, shampooing too often or not often enough.
• Use of too many chemical hair products. (e.g., hair sprays, gels)

Other Factors Known To Trigger Dandruff Include

• Hormonal imbalance.
• Poor health.
• poor hygiene
• Use of electric hair curlers or blow dryers.
• Allergic hypersensitive.
• Lack of rest.
• Emotional stress.
• Excessive consumption of sugar, fat, starch.
• Improper nutrition.
• Heredity predisposition.
• Stress and anxiety. Cold weather and dry indoor heating.
• Sometimes sensitivities to certain hair-care products or hair dyes can cause a red, itchy, scaling scalp.

Homeopathic Remedies for Dandruff

• Alumina
  Falling out of hair; scalp itches and is numb. Intolerable itching when getting warm in bed. A very general condition corresponding to this drug is dryness of mucous membranes and skin, and tendency to paretic muscular states.. Disposition to colds in the head; dry, thin subjects.
• Ammonium muriaticum
  Itching of scalp, dandruff, falling out of hair in large bunches. Especially adapted to those who are fat and sluggish; or large and fat, but legs too thin.
• Arsenicum album
  Scalp itches intolerably; circular patches of bare spots; rough, dirty, sensitive, and covered with dry scales; nightly burning and itching; dandruff. Scalp very sensitive; cannot brush hair. Mentally restless, but physically too weak to move. Great prostration. Aggravation after midnight, from cold in general.
• Badiaga
  Dandruff; scalp sore, dry, tetter-like. Dull, dizzy feeling in head; with sensation of enlargement and fullness
• Baryta carbonica
  Dandruff. Brain feels as if loose. Hair falls out. Confusion.Specially indicated in infancy and old age. This remedy brings aid to scrofulous children, especially if they are backward mentally and physically, take cold easily,
• Bryonia Alba
  Seborrhœa. Hair very greasy. Sensitive scalp; every hair pains. Averse to least motion, even of distant parts. Dry, burning heat; with aggravation of all symptoms.
• Carboneum sulphuratum
  Chronic skin diseases with much itching. Very useful in patients broken down by abuse of alcohol. Sensitive patients worse cold, wasted muscles, and skin and mucous membranes anesthetics.
• Calcarea carbonica
  Itching of the scalp. Scratches head on waking. Scalp itches; on awaking. Adapted to Fat, flabby; who sweats easily. Scrofulous constitution. Patient is fat, fair, and flabby; takes cold easily. Averse to work or exertion.
• Graphites
  Dandruff. Dryness of scalp. Humid, itching eruption on hairy scalp, emitting a fetid odor. patients who are rather stout, of fair complexion, with tendency to skin affections and constipation, fat, chilly, and costive, take cold easily. Has a particular tendency to develop the skin phase of internal disorders.
• Heracleum sphondylium
  Much fatty perspiration on head and violent itching. Seborrhœa capitis.
• Kali carbonicum
  Loose feeling in head. Dandruff with great dryness of hair; falls out. Burning as from a mustard plaster.
• Kali sulphuricum
  Dandruff and scalded. Ailments accompanied by profuse desquamation. Applicable to the later stages of inflammation. Dandruff; yellow scales in skin diseases. All ailments are worse in a warm room and toward evening and better in cool, open air.
• Lycopodium
  Great falling out of hair. Eczema; moist oozing behind ears. Deep furrows on forehead. Premature baldness and gray hair. Worse by pressure of clothes, warmth, and awaking. Better by cold applications. Carbo-nitrogenoid constitution. Patient is thin, withered, full of gas and dry.
• Magnesium carbonicum
  Sticking pain in the side of the head on which he lies, as if the hair was pulled; worse, mental exertion. Dandruff itching of scalp worse in damp weather.
• Medorrhinum Nosode
  Hair dry, crispy. Itching of scalp; copious dandruff. Medorrhinum is a remedy which is predominantly indicated for the people who are very comfortable at night. Medorrhinum symptoms are worse in daytime.
• Mezereum
  White scaly dandruff. Affections of external head; scaly eruption, white scabs. Patient is very sensitive to cold. One-sided symptoms; whole or partial numbness of one side of scalp. Violent, Irritative burning, itching, burning smarting, burning boring, etc. with coldness of part affected. Worse at night, warmth of bed, fire, cold air, drafts, damp weather, by motion and touch. Better by wrapping up and in open air.
• Natrum muriaticum
  Dandruff, greasy, oily, scalp. Dry eruptions, especially on margin of hairy scalp. Itching and burning of hair follicles. Alopecia. Eczema; raw, red, inflamed, especially in the edges of hair worse from eating too much salt. Great emaciation; losing flesh while living well. Great liability to take cold.
• Phosphorus
  Itching of scalp, dandruff, falling out of hair in large bunches. Dandruff, falls out in clouds; baldness of single spots. Adapted to tall slender persons of sanguine temperament, fair skin, delicate eyelashes, find blond or red hair, quick perceptions, and very sensitive nature. Young people, who grow too rapidly, are inclined to stoop; who are chlorotic or anaemic.
• Oleander
  Corrosive itching on forehead and edge of hair; worse from heat. Violent Itching, scalp sensitive and numb. Nocturnal burning. Very sensitive skin; slightest friction causes soreness and chapping. Numbness of scalp
• Psorinum Nosode
  Hair matted. Hair dry, lusterless, rough. Dirty, dingy look of the patients’ skin. Intolerable itching; worse, from warmth of bed. Sebaceous glands secrete excessively; oily skin. Wants to wash parts affected. Worse by warmth. Dull tangled hair.
• Sepia
  Hair falls out. Roots of hair sensitive. Itching; not relieved by scratching. Patient is indifferent, very sad, weeps easily.
• Sanicula aqua
  Profuse scaly dandruff. Patient looks old and thin. Body smells like old cheese. Water smells like old, musty rain water. Craves bacon, or ice cold milk.
• Sulphur
  Scalp dry, falling of hair; worse, washing. Dryness and heat of scalp with instance Itching, especially at night, and scratching causes soreness; wetting makes it burn. Adapted to persons of a scrofulous diathesis, Persons of nervous temperament, quick motioned, quick tempered plethoric, skin excessively sensitive to atmospheric changes. Lean, stoop-shouldered persons who walk and sit stooping; walk stooping like old men. Standing is the worst position for Sulphur patients; they cannot stand; every standing position is uncomfortable. Dirty, filthy people, prone to skin affections. Aversion to being washed.
• Thuja occidentalis
  White, scaly dandruff; hair dry and falling out. Greasy skin of face. Hydrogenoid constitution, having Good humor. Inclination to speak. Cheerful disposition without extravagance. An itching on the occiput.

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