Ayurveda for hair

3^rd International Conference and Exhibition on Traditional & Alternative Medicine

August 03-05, 2015 Birmingham, UK

S Mukundan

Integrated Institute of Holistic Health Studies, India

Posters-Accepted Abstracts: Altern Integr Med

Abstract :

This paper focuses on the role played by Ayurveda in hair care and hair treatments. Ayurveda, the 20, 000 year old medical science from India has made significant contribution to the hair management industry. This paper focuses on both the routine hair care and the hair related disorders. The reasons for various types of hair loss and other hair disorders, as explained by Ayurveda are an important part of this paper. Various important features of Ayurveda like Prakruti, Panchakarma, Thala Pothichil, Nasyam, Abhyangam, etc with respect to hair care have been explained. The role played by Ayurvedic external preparations and internal medicines in the treatment of various hair related disorders has been discussed elaborately. This discussion takes into account both the Shastrik preparations, referred by the ancient Ayurvedic scholars and the proprietary formulations recently developed. This paper also lists out around 20 important Ayurvedic herbs that play a major role in general hair care and hair treatments.

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