Because it snows on the shirt
Dandruff is a really annoying scalp disorder that is harmful to hair health; both dry and oily, it appears as a real scalp disease, and can also cause psychological problems. Itching and burning are often consequences of dandruff, as well as weakening and hair loss.
But what is this disorder due to? It is essentially the normal loss of dead cells of the scalp, which, in healthy skin conditions, occurs through the production of an almost impalpable powder. When this process occurs too quickly, the cells detach into visible groups, giving rise to the unsightly dandruff phenomenon.
The presence of dandruff can be caused by various factors related to nutrition, fat metabolism, to possible digestive problems and not least to psychological or stress problems. But let's see all the natural remedies recommended for the cure of this disorder.
Defeating dandruff from the inside ...
To act internally and combat dandruff it is important to eat healthy in the first place. This means consuming lots of fruit and vegetables, rich in vitamins, and instead avoiding fatty foods, such as non-lean and heavy cheeses.
To these it is better to prefer the foods and the products of biological cultivation, to use honey and natural sweeteners instead of refined sugars, to choose fresh and not packaged products, full of hydrogenated fats. We must also limit the consumption of alcohol and coffee, preferring green tea, rich in natural antioxidants, excellent to counteract it.
Another advice is to take foods rich in iron, such as nuts (prunes, peanuts, hazelnuts, figs and almonds) and legumes (beans and lentils are among the richest in iron).
... and from the outside!
Natural products come to the rescue even externally. Among these, the most effective are rosemary and malaleuca oil, but also flax seeds, green clay, beetroot, nettle and others.
Here are some tips, just try to find out which natural remedy is best suited to each individual case.
Pre-shampoo lotion with malaleuca oil
Ingredients: 30 ml castor oil, 30 ml of St. John's wort oil, 30 drops of malaleuca essential oil or tea tree oil, 20 drops of lavender essential oil. Mix the ingredients and leave them to rest in a glass bottle. Distribute on the skin and rub before shampooing once a week.
Malaleuca and rosemary pre-shampoo pack
Ingredients :
> essential oil of malaleuca,
> rosemary essential oil,
> jojoba oil.
Preparation
Pour two drops of malaleuca oil, two of rosemary in a tablespoon of pure jojoba oil . Rub for a long time, trying to get the oil at the root of the hair, leave for twenty minutes, then proceed with the shampoo.
Repeat once a week for at least a month.
Pre-shampoo wrap with green clay and linseed oil
Ingredients:
> green clay,
> 1 cup,
> 1 pair of lemon drops,
> 2 tablespoons of linseed oil.
Preparation
The oil can be obtained by boiling the seeds and letting them rest for a couple of hours, before using it, or you can buy it ready-made. To this add a cup of clay and the lemon.
Mix with a wooden spoon, add water, until a smooth and homogeneous mixture is obtained. Spread on the scalp and leave to act before the usual shampoo for about twenty minutes.
The properties of linseed oil for hair care
Salt powder and rosemary
Ingredients:
> dry rosemary needles,
> salt up.
Preparation
Mix the powder obtained in equal parts, blending the needles with fine salt. Rub the scalp two or three times a week with the powder obtained. Rinse and shampoo.
Rinse after shampooing
Decoction of walnut leaves, darkens the hair and fights dandruff and fall. So how to rinse the hair with a decoction of sage leaves or beetroot.
Nettle after-shampoo lotion
Ingredients:
> 1 glass of white vinegar or apples,
> 1 handful of nettle leaves.
Preparation
Boil everything in a bowl, adding a glass of water. Filter and after shampoo rub at the hair root. Wait five minutes and then pour the remaining liquid on the head.
