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Hair Fall (Baldness)

Introduction:-

Sometimes, an organ of the body is not able to nourish well due to the lack of hormones, so it is necessary to take medicine for producing that hormones in the body. For example- a person starts suffering from grey hair, hair fall and baldness due to lack of hormone of the thyroid glands. For recovering such hormones, the patient should take Thyroidinum 30 or 200. Its one dose in a week fulfils the requirement of hormones in the body and the patient does not suffer again from grey hair and baldness.

Causes:

The main causes of hair falling in younger age are- chronic diseases, improper way of having diet, excessive burden on the mind, sever fever, hormones’ disorders or hereditary hair fall.

Impact of tuberculosis on the hairs:

The patient of tuberculosis suffers from ringworms in his head or any other portion of the body. It is said about ringworms that it develops because of a worm. The reason of ringworms is worm, but the disease is already exists in the body. And the germs of this disease grow by taking food from this disease. If the patient suffers from ringworms, Bacillinum should be given. The patient suffers from hairs fall and dandruff because of ringworms in the head. All hair problems with ringworms end by giving higher potency of Bacillinum to the patient.

Use of different medicines in hair problems:-

1. Selenium:- If the cold natured patient suffers from hair fall of eyebrows, moustache and genitals, giving Selenium 30 or 200 is beneficial.
2. Fluoric acid:- The hot natured patient should take Fluoric acid 6 or 30 if he suffers from hairs fall. Hairs fall stops soon by using this medicine.
3. Acid phos:- Acid phos 30 provides relief if the patient suffers from grey hair in early age or hair fall due to worry.
4. Mezereum:- If symptoms like- dandruff in the head, hair dryness, layers on the skull like chalk, constant itching in the head, etc. are found in the patient, Mezereum 6 or 30 is very beneficial.
5. Nitric acid:- The patient suffers from purulent pimples in the head with hairs fall due to which, he is not able to touch his head by his hands; use of Nitric acid 6 proves very beneficial in these conditions.
6. Kali-carb:- In the conditions of hair fall with dryness in the head, the patient should take Kali-carb 30 or 300. All hair problems end by taking this medicine.
7. Syphilinum:- Hairs fall stops within few days if the patient takes Syphilinum 200 to 1000.
8. Antherum:- If the patient suffers from hairs falling of beard, he should take Antherum 3 for getting relief.
9. Lycopodium:- Lycopodium is considered as very effective medicine if any one suffers from hairs fall.
10. Thuja:- If the patient suffers from hair fall due to dryness in the head and scabby dandruff, using the mother tincture of Thuja or its 30 potency is very beneficial.
11. Ostilego:- If the patient suffers from following symptoms like- hairs falling in early age and stop growing of hairs again after falling once, etc., using the juice of Ostilego or its 3 or 30 potency is very beneficial.
12. Phosphorus and calcarea phos:- In symptoms like- hairs falling in bunches as one bunch of hair falls from one portion of the head and after that another bunch of hair falls again, etc., first of all the patient should take Phosphorus-30 for few days and then giving Calcarea phos 3x is beneficial.
13. Natrum muriaticum:- If a woman suffers from hairs falling during her pregnancy, she should take Natrum muriaticum 30 or Sepia 200. The patient gets relief by taking these medicines.
14. Arsenic:- If the patient’s hair falls due to weak hair root and he suffers from head dryness, skin dryness, etc., the use of Arsenic proves very beneficial.

Grey Hair

Introduction:-

Grey hair is natural in old age but premature greying is a disease. It is called premature greying (palit rog). This disease occurs due to the lack of nutritious elements in the body.

Use of different medicines in the condition of grey hair:

1. Thyroidin: If hairs become grey due to old age, first of all the patient should take Thyroidin 30 and then take Thyroidin 200 once a week for getting relief. This medicine should take for 6-7 weeks continuously.
2. Lycopodium and Acid phos: If a person suffers from grey hair in early age, first of all he should take Lycopodium and then Acid phos. If these medicines make no impression within 3 months, he should take Acid phos after 15 days of Lycopodium for getting relief. The use of these medicines in this way is very effective.
3. Natrum-mur: If hairs become grey due to any chronic disease, he should take Natrum-mur 30. Its use provides a lot of relief.
4. Pilocarpus: If well chosen drugs make no impression in the case of grey hairs, he should take Pilocarpus 1m once in a month continuously for few months. Its use provides relief.

Lice

Introduction:-

Often, lice are found in the head of every person. Mostly, they are found in a person’s head but sometimes they are found on the skin and pubes also. Lice survive by sucking the blood of their host.

Cause:

Lice often grow due to dirt in the head. They also originate in the heads of those persons who don’t take bath daily and do not wash their head properly. Beside it, a person may be the victim of lice if he lives or uses the articles of those persons who suffer from lice already.

Symptoms:

A person should consider that lice are present in his body if he suffers from such symptoms like- excessive itching at the place of their habitat, rough and red skin due to itching, scratching anywhere on the way due to lice and scratching rapidly at night while sleeping.

Use of different medicines to get rid of lice:

1. Staphysagria: If a person suffers from lice in the head or genitals, rub 2-3 spoons of the mother tincture of Staphysagria on the affected part. Besides it, Staphysagria 30 can be also given to the patient to take. Follow this treatment for 2-3 times a week to kill lice and its larva (eggs).
2. Lycopodium: If there are lice at any part of the skin in the body, the use of Lycopodium 30 ends them.
3. Psorinum: If there are lice in the head, the patient should take Psorinum 200 or Carbolic acid 3-30 for killing them.
4. Bacillinum: If lice are grown due to tuberculosis, the use of Bacillinum 200 provides much relief.

A person should follow these precautions to keep away lice as-

Take bath properly everyday.
Hairs should be washed with good (quality) shampoo 3-4 times a week.
Genitals should be cleansed (washed) properly while taking bath.
Pubes should be cut regularly.
Keep distance from such persons who are the victim of lice and talk to them with appropriate distance.
Don’t use comb, clothes, brush and other things of those persons who are the victim of lice.

Dandruff

Introduction:-

When a white colour dry layer appears on the head of a person, it is called ‘Dandruff’. Well, dandruff does not affect a person’s health directly but excessive dandruff in the head becomes the cause of shame if a person goes in any function or marriage. Person’s head looks white because of dandruff and it is the cause of shame.

Causes:

If old persons of the family suffer from dandruff, new generation of the family becomes the victim of dandruff too. For example, if grand father-mother or father-mother have dandruff, it is probably essential that their children can become the victims of dandruff. Besides it, there are also other causes of dandruff origin as excessive sweating in the head, by doing hard physical or mental work, washing the head with cheap soaps, skin diseases in the head and psoriasis.

Symptoms:

The symptoms of dandruff in the head are as white layer in the head and excessive itching in the head.

Use of different medicines for clearing dandruff:

1. Saniquila: Saniquila 30 provides relief in such symptoms as excessive itching in the head and sweating in the rear of the neck.
2. Phosphorus: If the symptoms like- excessive falling of hairs with dandruff and becoming the head’s skin as hard, etc., the use of Phosphorus 30 provides much relief.
3. Thuja: The patient should take Thuja 30 if he suffers from these symptoms as excessive dryness in the head, whitening the head due to dandruff and white thick layers in the head in the form of dandruff.
4. Sepia: If the patient suffers from such symptoms as hair falling with dandruff on different areas of the head like ringworms, weakening the hair root because of which hairs break only by the touch with the hand and sensation of severe pain in the head if it is rubbed, etc., he should take Sepia 200. Its use provides a lot of relief.
5. Psorinum: The patient suffers from such symptoms as offensive dandruff in the head, dry hairs, appearing small purulent pimples in the head. Hairs are stuck together and look like a bunch as pus secrets from hair. The patient should take Psorinum 200 if he suffers from such symptoms. Dandruff reduces soon by taking this medicine.
6. Flouric acid: If the patient suffers from these symptoms as excessive dandruff in the head which falls on the clothes, hairs falling because of dandruff and sensitive skin of the head, etc., he should take Flouric acid 6. Its use proves very beneficial in such symptoms.
7. Mezereum: In such symptoms as appearing purulent big waste fibrous (chhichhras) in the head that affects badly to the skin of the head, excessive itching in the head, dandruff in the head and hairs falling, etc., the patient should take Mezereum 6-30 for getting relief.
8. Sulphur: Sulphur 30 provides relief to the patient if he suffers from these symptoms as dryness in the head, hairs falling and excessive itching in the head.
9. Natrum Muriaticum: If the patient suffers from these symptoms as dryness in the head, catarrh and becoming unable in differentiating the smell through nose, etc., the use of Natrum muriaticum proves very beneficial. Such symptoms appear alternatively.
10. Arsenic-
If a person has been suffering from dandruff in his head, taking Arsenic 3 at an interval of every 6-6 hours is beneficial.
Using Arsenic 3x or 30 is very effective in the condition of dandruff in any part of the body. If Arsenic makes no impression then Graphitis 6 or Lyco 12 or Sepia 30 or Radium brom can be used. Any drugs among these should be taken once in a week.