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====== General treatment of alopecia and graying of hair ====== | ====== General treatment of alopecia and graying of hair ====== | ||
In case of khalitya (alopecia), palitya (graying of the hair), vali (appearance of wrinkles over the face) and hari | In case of ''khalitya'' (alopecia), ''palitya'' (graying of the hair), ''vali'' (appearance of wrinkles over the face) and ''hari lomana'' (tawny hair), the patient should be managed after elimination/ detoxification therapies in the beginning and thereafter be given ''nasya'' (inhalation therapy) with medicated oil, and application of paste of drugs over the head and face. [262 1/2- 263½] | ||
#The following drugs and oils should be used to alleviate baldness and greying of hair: Drugs of ''vidarigandhadi'' group (''vidarigandha''—Pueraria tuberosa, ''shalaparni, prishnaparni, brihati'' – Solanum indicum, ''kantakari'' – Garcinia Morella and ''gokshura'' – Tribulus terrestris) or ''jeevaneeya'' group (vitalizer drugs) (''jeevaka'' – Malaxiz acuminata, ''rishabhaka'' – Manilkara hexandra, ''meda'' – Polygonatum cirrhifolium, ''maha-meda'' – Polygonatum verticillatum, ''kakoli'' – Fritillaria roylei, ''mudga'' – Green gram- ''parni'' and ''masha-parni'' – Teramnus labialis.) and Oil. | |||
The following | ##Medicated oil is prepared by cooking all above ingredients. Inhalation therapy with these medicated oils or with anu taila cures alopecia and graying of the hair. [263-264] | ||
Drugs of vidarigandhadi group ( | #One ''prastha'' (640 grams) of milk and juice of sahachara – Barleria prionitis, bhrngaraja – Eclipta alba, surasa –Cinnamonum zeylanica, one kudava of oil, one pala paste of yastimadhu – glychrizza glabra is cooked and kept inside a pot of stone or the horn of sheep. Appropriately administered by the physician for inhalation therapy, this medicated oil cures graying of hair. [264-265] | ||
Medicated oil is prepared by cooking all above ingredients. Inhalation therapy with these medicated oils or with anu taila cures alopecia and graying of the hair. [263-264] | |||
3. Dugdhika – Euphorbia hirta, karavira – Nerium indicumare made to a paste by triturating them with milk. After pulling out gray hairs, the physician should apply this paste over the head of the patient for curing graying of hair. [265-266] | 3. Dugdhika – Euphorbia hirta, karavira – Nerium indicumare made to a paste by triturating them with milk. After pulling out gray hairs, the physician should apply this paste over the head of the patient for curing graying of hair. [265-266] | ||
4. One kudava of oil is cooked by adding one prastha of the juice of markava (Bhringaraja – Eclipta alba) and milk. To this one pala of yashtimadhu – Glychriza glabra is added. Administration of this medicated oil for inhalation therapy cures graying of hair. [266 ½- 268½] | 4. One kudava of oil is cooked by adding one prastha of the juice of markava (Bhringaraja – Eclipta alba) and milk. To this one pala of yashtimadhu – Glychriza glabra is added. Administration of this medicated oil for inhalation therapy cures graying of hair. [266 ½- 268½] | ||