6 Homeopathic Remedies For Hair Fall!

Hairfall is a condition, which is also known as Alopecia and is known to include the aspect of thinning of hair as well. Genetics and hormones play a vital role in hairfall in both women and men. Few other factors are also responsible for hairfall. The hair growth consists of 3 phases.

1. The anagen phase-active phase in hair growth. This phase lasts for 2-7 yrs.
2. The second phase - catagen phase. This phase immediately follows the anagen phase. It lasts for around 10- 14 days and the hair stops getting blood supply and this leads the hair to become dead.
3. The last phase is telogen phase. It is a resting phase.

The entire cycle is repeated after the last stage and it continues. Every single hair undergoes this process.

Causes/ factors to hair loss

1. Genetic factors
2. Skin diseases such as fungal infection, seborrhea (dandruff), tinea capitis ,eczema of scalp and lichen planus etc.
3. Nutritional deficiencies like iron (leading to anemia) and protein
4. Hormonal changes after childbirth, during menopause
5. Drug in treating high blood pressure, cancer, joint pains or depression. Hair loss due to chemotherapy in a cancer patient is called as Anagen effluvium
6. General diseases like Tuberculosis, diabetes mellitus, AIDS, Hypothyroidism
7. Auto-immune hair loss
8. Hairstyles and frequent usage of hair straighteners and hair colors
9. Recovery from erysipelas and typhoid leads to diffuse hair loss
10. Physical trauma or injury to head
11. Emotional trauma - loss of a family member / close friend
12. Trichotillomania, -a mental disorder of the affected person voluntarily pulls out his / her scalp hair

Homeopathy remedies
The treatment for the disease could be based on the cause of the disease. Understanding the cause and treating it accordingly will increase the effectiveness of the medicine.

1. Psorinum is the medicine useful to treat the hair fall that is caused due to skin diseases in scalp.
2. Mezereum is also another medicine that is good in treating hair fall due to dandruff and other skin disease.
3. Mercurius Solubilis is another homeopathic medicine that plays a wonderful role in treating the hair loss due to eruptions on scalp.
4. Kali sulphuricum and Thuja occidentalis are best medicines to treat hair fall due to dandruff exclusively.
5. Pulsatilla pratensis, Natrum muriaticum, Pulsatilla pratensis and Sepia officinalis are medicines used to control hair fall in women after childbirth.
6. Cinchona officinalis , Calcarea phosphorica and Borax are medicines that helps in treating hair fall problem for anemic patients.

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