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Home Remedies For Itchy Scalp Tips

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Ayurvedic Doctor•Gwalior
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Darunak or commonly known as dandruff, is a disorder that affects the scalp. Dandruff causes white, dry flakes of dead skin cells to shed from the scalp. Although dandruff rarely causes baldness and hair loss, the itchiness of this condition may most certainly be a cause of concern. If white flakes persist for a long time, the person may experience symptoms of seborrhea, psoriasis, or eczema. According to Ayurveda, Darunak is a Vatakapha predominant tridoshaj disease. According to Acharya Sushr...more
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Sexologist•Mumbai
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VAGINAL DRYNESS
Vaginal dryness is way worse than it sounds. People usually believe that it only affects the patient's sex life, but it goes beyond that to completely ruin the person's quality of life.

It leads to pain while sitting, peeing, exercising and last but not the least, while having sex.

The vaginal lining of a normal woman remains lubricated with fluid that maintains the thickness and elasticity of it. A woman suffers from vaginal dryness when the tissues in the...more
Last Updated: 6 years ago• Featured Tip
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Dermatologist•Delhi
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For must of us managing frizzy hair is a nightmare, but with these simple home remedies you can maintain them with great ease (learn more To Maintain Good Hair Health).

Hot Oil Massage: While relieving you of stress, it nourishes your hair and incites hair regeneration. Mix more than two kinds of oil and warm the mixture over indirect heat. Hot oil should be massaged gently into your scalp. Hot oil is easily absorbed into the pores of the scalp thus giving you strong and moisturized hai...more
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Ayurveda•Faridabad
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Home remedies

Anything that is easily available in or around your home, and has a medicinal use, may be used as a home remedy. Most ayurvedic home remedies are a blend of commonly used herbs and spices to cure common symptoms or prevent any ailment.

Substances such as clove, cinnamon, black pepper, cumin, fennel, rock salt, turmeric, coriander, ginger, honey, licorice, garlic, onion, basil and mint are generally regarded as effective home remedies. Ayurveda also prescribes...more
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Ayurvedic Doctor•Delhi
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Psoriasis is an inflammatory skin disorder. Although it is non-contagious, the disease is quite complex. Erythematous plaques with silvery scales appear on skin layers, which basically characterise the disease. This excessive increase of cell division in the basal layer of the skin, results in increased proliferation on skin layers.

Symptoms

The symptoms of psoriasis vary from person to person. Some of the common symptoms of psoriasis are the following:

Raised, red pat...more
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Ayurvedic Doctor•Nashik
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All Ayurvedic treatments have their roots in hundreds of years of research and thus are extensive. The philosophy followed by these treatments is that every human being in governed by three doshas of forces - vata (air), pitta (fire) and kapha (earth). Depending on the force that is in highest proportion in an individual, all his psychological and physical attributes are determined. Hair loss is attributed to the pitta dosha which is concentrates on metabolism and digestion. The various methods ...more
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Dermatologist•Mumbai
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Irritation on your scalp can be an embarrassing and frustrating problem, especially when you get the continuous urge to scratch your head. There can be lots of causes for an itchy scalp and it is important to identify the cause and treat it accordingly. Some of them include:

Seborrheic dermatitis or dandruff

The symptoms of this condition include redness, irritation and skin flakes. Seborrheic dermatitis can occur in any part of the body due to excessive growth of a fungus call...more
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Trichologist•Pune
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Confidence and a better sense of self image can be born with a number of measures to prevent and repair the various factors that make one feel less than confident. Our face and hair are one of the major areas that make us feel confident and balding is a big cause that can leave people feeling shy of facing the world. A hair transplant procedure may seem like a simple one, but it comes with many implications as far as maintenance in the long run goes. Besides certain side effects, one will also h...more
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Dermatologist•Delhi
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Irritation on your scalp can be an embarrassing and frustrating problem, especially when you get the continuous urge to scratch your head. There can be lots of causes for an itchy scalp and it is important to identify the cause and treat it accordingly. Some of them include:

-Seborrheic dermatitis or dandruff

The symptoms of this condition include redness, irritation and skin flakes. Seborrheic dermatitis can occur in any part of the body due to excessive growth of a fungus cal...more
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Dermatologist•Patna
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Itching is also known as pruritus. It is a condition which causes irritating sensation and is usually uncontrollable that makes us scratch it to have some relief from it.

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Itchy breast is quite common and usually occurs due to increase in the size of the breast which directly relates to weight gain. It can also be due to some allergies, skin infection or dry skin. Most commonly this itching will resolve on its own or by some home remedies and doesn't require any prescription...more
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