dandruff

Healing Wonders of Herbs

Guide to the Effective Use of Medicinal Plants

By Herminia de Guzman-Ladion,
R.N., A.R.P.T., P.T.R.P.

dandruff 

      Dandruff are scales of greasy keratotic material shed from the scalp.

Water Treatments

    1. Wash hair 2 times a week using gugo shampoo or
        commercial shampoo for dry hair.
    2. Comb and massage head very well after every shampoo.
    3. Apply fresh coconut oil to the head and hair once a week,
        one hour before shampoo. Massage the oil on the scalp.
        Leave oil for 10 minutes. Better yet, leave it on 

        overnight before shampoo.
    4. As hair conditioner, put 1/2 cup vinegar into one gallon water
        and use this to rinse hair after the shampoo.

Herbal Medications

    1. Kilaw leaves
        * Pound the rhizomes.
        - Rub or massage the juice on the scalp and hair.
          Leave it on overnight and shampoo the next morning.

    2. Gugo bark shampoo
        * Soak the gugo bark in a basin of cold water for 30 minutes
          before the shampoo. Squeeze the juice in the water and
          put the juice of 3 calamansi.
        - Wet hair very well and use this as shampoo.
          Rinse well. Use vinegar as conditioner if the water is hard.

    3. Sabila leaves
        * Extract juice from fresh leaves.
        - Apply juice liberally and massage scalp 1 hour before the gugo
          bark shampoo. Do this once a week for 4 weeks.