A beautiful head of hair
May 19, 2010 by Personal Alchemy
Filed under Ayurvedic Beauty, Doshas, Health, Massage, Natural Beauty
I don’t know about you, but every Indian woman I’ve ever seen has an incredibly beautiful head of hair. It’s always thick and full whether it’s gray or not.
Ayurvedic hair treatments can go a long way towards helping anyone achieve a nice head of hair. While us westerners do everything possible to get the oil OUT of our hair, those following the Ayurvedic lifestyle know the value of putting oil INTO the hair. (Hot oil treatments, anyone?)
Here’s what you do:
Once you know your dosha, purchase a dosha specific oil. Put it in a bowl, and place the bowl in warm to hot water until the oil is nice and warm. Then, slowly massage your scalp with it. This will encourage blood circulation in the scalp and conditions the hair at the same time.
Wet a towel with hot water (don’t burn yourself!), and wrap your head and hair completely. Wrap this with plastic wrap to keep the heat in longer. The longer you leave the oil in your hair, the better. Shampoo as you normally would.
Do this regularly, and you’ll see a difference quickly.
Enjoy!
Tiffany
Personal Alchemy
Originally posted 2008-04-23 15:21:38. Republished by Old Post Promoter
buttercup on Wed, 23rd Apr 2008 5:50 pm
Tiffany – Thanks so much for stopping by my blog! I love yours so far too! I think I’m a vatta and I’m quite interested in what you were saying about hair – I had something weird start in November, where I got a small bald spot in the center of the top of my head, and then I had dandruff for the first time in my life. So bizarre. Anyway, maybe ayurveda could help with that too…
buttercup on Wed, 23rd Apr 2008 6:11 pm
p.s. I just took your dosha quiz and it came out predominantly pitta (but a different one I took came out Vatta).
Personal Alchemy on Wed, 23rd Apr 2008 6:19 pm
Ayurveda is excellent for all types of ailments. You may want to see a practitioner to be sure of what’s going on with your hair. I have a list of practitioners on my web site at http://www.personalalchemy.com/practitioners.html.
As for the different tests, it is possible you have an imbalance with both doshas, vatta and pitta. Again, a practitioner would best be able to help you with that.
My guess, from what you’ve described there, is that you do have a Vata AND Pitta imbalance. Dryness/dandruff is usually Vata. However, balding of any kind is usually Pitta.
I hope that helps. Let me know what you find out!
Take care,
Tiffany