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Ayurvedic treatment considers the hair as a byproduct for bone formation. The tissues which are responsible for formation of bones are also responsible for your hair growth.

Ayurvedic practitioners believe that early loss of hair is very much associated to the body type and also the stability of your mind-body structure.

Individuals who have straight and fine hair and tends towards blonde or red; their hair typically turns into gray sooner. They lose their hair early in the life or they will have prematurely thin or gray hair.

Ayurvedic treatment for hair loss is usually a combination of herbs, diet, meditation, yoga, breathing, aromatherapy, and oil massage. In order to preserve the health of your hair, you need to drink 1/3rd cup of aloe vera juice. Instead of this, you can also take 1 tbsp of aloe vera gel with a pinch of cumin thrice a day for 2-3 months.

Ayurvedic treatment for hair loss – Massaging

Massage greatly improves the blood circulation, thus increasing the health of the hair and also scalp. Daily massaging the scalp for 5-10 minutes greatly stimulates the circulation. This is very essential for healthy growth of your hair.

Skin is one of your sense organs, which protect your internal organs from external agents.

Skin feels sense of pain, temperature, pressure and touch. Skin protects your body, so you have to take care of your skin.

Ayurvedic skin care is the one of the skin care treatments which protects your skin.

If the skin is neglected, it suffers from early aging, becomes dull and blemished.

Regular consumption of honey, yogurt and milk are good nourishment for skin and hence prevents skin from early aging. For following the holistic approach of Ayurvedic skin care, you have to know the type of your skin.

How do you know that your skin is perfect?

• Your skin is perfect when it is oily, thin, smooth, soft and lustrous.
• If your skin has scanty, thin, soft, black, oily and deep rooted hair then your skin is perfect.
• If you have smooth and black eyelashes and eye-brows
• You will have well differentiated pupils, cornea, sclera and eyes.
• You will have oily and unctuous lips, palate, tongue and mouth.
• Your wounds will heal quickly and you will not suffer from skin diseases.

Ayurvedic massage provides relaxation, blood circulation and elimination of toxins.

Ayurvedic massage helps to rejuvenate (restore) energy. Ayurvedic oils are important for ayurvedic massage.

Ayurvedic massage oils are dhanvataram tailam, ksheerabal tailam, and maha narayana tailam.

Auromere and Esutras massage oils are used for ayurvedic massage.

Massage is like a passive exercise. Ayurvedic massage is important for the people who are weak and unable to do exercise.

Massage oil is selected according to season. Mustard oil and olive should be chosen in winter and you should not use in summer. Coconut oil and sun flower oil should be used in hot climate.

Individual massage oils such as babuna oil is used for giving relief over muscular pains. Coriander oil removes excess heat from your body.

Method of Ayurvedic massage:

If you are doing massage for your partner, you can start either from feet or head. First you apply the oil where you have to do massage. Then massage that part with palms till the oil is absorbed by the body.

Your massage motion should be uniform and you must employ only upward strokes. Ayurvedic massage is applied only to the muscles but not bones.

Ayurveda is the oldest medicine system of health care in the world that has been first established in India.

Ayurveda is the best standard of living and covers all aspects of health from nutrition and surgery.

The tradition of ayurveda has been established 5000 years ago. Ayurveda is mainly based on scientific principles of diagnosis and treatment. It greatly differs from conventional medicine.

Prevention is the main aim of ayurveda. Because of ayurveda, the old ancient’s texts tell that a human being should be able to live up to 100 years and that all of these years should be lived in good health, both physically and mentally.

Ayurveda does not accept the concept of getting old equals a failing health and a poor quality of life.

There is an emphasis which tries to achieve a positive and equal balance between mind and body. All the ayurvedic practitioners will often struggle to find health issues which are in their early stages.

Ayurveda helps to deal with those diseases before they get more serious. As a whole, ayurveda seeks to take a preventative position when it comes to diseases, both physical and mental.

Ayurveda means “the science of life”.

Ayurvedic medicine was first developed in Indian subcontinent.

It is a branch of holistic medicine.

Ayurvedic medicine equally emphasizes your body, mind and spirit.

Like other holistic medicines, ayurvedic medicine is based on the concept of balance and harmony in the function of the body.

The treatment methods are used in meditation, herbs, breathing therapies, nutritional intervention, massage, exercise, and sunlight.

Ayurvedic medicine is widely used in western countries and is more than just a system for curing illness. It is regarded as a system for maintaining health. It focuses on your holistic health rather than physical body.

Like many other holistic medicines, the focus of ayurvedic medicine is on maintaining balance. In the case of ayurvedic medicine, it maintains balance between the essences of fire, air, water, spirit, and earth.

There are eight different branches of ayurvedic medicine. Ayurvedic physician must undergo training on these eight branches. They are:

1. Internal medicine
2. General surgery and anatomy
3. Eye, ear, nose, and throat diseases
4. Toxicology
5. Fertility and virility
6. Psychiatry
7. Rejuvenation and nutrition
8. Pediatrics

Ayurveda medicine was discovered in India.

Ayurveda medicine is one of the ancient medicines, which is divided into 8 separate branches. They are:

• Baala - The study of the ayurveda medicine needed in order to heal children
• Danstra - The study of toxicology stemming originally from the poison extracted from the bug bites
• Graha - The study of mental illness and demon possession
• Kaya chikista - It is medicine for internal organs and workings of the body
• Prasuti - The study of pregnancy and gynecology
• Rasayana - The study of what we now know as Alzheimer’s and other diseases of the age advanced
• Salya - The study of all the surgeries including plastic surgery
• Urdhvanga - It is the study of the ears, nose, and throat as well as dentistry

According to the beliefs there are three elements in/of the body which cause diseases. These are vata, pitta, and kapha.

Vata: All of us are made up of space and air, with some light, water, and earth thrown in. vata helps to transmit perceptions to the mind and body and maintains the body’s natural balance. The energy which is used to transmit the outside world to our inner selves when become imbalanced then diseases sets in.