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How to Re-grow Your Hair

The three magical things are – onion, garlic, and ginger – the holy trinity.” The three spices are more than just spices to add flavour to your dishes. They are natural herbs with properties that help in treatment of different medical problems. Besides, the strong and stimulating property of ginger, onion and garlic, they also make excellent remedy for hair growth. These common household spice has been used since centuries in different Ayurvedic treatments for hair. They are loaded with all the essential vitamins and minerals that help in promoting hair growth naturally.

 How Garlic, Onion, and Ginger Help in Treating and Preventing Hair Problems:

For centuries, humans have been infusing onion, garlic and ginger in their hair treatments and remedies. Each of the ingredient have stimulating properties which facilitate healthy hair growth use for treating bald spots, hair fall, thinning of hair and alopecia too. What they do is to increase blood circulation in the scalp. When blood flows to the scalp, it stimulates and rejuvenates the hair follicles thus nourishing and encouraging hair growth.

Onion, garlic and ginger are all root veggies; therefore, they are loaded with loads of nutrients and fatty acids which boosts hair growth, nurtures and strengthens them from the root to the tip and give them a body. So, lather juices of these wonder foods if you have thin hair, alopecia problems or simply want to grow-back a bad haircut

All of them also have anti-bacterial properties, so they help in removing any toxin or fungal build up on hair roots thus promoting healthy hair.

Sulfur- “the beauty mineral” is found lavishly in the roots of these.  Sulfur is the third most abundant mineral found in our body and is present in every cell with high concentration in hair, skin and nail. Keratin, the key structural component of hair, skin and nails is loaded with sulfur containing amino acid cysteine which constitutes 14% of the hair; the smell you get when hair burns is because of this.

Onion, garlic and ginger also have anti-inflammatory properties that help to decrease inflammation, redness and swelling.  These also cure dry and itchy scalp.

How to Use:

• The most simple way is to just apply the juice of raw onion, garlic or ginger on your whole scalp or rub a little on the bald spot, leave it for minimum 20 minutes and then wash it off with a shampoo.  Make sure you use one of these juices and not mix all three of them.
• Garlic can be a little too strong to be applied directly on the scalp. So, take a few garlic cloves and crush them a bit, just slightly, and then heat the garlic cloves with your regular hair oil and apply this garlic-infused oil on your whole hair – from roots to tips. One additional tip here, when heating the garlic with the oil, you could add a handful of curry leaves to it to make the oil more nutritious.
• You can do the same with ginger too.
• One can also leave the juice on the hair for overnight and shampoo it off in the morning, but I would suggest applying the juice on the roots of your hair and leaving it for an hour maximum and then applying your hair oil and then leave it for the night.
• I also add any one of the juice to my hair masks. I like to mix a bit of onion or ginger juice to my egg and banana weekend mask.
• Ginger is also very useful for dandruff problems. So, mix 1 part of crushed ginger juice with 2 parts of your hair oil, no need of any heating, simply massage this mixture on your scalp with circular motion. Leave it for 30 minutes and then shampoo it off.

Additional Points:

• These three can be very strong on your scalp and cause irritation. A little bit of tingly sensation and warmth is okay, but if irritation is beyond your comfort zone, then please immediately wash it off.
• Always opt for raw roots. Natural sulfur is better for hair than any supplements.
• I would recommend not mixing the juices of these roots together. Use just one, any one of the three at one time. Like you can go for onion or ginger during weekdays and opt for garlic during the weekends.
• If you are allergic to onion, garlic or ginger, then please don’t try these remedies. Consult a doctor before starting the treatments.
• These three can lighten your hair color so when leaving it for longer time or overnight, I would recommend mixing the juice with hair oil or applying some oil before going to bed.
• The smell can be a little too strong, especially that of garlic. For that, you can follow the remedies as they are and after shampooing off the juice you can use vinegar or lemon juice mixed with water as the final wash.
• Do not rub the crushed roots forcefully or too hard on your scalp, as it will do more harm than good.
• It takes 3-4 months for the results to show, so be patient.

Out of these three wonder roots, garlic is more potent, but has a strong smell therefore many prefer onions and then ginger for hair remedies. All three of them are equally good and are loaded with good nutrients that are very beneficial for hair growth, treating hair loss, thinning of hair and thereby help cure alopecia, but these are all home remedies, hence if you are having crazy hair fall or you see a bald spot on your hair, no matter how small it is, please consult a doctor as soon as possible, don’t live in denial.  Alopecia is curable, I have overcome it, fight it!

 Other Ways of Treatment for Hair Growth Using Ginger

1. Ginger roots can give you shiny and strong mane. Take a fresh ginger root and peel the outer covering. Extract fresh juice by squeezing the roots. Take 1 tablespoon of this juice and to this add olive oil or jojoba oil in the same quantity. Gently rub this mixture on your scalp whilst massaging in circular motions. Leave it on for 15-30 minutes. However, do not let this mixture dry and keep for longer hours. Wash off your hair using a mild shampoo. This ginger treatment can be done 1-2 times every week to get better results.

2. Take few fresh ginger pieces and peel off the outer skin. Blend this with required amount of water to give it a smooth texture. Pour this pureed mixture over a thin muslin cloth placed on top of a bowl. Gather the edges of the cloth together and twist tightly to squeeze maximum juice into the bowl. Apply this juice on your scalp and let it stay for 5-10 minutes. Rinse off using a shampoo.

3. Grate few pieces of fresh ginger. To this add 3 tablespoon of sesame oil and 2-3 drops of fresh lemon juice. Apply this on your scalp and massage gently. Leave it on for about half an hour. Wash off thoroughly. Any leftover mixture in this treatment can be refrigerated and re-used.

Using ginger can cause irritation to the scalp. This strong tingling sensation is unpleasurable if you have sensitive scalps. However, you can still benefit these ginger treatments by making slight modifications. All you need to do is reduce the quantity of ginger used and the time for treatment according to your suitability.

Ginger juice can also be consumed regularly to get long locks naturally. These are some excellent properties and benefits of ginger that make it a superb ingredient for hair growth remedies. Using ginger is the easiest, practical, effective and inexpensive way to treat hair related problems. What’s more the use of ginger for hair growth is also prescribed by Ayurvedic and Homeopathic doctors.

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