| Greying of Hairs | | | | massaged into the scalp. It will help |
| Greying is linked to pigment cells | | | | enrich the hair roots & restore pigment |
| called melanocytes, Science reports. | | | | to the hair. |
| Hair loses its colour and turns silver | | | | Soak about 10 to 12 rithas and 3 to 4 |
| when cells that spawn melanocytes die | | | | shikakai pods overnight in a pint of |
| off, the team from Boston's Dana-Farber | | | | water. Next day, boil for a few minutes |
| Cancer Institute told the journal. | | | | and strain. Use this liquid as a normal |
| Melanocytes also go awry and multiply | | | | shampoo. Separately soak 10 to 12 dried |
| uncontrollably in deadly skin cancers so | | | | amlas in half a cup of water overnight. |
| the team hopes the findings could lead | | | | Strain and use as a hair conditioner |
| to a way to stop tumour growth. | | | | after your head bath. Leave it on the |
| When black chromatophore is present in | | | | hair for ten minutes and rinse your hair |
| sufficient amounts, the hair is black. | | | | with clean warm water. This will leave |
| When black chromatophore is reduced over | | | | your hair smooth and shiny and also stop |
| time through the aging process, the hair | | | | premature greying of your hair. |
| becomes grey. Further, if our hair | | | | Minerals like zinc, iron & copper |
| cannot get enough nutrition from the | | | | promote healthy hair. Food sources: zinc |
| blood from poor diet, stress etc., this | | | | - red meat, chicken & green vegetables; |
| will also cause graying of the hair. | | | | iron - beef, dried apricots, red meat, |
| Treatment | | | | parsley, eggs, wheat & sunflower seeds; |
| Dyeing is one of the most common ways of | | | | copper - seafood, egg yolk & whole |
| treating grey hair. Chemical dyes sold | | | | grains. |
| in the markets aid in coloring your | | | | The use of Indian gooseberry is the |
| hair. Though it is the most opted way, | | | | foremost among the home remedies found |
| some people do not prefer it due to the | | | | beneficial in the prevention and |
| reaction of its chemical properties on | | | | treatment of premature greying of hair. |
| the hair and scalp. | | | | This is a valuable hair tonic for |
| Avoid foods loaded with artificial | | | | enriching hair growth and hair |
| colors and preservatives, as these put a | | | | pigmentation. The fruit, cut into |
| strain on your digestive system and can | | | | pieces, should be dried, preferably in |
| lead to dry brittle hair and a | | | | shade. These pieces should be boiled in |
| dehydrated scalp. Too many | | | | coconut oil till the solid matter |
| carbohydrates, such a pasta and bread, | | | | becomes like charred dust. This darkish |
| can diminish levels of antioxidants in | | | | oil is very useful against premature |
| your body that are needed to neutralize | | | | greying. The water in which dried amla |
| free radicals. | | | | pieces have been soaked overnight is |
| Ribbed gourd or torai, boiled in coconut | | | | also nourishing for the hair. This water |
| oil is another effective remedy to | | | | should be used for the last rinse while |
| prevent premature graying of hair. | | | | washing the hair. Massaging the scalp |
| Pieces of these vegetables should be | | | | every night with a teaspoonful of amla |
| dried in the shade. These dried pieces | | | | juice, mixed with a teaspoon of almond |
| should be soaked in coconut oil & kept | | | | oil and a few drops of lime juice, also |
| aside for 3-4 days. The oil should be | | | | proves beneficial in the prevention and |
| boiled till the solid is reduced to the | | | | treatment of premature greying of hair. |
| blackened residue. This oil should be | | | | |