TOTAL NUMBER OF MEDICINAL PLANT RECORDS FOR DANDRUFF IN MPDB : 3
AQUATIC : 0 BAMBOO : 0 CLIMBERS : 1 GRASSES : 0 HERBS : 0 ORCHIDS : 0 SHRUBS : 0 TREES : 2
| Sr. No. |
Medicinal Plant's Name |
Plant's Family |
Plant category |
Medicinal Uses |
| 1 |
Acacia concinna (Willd.) DC. |
MIMOSOIDEAE |
Climbers |
Shikakai is a commonly used herb that has many remedial qualities. It is popularly referred as "fruit for the hair" as it has a naturally mild pH, that gently cleans the hair without stripping it of natural oils. Shikakai is used to control dandruff, promoting hair growth and strengthening hair roots. Its leaves are used in malarial fever, decoction of the pods are used to relieve biliousness and acts as a purgative. An ointment, prepared from the ground pods, is good for skin diseases. |
| 2 |
Mesua ferrea L. |
CALOPHYLLACEAE |
Tree |
A mixture of pounded kernels and seed oil is used for poulticing wounds. The seed-oil is used for treating itch, scabies and other skin eruptions, dandruff and rheumatism. The fruit is alterative and stimulant. A paste of the fruit is applied to boils. The flowers are astringent and stomachic. A paste made from the flowers is used in the treatment of amoebic dysentery. A decoction of the flowers is drunk by women after childbirth. It is used as a haemostatic, antidysenteric and antiDiarrheal. The leaves are applied to the head in the form of a poultice for severe colds. Oil from the seeds is used for sores, scabies, wounds, and rheumatism. The root of this herb is often used as an anti-dote for snake poison. The dried flowers are used for bleeding hemorrhoids and dysentery with mucus. Fresh flowers are also prescribed for excessive thirst, excessive perspiration, cough, and for indigestion. |
| 3 |
Terminalia tomentosa Wight & Arn. |
COMBRETACEAE |
Tree |
The bark is astringent. It is used in the treatment of Diarrhea. The juice of the bark is applied externally to cuts and wounds. It can also be boiled then rubbed onto the head to remove dandruff. A paste of the gum is applied externally to burns and is also used to treat swellings caused by inflammation. |
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