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Vol 4, Issue 5, 2016 ISSN - 2321-4406
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Received: 26 August 2016, Revised and Accepted: 30 August 2016
Herbal cosmetics have growing demand on the earth market and are a precious gift of nature. Herbal formulations continuously have attracted
gigantic concentration on the grounds that of their good endeavor and comparatively lesser or nil side effect with synthetic medications. Herbs and
spices have been used in retaining and embellishing human magnificence because time immemorial. Hair loss problem is of great significance to both
men and women. The essential issues associated with hair loss are hair fading, dandruff, and falling of hair. Alopecia is the medical term for hair loss
or baldness. It is an embarrassing condition for any person as he/she looks extra aged than ordinary. Many forms of medication are available to treat
alopecia in special procedure of medication such as Allopathic, Homeopathic, and Ayurveda or can also be surgical like hair transplantation; however,
none of them is wholly ample. This hindrance could be solved by the use of natural medicines obtained from herbs. Various herbs are being used
to preclude the hair loss and remorse of hairs including Aloe vera, brahmi, nagarmotha, amla, bhringraj, and lots of different herbs. Being average
medicines, there are various advantages of making use of them like patient compliance, less side results, convenient availability, inexpensive and
multiple mode of applications to treat alopecia, and other hair diseases.
Herbal medicine, Herbal cosmetics, Natural herbs, Hair growth activity, Hair cycle, Brahmi, Nagarmotha, Amla, Bhringraj, Alopecia,
Alopecia areata, Allopathic, Homeopathic, Ayurveda, Beauty, Hair loss, Hair fading, Dandruff, Falling of hair, Herbal formulations.
Hair is among the valuable parts of the physique derived from ectoderm
of the skin and is a protective appendage on the physique. Humans
have hairs that serve principle position of their lives. From the historic
times, hairs had been a magnificence symbols for both men and women.
On a daily basis, the hair falls out of the head, specifically throughout
washing and brushing. 70-100 hairs loss a day is a very common;
however, dropping over 100 hairs a day lasting longer than a couple
of weeks indicates a serious problem. When more hair falls out than
grows, hairstyle becomes thinner; if that procedure persists, even
baldness may occur [1]. Alopecia is the scientific term for hair loss or
baldness. Alopecia will also be of everlasting or transitority kind; it
might probably cover quite a lot of variety and areas of haired head
epidermis of various shapes. It happens from numerous explanations,
and the special identification is not often feasible. Alopecia by and large
begins with one or more small, circular, delicate bald patches on the
scalp and can growth to whole scalp hair loss or whole physique hair
loss [2]. Male is more susceptible than female in the case of alopecia.
It usually is due to the presence of an excessive quantity of androgenic
hormone, testosterone, in male. Average merchandise within the form
of herbal formulations are available in the market and are used as hair
tonic, hair growth promoters, hair conditioner, hair-cleansing agent,
antidandruff agent as well as for the treatment of alopecia and lice
illness [3].
Ayurveda has described hair diseases in three words [4]:
universalis
Hairs can be defined as – “Modified epithelial structure formed as a
result of keratinization of germinative cells.” Hairs are the outgrowths
from the follicles present on the skin. These follicles are situated on the
dermis, the second layer of the skin and extended up to the epidermis
that is the outermost layer of the skin. Through these follicles grows
out hair. Hair is composed of keratin with chemical constituents such
as carbon (C), hydrogen (H), nitrogen (N), sulfur (S), and oxygen (O).
Hair growth varies from person to person but on an average hair grows
about 5-10 mm/month. Maximum growth of hairs takes place at the age
of about 15-30 years. It is also seen that hair growth is more in summers
as compared to winters [3]. There are about 1,000,000-2,000,000 hair
follicles on the scalp alone. Additional hair follicles are found all over
the body; hair is present in every area of the skin except the palms,
soles, and lips. The presence of hair in odd place make a negative effect,
whereas hairs on the head are a part of overall attraction and beauty of
human being. From an evolutionary point of view, hair on humans is fur
on our mammal cousins. Both coverings emerged to provide warmth.
Scalp (skin on head) consists of seven components. These are papilla
of hairs, hair shaft, mouth of follicle, stratum granulosum, sebaceous
gland, and oil duct (Figs. 1-3) [5].
Morphologically there are three types of hairs [6]:
between these of terminal and vellus hair. Intermediate hairs are
medullated and incorporate reasonable quantity of pigment
90% of the hairs on the chest, trunk, shoulders, legs, and arms of men
are terminal hairs, whereas only 4500 of hair in the same region on
women are terminal
un-medullated.
The hair growth undergoes a repetitive cycle where the anagen phase
followed by the catagen and the telogen phase [7]. In the anagen
phase, the hair is actively growing while in the catagen phase it is
characterized by the degeneration and resorption of the lower region
of the hair follicle. The resting phase, where the hair is inactive, is called
telogen phase after this phase the growth of the hair follicle restarts
(Figs. 4 and 5).
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In the scalp, a hair growth cycle has three main phases: Anagen,
catagen, and telogen. The anagen phase is the growth cycle typically
lasts 3-5 years. On a healthy scalp, there are approximately 1,000,000
hair and 90% of the follicles are continually in the anagen phase of hair
growth. The catagen stage follows the end of the growth period when
a follicle begins to become dormant. The telogen stage is a dormant or
resting period that lasts 3-4 months. When the dormant phase ends, an
old hair falls out. A hair follicle then returns to the anagen stage, and a
new hair begins to grow. An average rate of hair growth is about half an
inch per month depending on hair follicles and age of an individual. On
average, 50-60 scalp hairs are lost daily in a normal hair growth cycle
and new hairs begin to grow from these follicles. Hair loss begins when
less new hair begins the re-growth stage [8].
There are several factors for the hair loss; some of the main factors are
given below:
Basically, hair loss symptoms are:
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autoimmune disease that results in the loss of hair on the scalp and
elsewhere. It usually starts with one or more small, round, non-
scarring smooth patches
eyebrows and eyelashes
for cancer patients but it affects normal cells and hair follicles too.
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1. Acacia concinna Mimosaceae Shikakai
2. Achillea millefolium Asteraceae Yarrow
3. Achyranthes aspera Amaranthaceae Apamarg
4. Adiantum capillus Adiantaceae Hair fern
5. Albizia amara Fabaceae Silk plant
6. Allium cepa Onion
7. Aloe vera Medicinal aloe
8. Amaranthus spinosus Amaranthaceae Bathua
9. Arctium lappa Asteraceae Burdock
10. Aristolochia bracteol Aristolochiaceae Birthworts
11. Arnica montana Asteraceae Arnica
12. Artemisia abrotanum Asteraceae Southernwood
13. Avena sativa Wild oats
14. Azadirachta indica Meliaceae Neem
15. Bacopa monnieri Scrophulariaceae Brahmi
16. Brassica spp.Brassicaceae Mustard
17. Berberis vulgaris Berberidaceae Barberry
18. Betula pendula Betulaceae Birch
19. Cajanus cajan Fabaceae
20. Calendula officinalis Asteraceae
21. Capsicum annum Solanaceae
22. Cardiospermum halicacabum Sapindaceae Ballon plant
23. Cassia alata Fabaceae Dadmari
24. Cedrus atlantica Cedar wood
25. Centella asiatica Umbelliferae
26. Chelidonium majus Celandine
27. Cinnamomum camphora Camphor
28. Cinnamomum zeylanicum Cinnamon
29. Citrus aurantifolia
30. Citrus limon
31. Coccus nucifera Arecaceae Nariyal
32. Cyclea peltata Menispermaceae
33. Cyperus rotundus Cyperaceae Nagarmotha
34. Datura innoxia Solanaceae Datura
35. Daucus carota Apiaceae Carot
36. Eclipta prostrata Asteraceae False daisy
37. Emblica officinalis Euphorbiaceae Amla
38. Eucalyptus sp. Myrtaceae Eucalyptus
39. Ficus racemosa Moraceae Bargad
40. Gardenia gummifera
41. Gmelina asiatica Verbenaceae Asian bushbeech
42. Geranium sibiricum Siberian geranium
43. Glycine max Fabaceae Soybean
44. Glycyrrhiza glabra Fabaceae
45. Hamamelis virginiana Hamamelidaceae Witch haze
46. Hibiscus rosa sinensis Malvaceae China rose
47. Hibiscus rosa sinensis Malvaceae
48. Hydrocotyle asiatica Apiaceae
49. Juglans nigra Juglandaceae Black walnut
50. Juglans regia Juglandaceae Walnut
51. Juglans regia Juglandaceae Akhrot
52. Juniperus communis Cupressaceae Juniper berry
53. Lactuca sativa Asteraceae
54. Larrea divaricata Zygophyllaceae Creosote bush
55. Lavandula angustifolia
56. Lawsonia inermis Henna
57. Medicago sativa Fabaceae Alfalfa
58. Melaleuca alternifolia Myrtaceae Tea tree
59. Melissa officinalis
60. Mentha piperita
61. Mussaenda frondosa Bebina
62. Nardostachys jatamansi Valerianaceae Jatamansi
63. Nigella sativa Black cumin
64. Nyctanthes arbor‑tristis Oleaceae Harsinghar
65. Ocimum sanctum Tulsi
66. Olea europaea Oleaceae Indian olive
67. Panax ginseng Araliaceae
68. Pelvetia canaliculata Fucaceae Channelled wrack
69. Persea americana Avocado
70. Phaseolus vulgaris Fabaceae Bean flower
(Contd...)
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creating a patch
treatments such as hair colors, dye, straightening, softening,
rebounding, and perming, which contains harsh chemicals can trigger
hair loss for some individuals
alopecia areata but never converts into alopecia totalis or universalis
band like hair loss. It occurs mostly in the temporal or the occipital
medicines have a delayed action on these areas
follicles, affected area known as scarring alopecia
dieting high-grade fever, anemia, blood loss, hormonal imbalance and
pregnancy, etc., can cause TE type of hair loss telogen word is known
traction at the root of hairs, and can develop traction alopecia
progressive phase and some of them converts into alopecia totalis
or alopecia universalis
This type of hair loss is known as compulsive pulling
or repetitive selfpulling by a patient himself or herself.
embarrassing disorder, which affects 5% of the global population.
Dandruff mostly occurs after puberty (between ages of 20 and
30 years), and affects males more than females [9].
Dandruff is characterized by scaling of the scalp, and is frequently
associated with seborrhea [10], and seborrhea is the precursor of
seborrheic dermatitis [11]. The yeast, pityrosporum ovale is the
dermal lipids and proteins and facilitates lipase activity, which releases
pro-inflammatory free fatty acids causing dermal inflammation
and tissue damage. The lipase activity indicates that in addition to
hypersensitivity, pityrosporum ovale releases toxic chemicals, which
contribute to the development of a fungal infection [12]. According to
the symptoms, dandruff is classified into two types – Dry (common)
and oily dandruff.
A lot of Allopathic, Ayruvedic, and Homeopathic products are available
in the market some of them are formulated from the natural herbs
extract as their basic ingredients. They come as hair tonics, hair
promoting pills, hair oils, hair lotions and as a product for external
or topical application to stop hair fall and promote new hair growth.
There are millions of natural products which promote hair growth.
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71. Phyllanthus amarus Euphorbiaceae Nirurai
72. Pilocarpus jaborandi Jaborandi
73. Plantago major
74. Polygonum multiflorum Fo-Ti, He Shou Wu
75. Prunus amygdalus Badam
76. Punica granatum
77. Pygeum africanum
78. Pyrus malus Apple cedar vinegar
79. Quillaja saponaria Quillajaceae Soap bark
80. Ricinus communis Euphorbiaceae Castor oil plant
81. Rosemarinu sofficinalis
82. Salvia officinalis Sage
83. Santalum album Santalaceae Sandalwood
84. Sapindus indica Sapindaceae Soapnut
85. Sapindus mukorossi Sapindaceae
86. Saponaria officinalis Caryophyllaceae Soapwort
87. Sesamum indicum Sesame
88. Sisymbrium irio Brassicaceae Asalio
89. Solanum chrysotrichum Solanaceae Devil’s fig
90. Symphytum officinale Boraginaceae Comfrey
91. Terminalia bellerica Combretaceae Vibhitaka
92. Terminalia chebula Combretaceae Haritaki
93. Thymus vulgaris Thyme
94. Tridax procumbens Asteraceae Bhringraj
95. Trigonella foneum‑graecum Fabaceae Fenugreek
96. Urtica dioica Urticaceae Stinging nettle
97. Vetiveria zizanioides Ushir
98. Vigna mungo Fabaceae Black gram
99. Wrightia tinctoria Apocynaceae Indrajev
100. Zanthoxylum rhetsa. Indian ivy rue, cape yellowwood
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Many essential oils as well as herbs not only help stop falling hair but
also they actually promote hair growth. Since ages, herbs and natural
products are being used to treat hair loss or other hair related problems
worldwide (Table 1) [13-35].
Natural products are of greatest popularity because they are purely
made up of herbs and shrubs. Today’s generation both men and
women suffers common hair problems as there may be more polluted
atmosphere which results in hair disorders comparable to pigmentation
problems (fading), dandruff and falling of hair (shedding). The use
of bioactive materials from the natural system stimulates the biology
of dermis and hair for usual growth that presents healthful hair and
epidermis. Mainly natural system provides much nutrition, antioxidants,
various oils, proteins, terpenoids, and many most important oils. Hair
loss sufferers spend billion of dollar yearly on treatments ranging
from medicinal drugs, nutrients to designated tonics and shampoos.
Minoxidil and finasteride are the only two drugs authorized by the FDA
for hair progress in men. Minoxidil is the only drug on hand for women
with androgenetic alopecia.
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