Hair/Scalp Problems
Foods to Eat More Of:
Foods to Avoid or Minimize:
Essential Oils:
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Natural/Herbal:
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Supplements & Homeopathic:
Recipes - Food Medicine:
*Note: Not all recipes are nutritionally perfect, but the options below are a great way to start incorporating beneficial foods into your diet in delicious ways. Always try to buy organic, and feel free to make substitutions to accommodate gluten-free, vegan, etc diets. Recipes naturally Vegan and Gluten-Free are marked as such (V=Vegan; GF=Gluten-Free).
Smoothies/Beverages:
Sides & Salads:
- Fruits: Bananas, prunes, watermelon
- Vegetables: Arugula, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, collard greens, corn, green/yellow peppers, kale, onions, spinach, watercress, yellow squash
- Low-fat dairy products, whole grain products, brown rice
- Nuts, seeds (especially flax and sunflower) and beans
- Garlic & sea herbs
- Lean meat, poultry, fish, eggs, soy products
Foods to Avoid or Minimize:
- Raw eggs
Essential Oils:
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- Baldness: Cedarwood, rosemary, sage (on location, bottom of feet).
- Dandruff: Cedarwood, lavender, rosemary, sage, tea tree (on scalp, add to shampoo).
- Dry Hair: Birch, geranium, lavender, rosemary, sandalwood (on scalp, in shampoo).
- Fragile Hair: Birch, Roman chamomile, clary sage, lavender, sandalwood, thyme (on scalp, in shampoo).
- Head Lice: Anise, eucalyptus, geranium, lavender, lemon, rosemary (bottom of feet, rub over scalp 3 times daily).
- Head Lice: Put a few drops of tea tree oil on a fine comb and comb hair thoroughly night and morning, and add 10-20 drops of tea tree to 1 pint of hot water and use as a final hair rinse.
Natural/Herbal:
*If additional information or precautions are available, the links below will direct you that information. If not, you will be directed to Amazon for purchasing options.
- Flaxseed Oil: 1 Tablespoon (14 grams) daily (can be mixed with food - take in the morning).
- Rosemary infusions can naturally darken hair color and restore color to gray hair as well as combating dandruff. (add a few drops of oil or a cup of rosemary infusion to rinsing water after shampooing).
- Hair Loss: Ginger, gotu kola, rosemary, southernwood, stinging nettle
- Dandruff: Add infusions of beet juice, rosemary leaves, chamomile flowers, or stinging nettle roots to hair rinses.
- Dandruff: Take strong sage tea and a little soap to wash head, rinse very well with water mixed with a little vinegar.
- Head Lice: Cover head/hair with camphorated oil. Cover and leave on overnight. Shampoo out the next morning as usual.
- Head Lice: Cover head/hair with mayonnaise and then cover with Saran wrap for 2 hours.
Supplements & Homeopathic:
- Evening Primrose Oil: 1,000 mg 3 times daily (can substitute 1,000 mg borage oil once a day).
- Zinc/ Copper: 30 mg zinc (add 2 mg copper daily if using zinc longer than 1 month).
- Biotin: 1,000 mcg daily (can combat excessive oiliness and flaking; take with vitamin B complex).
- Vitamin B Complex: 1 pill twice daily with food (B-50 complex with 50 mcg Vitamin B12 and biotin, 400 mcg folic acid, and 50 mg all other B vitamins).
- PABA: 100 mg daily (promotes the health of the skin and scalp).
- Selenium: 200 mcg twice daily (don't exceed 600 mdg daily, higher doses may be toxic).
Recipes - Food Medicine:
*Note: Not all recipes are nutritionally perfect, but the options below are a great way to start incorporating beneficial foods into your diet in delicious ways. Always try to buy organic, and feel free to make substitutions to accommodate gluten-free, vegan, etc diets. Recipes naturally Vegan and Gluten-Free are marked as such (V=Vegan; GF=Gluten-Free).
Smoothies/Beverages:
- Banana-Blueberry Smoothie (GF)
- Kiwi-Pineapple Smoothie (GF)
- Mango-Banana Smoothie (GF)
- Mega-Greens Smoothie (GF)
- PB & Jelly Sandwich Smoothie (V)
- Peach-Banana Smoothie (GF)
- Pineapple Kale Smoothie (V, GF)
- Strawberry Banana Smoothie
- Tropical Smoothie (V, GF)
- Adult Ramen (V, GF)
- Asian Broccoli & Rice Bowl (V, GF)
- Balsamic Glazed Chicken
- Black Bean Bowl (GF)
- Black Bean Soup (V, GF)
- Breakfast Burrito
- Broth (Veggie/Chicken/Beef) - (V, GF)
- Buddha Bowl (V, GF)
- Cauliflower Ragu
- Cornmeal & Pecan Crusted Fish
- Deluxe Egg Salad Sandwich/Wrap
- Edamame Rice Bowl (V)
- Fish Fillets with Broccoli Stuffing
- Fish with Dill Breading
- Garlic Chicken
- Garlic Soup (V, GF)
- Healthy Scrambled Eggs (GF)
- Lemon Chicken (GF)
- MahiMahi with Cucumber-Dill Sauce (GF)
- Miso Soup (V, GF)
- Pan-Fried Fish Fillets
- Pasta Della California (V)
- Quinoa Oatmeal (V)
- Salmon with Avocado Salsa (GF)
- Salmon with Red Pepper Sauce (GF)
- Slow Cooked White Chili (V, GF)
- Soy Chicken (GF)
- Spiced Lentil Soup (V, GF)
- Spicy Black Bean Soup (V, GF)
- Spinach Pasta (V)
- Tilapia with Balsamic Brown Butter
- Turkey Mushroom Saute (GF)
- White Bean & Spinach Soup (GF)
Sides & Salads:
- Asian Cabbage Salad (V, GF)
- Avocado Cilantro Lime Rice (V, GF)
- BLT Salad (GF)
- Broccoli Slaw (GF)
- Brown Rice Pilaf with Saffron and Ginger (V, GF)
- Caraway Brussels Sprouts (V, GF)
- Cauliflower with Mustard Sauce (GF)
- Cauliflower with Red Pepper Sauce (GF)
- Chinese Peanut Salad (V, GF)
- Homemade Salsa (V, GF)
- Irish Potatoes (Colcannon) - (GF)
- Kale Salad with Sesame Dressing (V, GF)
- Pesto Vegetables (V, GF)
- Quinoa Salad (V, GF)
- Steamed Edamame (V, GF)
- Three Bean Salad (V, GF)