Apple Cider Vinegar for Dandruff – Many Different Ways to Use

There are many different ways you can use vinegar, as there are many different types of vinegar that you can use.

Apple Cider Vinegar for Dandruff

The first, most simple and basic way of using vinegar is to add just enough vinegar to color a bowl of warm water before gently rubbing the solution into your scalp before retiring to bed for the night. Wrap your head in a towel to ensure that the solution does not evaporate or soak away into your pillow so that you can leave the solution on your head overnight.

Apple Cider Vinegar for Dandruff

Do this every night for a couple of weeks, and you should start to notice a significant improvement in your dandruff situation. Alternatively, mix four tablespoons of white vinegar together with two tablespoons of lemon juice. Gently massage the mixture into your scalp with your fingertips, once again trying to avoid contact between your fingernails and your hair. Try to use a gentle circular rubbing motion, because this stimulates the blood flow to your scalp which also helps to minimize the likelihood of dandruff developing.

Leave the solution on for 30 minutes to one hour before washing it off with a gentle shampoo.

Incidentally, whilst you have probably tried medicated, anti-dandruff shampoos and you might even use them on a regular basis despite the possibility of adverse side-effects, you should try to avoid combining any of the natural remedies in this chapter with a medicated shampoo for several reasons.

Apple Cider Vinegar for Dandruff

Firstly, if you combine one of the natural solutions from this chapter with medicated shampoo, and you see a significant improvement in your dandruff problem, it will be hard to isolate whether it is the natural solution or the medicated shampoo that has made the difference.

Apple Cider Vinegar for Dandruff

Secondly, it does not appear that there has been any extensive research done into the possible reactions between medicated shampoos and the natural substances highlighted in this section. Whilst this may not appear likely should be a major concern, you do have to remember that a substance like vinegar is extremely acidic, and therefore the possibility of some kind of chemical reaction between the chemicals in meditated shampoo and a vinegar-based solution cannot be completely discounted.

Apple Cider Vinegar for Dandruff

Try mixing vinegar and beetroot juice together before massaging it into the scalp, leaving for 10 to 15 minutes and then rinsing the mixture out. Alternatively, a combination of ginger and beetroot juice can also be extremely effective, because both of these juices have powerful antifungal qualities that can attack the yeast on your scalp which can leads to dandruff if it is left to its own devices.

Apple Cider Vinegar for Dandruff

Apple cider vinegar is one particular variety of vinegar that has long been known to have significant health benefits, particularly in the realm of skin complaints.

Apple Cider Vinegar for Dandruff

This is because it is believed to stimulate blood circulation in the small capillaries just under the skin, plus it also has the ability to combat bacteria, viruses and the yeast that we have already established as one of the primary causes of dandruff. Furthermore, apple cider vinegar is rich in the alpha-hydroxyl acids that are known to help to break down fatty, oily deposits on the skin, thereby reducing the amount of sebum on which the yeast that causes dandruff feeds. As a topical treatment dandruff, you can use apple cider vinegar diluted or undiluted. In the first case, add one part vinegar to three parts warm water before gently massaging the solution into your scalp with exactly the same gentle circular rubbing motion as highlighted previously. Leave the solution on your head for half to one hour before washing out with a gentle shampoo such as baby shampoo.

Apple Cider Vinegar for Dandruff

Alternatively, for more severe case of dandruff, you can use apple cider vinegar in the same way in its undiluted form.

Apple Cider Vinegar for Dandruff – Another Method to Use

Another method of using apple cider vinegar is to mix it with warm water as suggested a moment ago before spraying it onto your hair with a spray bottle, taking care to avoid getting the solution in your eyes or ears. Once again, leave a solution on your head for an hour or so before gently washing it off.

Another home-made dandruff treatment formulation that includes apple cider vinegar which you can easily create at home is as follows:

Apple Cider Vinegar for Dandruff

Mix together one tablespoon of apple cider vinegar, two tablespoons of cornmeal or oatmeal and half a cup of grape seed oil. Mix the whole lot together until you have a thick, coagulated paste and then apply the mixture to your scalp by gently massaging it in. Leave the substance on your head for around one hour before rinsing off and shampooing with a gentle, non-medicated shampoo as per normal.

Apple Cider Vinegar for Dandruff

In this mixture, the apple cider vinegar does as it does in most cases, which is to balance the pH of your scalp, which is important, because in most dandruff sufferers, their scalp pH balance is skewed. On the other hand, the grape seed oil nourishes and soothes your skin, whilst the meal exfoliates the dead skin flakes.

Apple Cider Vinegar for Dandruff

As you can begin to understand, apple cider vinegar can be used in a wide variety of ways, with another option being nothing more complex than adding a few drops of the vinegar to the final rinse you give your hair after washing it. As an alternative, add a few drops of lime or lemon juice to the final rinse, because once again, the acid nature of the fruit juice will destroy a significant percentage of the yeast on your scalp.

Homemade Natural Aphid Repellent

An effective natural spray for controlling aphids and scale can be made from soap and washing soda.

Make Your Own Natural Aphid Repellent at Home

Natural Aphid Repellent – What You Need?

Soda Spray 100 g grated soap

260 g washing soda

14 litres water

Natural Aphid Repellent – How to Prepare?

Boil a small amount of the water, reserving the remainder. Stir in the washing soda until it is completely dissolved and add the grated soap. Heat the mixture, at the same time stirring the soap until it has dissolved. Add the remaining water, agitate the mixture.

Natural Aphid Repellent – How to Use?

Spray as required.

Burning herbs and spices still has a place in the home: not to mask staleness and bad odours as they did in those dank houses of the past, but to perfume the air with an enjoyable sweetness.

Homemade Incense Recipes #1

Ingredients:

1 tablespoon very fine sawdust

1 tablespoon spice or dried, ground herbs (reduce herb to powder by rubbing through a fine wire sieve)

1 teaspoon gum arabic

Preparation Method:

Thoroughly mix the sawdust with the spice or herb, then add 1 tablespoon of water in which the gum arabic has been dissolved. When all the ingredients are mixed together, shape into cones and allow to dry.

Place cones on small metal dishes, or other suitable objects, and light – the incense will smoulder, filling the room with fragrance.

For more exotic smells, or an aroma that’s a little mysterious, experiment with your own blends by mixing different spices and herbs. Or you might like to try the following mixture. Use 1 tablespoon of this in the Homemade Incense Recipes #1 in place of the spice or dried, ground herbs.

Ingredients:

equal quantities of the freshly crushed cinnamon, crushed allspice, crushed nutmeg, minced vanilla pod, powered dried lemon peel,  dried minced lemon verbena, dried minced lavender leaves, dried minced rosemary, few drops rose oil

Preparation Method:

Blend ingredients and add the rose oil a drop at a time until sufficiently scented, but not so that it is overpowering.

Homemade Lavender Intense Sticks Recipes #2

This incense is made from the flower-head stalks.

Ingredients:

1 tablespoon saltpetre

1 cup (250 ml) warm water

dried lavender stems

Preparation Method:

Dissolve the saltpetre (available from the chemist) in the warm water and soak the lavender stems in it for 30 minutes. Dry out and light for a slow smouldering scent.

Experiment with other herb stems, using only the wood on which the new season’s growth appears.