Ayurvedic Hair Care

In Ayurveda, hair — Kesha — is nourished from the scalp and the roots, not the lengths. Classical hair care centres on the Taila (medicated oil) and the unhurried ritual of abhyanga (oil massage), traditionally used to support the scalp against dryness and seasonal hair fall (Khalitya).

Our hair care is a slow, sixteen-botanical sesame Taila built around Bhringraj, Brahmi and Amla, with no mineral oil and no added fragrance load. It is made the long way: herbs prepared and infused into the oil in-house in Delhi under AYUSH Licence No. DL-474 A&U, on the forty-year formulation legacy of Vaidya Shri Ram Prakash Ji. It is an Ayurvedic medicine for external use, traditionally used to support a healthy scalp and ease everyday hair fall; for medical hair loss (sudden, patchy or rapid shedding), please see a dermatologist.

Indian hair lives an Indian life, and the formula assumes it. Hard water in most metro supplies leaves minerals on the scalp that stiffen hair and unsettle its balance; regular oiling before the wash buffers some of that. The monsoon brings damp-scalp congestion and a season of heavier shedding, while the dry northern winter pulls moisture from scalp and lengths alike, which is why the classical seasonal lens of Ritucharya (routines adjusted to the season) is simply practical here. The ritual matters as much as the oil: the champi your grandmother insisted on was scalp stimulation, stress relief and conditioning in one unhurried sitting.

Use it the classical way. Warm a little oil, work it into the scalp with slow fingertip circles, leave it an hour or overnight, then cleanse gently. Two to three sittings a week suit most people through a shedding season; once a week maintains. Pair the oil with the reading below, where the guides cover the herbs, the growth cycle and honest timelines, and give any scalp routine eight to twelve weeks of consistency before you judge it.