-- Nettle water is an excellent wash used to clear irritated skin. Boiling the entire plant in a mixture of water and apple cider vinegar makes a good hair lotion. Combing the hair with expressed nettle juice is supposed to stimulate hair growth as well.

-- Try taking dandelion, goldenseal, and red clover. However, you must take care not to take goldenseal on a daily basis for more than one week at a time, and do not use it during pregnancy. If you have a history of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, or glaucoma, use it only under doctor’s supervision.

-- You could also make a decoction of an ounce of dried burdock root to a pint and half of water, and boil this down to 1 pint. Take a wineglassful dose 3-4 times daily to wash scaly skin disorders. You must continue the use of this remedy over a relatively long time for it to be effective.

-- An infusion of fresh rosemary, made with boiling water and allowed to cool until warm, makes a good final rinse to help clear the scalp. One ounce each of rosemary and sage, infused for 24 hours in a pint of water makes a pleasant hair tonic that works very well on dandruff. After infusion strain the liquid and add a teaspoon of powdered borax.

-- Try soaking 2 tablespoons fenugreek seeds in water overnight. In the morning, grind into a fine paste, then apply all over scalp, and leave for half an hour.

-- Hop root decoction is good for treating dandruff as well. You can make this by boiling 2 tbsp of hop roots to a pint of water. It is applied externally as a hair tonic.

-- Wash with Shikakai or mild shampoo.

-- Use an infusion of chaparral or thyme as a hair rinse.

-- You can use white oak bark tea as a rinse against dandruff and hair loss.

-- Black Indian hemp juice made from fresh leaves can aid dandruff treatment as well.