Abstract

DEVELOPMENT OF POLYHERBAL PREPARATION FOR ALOPECIA

Shraddha Gaud*, Narendra Vyas, Sangeeta Dwivedi, Urvashi Sharma, Sapna Malviya, Anil Kharia

Abstract

Alopecia which is defined as the loss of hair from the body encompasses a wide range of hair loss disorders, including alopecia areata and androgenetic alopecia. Polyherbal formulation were prepared using extract of Tamarindus Indica (seed coat), Eclipta alba, Alium cepa (juice), and Eclipta alba and Almond peel in Sesame oil (base) to obtained the best formulation. Hair growth growing time was significantly reduced on treatment with the Polyherbal oil. The hair growth-promoting activity was recorded on 10, 20, and 30 days with the formulated Polyherbal hair oil. On 30th day the reading of test group (201.3±1.1) was compared with control group (87.4±1.3) and standard group (223.3±1.0).

Keywords: Alopecia, Alium cepa, growth-promoting activity.