Hair has significant role in beauty and personality for both male and female. Hair loss is one of the most common problems faced by people across all age groups and has been estimated to affect nearly 2% of the world’s population. This is why hair fall remedies are billion-dollar industry.

The term Alopecia means nothing than loss of hair and is a sign rather than a diagnosis. Thinning, loss or involution of hair. Cicatrical and non cicatrical alopecia. cicatrical alopecia associated with scarring and thus destruction of hair follicles, hence irreversible. It has been regarded as geriatric physiological phenomena and generally after the mid-forties. Each hair grows in three cyclic phase i.e Anagen, Catagen, Telogen. Anagen is growing phase hairs. Catagen is involution phase. Telogen is the resting phase.  Corticosteroids, scalp surgery and autologous hair transplants are the modern managements.

In Ayurveda, hair loss problem has been described as khalitya with detail treatment modalities. Acharya charaka describes that tejas combining with vata adi dosha reaches the shira kapala and causes hair fall by dahana of romakupa . Acharya sushruta also mentioned the same nidana and samprapti as charaka but under kshudra roga. The treatment modalities include nasya, shiroabhyanga, shiro lepa and sodhana chikitsa.

           Hormonal therapy and hair transplant are not free from side effects and are costlier, Ayurveda has safe, effective and cost-effective treatment for it. Hence present study Triphaladi taila shiroabhyanga and nasya in management of khalitya has been taken up. Yastimadhu taila  shiroabhyanga and nasya is the control group.