Herbs for seborrheic dermatitis

• Use an infusion of chaparral or thyme as a hair rinse.
• 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 can use white oak bark tea as a rinse against dandruff and hair loss.
• 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.
• Black Indian hemp juice made from fresh leaves can aid dandruff treatment as well.
• 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.
• 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 the scalp, and leave for half an hour. Wash with Shikakai or mild shampoo.

Some other herbs that can be used for dandruff treatment are agave, butternut, chamomile, cleavers, English elm, maidenhair fern, figwort, grapevine root, English ivy, olive, peach tree leaves, periwinkle, sage, sanicle, soap bark, yucca, English walnut, and willow.

Medical Treatment for Seborrheic Dermatitis

In mild cases of seborrheic dermatitis, a topical antifungal cream or medicated shampoo (such as ketoconazole, selenium sulfide, coal tar, and zinc pyrithione) may be enough to control symptoms.

In more severe cases, you may receive a prescription for a mild corticosteroid medication to calm the inflammation as well. 

In cases where corticosteroids are not appropriate, or when they have been used for a prolonged period, a non-corticosteroid topical medication calcineurin inhibitor (TCI) such as tacrolimus (Protopic) or pimecrolimus (Elidel) may be prescribed.

Oral antifungal agents may be used in very severe cases.