Hair loss, commonly known as “hair fall” or “ghost shaving”, can happen to anyone. The average person loses about 50 to 100 hairs every day. However, as we age, if the rate of hair loss exceeds the growth rate, baldness and other conditions will occur. . Some Chinese medicine practitioners pointed out that hair is closely related to blood and kidney qi, and living habits and stress will have an impact. Among them, people with type 4 deficiency and heat in the body are more likely to be at risk of hair loss. It is recommended to improve their physical fitness and blood circulation to deal with this.
The Department of Health points out that most people lose 50 to 100 hairs every day, but because new hair grows at the same time, it usually does not cause hair to become noticeably thinner; however, if the cycle of hair growth and shedding is disturbed, or the hair follicles Hair loss or baldness occurs when it is damaged and replaced by scar tissue. The exact cause of hair loss is unknown, but most involve genetics, hormonal changes, disease or surgery and its treatment, physical or psychological stress, lifestyle habits and malnutrition.
Closely related to blood and kidney qi
Registered Chinese medicine practitioner Siu Wai-him
Siu Hui-him, a registered Chinese medicine practitioner at the United Christian Nethersole Community Health Service, explained that Chinese medicine believes that “hair comes from the blood” and “the essence of the kidneys is hair”, so hair is closely related to blood and kidney qi, and modern medical research shows Baldness in men and women is related to high concentrations of dihydrotestosterone (DHT) in scalp hair follicles, and heredity also plays a role, because women also contain a small amount of male hormones, and men also contain a small amount of estrogen, such as estrogen in women. When estrogen decreases or androgen increases, or when estrogen increases or androgen decreases in men, hair loss will occur easily. This is also one of the manifestations of “kidney qi deficiency” in traditional Chinese medicine.
Xiao Xu said that from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, there are four types of people who are more likely to be at risk of hair loss, and the signs can be found. For example, those with “dampness and heat in the spleen and stomach” will have excessive hair oil secretion; those with “deficiency of the liver and kidneys” will have thin and weak hair. Hair loss is most common on the top of the head or the forehead, and is prone to dizziness and tinnitus. People with “qi and blood deficiency” have thin, weak, dry and dull hair, and often have broken hair. People with “blood heat and wind” have shiny scalps. Redness or local itching are also warning signs that need attention.
Internal treatment with traditional Chinese medicine and external treatment with acupuncture
If you want to solve the problem of hair loss, Xiao believes that internal treatment or external treatment can be used. If you want internal treatment, Chinese medicine doctors will prescribe appropriate Chinese medicine to fundamentally treat it by improving your physical condition; or you can use acupuncture and plum blossom needles for “external treatment”. This improves the microcirculation of the head and increases local blood supply to promote hair growth.
Compared with treatment, Chinese medicine practitioners believe that improving living habits can better protect hair, such as maintaining adequate sleep, keeping a cheerful mood, and eating less fatty, fried, and spicy foods, while increasing the intake of kidney-tonifying foods, especially black foods such as black sesame seeds. , mulberries, black beans, wolfberry, chestnuts, cashews, etc. You can also massage acupoints on the head such as Fengchi, Baihui and Sishencong to improve hair loss.
Traditional Chinese medicine recommends increasing the intake of kidney-tonifying foods, especially black foods such as black beans, to help improve hair loss. (File picture)
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