When people reach middle age, various bodily functions gradually decline. Many people may experience graying hair, excessive hair loss, and even periodontal disease. In severe cases, these symptoms are likely to be caused by insufficient liver and kidney function. When treated at a traditional Chinese medicine hospital, doctors often recommend Qibao Meirandan, a traditional Chinese medicine formula, which is mainly used to treat insufficient liver and kidney function. The main functions of Qibao Meirandan are to nourish the liver and kidney, and to strengthen hair and bones. This medicine belongs to the category of tonifying formulas and is generally used to treat diseases caused by insufficient liver and kidney function, liver and kidney yin deficiency, as well as graying and hair loss. Therefore, its clinical application is quite extensive.
Beauty Function: Nourishes kidney essence, replenishes liver blood, and darkens hair.
Preparation and Usage: Peel and slice Polygonum multiflorum, mix with black beans, steam and dry nine times, mix with white poria cocos milk, soak with Achyranthes bidentata wine, steam with Polygonum multiflorum for the seventh to ninth time, wash Angelica sinensis with wine, soak Lycium barbarum with wine, steam Cuscuta chinensis with wine, stir-fry Psoralea corylifolia with black sesame seeds. Prepare honey pills with the above herbs, take with salt soup or wine, and avoid ironware. Each honey pill weighs 10g, take 1 pill in the morning and evening, and take with diluted salt water.
Beauty Application: Premature graying of hair. This formula can be used for premature aging, premature graying of hair, hair loss and thinning, loose teeth, weak knees and waist, and nocturnal emission due to insufficient liver and kidney function. It is a famous formula for darkening hair and beauty. Hair is the surplus of blood. The kidney stores essence and the liver stores blood, and essence and blood are mutually generated. Hair is generated from kidney essence and nourished by liver blood. Insufficient liver and kidney function can easily lead to premature graying of hair and hair loss. This formula uses Polygonum multiflorum to tonify essence and blood to darken hair; Psoralea corylifolia to tonify kidney yang and seek yin from yang; Lycium barbarum, Cuscuta chinensis, and black sesame seeds are combined with Polygonum multiflorum to solidify essence and tonify the kidney; Poria cocos to tonify the spleen; Angelica sinensis to nourish liver blood and promote the nourishment of hair by posterior nourishment; Achyranthes bidentata to guide the medicine downward, tonify the liver and kidney, and strengthen the knees and waist. This formula is rigorously composed, with precise selection of herbs and meticulous processing, and has always been considered as the first formula for darkening and growing hair. Additionally, it also has a good anti-aging effect. However, this formula is not suitable for individuals with excessive constitution and internal dampness.
