"What Are Some Folk Remedies to Prevent Hair Loss?"
Hair Growth Prescriptions
A hair growth prescription refers to a formula designed to prevent hair loss and promote lush hair growth. Primarily used for elderly individuals who experience hair that does not grow or grows slowly, it has the effect of nourishing hair, making it long, black, and lustrous. Allow our experts to briefly introduce you to some folk remedies for preventing hair loss, hoping to bring you some help!
Folk Remedy for Hair Loss Prevention: Prescription 1
Ingredients: He Shou Wu (Fo-ti) 240g, Da Ji (a traditional Chinese medicinal ingredient, often referred to as 'female ginseng'), Huai Niu Xi (Achyranthes bidentata), Gou Qi Zi (wolfberry fruit), Fu Ling (Poria cocos) 60g each, Bu Gu Zhi (Psoralea corylifolia) 30g.
This is known as the "Qi Bao Mei Hu Dan." Take 1 pill twice daily, accompanied by light salt water or warm water, avoiding spicy foods. Suitable for patients with baldness, recurrent hair loss, accompanied by weakness in bones and muscles, and thin tongue.
Prescription 2
Ingredients: Qiang Huo (Notopterygium root), Mu Gua (Chaenomeles speciosa), Tian Ma (Gastrodia elata), Dang Gui (Angelica sinensis), Bai Shao (white peony root), Da Ji, Shu Di Huang (prepared rehmannia root, steamed in wine), Chuan Xiong (Ligusticum wallichii) 120g each.
Grind all ingredients into a fine powder, mix with Dihuang Gao (rehmannia paste), and refine with honey into pills the size of wutong seeds. Take 9g each time, 2-3 times daily after meals with warm wine. This prescription nourishes blood, promotes hair growth, dispels wind, and activates collaterals, suitable for seborrheic alopecia.
Prescription 3
Ingredients: Xi Xin (Asarum), Fang Feng (Saposhnikovia divaricata, excluding the lugs), Xu Duan (Dipsacus asper), Chuan Xiong, Zao Jia (soapberry pod), Bai Ye (cypress leaves) 60g, Xin Yi (Magnolia liliiflora), Bai Zhi (Angelica dahurica) 60g, Sang Ji Sheng (Loranthus parasiticus) 90g, Ze Lan (Eupatorium), Ling Ling Xiang (Lyralis odoratissima) 75g each, Man Jing Zi (Vitex trifolia), Zhu Ye (bamboo leaves), Song Ye (pine needles) 25g each, Wu Ma You (black sesame oil) 2500ml.
Finely cut the herbs, add 250g Sang Gen Bai Pi (mulberry root bark), and boil in 2000ml water until reduced to 500ml. Mix in 200ml juice from leek roots, soak overnight, wrap in oil, and simmer over low heat, stirring continuously until Bai Zhi turns yellow. Strain and pour into a ceramic container. Apply to hair, massaging in twice daily, promoting hair growth.
Prescription 4
Ingredients: Lian Hua Xu (dried lotus stamens), Ling Ling Xiang 3g each, Juan Bai Ye (Selaginella tamariscina), Bai Zhi, Chuan Xiong, Fang Feng 15g each.
Finely cut the herbs, wrap in cotton, add 70 raw peppercorns and 250g raw sesame oil. Soak in a new bottle, bury underground for 7 days, then remove and apply to hair for treatment.
Prescription 5
Ingredients: Ling Ling Xiang, Ji Jing (gooseberry thorns), and Fu Zi (Aconitum carmichaeli) 7.5g each, Chuan Xiong, Bai Zhi, and Qin Jiao (Zanthoxylum schinifolium) 15g each.
Cut herbs into small pieces, wrap in cotton, soak in 250g raw sesame oil in a ceramic container for 3 weeks. Apply to balding areas. Effective for treating scalp conditions that hinder hair growth. Remember not to let it touch your face.
