🌿 Folk Prescriptions

The main symptoms of hair loss include greasy hair resembling oil application, brittle and frizzy hair lacking luster, yellowish scales adhering stubbornly or grayish-white flakes floating, accompanied by itching. In men, hair loss mainly affects the forehead and top of the head; the hairline and temples recede upward, the front and top become sparse, yellow, soft, eventually leading to complete baldness at the crown or only some fine hairs remain. In women, hair loss occurs primarily at the crown, becoming sparse but not completely falling out in patches. Traditional Chinese medicine attributes this condition to two causes: First, blood heat and wind-dryness—excess blood heat depletes yin blood, generates wind from blood deficiency, further damaging yin blood, preventing nourishment of hair roots at the scalp, causing dryness and hair loss. Second, spleen-stomach damp-heat—weak spleen function fails to transform food properly, combined with overconsumption of rich, fatty foods, damages the stomach and spleen, leading to internal damp-heat ascending to the scalp, eroding hair roots, gradually corroding them, causing hair to become sticky and fall out. The following are key folk and secret remedies for treating hair loss.[Formula One]100 grams of young shoots of Wild Rose, 50 grams of Monkey Ginger. Boil the herbs until they reach a hundred boiling points, strain and use the decoction to brush the scalp. This formula is especially suitable for post-illness hair loss.[Formula Two]100 grams each of Lettuce Seeds and Monkey Ginger. Grind into powder. First scrape the non-growing scar tissue with a bamboo knife, then apply the powder until hair regrows.[Formula Three]500 grams of Willow Leaves, 100 ml of ginger juice. Dry the willow leaves and grind into powder, mix with ginger juice in an iron container, crush thoroughly, take the liquid and rub onto the affected area. This remedy is not only effective for hair loss but also used for eyebrow regrowth; according to *Sheng Hui Fang*, it has excellent efficacy for growing eyebrows.[Formula Four]500 grams each of Mulberry Leaves and Hemp Leaves. Boil the herbs in rice wine water until it reaches a hundred boiling points, then use the liquid to bathe the hair. As recorded in *Qian Jin Fang*, “This formula treats hair loss and should be used continuously.”[Formula Five]500 grams of Sichuan Pepper, 250 grams each of raw Ban Xia and Bone Breaker. Coarsely grind the herbs, soak in white wine for 7 days, then apply externally to the affected area, three times daily, until hair regrows.
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