🌿 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 raw iron, 500 grams of lard. Place raw iron in lard and boil for three cycles. First clean the affected area with vinegar, wipe with cloth until warm, then apply the oil.[Formula Two]300 grams each of raw Ban Xia and fresh ginger, 1000 grams of sesame oil. Grind the herbs into powder, soak in sesame oil for half a month. When using, first rub the affected area with ginger slices, then apply the medicated oil, once daily for three months; lost eyebrows and hair will regrow.[Formula Three]1500 grams each of lime and white wine. Mix lime with water, stir-fry until charred, then soak in wine for half a month, discard residue. Drink 10 ml of wine each time, once daily. With prolonged use, new hair will grow back.[Formula Four]2500 grams of castor beans. Place in a juicer, store the juice. Each time take half a cup of juice, mix with rice to cook porridge, eat frequently. Hair loss will naturally cease and regrow.[Formula Five]500 grams each of Dang Gui and Bai Zi Ren. Grind both herbs into fine powder, mix with water and honey to form pills the size of paulownia seeds. Swallow 6–10 grams after meals, three times daily. One month constitutes one course of treatment.
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