Chinese medicine believes that hair loss is mainly caused by blood-heat and wind, deficiency of the liver and kidney, wind-heat and blood dryness, etc. It can be treated by using Four Substance Soup combined with Six Flavors of the Earth, Seven Treasures Beauty Beard Pill, Elimination of Wind and Angelica Drink and other prescriptions.
1. Blood-heat generating wind: manifested as sudden hair loss in patches, occasional itching of the scalp, or baking heat in the head, irritability and restlessness. The treatment is to cool the blood and extinguish the wind, nourish the yin and protect the hair, and can be treated with the addition and subtraction of Si Wu Tang and Liu Wei Di Huang Tang. The adverse reactions and contraindications of the two prescriptions are not clear. Six-flavored dihuang pill should be used with caution for people with spleen deficiency and diarrhea.
2. Liver and kidney insufficiency: Liver and kidney insufficiency, deficiency of essence and blood can not nourish the hair root, which leads to hair loss, accompanied by dizziness, forgetfulness, lumbar and knee pain and weakness and other symptoms. The treatment is to nourish the liver and kidneys, and can be treated with the addition or subtraction of Qibao Meibiqidan. The adverse reactions and contraindications of this formula are not clear.
3. Wind-heat and blood dryness: manifested as itchy, flaky and greasy scalp, leading to hair loss. The treatment should dispel wind and clear heat, nourish blood and moisten dryness, and can be used to eliminate wind and angelica drink with subtractions. The adverse reactions and contraindications of the two prescriptions are not clear.
When treating hair loss with Chinese medicine, patients need to pay attention to diet and lifestyle adjustments, and try to avoid staying up too late and working too hard.
It is recommended that hair loss sufferers should consult a doctor in a timely manner and be guided by the doctor after identifying the symptoms. The use of drugs should also be under the guidance of a professional doctor, and should not be self-medication to avoid adverse reactions.