Seborrheic Hair Loss Caused by Yin or Yang Deficiency

Seborrheic alopecia is usually due to damp-heat condensation (damp and heat evils accumulate with each other in the body) or blood deficiency and wind-dryness, and it is generally considered that blood deficiency and wind-dryness belongs to yin deficiency. Patients with Damp-Heat Conjugation syndrome show greasy scalp or skin, hair loss, dandruff, bitter and sticky mouth, foul-smelling stools, and short and red urine (small amount of urine, dark yellow in color), etc. Treatment is with Gentian Diarrhea and Liver Soup, which consists of Gentian Grass, Zhi Mu (motherwort), Radix et Rhizoma Sheng Di (raw land), Ze Xie Di (diarrhea), Pseudostemonopsis (plantain herb), Mutong (wood passerine), Angelica sinensis (Chinese angelica sinensis), Glycyrrhiza glabra (glycyrrhiza), Baicalin (Scutellaria baicalensis), and Chai Hu (firewood). The adverse effects and contraindications of this drug are unclear. The adverse effects and contraindications of this drug are not known. If there is a need to use the drug, it is recommended to use it under the guidance of a professional physician, and not blindly self-medication.