Is greasy hair a result of liver fire or dampness?

Greasy hair may be caused by dampness and heat in the spleen and stomach (the spleen and stomach feeling dampness and heat evil), or it may be caused by liver fire, blood heat and wind dryness. Chinese medicine believes that greasy hair is related to feeling wind, dampness, heat and dryness. The spleen’s dysfunction of transportation and digestion produces dampness trapped between the intestines and stomach, which generates heat over time and leads to the onset of disease. The hair is greasy, the skin on the head shows erythema lighter or yellow, scales grayish, itching is not obvious, the disease is slow, the stool is loose and unpleasant, the tongue is light red, the moss is white and greasy, and the pulse is slippery. Treatment should be to strengthen the spleen, promote dampness and clear heat, and strengthen the spleen and promote dampness soup. Long-term depression, liver fire leads to liver wind, depletion of yin and blood, blood deficiency and yin injury, skin loss of nourishment, easy to generate wind and dryness, the disease lingers on. The skin on the head will appear dry and lusterless, with furfuraceous scales, hair loss is common, the tongue is pale, the moss is thin and white, and the pulse is fine. Treatment should be to nourish blood and moisten dryness, nourish blood and moisten dryness soup. The patient’s diet should be light, easy to digest, avoid eating some greasy, cold food. If the symptoms are serious, it is necessary to go to the hospital.