Does herbal medicine for hair loss help?

Hair loss can be regulated by taking Chinese medicine, but it is necessary to use medicine according to the patient’s clinical symptoms. Hair loss is generally categorized into blood-heat and wind-dryness syndrome, qi stagnation and blood stasis (blood stagnation due to the lack of qi) syndrome, qi and blood deficiency syndrome, and liver-kidney insufficiency (weakness of the liver and kidney) syndrome, etc. The patient may have hair loss with symptoms such as scalp itching, occasional head baking heat, irritability and restlessness. 1. Blood-heat and wind-dryness syndrome: patients can see hair loss, occasional scalp itching, head baking heat, irritability and restlessness, etc. It is usually treated with prescriptions that have the ability to cool the blood and quench the wind, nourish the yin and protect the hair, such as Sizi Tang combined with Six-flavored Dihuang Tang plus subtractions. 2. Qi stagnation and blood stasis syndrome: patients can see symptoms such as hair loss, headache, pain in the chest and ribs, nightmares at night, irritability and heat (irritability and sultriness), etc. Generally, prescriptions with the ability to promote blood circulation, such as Tongjiao and Blood circulation Tang plus or minus, etc., are used for symptomatic treatment. 3. Qi and blood deficiency syndrome: patients can see hair loss, thinning and withered hair, easy to touch, white lips, palpitations (rapid heartbeat, often accompanied by panic), shortness of breath and laziness, fatigue (tiredness and weakness) and other symptoms, usually treated with formulas with qi supplementation and replenishment (replenishment of the body’s qi and blood) such as Ba Zhen Tang Plus Reduction and other symptomatic treatment. 4. Liver and kidney deficiency syndrome: patients can see symptoms such as hair loss, yellow or white hair, hair loss all over the body, dizziness, tinnitus, dizziness, lumbar and knee soreness and weakness (a feeling of soreness and weakness in the lumbar and knees), etc. Generally, prescriptions that nourish the liver and kidneys, such as Qibao Meibiqidan plus or minus, are used to treat the symptoms. Patients who suffer from hair loss and need medication should take symptomatic treatment under the guidance of a professional Chinese medicine practitioner, and should not take medication on their own to avoid delaying their condition.