Grass and trees grow in the ground and need water to nourish them. The same goes for hair. In traditional Chinese medicine, hair is called the excess of blood. From this "excess", we can see that hair can only be taken care of when the body's yin blood is abundant enough or even wealthy. Therefore, there are many people who start to grow gray hair at the age of thirty.

Folks say that white hair is caused by blood heat. This is the same as yin deficiency. If yin is deficient, yang will appear to be excessive, so there is the possibility of blood heat. On the other hand, if a person is always disturbed by emotions and has too much mental pressure, he will have heart fire, which burns the yin in the body and leads to yin deficiency.

It is also an alarm from the body. A yellow complexion is an alarm for spleen deficiency, and early graying of hair is an alarm for yin deficiency. However, the change of complexion is much faster than the darkening of hair. . Hair belongs to yin, and the effect of nourishing yin is slower than that of nourishing qi. This is what Chinese medicine says, "Tangible blood cannot grow quickly." In other words, yin deficiency appears much slower than qi deficiency. By the time you notice premature graying of beard and hair, your body has actually been damaged by yin for a long time, and it will take a long time to make up for it.

These two Chinese medicinal materials can help you "replenish deficiency and black hair"

Ligustrum lucidum, Eclipta lucidum , boil water to brew tea for future generations every day

This recipe comes from the "Collection of Medical Prescriptions" of the Qing Dynasty, and it is called Erzhi Wan. Because Ligustrum lucidum is collected on the winter solstice, and Eclipta lucidum is collected on the summer solstice, they are used together, so it is called "Two Solstice".

Wang Sancai of the Ming Dynasty said: "Erzhi Wan, the first prescription of clearing the upper part and supplementing the lower part, is cheap and highly effective. Regular consumption often has miraculous effects. It can cure the symptoms of insomnia after taking it for the first time." If you are tired at night (excessive urination at night), your physical strength will double within ten days, and your hair and hair will turn white, strengthen your waist and knees, and strengthen your muscles and bones. It is especially effective if you take it if you drink alcohol and phlegm.”

Ligustrum lucidum

Mature in winter, steadfast, restrained, quiet, not afraid of wind and cold like wintersweet, and has a tough character. Ligustrum lucidum has the effects of nourishing the liver and kidneys, strengthening the waist and knees, strengthening the muscles and bones, and blackening the beard and hair.

"Shen Nong's Materia Medica" records this: "The black beard makes the eyes brighter, and it can cure yin deficiency, dizziness, nourish the essence, nourish the yin, strengthen the waist and knees, and make you live longer." Prolong life. ”

Eclipta

Enters the liver and kidney meridians, is beneficial to the kidneys, nourishes yin, cools blood and stops bleeding. The name Eclipta is derived from its shape. Li Shizhen said in "Compendium of Materia Medica" that "it is as thin and solid as a lotus house, hence the name lotus".

"Compendium of Materia Medica" says that it can "increase facial hair and nourish kidney yin"; "Newly Revised Materia Medica" says that Eclipta "juice coats eyebrows and grows rapidly and proliferates". ".

Among the twenty-four solar terms, the summer solstice and the winter solstice are far away from each other. The beautiful eclipta grass and the innocent ligustrum lucidum are naturally destined to meet each other.

But in the quintessence of Chinese medicine, the Eclipta of summer solstice meets Ligustrum lucidum of winter solstice, and it turns out to be a wonderful traditional Chinese medicine.