1, in fact, any disease has self-healing. (including alopecia areata)
The best doctor in human body is the self-healing ability of human body. As the highest-ranking primate on the earth, human beings evolved from the earliest single-celled organisms on the earth after billions of years of development and reproduction. The whole body system is so huge and complicated. At present, human science and technology know less than 12% about human body. As a member of the complex body system, the human self-repair system has not been fully mastered by today's human beings. Even human medicine often relies on the self-healing ability of the human body to fight against various diseases.
In reality, there are many such examples. Under certain conditions, chronic diseases that cannot be cured for many years will undergo positive transformation, and even can be cured without treatment. This is the result of the mysterious self-healing ability of human body. Modern medicine and Chinese medicine believe that the human body has the ability to repair itself.
The World Health Organization's "2 1 Century Report" says that it is necessary to shift the current research on diseases to the research on health, and put more emphasis on the self-healing ability of the human body. The newly released proportion of health factors includes: self-healing ability accounts for 50%, hospital treatment only accounts for 8%, and other factors such as environment, mood, diet and living habits have great influence on health. The latest research results of the American Cancer Society show that the natural death rate of cancer is only about 30%, which shows that the human body has strong self-healing ability. Even cancer patients, as long as they have a breath, are trying to adjust their self-organization ability and restore their order, which is also the reason why many advanced patients (including cancer) recover quickly.
2. But self-healing is not everything. Some serious diseases (including alopecia areata) have been difficult to get rid of and overcome only by the self-healing ability of the human body.
At this time, human medicine is needed to strengthen or help the body's self-healing ability to overcome diseases through appropriate drugs.
Refractory alopecia areata is often characterized by sudden onset, and most of the hair falls off or completely falls off within 1~3 months! If it is only a single alopecia areata, and it has not developed, this kind of alopecia areata belongs to mild alopecia areata, and the cause is often caused by sudden alopecia areata, such as staying up late for several days, anxiety and so on. , make a hair follicle enter the resting stage, leading to hair loss.
The cause of mild alopecia areata is often that it disappears after hair, and disappears before you feel unwell. However, it has stimulated your hair follicles to enter the resting stage, and the hair roots began to shrink. After a while, you or your family suddenly find that one of your hair has fallen out. If you check the cause at this time, you may not find anything when you go to the hospital. There is nothing wrong with your physical function and qi and blood.
Don't worry about mild alopecia areata with only one or two patches. Treat it with a normal heart. With the self-healing of the body, hair follicles will naturally re-enter the growth period from the dormant period after a while, and the hair will grow again. Even if the individual heals slowly, simple stimulation with some correct drugs can accelerate the hair follicle to enter the growth period.
And those alopecia areata with repeated illness and large shedding area are often caused by the qi and blood of the patient's body, or immunity, or bad living habits, which leads to repeated alopecia areata and cannot be eradicated.
With the acceleration of work rhythm, the increase of life pressure, the aging of society, the change of diet structure and the influence of social and psychological factors, the overall prevalence of alopecia areata is rising, which affects the quality of life and daily work of patients. The most terrible thing is that the course of alopecia areata is generally very long, and the specific course of disease among patients is very inconsistent, ranging from several months to several years, mainly depending on treatment and physical condition. Generally speaking, the greater the range of baldness, the longer the course of disease.
3. Human medicine, especially Chinese medicine, largely relies on the self-healing ability of the human body to achieve the purpose of fighting and defeating diseases. (including alopecia areata)
① The biggest reliance of holistic treatment in TCM is the self-healing ability of human body.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that self-healing ability is a kind of self-regulation and repair ability of human body in a balanced state, also known as true qi, primordial qi, kidney qi and Yang Qi, while destructive power is called evil qi, Yin Qi, miasma, etc. Traditional Chinese medicine says that evil does not suppress positive qi, and healthy qi is full, and all diseases do not invade. In the view of Chinese medicine, the self-healing ability can only play a role after the five internal organs are strengthened. Get rid of disease.
For example, if you have a fever, the first reaction of western medicine is to take antipyretics. In fact, fever is just an external reaction of human immune cells against foreign germs. The human body can weaken the living environment of foreign germs and kill them by heating. The idea of traditional Chinese medicine is to find ways to make the fever more prosperous, such as drinking hot water moderately and covering the quilt with sweat to help the human body sweat more smoothly and help the body's self-healing power to kill germs.
Some people worry that this will make people tired. In fact, generally speaking, a fever below 39 degrees Celsius will not cause internal environment disorder, will not burn the body, and will only exhaust the nutrients stored in the body, leading to physical weakness. So at this time, you should replenish enough energy (protein, fat, vitamins, minerals) to relieve it through rest and drinking water, and there is absolutely no need to use antipyretics.
If the fever is easy to stop, if the child has a fever, taking antipyretics as soon as he has a fever will inhibit the maturity and growth of the child's physiological system; For adults, the opportunity to excrete toxins from the body is lost.
② The idea of treating alopecia areata in TCM is also based on the self-healing ability of human body.
Modern medicine tells us that self-healing power includes immunity, rejection, healing and regeneration, endocrine regulation, stress and coordination. Others believe that alopecia areata is a disease closely related to human immunity. It is indirectly proved that enhancing immunity is helpful to the recovery of alopecia areata. However, the self-healing power of western medicine is very meticulous, and the method to improve the self-healing power of human body is not as ingenious as that of Chinese medicine with thousands of years of overall treatment experience.
Traditional Chinese medicine's understanding of the etiology of alopecia areata, from ancient times to the present, although doctors in past dynasties have their own unique views and presentations, is basically based on the classic theory of traditional Chinese medicine: "Kidney governs bone, and its flowers are in hair", "Hair is blood", "Kidney stores essence, liver stores blood, and essence and blood are homologous and mutually transformed". It is believed that alopecia areata is caused by the patient's specific syndrome or inducement, which leads to the disorder of hair blood supply and loss of nutrition, so the hair roots of alopecia areata are hollow and fall off in pieces. Common syndromes or inducements mainly include: deficiency of liver and kidney, deficiency of both qi and blood, blood stasis, blood heat, pathogenic wind, emotional disorder and so on.
Judging from the above-mentioned theory of treating alopecia areata in traditional Chinese medicine, the general idea is to "enhance the body's resistance to evil" and rely on the body's own "self-healing power".
In addition, Chinese medicine treats alopecia areata, especially moderate and severe alopecia areata. Francis Shengfa, a famous old Chinese doctor with 30 years' experience in treating alopecia areata, suggested that we must pay attention to liver and kidney, nourish liver and kidney for patients as appropriate, and fundamentally eliminate the source of disease occurrence and development. On this basis, supplemented by products that benefit qi and nourish blood, promote blood circulation and dispel wind, the hair growth effect is often excellent.
Kidney is innate, nourishing the liver and kidney, strengthening the body, itself is to enhance the body's immunity and self-healing power.
(3) Below, the welfare of alopecia areata patients:
Francis Shengfa once shared a prescription for alopecia areata, which received rave reviews. Now she shares it here:
Is prepared from Ginseng Radix Rubri 10g, Radix Astragali 10g, Colla Cervi 10g, Fructus Ligustri Lucidi 10g, Eclipta prostrata 10g, Platycladus orientalis 10g, Notopterygii Rhizoma 10g, Radix Et Rhizoma Rhei, Radix Et Rhizoma Rhei, Radix Et Rhizoma Rhei, Radix Et Rhizoma Atractylodis Gastrodia elata 10g, Mulberry 10g, Angelica sinensis 10g, Polygonum multiflorum Thunb 15g, Sesamum nigrum 15g and Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch.
Usage: decoction, daily 1 dose.
The main functions are regulating and tonifying liver and kidney, benefiting qi and nourishing blood, promoting blood circulation and expelling wind. Used for alopecia areata.
Fang Jie Polygonum multiflorum Thunb. and black sesame seed enter the liver and kidney meridian, which can nourish liver and kidney, nourish blood and promote hair growth; However, Ligustrum lucidum and Eclipta prostrata (Erzhi Pill) have the functions of nourishing liver and kidney, calming the heart and calming the nerves; Lycium barbarum can also nourish kidney and liver; Ginseng and astragalus can invigorate qi, and jujube can strengthen spleen and stomach, and harmonize camp and health. There is an old saying: "Ginseng tonifies qi and produces blood, and jujube tonifies blood and turns qi". The combination of the two can tonify qi and nourish blood. The instructor thinks that the use of Platycladus orientalis leaves is evergreen and can make the hair last; Deer antler glue can replenish blood and essence, and it is a kind of flesh-and-blood product, which is based on "those who lack essence, supplement it with taste"; Mulberry and Rehmannia glutinosa enter the liver and kidney meridians, which can nourish yin and kidney, nourish blood and promote hair growth; Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Rhizoma Sparganii, and Rhizoma Curcumae enrich blood, promote blood circulation, and promote qi circulation; Gastrodia elata and tribulus terrestris have the effects of nourishing liver and expelling wind; Notopterygium root and Cimicifuga rhizome make drugs rise. For example, in Materia Medica Righteousness, "Notopterygium notopterygium can benefit qi, which can rise to the top", the compatibility of Notopterygium notopterygium and Cimicifuga rhizome can strengthen the power of inducing drugs to rise, while Glycyrrhiza uralensis can adjust various drugs. Gao Lao believes that the combination of the above drugs can not only make the drugs reach the top and skin surface, but also nourish the affected skin and make hair grow. At the same time, with a large number of drugs for nourishing liver and kidney, nourishing blood and expelling wind, hair is not easy to fall off.
If the liver and kidney deficiency type is modified, this recipe is the main one; If it is the type of blood deficiency and wind excess, Radix Rehmanniae Preparata and Semen Ziziphi Spinosae should be added to increase the power of nourishing blood and calming the nerves, so as to achieve the theory of "blood deficiency and wind self-extinguishing"; A small amount of Rhizoma Sparganii and Rhizoma Curcumae can promote local skin blood circulation and promote hair growth.
This prescription has no toxic side effects, no irritation and no dependence. If you are free, you can go to the pharmacy to make up this prescription. If you find it difficult to prepare, you can go to Franciscans Hair Growth Company and ask for dialectical addition and subtraction. The basic prescription is on it. Based on this prescription, a series of prescriptions that can take care of the specific syndromes of many alopecia areata patients are derived, which are more accurate and greatly shorten the hair growth cycle. The key is that Francis made honey pills according to the amount, which tastes pleasant and has no bitter taste of traditional Chinese medicine decoction. I left it in my bag when I went out.
In addition, publish a prescription for external treatment of alopecia areata that you can use immediately:
Preparation of medicinal materials:
Ginseng leaf 12g, Platycladus orientalis leaf 12g, ginger 12g, Cortex Dictamni Radicis 12g, and a catty of sorghum wine.
Treatment method:
Soak the medicine in wine for a week and then open it for use.
Usage:
Rub the affected area with cotton balls, 3~4 times a day, each time for about 10 minutes, and be careful not to scratch the skin.
This prescription is a simple basic prescription for Franciscans to treat alopecia areata. It was originally prepared for patients who came from afar when the express delivery was inconvenient more than ten years ago. Originally, even the party was charged, but now it is released to everyone for free.
Pharmacology shows that the ethanol extracts of ginseng leaves, cacumen Platycladi leaves and ginger have the effects of clearing away heat, promoting blood circulation and promoting granulation, and have a certain effect on alopecia, and the effect of expelling wind and relieving itching is better by adding Dictamni bark.
The advantage of this prescription is that it doesn't need to know the ancient processing flow, it is simple and easy to use, and it can be used as soon as it is used, without the side effects like minoxidil western medicine. The disadvantage is that because it is not dialectical medicine, especially for moderate and severe patients, there is no general prescription for suitable internal medicine, so the efficiency is worse than that of hair care liquid and internal medicine specially prepared for specific personal conditions. But if you are only mildly alopecia areata, this simple prescription is absolutely effective! And because the method is simple, it is very popular with patients!
I published this formula in Zhihu, and some friends with strong hands-on ability have successfully grown their hair after using it themselves.
In a word, mild alopecia areata can be cured by the self-healing power of the human body alone, but some moderate and severe alopecia areata need careful treatment, especially the type of alopecia areata that develops rapidly in a short time, which is often difficult to treat. It is recommended to treat the disease as soon as possible without further deterioration.
④ How to judge the degree of alopecia areata?
Alopecia areata is generally divided into four punishments: single type (single focal alopecia areata), multiple type (multifocal alopecia areata), total type (total alopecia) and generalized type (alopecia universalis). The severity can be divided into three grades: mild, moderate and severe. Mild single or multiple hair qualities, slow progress, hair loss range less than 25% of the scalp; Moderate single hair or multiple hair, rapid progress, hair loss range in the scalp 25% ~ 50%; Severe head type or generalized hair type, rapid progress, long course of disease, hair loss range is larger than scalp 50%.
If you can treat alopecia areata, especially moderate and severe alopecia areata, you should give priority to an experienced doctor and make good use of the combination of traditional Chinese and western medicine, both internal and external treatment, universal treatment and special treatment, and the curative effect will be at least 3~6 months or longer. As long as we strengthen our confidence and insist on treatment, it has been proved that most patients can achieve good results.