When people reach old age, and some people still reach middle age, their hair will turn gray to varying degrees. When hair turns from black to white, it is usually due to the decline in the function of the hair's pigment cells. As long as daily care is taken properly, many people can delay the growth of gray hair.
First, stay away from anxiety.
If you are worried, worried, and anxious every day, it may cause hair loss and gray hair. The longer the anxiety is suppressed, the faster the hair loss and gray hair will be. No matter how busy you are, it is recommended that everyone maintain an appropriate amount of exercise and a happy mood, take deep breaths, take a walk, etc. every day to reduce mental fatigue and reduce hair loss, making the hair black, lustrous and full of vitality.
Second, wash and comb your hair scientifically.
In addition to summer, do not wash your hair too frequently in other seasons. It is best to wash your hair twice and no more than three times a week. The water temperature during shampooing does not need to be too high and should be close to body temperature. Do not use strong degreasing or alkaline shampoos, which can easily dry your hair and cause scalp necrosis.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the meridians in the human body either directly converge to the head, or indirectly act on the head. On the top of a person's head, there are more than 40 acupuncture points and meridians in the body. Frequently combing your hair can stimulate these acupoints and meridians, thereby dredging Qi and blood, nourishing your hair, and improving gray hair.
However, it should be noted that the method of combing your hair is very important. Correct method: 1. The intensity should be moderate so that the scalp feels warm. If you use too much force, it will hurt the scalp; if you use too much force, it will not have the effect of stimulating acupoints and meridians. 2. Choose the right time to comb your hair. It is best to spend 10 minutes each in the morning, noon and evening. 3. Pay attention to the order, from front to back, then from left to right. 4. It is not advisable to use plastic combs. It is best to choose peach wood combs or horn combs. 5. Don’t comb your hair hastily, but comb it in an orderly manner, touching your scalp when combing your hair. 6. Do not comb your hair when it is wet. You should blow dry your hair before combing it.
Third, get enough sleep.
Adequate sleep can promote normal metabolism of hair and skin.
Night is the best period for metabolism, especially between 11 pm and 2 am. If you can sleep peacefully and get enough sleep during this time, your hair can be metabolized normally.
Fourth, we must avoid damage.
Hair dyeing, perming and blow-drying can cause damage to the hair. The temperature blown by the hair dryer is very high, which can cause damage to hair tissue. In daily life, it is best not to use a hair dryer to dry your hair. It is recommended to wait 3-6 months between hair dyeing and perming.
Zhou Qizhi, deputy chief physician of the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine Dermatology of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, said that through dietary therapy, gray hair can be delayed and the condition of gray hair can be appropriately improved.
In your daily diet, you can eat more foods rich in iron, copper, cobalt and other elements. Because these ingredients can stimulate the activity of melanocyte tyrosinase in the hair bulb, enhance the synthesis ability of melanocytes in the hair, and can effectively delay the graying of black hair.
You can also eat more kelp, fungus, soy products, spinach and other foods to supplement calcium.
You can also eat more black sesame seeds, black fungus, walnuts, red dates, wolfberries, peanuts and other foods to achieve the purpose of hair care and enhance the health of your hair.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that besides the blood, the essence of the kidney is also present. The theory that the kidney governs black hair holds that white hair is mostly caused by blood deficiency and kidney deficiency, but it can also be caused by blood heat. Therefore, the treatment should nourish blood and kidneys, clear away heat and cool blood, and use safe and non-toxic traditional Chinese medicine to dye hair. Here are several effective hair dyeing prescriptions for patients to choose from.
Oral administration
Recipe 1: 50 grams each of raw rehmannia glutinosa, rehmannia glutinosa, polygala root, dodder seed, calamus, black bean, Achyranthes bidentata, turtle shell, ligustrum lucidum, black plum, and table salt 30 grams each, grind the powder into fine powder, refine the honey into pills, each pill weighs 12 grams, take 1 pill each time, 3 times a day, with boiled water. This prescription has the effect of clearing away heat and cooling the blood, nourishing the liver and kidneys, and is mainly used to treat gray hair in teenagers who have internal blood heat and have lost blood to nourish their hair.
Recipe 2: 150 grams of black beans, 100 grams each of walnut kernels, rehmannia glutinosa, mulberry, black sesame, Polygonum multiflorum, dodder, cornus, cistanche, Ligustrum lucidum, wolfberry, 80 grams of angelica , grind the powder into fine powder, refine the honey into pills, each pill weighs 10 grams, take 1 pill each time, 3 times a day, take with light salt water. This prescription has the effects of nourishing essence and blood, benefiting the liver and kidneys, and nourishing yin and black hair. It is mainly used to treat gray hair in middle-aged and elderly people, which is manifested as white hair on the temples, whitening of the top of the head and other symptoms of body aging and kidney deficiency and insufficient essence and blood.
Recipe 3: Equal parts of black sesame, Polygonum multiflorum, black beans, appropriate amount of jujube, soak in wine, seal for 3 weeks and drink, 2 times a day, 10 ml each time; in addition, mix with each morning and evening Pull the ears once, 14 times each time. This recipe has the effect of nourishing the liver and kidneys, nourishing blood and black hair. It is suitable for middle-aged and elderly people with gray hair. It usually needs to be adhered to for half a year to a year.
Recipe 4: 10 grams each of psoralen, curculigo, eclipta, raspberry, wolfberry, dodder, and mulberry, 30 grams of Rehmannia glutinosa, 5 grams of lotus root, 1 dose per day, each Add the medicine to water and decoct it 3 times. Add an appropriate amount of honey each time and take it warmly before meals. This prescription is mainly used to treat premature graying of beard and hair in teenagers or middle-aged people, gradually turning from gray to all white hair, and some even sparse and falling off, accompanied by symptoms such as dizziness, tinnitus, backache, and frequent nocturia.
External washing recipe
Recipe 1: 250 grams each of saponaria and polygonum multiflorum, 25 grams of honey, and 25 grams of vinegar; first soak the saponin in hot water and wait until soft Pound it into a paste, mix it with Polygonum multiflorum, honey and vinegar, add 1200 ml of water into the pot, and boil for more than half an hour. After the Polygonum multiflorum is fried, remove the residue and leave the liquid for later use; use this medicine every week Wash your hair 1-2 times with liquid.
Recipe 2: 30 grams each of Polygonum multiflorum, dandelion and Eclipta grass, 10 grams each of Ligusticum chuanxiong and Cyperus rotundus, boil in water and wash your hair, 1-2 times a week.
Recipe 3: Grind pomegranate peel, gallnuts, and sesame leaves into coarse powder, soak in water, and apply the juice externally.
Recipe 4: Grind white silkworm, basil leaves, gallnut, white root, indigo naturalis, angelica dahurica, talc, spikenard into fine powder, decoct in water and get the juice for external application.
Recipe 5: Take an appropriate amount of frost-resistant Wutong leaves and seeds, mash them, then steam them, wrap them in new white cloth, twist the juice and apply it on the white hair.
Recipe 6: Wrap 1 piece of birch bark and 1 branch of Platycladus orientalis leaf, put a little sesame oil, burn it in a bowl until it becomes smoke powder, and apply it with white hair.
Warm reminder: People with gray hair should pay attention to the balance between work and rest, get enough sleep, and should not work too hard or stay up late; maintain an optimistic mood and avoid anxiety, sadness and irritation; massage the scalp frequently and comb their hair diligently.
(According to People's Daily - Health Channel, Shanghai Traditional Chinese Medicine News)