Less than middle age, the hair on the top of the head has been graying and abnormally falling off, looking old and haggard.
However, the health of 3000 hairs not only affects the appearance, but also sends a warning message to the health of internal organs from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, which cannot be neglected.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that "kidney stores essence, and its flowers are in hair" and "liver stores blood, and hair removes blood", so hair can reflect the health status of our liver and kidney, that is, whether kidney essence and liver blood are sufficient.
If a person's kidney essence is insufficient, his hair will easily lose its luster and white hair will appear early; If the liver blood is deficient and there is not enough nutrition to reach the scalp, it is easier to lose hair.
Under normal circumstances, after 40-50 years old, "kidney essence" will gradually decline. The older you get, the less kidney essence will be, which is manifested in the hair, that is, the color will gradually turn white.
However, the overworked and stressful lifestyle of modern people leads to the deficiency of kidney essence earlier. Common reasons include:
Overwork, lack of proper rest, long-term physical exhaustion and excessive consumption of kidney essence make white hair grow out one by one, especially for men in the workplace.
Long-term lack of sleep, or poor sleep quality, will consume a lot of kidney essence, make people aging before they get old, and their hair will naturally turn white soon.
Sleep is an important opportunity to get rid of waste in the body. If you don't sleep well and don't get enough sleep, the waste can't be discharged smoothly, which hinders the dredging of qi and blood and naturally leads to poor hair growth.
Staying up late often consumes liver blood. Once qi and blood are insufficient, it is difficult for hair to get the nutrition it needs, and it is easy to fall off prematurely, resulting in abnormal hair loss. In addition, lack of sleep makes the shoulders and neck stiff, which hinders the upward flow of blood and smooth transportation to the scalp, and also affects waste metabolism.
Stress and depression are easy to "hurt the liver", leading to stagnation of liver qi and easy hair loss. Clinically, it is more common for women to have a large number of abnormal hair loss due to stress problems.
Besides "liver" and "kidney" are directly related to hair health, Chinese medicine believes that raising a beautiful hair requires good spleen and stomach function. People with spleen and stomach qi deficiency have poor digestion, absorption and transportation ability of nutrients, which will also affect hair health.
After a serious illness or a long illness, most people show qi deficiency of the spleen and stomach, and irregular, quantitative and unbalanced diet will damage the function of the spleen and stomach. And often eating a lot of cold food, such as cold drinks in summer, will also consume the qi (energy) of the spleen and stomach in the body. After a long time, the function of spleen and stomach will not function normally.
Spleen and stomach are the foundation of the day after tomorrow, the source of qi and blood biochemistry, and also the hub of the rise and fall of human qi. Maintaining the healthy function of human body depends on the digestion and absorption of spleen and stomach and the nutrition in diet. The spleen and stomach are healthy, and other viscera functions can be normal. Therefore, whether you want to tonify the kidney or nourish the liver, you must first nourish the spleen and stomach, especially those with spleen and stomach problems. You need to strengthen the function of the spleen and stomach first and improve the digestion and absorption ability, otherwise the effect will be poor.
Improper weight loss, partial eclipse, beware of crazy hair loss.
One-sided unbalanced diet and nutrition is another reason why modern people's hair ages and falls off early.
Eating out often, eating too much animal fat and refined processed food, but eating less natural fruits and vegetables and coarse grains, is easy to lack vitamin B group, vitamin C, zinc, phosphorus, iron, calcium and other minerals that promote healthy hair growth.
Coupled with the intake of a large number of animal fats, it is easy to block blood vessels, make blood flow poor, and nutrients are not easy to reach the head, so hair naturally cannot grow normally.
Clinically, it is more common for women to eat less and have a serious partial eclipse in order to lose weight. For example, they only eat fruits and vegetables instead of meat (protein) and rice, which leads to malnutrition. Liver blood deficiency lost a lot of hair at a young age.
In particular, women have to go through the physiological period every month, and pregnancy and childbirth will consume a lot of qi and blood. If you don't pay attention to balanced nutrition and supplement liver blood, it is difficult for your hair to be rich and bright.
To sum up, Chinese medicine believes that if you want to have a beautiful black hair that is not easy to break, you must regulate the spleen and stomach, nourish liver blood, replenish kidney essence, and keep qi and blood smooth (especially the head).
1. Eat black food
Chinese medicine believes that the kidney is "black", so generally black food enters the kidney, which can tonify kidney essence. It is suggested that black food, such as black sesame, black fungus, black bean, mulberry and black glutinous rice, should be added to the daily diet.
For example, in the morning, you can brew black sesame powder (no frying, no getting angry) and black bean powder, and you can also add Polygonum multiflorum Thunb (powder), a famous Chinese medicine for hair care, as breakfast, which is helpful for nourishing liver and kidney, preventing and improving white hair and alopecia.
In addition, dried longan, red dates (or black dates) and black grapes (or raisins) which contain iron and can replenish blood can prevent hair loss, which is especially important for women, especially after the physiological period.
Seaweed, the black food in the sea, such as kelp and laver, is rich in iodine and can make hair shiny. In addition, seaweed also contains iron and B 12, which is an important nutrient to prevent anemia and can make hair get sufficient nutrition.
To strengthen the function of spleen and stomach, doctors recommend yam or Shen Si decoction, which is mild in nature and suitable for all kinds of physique. In addition to invigorating the spleen and stomach, promoting digestion and absorption, yam can also tonify the kidney and replenish essence, which is especially suitable for people who often have gastrointestinal discomfort and loss of appetite.
2. Get enough sleep and sleep before 1 1.
Many Chinese medicine practitioners agree that it is better to have a good sleep than to take supplements to nourish the liver and kidney and prevent premature hair loss.
Huangdi Neijing mentioned: "When people lie on their back, blood will return to the liver." So adequate sleep can make the liver repair well. Moreover, it is best to go to bed before 1 1 at night.
From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, blood flows through the gallbladder and liver meridians from 1 1 afternoon to 3 am, so the body should get enough rest at this time, otherwise the repair function of the liver will be affected, and the liver blood will not be nourished, which will affect the normal growth of hair.
Le Yingru, a Chinese medicine doctor, said that the quality of sleep is good, the muscles and bones of the whole body can be rested and relaxed, especially in the shoulder and neck position, fatigue and stiffness will not accumulate, the flow of qi and blood to the head will not be blocked, and the hair will be adequately nourished and naturally healthy.
3. Exercise regularly and relax.
Regular exercise is the best way to make the whole body run smoothly, especially to reach the top of the scalp, and pay special attention to the activities of lower limbs, shoulders and neck.
Most modern people live and work in a sedentary way, so the circulation of lower limbs is very poor, and staying in a low-temperature air-conditioning environment all day is not conducive to blood circulation.
Therefore, when busy people really can't find time to exercise, they should at least find opportunities to exercise in the office, such as getting up for an hour and going to the toilet or tea room; In the seat, lift your feet and turn your ankles to promote blood circulation and help blood flow back upwards.
When you use the computer for a long time or look down at books and documents, your shoulders and neck are prone to stiffness. Similarly, at least 1 hour, let your shoulders move, such as turning your shoulders back and forth in circles, or turning your head to relax your neck. In addition, you can also press your hand on the "Fengchi point" on your head (both sides of the back neck, hairline and lateral spinous tendons), which can relieve the hardness and discomfort of the neck.
4. Press Yongquan point of kidney meridian and Taichong point of liver meridian.
Because hair health is related to "liver" and "kidney", you can dredge the meridians by tapping the liver and kidney meridians, so that qi and blood can run smoothly and it is also conducive to hair growth.
The liver meridian runs on the inside of the calf, while the kidney meridian is longer, from the little toe of the foot to the center of the foot, to the back of the medial malleolus, and then up along the medial and posterior sides of the calf and thigh, and finally to the abdomen and chest. If ordinary people are not familiar with the direction of meridians and don't know how to play well, they can actually directly press the acupoints on the meridians of liver and kidney, which also has a health care effect.
The doctor suggested pressing Yongquan point (the sole, the depression in the first half of the sole, extending from the seam between the second and third toes to the first third of the heel line). It can nourish kidney essence, help sleep and promote blood circulation.
In addition, pressing Taichong point of the liver meridian (between the big toe and the second toe, pushed to the top of the instep) can soothe the liver and regulate qi, relieve stress, clear the liver and purge fire, and also adjust the adverse physiological period of women.
5. Comb your hair from front to back with a comb or finger.
Combing hair can promote the flow of scalp qi and blood, so that nutrition can be fully supplied to hair growth.
It is recommended to choose natural wood or horn material for the comb, which is not easy to generate static electricity or damage hair by pulling. When you comb your hair, comb it back from your forehead. Don't pull your hair too hard, so as not to hurt the scalp hair follicles.
You don't need a comb, you can do it with your hands and fingers, comb it from front to back, draw a circle on the scalp with your fingertips, or pat the whole scalp, which can promote the flow of qi and blood in your head.
If the hair in a certain area of the scalp turns white and falls off obviously, you can strengthen the scalp massage in this area according to Dr. Le Ying's suggestion.
In addition, if you want to keep your hair healthy, you can often press several important acupoints that are helpful to relax your head and neck and smooth your blood, including the temple, Fengchi, Baihui (where the ears meet in the center of your head), Tianzhu (below the hairline of your neck, outside the tendon) and so on.
Women should avoid tying their hair for a long time every day, or tying it too tightly, so as to avoid excessive pulling by external forces and increase hair loss. Furthermore, it is not advisable to wear too tight hair bands frequently, which may cause poor scalp blood circulation.
If you want to tie your hair, you can change your hairstyle. Don't always tie your hair in the same area. Change the edges and dividing lines frequently, so you don't have to worry about less and less hair.