It has some effect in treating gray hair.
Gray hair is mainly divided into less gray hair and senile gray hair. Less gray hair is partly due to family genetics and partly due to the same reason as senile gray hair, which is due to progressive loss of tyrosinase activity in the melanocytes and loss of pigment in the hair shaft.
Amaranth is rich in copper, of which copper ions are an important part of tyrosinase, amaranth can improve the activity of tyrosinase, increase the density of black cells in the epidermis; honey is rich in protein, amino acids, vitamins and other nutrients, can help to improve the body's microcirculation, to promote the synthesis of melanin, and to improve the cellular secretion of melanin particles function, so the Amaranth plus honey has a certain therapeutic effect on gray hair due to the loss of tyrosinase activity.
2 How long does amaranth and honey work for gray hair
The time it takes to work varies from person to person.
Gray hair is not generated overnight, so the treatment process will be relatively long, need a longer period of time to see the effect, and because each person's constitution is not the same, the degree of absorption of the drug effect is not the same, so can not be obvious specific time to see the effect, the general degree of absorption of the drug is good or gray hair is lighter people may adhere to the effect of the crowd can be seen in about 1-3 months.
3 How to use amaranth and honey for gray hair
It is generally recommended to take the drug internally and use it externally for better results.
Internal method:
1, wash the amaranth, put into the juicer to beat the juice.
2, take amaranth juice about 100 ml.
3, then add about 30 grams of honey and mix well to drink.
4. 2-3 times a day.
External use:
1, wash the fresh amaranth, cut into pieces.
2. Put it into a pot, add water and boil it.
3. Strain out the dregs with gauze and take the juice.
4, the filtered amaranth juice slightly cooled, add honey and mix well.
5, to be cooled into the refrigerator to save.
6. Every morning and evening, dip a cotton swab and apply it to the roots of gray hair.
4 What to pay attention to when treating gray hair with amaranth and honey
1, the dosage should not be too much
In the use of amaranth and honey for internal treatment of gray hair, the dosage of amaranth should not be too much, although the amaranth does not have any obvious toxic side effects, but because of its medicinal properties of cold, eating more may stimulate the stomach and cause gastrointestinal discomfort.
2, not with turtle shells
Because amaranth and turtle shells are incompatible, both are cold in nature, easy to hurt the spleen and stomach with food, so in the use of amaranth and honey internal treatment of gray hair, if there is in the taking of traditional Chinese medicine turtle shells or in the consumption of turtle, then it is not appropriate to use amaranth.