We have a good way to cure alopecia areata, Chinese medicine+diet together! Say goodbye to "ghost shaving"

Author: Zhou Xinxian, a Chinese pharmacist in the Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University.

Occasionally, it is also called "ghost shaving", which is a common inflammatory scarless alopecia.

The clinical manifestation is that the hair suddenly falls off in pieces, and the alopecia spots are mostly round or oval, with different sizes, which can be single or multiple, mainly in the hair, and can also involve beards, eyebrows, armpits and other hairy body parts. Hair loss spots usually have clear boundaries and the skin appearance is basically normal. Generally, there are no obvious symptoms, and most of them are discovered unintentionally. A few patients may have mild scalp itching or scalp tightness.

The etiology of alopecia areata is complex, and Chinese medicine believes that the occurrence of this disease is mainly related to liver, kidney and qi and blood. "Liver controls blood storage", "kidney controls essence storage", "kidney, ... its flowers are in hair" and "hair is outside blood". Therefore, Chinese medicine scholars believe that alopecia areata is mainly caused by deficiency of liver and kidney, deficiency of essence and blood, and blood deficiency can't nourish pores, which leads to common cold invasion, wind and blood dryness, which makes hair lose luster and dry easily. Liver storing blood to relieve qi. If people's emotions are out of balance, it will lead to the loss of qi in the liver, qi stagnation and blood stasis, and it can also make the hair lose nutrition and dry up.

In addition, alopecia areata can also be caused by improper diet, long illness, overwork or postpartum, congenital deficiency and so on.

Therefore, the pathogenesis of alopecia areata is divided into deficiency and excess, and deficiency is deficiency of qi and blood or deficiency of liver and kidney; In fact, overeating is fat and sweet, or emotional injury, qi stagnation and fire, blood heat and wind, leading to wind and blood dryness, or blood stasis leading to hair loss.

Here are several types and manifestations of alopecia areata, as well as Chinese medicine treatment methods and some simple dietotherapy methods:

Internal treatment

1, blood deficiency and wind dryness

Symptoms: sudden hair loss, occasional scalp itching, irritability, red tongue and thin fur.

Treatment: nourishing blood and expelling wind.

Prescription:

(1) Shen Ying Yang Zhen Dan is added and subtracted;

② Yangxue Shengfa Capsule;

Diet therapy:

① Lycium barbarum black sesame porridge;

2 black bean walnut mulberry porridge;

③ Dandelion black bean sugar;

2. Qi stagnation and blood stasis

Symptoms: long course of disease, headache or chest and rib pain before alopecia, upset and irritable, chest tightness, insomnia and dreaminess, dark tongue with petechiae.

Treatment: soothing the liver and relieving depression, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis.

Prescription:

① Xiaoyao Powder combined with Tongmai Huoxue Decoction;

② Xiaoyao Pill;

③ Compound Danshen Tablets;

Dietotherapy: eat bergamot raw, or take it in soup every day.

3. Deficiency of both qi and blood

Symptoms: After illness or postpartum, most of the hair falls off in pieces, which is gradually aggravated, with sparse and withered hair, pale lips, palpitation, shortness of breath, fatigue and pale tongue.

Treatment: Yiqi Yangxue.

Prescription:

① addition and subtraction of Bazhen decoction;

② Yangxue Shengfa Capsule;

③ Bazhen Pills;

④ Shiquan Dabu Pill;

Diet therapy:

① walnut biscuit;

② Buqi Yangxue Decoction;

4. Yin deficiency of liver and kidney

Symptoms: the course of the disease is long, the hair is brown or gray, and it falls off in large areas, even the whole body hair falls off, accompanied by dizziness, tinnitus, dizziness, soreness of the waist and knees, pale tongue and thin fur.

Treatment: nourishing liver and kidney.

Prescription:

(1) add and subtract Qibaomei beard Dan;

② White Dihuang Pills;

③ Heche Jujube Capsule;

Dietotherapy: Radix Polygoni Multiflori Preparata, Radix Rehmanniae, Radix Codonopsis, Rhizoma Dioscoreae, Fructus Lycii, and ribs to make soup.

External washing method

Decocting Herba Siegesbeckiae, Ecliptae Herba, Rhizoma Dioscoreae Septemlobae and pine needles, and washing. Among them, Herba Siegesbeckiae can dispel wind and relieve itching, Eclipta prostrata can benefit kidney and promote hair growth, potatoes can promote blood circulation and replenish blood, and pine needles can dispel wind, remove dampness, relieve itching and kill insects; It is the first choice of shampoo. This prescription focuses on expelling wind and activating collaterals, relieving itching and promoting hair growth.

Stigma Croci Sativi, Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae, Rhizoma Chuanxiong and Flos Ginseng were soaked in 75% alcohol for 7 days, and then applied to the alopecia area. Among them, Ligusticum chuanxiong promotes qi and blood circulation, orange collaterals dredge pores, ginseng flowers invigorate qi and promote fluid production, and can enter the brain to honor pores, while saffron promotes blood circulation and removes blood stasis. The combination of the four medicines can replenish qi and blood, eliminate phlegm and dredge collaterals, refresh the mind, and guide a group of medicines to pores through saffron to provide nutrition for hair.

Alopecia areata can be treated with plum blossom needle buckle acupuncture at Fengchi point and alopecia area, or with plum blossom needle combined with moxibustion.

In addition to drug treatment, people with alopecia should also pay attention to their usual eating habits, avoid alcohol and tobacco, spicy food, beef, sheep and shrimp. Eat all kinds of vegetables and fruits properly; Keep a good mood and don't be too volatile; Avoid overwork and staying up late. Full of qi and blood, full of essence, hair can return to normal.

Reviewer: Wang Ruolun, Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University.

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