White hair
White hair does not include gray hair due to natural aging in old age, but refers to premature graying caused by genetic factors or certain diseases. Modern medicine believes that white hair is mainly due to reduced melanin formation in hair, weakened function of melanocytes in producing melanin, and decreased activity of tyrosinase. Excessive emotional stress, overwork, worry, fear, nervous trauma, and chronic wasting diseases may also cause white hair.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes the following factors are related to white hair:
First, deficiency of essence and blood weakness: insufficient kidney essence cannot generate yin blood, leading to deficiency of yin blood, depriving hair of nourishment, thus causing graying.
Second, excessive heat in blood: emotional agitation leads to inadequate water to nourish wood, liver excess and dry blood, resulting in blood heat, depriving hair roots of nourishment, hence premature graying.
Third, liver stagnation and spleen dampness: liver qi stagnation damages heart and spleen, spleen injury impairs transformation and transportation, cutting off the source of qi and blood production, thus causing white hair.
There are many proven and folk remedies for treating white hair, mainly as follows.
[Formula One]
Sangbaipi 30 grams, Wuweizi 15 grams, Qingxiangzi 60 grams. Decoct and use externally for washing.
[Formula Two]
Di Gupi, Sheng Dihuang, Tusi Zi, Niu Xi, Yuanzhi, Shi Changpu in appropriate amounts. Make into honey pills or decoct and drink.
[Formula Three]
100 grams of sour pomegranate, 150 grams of Wuweizi, 50 grams of sesame leaves. Coarsely grind, place in iron vessel water, extract juice for external application.
[Formula Four]
500 grams of Nüzhenzi, 250 grams of Jushengzi. Decoct, take 20 ml each time, twice to three times daily, with warm water.
This formula is an excellent remedy for white hair caused by yin deficiency and dry blood.
[Formula Five]
Two cloves of garlic, one piece of ginger. Crush into paste, rub on scalp, then rinse with water. Spray perfume to reduce garlic odor. Continuous use for 3–4 months will show results.
[Formula Six]
90 grams of Sangbaipi. Chop finely, boil for 5–6 boils, remove residue, frequently apply to temples. Hair will not fall out.
This formula serves as a hair health tonic, easy to obtain and use, suitable for all ages.
[Formula Seven]
520 grams of Nüzhenzi, 300 grams each of Zao Liancao and Sangshenzi. First dry Nüzhenzi in shade, then soak in wine for one day, steam until soft and dry again. Dry Zao Liancao and Sangshenzi in shade. Grind all three herbs into fine powder, make into pills with honey, each pill weighing 10 grams. Take one pill twice daily, with diluted salt water.
[Formula Eight]
150 grams each of black sesame powder and He Shou Wu powder. Add appropriate sugar, cook into porridge-like consistency, take with hot water every night, one bowl.
After six months, white hair turns gray, gray hair turns black.
[Formula Nine]
30 grams of one’s own tangled hair, 50 grains of pepper. Wash one’s own hair clean, mix 30 grams of hair with 50 grains of pepper, seal tightly with clay, burn in furnace until black like lacquer, grind into fine powder, take 3 grams with white wine.
[Formula Ten]
2000 grams of cooked Rehmannia glutinosa, 500 grams of apricot kernels (soaked, skin and tip removed, double kernels crushed into paste), 250 grams of诃黎勒皮. Crush and grind into powder, mix with apricot paste evenly, add honey, pound with pestle for 200–300 times, form into pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take with warm water, initially 10 pills, before meals, gradually increase to 40 pills. Avoid raw scallions, radishes, garlic.
[Formula Eleven]
1000 grams of fresh cypress leaves (chopped), 500 grams of pork fat. Crush cypress leaves into powder, mix with pork fat to make 20 pills. Wrap one pill in cloth and soak in gruel, dissolve and wash hair. Once daily, after one month, hair gradually becomes black and lustrous.
[Formula Twelve]
Appropriate amount of white wax. Pull out white hairs, melt white wax and drop into holes, new black hair will grow.
[Formula Thirteen]
Several grams of Xuanlian. Soak in wine overnight, dry and grind into powder, make into pills the size of paulownia seeds with honey. Swallow 20 pills with wine before bedtime.
[Formula Fourteen]
5 grams each of raw and processed He Shou Wu. Steep in boiling water, drink daily as tea, continue for several months.
[Formula Fifteen]
Three green walnuts (with skin crushed finely). Mix with 3 bowls of milk in silver or stone container, stir well, apply to beard and hair 3–5 times.
[Formula Sixteen]
Green vitriol, mint, aconite in equal parts. Grind into powder, soak in iron water, apply daily.
[Formula Seventeen]
Frost-damaged leaves of catalpa tree. Collect plenty, crush, steam in steamer, squeeze juice through cloth, use to wash hair.
[Formula Eighteen]
500 grams of Lianzi Cao, apricot kernels (soaked, skin and tip removed, double kernels roasted until yellow), 1000 grams each of cooked Rehmannia glutinosa. Mix all ingredients, pound for 10,000 times, color should be like lacquer, form into pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take 30 pills on empty stomach with warm wine in the morning, another dose at night.
[Formula Nineteen]
Pomegranate flowers. Dry in shade, grind into powder, mix with a small amount of iron powder, take 3 grams with rice vinegar decoction once in the morning and once in the evening.
[Formula Twenty]
60 grams each of He Shou Wu and iron ore. Grind together into fine powder, take 2–3 grams twice daily.
[Formula Twenty-One]
250 grams each of Tianmen Dong and cooked Rehmannia. Combine, make into pills with honey, size of paulownia seeds. Take 30 pills before meals with wine daily.
This formula is effective for premature graying when taken regularly, but avoid raw scallions, radishes, garlic.
[Formula Twenty-Two]
30 grams each of black beans, hawthorn, and large green leaves. Boil and drink, twice daily.
[Formula Twenty-Three]
10 walnut shells, 10 grams of raw Rehmannia. Boil these herbs and drink as tea, one dose daily, continuous use for 1–3 months.
[Formula Twenty-Four]
10 grams of black sesame, 3 grams each of He Shou Wu and walnut meat. Stir-fry all three ingredients in an iron pan until cooked, then swallow. This quantity is one dose, take one dose daily, continue for 3 months.
[Formula Twenty-Five]
500 grams of small black beans, 60 grams of goji berries, 30 grams of He Shou Wu, 12 walnuts. First boil goji berries and He Shou Wu, use the decoction to cook black beans and walnuts. Then stir in the mixture, dry in shade. Take 30 black beans on empty stomach in the morning and evening.
[Formula Twenty-Six]
200 grams of castor bean kernels, appropriate amount of fragrant oil. Fry castor bean kernels in fragrant oil until charred, filter out residue, let sit for 3 days, then brush frequently on hair;
This remedy is especially suitable for yellow hair that does not turn black.
[Formula Twenty-Seven]
2500 grams each of raw and cooked Rehmannia. Grind into fine powder, make into pills with honey, size of mung beans. Take 10 grams three times daily, with white wine.
This formula is potent and suitable for white hair across all age groups and genders.
[Formula Twenty-Eight]
500 grams of papaya. Soak in hemp oil for one month, use the oil to comb hair.
Long-term use makes dry, dull hair gradually become moist and shiny.
[Formula Twenty-Nine]
100 grams each of walnut bark (or green walnut) and tadpoles. Crush into paste, mix with 3 bowls of milk in glass container. Apply appropriate amount to dye beard and hair, and comb with peach oil.
Long-term use can turn white hair to dark.
[Formula Thirty]
500 ml of rice vinegar, 250 grams of black soybeans. Cook beans in vinegar, remove beans, then simmer until thick paste-like, use to dye hair.
This remedy is especially effective for female graying.
[Formula Thirty-One]
1000 grams each of Jushengzi, chrysanthemum, and poria. Grind into powder, make into pills the size of mung beans with honey. Take orally, three times daily, one course lasting 3 months.
This formula is particularly effective for patients with hypertension and white hair.
[Formula Thirty-Two]
2000 grams of Achyranthes root. Boil 20 grams per dose, take twice daily.
This remedy is especially suitable for young adults experiencing premature graying.
[Formula Thirty-Three]
200 grams of Goji berries, 100 grams of mugwort, 5 dried persimmons. Boil Goji berries and mugwort together with dried persimmons until cooked. Dry Goji berries, grind all ingredients into powder, make into pills with water, size of paulownia seeds. Take 50 pills each time, three times daily, with mugwort decoction.
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