Editor’s note: Although people have various skin care products, there are still many people who are born early at a young age. What causes this phenomenon? Is there any way to prevent premature birth of white hair? People’s Health Network launched the column "Know early and know early", which is designed to collect and sort out the health knowledge that you usually ignore and be your health think tank. Today, I will tell you about those things with white hair.
White hair is born early. Why?
Nowadays, although people have various kinds of skin care products, there are still many people who have white hair at a young age, and those who have premature hair are everywhere. This is because few people can ensure adequate sleep and good sleep quality, and white hair is the result of yin injury under such a lifestyle.
For the treatment of white hair, many people hope for blood-enriching and yin-nourishing drugs, such as Lycium barbarum, Polygonum multiflorum, black sesame and walnut, but few of them are effective. Why? It’s not that the medical principles of these drugs are wrong, but that the time is wrong, and it’s too late to replenish blood and nourish yin.
White hair is the result of deficiency of yin and blood, and the stress of life and mental stress lead to excessive heart fire, which directly consumes yin and blood. When the yin and blood are already deficient, it is necessary to replenish yin and nourish blood, at most, to reduce or slow down the growth rate and quantity of white hair. It is more difficult to pull back the result of deficiency of yin and blood. What’s more, if you are eating blood-enriching and yin-nourishing drugs, you will be black and white and stay up all night, and you will not be guaranteed.
Another reason is that the onset time of drugs for tonifying yin and nourishing blood is slower than that of drugs for tonifying yang and invigorating qi, because "yin" is a "fixed asset", and it takes time to replenish yin and nourish blood, which is equivalent to "building a great project" in the body, so Chinese medicine says, "Yang can be replenished urgently, but Yin cannot be born quickly". Therefore, in order to curb the consequences of yin-blood deficiency and let the body rest fully in the "closed" season in autumn and winter, sleep is the best way to replenish yin.
Worry, excessive white hair, early appearance
Modern medicine believes that excessive anxiety, panic, fright and mental fatigue will make the blood vessels supplying hair nutrition spasm, which will hinder the function of secreting melanin and lead to white hair. For example, people often encounter this situation in their lives. When their careers are not smooth, or their families die, or they are seriously ill, they will grow a lot of white hair in a short time, or even all their hair will turn white in a short time. This is actually caused by the influence of emotions.
Emotional depression or excessive anxiety will lead to liver depression and qi stagnation, which will lead to disharmony between qi and blood, and lead to blood turning white without nourishing hair. This kind of people are usually accompanied by dry mouth and throat, indigestion, chest tightness and abdominal distension, etc., especially for middle-aged people with greater stress.
Do a few things to prevent white hair
First of all, stay optimistic and avoid excessive mental stimulation, because optimistic and open-minded mood is very important to prevent premature gray hair.
Secondly, a reasonable diet is closely related to hair health. Usually, we should eat more fresh vegetables, and the diet is light and diversified, so as to overcome the bad habits such as partial eclipse and balance the nutrition in the body, so as to achieve the effect of diet therapy to prevent gray hair. You can also eat some nourishing foods, such as walnuts, sesame seeds, fungus, etc., to help hair grow. At the beginning of signs of white hair, you can take some traditional Chinese medicine for tonifying the kidney, such as flushing Polygonum multiflorum Thunb. for tea.
Thirdly, scalp massage can promote blood circulation and improve the supply of head nutrition. You can comb your hair with a comb, or rub your hair with your hands and fingers, once a day in the morning and evening, once a time & mdash; Two minutes.
What’s wrong with white hair growing in different positions?
White hair on forehead: mostly spleen and stomach disorders. In Huangdi Neijing, it is pointed out that "women’s May 7th, Yangming pulse declines, the face begins to burn, and the hair begins to fall". The forehead belongs to Yangming, and Yangming is mainly related to the spleen and stomach. Yangming declines and turns white. In fact, there is something wrong with the spleen and stomach. Yangming governs qi and blood, so be careful not to stay up late during conditioning to avoid hurting qi and blood.
Young people are full of qi and blood, and they can recover quickly after staying up late, but in their thirties and forties, it is difficult to recover after staying up late again. It is not as good as going to bed an hour early during the day. Going to bed before 11 o’clock at night can help hide essence and blood and keep you energetic.
White hair on the temples: or liver and gallbladder deficiency. The temples, that is, the parts near the ears, are mainly related to gallbladder. Because the liver and gallbladder are both exterior and interior, it is also related to the liver. The liver holds blood, so the long white hair on the temples is mainly due to insufficient blood. At the same time, we should pay attention to invigorating qi, such as eating red dates to strengthen the spleen and replenish qi, or drinking millet porridge, because qi can produce blood, promote blood circulation and dissolve blood, and when qi is replenished, blood will rise.
White hair on the top of the head and back of the head: caused by deficiency of kidney qi. The top of the head is where the Du Meridian and Ren Meridian pass, and Ren Meridian has the closest relationship with the kidney. White hair grows on the top of the head, mostly due to insufficient kidney qi. The part of the back of the head is near Renmai, which is naturally related to the kidney. People with white hair on the top of their heads and back of their heads should not only replenish qi and blood, but also pay attention to tonifying the kidney. Usually, they can eat more medlar and black sesame seeds.
It is unhealthy to cover white hair with hair dye, which is not recommended.
In the face of white hair, some citizens choose to dye their hair, either by dyeing black hair to cover it, or by dyeing it in color, which is fashionable.
Chen Long, Deputy Chief Physician of Dermatology Department of Wuhan First Hospital, suggested that it is ok to dye your hair occasionally when you need it for work and entertainment, or during holidays, which can enhance your personal image. However, long-term hair dyeing is not recommended, because the hair dye contains heavy metals such as lead, mercury, arsenic and p-phenylenediamine, which not only damages the scalp, but also may damage organs such as liver and kidney, which is not good for health.
The more white hair is pulled out? Rumor, unreliable
In the face of white hair, many citizens choose to pull it out, but folk rumors say that if one white hair is pulled out and three are long, the more it will be pulled out. To this end, many citizens are always worried when they pull out their white hair.
Chen Long introduced that white hair won’t grow more and more. After pulling out the white hair, the hair follicle is temporarily empty and will grow back after a while. But the surrounding hair follicles will not be affected, and the number of white hair and black hair will not change.
Pulling out white hair frequently will have a certain chance of destroying hair follicles and causing infection. This is not recommended.
Can white hair turn black? It’s difficult, so it’s recommended to focus on prevention.
In the face of white hair, it can neither be pulled out nor dyed. How can we maintain a young appearance? On the Internet, many folk remedies and secret recipes that can be called "white hair turns black" are circulated everywhere. Are these prescriptions reliable?
In this regard, Chen Long said with regret that if it is white hair caused by aging, it is a normal physiological process, and the possibility of reversibility is very small. Genetic "less white hair" is almost irreversible. If it is caused by nutrition, psychological reasons or chronic diseases, it may gradually recover when the physical condition gets better.
Therefore, in order to reduce white hair, citizens may wish to do a good job of prevention to avoid the immune disorder caused by overwork and irregular life, thus giving birth to white hair early. Keep enough sleep, exercise properly and eat more foods that tonify qi and blood, such as black beans, fungus and Polygonum multiflorum Thunb.
Increase of white hair, scrapingScraping floating white point
Fubai point is a commonly used experience point for treating white hair. It is located at the top of the head and behind the mastoid behind the ear, and it is the point on the gallbladder meridian of foot shaoyang, which can clear away heat and dampness, soothe the liver and benefit the gallbladder, replenish essence and tonify the kidney. When the hyperactivity of liver yang reaches the top of the head, the blood supply to the head will be impaired, so that the hair follicles can not be nourished by liver blood. Scraping or pressing Fubai point can dredge the head meridians, clear liver and purge fire. In addition, the liver meridian and the gallbladder meridian are intertwined and belong to each other, and the floating white point is on the gallbladder meridian, and the excess gas of the liver is diarrhea in the gallbladder. Scraping is a purgative method. Scraping and wiping the floating white point can penetrate evil, clear the liver and benefit the gallbladder.
Treating white hair is good for men, women and children.
Old white hair, mostly caused by kidney essence loss, generally increases gradually from a few roots, often accompanied by dizziness, insomnia and dreaminess, tinnitus and deafness, weakness of waist and knees, mental fatigue and other symptoms. It is recommended for this kind of people to drink Erhei porridge often: 50 grams of black sesame, 150 grams of black beans, 30 grams of medlar and 5 walnuts, and the right amount of rice, which can make up for the deficiency of kidney.
Women’s white hair, mostly caused by liver blood deficiency, is often accompanied by symptoms such as dull face, less menstrual flow and pale color. Usually, they can eat more foods that tonify liver and blood, such as animal liver, donkey-hide gelatin, jujube and spinach. In addition, you can also try the method of soaking black beans in vinegar: wash black beans and put them in a jar, pour rice vinegar into them and immerse them in the shade for 10 days before use. Black beans are dark and rich in anthocyanins. Rice vinegar can dissolve the effective components. This prescription has a certain curative effect on white hair when taken orally or externally, and can also avoid the damage of hair dye to the liver, especially suitable for women.
There may be three reasons for juvenile gray hair, one is congenital deficiency of kidney essence, the other is liver depression and qi stagnation, and excessive anxiety. The third is excessive blood heat, and its hair is mixed with black and white, accompanied by symptoms such as scalp itching, dandruff increase, and restlessness. Massage is recommended for this kind of people to improve: before going to bed and after getting up in the morning, rub your hands, rub your scalp repeatedly with your fingertips from your forehead to your back pillow, and then from your back pillow to your forehead. You can also press a little hard for a while, 5-10 minutes each time, which can promote the blood circulation of your scalp, improve the nutrition of hair follicles and prevent hair from turning white.
Male gray hair is mostly caused by kidney essence loss or liver qi stagnation, so we should avoid overwork or smoking. Under the guidance of doctors, we can choose Liuwei Dihuang Pill, Huanshaodan, Zuogui Pill and Guilu Erxian Glue as appropriate for conditioning.
Zhao Yan, an associate professor at the School of Basic Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, said that white hair does not happen overnight, and it takes time to take medicine, diet, massage and health care, and black hair can only be restored after qi and blood are filled. The use of drugs should also be carried out under the guidance of doctors or pharmacists. (People’s Health Network Comprehensive Life Times, Beijing Morning Post, Wuhan Morning Post,)