How to Stop Hair Loss - Integrative Holistic Approach by Dr. Hodis
Best Treatment For Hair Loss - How To Stop Hair Loss
Wondering how to stop hair loss? Skip the miracle and discover integrative approach with Dr. Hodis. Get a step by srep - Blending Western herbal medicine and Chinese herbal wisdom for effective, successful solutions. You probably know by now...
Many face this challenge and feel frustrated after trying quick-fix solutions that just don’t work. Sounds familiar? well, it's time for a new approach...
Dr. Hodis, a practitioner who merges Western medicine with the ancient wisdom offers a pathway that is both gentle and effective. Sounds like something that fits your goals?
O.K... Let's delve into Dr. Hodis wisdom on chinese wisdom...
Chinese Medicine To Stop Hair Loss
In Chinese medicine, hair is considered a reflection of blood quality. It is seen as an extension of the blood, meaning its health is closely linked to the health of your spleen, pancreas, and kidneys. For instance...
The hair on your head is influenced by your kidneys in terms of fluid balance.
Healthy hair should be shiny and thick. When hair starts to thin or go gray, it indicates a need to improve blood quality and strengthen your internal organs. How would yo do that?
By making better food choices and taking tailored herbal remedies. Let's start with the food...
Step 1 - Foods To Consider by Chinese Medicine...
Certain foods can prevent hair loss, prevent premature graying and support hair health. Traditional ingrediants include:
Hijiki (a type of sea vegetable)
Blackstrap molasses (a byproduct of sugar production)
Nettle and wheatgrass
These foods are rich in iron, which helps build blood. Nettle and wheatgrass are also high in chlorophyll, known for its nourishing properties for hair. Another effective ingrediant is black sesame seeds, which are believed to prevent early graying. But it's not only what you choose to eat, as Dr. Hodis explains, it's also what you choose to not...
Watch out for excessive consumption of fatty and sugary foods, as these can harm your kidneys and lead to hair loss. Even too much salt can negatively affect blood and hair health. O.k... Let's get more practical...
Simple Recipes to Nourish Your Hair:
1. Red Dates (Hong Zao):
- Soak 5 red dates in water until plump.
- Cook them in 1.5 cups of water for 10 minutes.
- Crack an egg into the pot and cook for another 30 seconds.
- Enjoy this nourishing dish before bedtime.
2. Nut and Sesame Treat:
- Mix 250g of black sesame seeds with 250g of walnuts.
- Gently heat the mixture while stirring.
- Prepare a syrup with a little water and 60g sugar until thick, then mix this with the seeds and nuts.
- Serve in a greased container and eat daily.
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Healthy iron-rich foods like lean red meat, soybeans, black beans, eggs, spinach, carrots, potatoes, and bananas are also recommended. Consume seaweed to boost iodine intake. Broth made from beef bones can be very beneficial too.
For optimal results, include plenty of plant-based proteins such as corn, black sesame, and soybeans, along with a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables. And also vitamins are important...
Consider adding B vitamins to your diet—especially biotin, B12, and folic acid—as they support keratin production, nourish hair follicles, and promote healthy growth. Vitamins C and D are also important for hair health. Now,
Let's move to Dr. Hodis tips for remedies you can easily make at your own home...
Step 2 - Home Remedies to Stop Hair Loss...
You don't have to do them all, choose from what best work for you.
1. Vinegar Rinse: Mix 200ml of rice vinegar with 1000ml of warm water. Rinse your hair with this solution and follow with a cold water rinse. Do this twice a week over time.
2. Salt Wash: Dissolve 60g of salt in a bowl of water. Soak your hair and massage for 3 minutes before shampooing and rinsing with warm, then cold water. Repeat twice a week for lasting benefits.
3. Herbal Infusion: Combine a mixture that includes liqueur with the herb Arborvitae (Thuja Plicata), known for its anti-inflammatory properties. Soak the leaves in 80% vodka for a week, then use the infusion to lightly massage into your scalp twice daily.
Chinese Scalp Massage:
- Gently run your fingers through your hair about 60 times, twice a day.
- Hold your head with both hands and gently push the scalp towards the hairline, repeating 60 times, twice daily.
- Use your fingertips to massage your scalp in small circles for about 2 minutes.
These gentle practices can provide relief, improve blood circulation, and promote hair growth.
Remember, it’s all about patience and consistency. With the right tools, knowledge, and a holistic approach, you can empower yourself and regain control over your hair health. There’s hope, and you have the ability to succeed!
Step 3 - "RootFortifier" / Dr. Hodis Special Formula to Stop Hair Loss...
This formula strengthens Qi and promotes Yang energy in the body. It nourishes Jing, detoxifies, and protects body cells. It builds and enriches the blood, facilitating blood flow to the hair and nourishing it. Moreover, it strengthens the hair, stimulates hair growth, and mitigates hair loss. It detoxifies and reduces skin inflammation. Additionally, it helps restore the nervous and endocrine systems, calming moods, stress, and anxiety. And best of all...
The formula addresses various conditions known to cause damaged hair and hair loss.
"RootFortifier"
ROSEMARY LEAF – Rosmarinus off – MI DIE XIANG
BIRCH – Betula – HUASHU-
EQUISETUM ARVENSE - horsetail - WEN JING
OAT BERRY AND STRAW – avena sativa -yanmai
NETTELE - urtica dioica – XIANMA
WATERCRESS – nasturtium off – SHUITTIAJIE
AMERICAN GINSENG ROOT - panax quinquefolia – XIYANGSHEN
The Herbs in the Formula...
Rosemary Leaf
An evergreen shrub with medicinal uses, it contains antioxidants and antibacterial properties. Rosemary helps improve brain function, enhances respiratory health, and aids in digestion. Its essential oil is effective in hair treatments, promoting scalp health and encouraging hair growth. It is also considered an uplifting and invigorating plant.
In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Properties: Spicy, sweet, hot, dry, stimulating, restorative, astringent, and dissolving.
Actions: Stimulates the heart and blood circulation, dispels cold, alleviates fatigue, promotes sweating, and breaks down cold/damp/wind. It is used for rheumatic pain and nerve pain, as well as for coughs with phlegm and wheezing. It enhances digestion, alleviates fullness, and detoxifies. It supports fertility and strengthens estrogen.
Rosemary strengthens Qi, restores the nerves and glands, clarifies thoughts, reduces inflammation, and promotes tissue healing. Its primary function is to warm the body and blood, enhancing the flow of Yang energy. It stimulates adrenal activity and the sympathetic nervous system, which helps symptoms of Qi and Yang deficiency.
Birch
Birch is diuretic, aiding in urination, which helps treat various conditions. It has anti-inflammatory properties that relieve pain and inflammation, particularly in joints. It is also an antioxidant, protecting body cells from oxidative damage. Birch improves skin and scalp health and assists in digestive issues.
In TCM:
Properties: Slightly bitter, astringent, spicy, cold, and dry.
Actions: Neutralizes toxins and removes phlegm, dissolves accumulations, alleviates eczema, and reduces pain from metabolic toxicity, skin eruptions, and joint pain. It promotes urination, alleviates congestion and edema, induces sweating, dispels wind/heat, and reduces fever. One of its components is salicylic acid (aspirin). It stimulates hair growth and benefits the skin; the cosmetic industry widely uses this property.
Horsetail
Horsetail is a diuretic, useful for fluid retention and urinary stones. It has anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties that help reduce inflammation and oxidative damage in the body. Its high silica content strengthens bones, connective tissues, and hair.
In TCM:
Properties: Slightly bitter, astringent, tasteless, cold, stabilizing, dissolving, restorative, and preservative.
Actions: Dispels dampness/heat, reduces infections, and halts secretions. It promotes tissue healing, restores muscles and connective tissues, regulates mineral metabolism, nourishes blood, and alleviates fatigue. It strengthens kidneys, bones, and connective tissues. It also promotes detoxification, is diuretic, dissolves accumulations, and benefits the skin.
Horsetail is effective for external use, in ointments and rinses. When used long-term, it is recommended to add B vitamins.
Its energetic activity can be summarized as restorative and rebuilding. The nourishing and regenerative properties are likely linked to its silica and calcium content. It influences bones, connective tissues, lungs, kidneys, and appears to enhance Jing.
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Avena Sativa
Avena Sativa is an annual plant from the grass family, known for its high nutritional values and diverse medicinal uses.
Medicinal Properties:
Nervous System: Restores and strengthens the nervous system; helps in stress, anxiety, depression, and insomnia.
Skin: Relieves irritations, treating skin inflammations and open wounds.
Digestion: Improves digestive system function; aids in constipation and bloating.
Cardiovascular Health: Lowers cholesterol and triglycerides; low glycemic index.
Enhances milk production in nursing mothers.
Recommended for recovery after illness.
In TCM:
Properties: Sweet, warm, moist, nourishing, restorative, astringent, stimulating, and calming.
Actions: Nourishes, restores the endocrine, nervous, and immune systems. Strengthens blood, Qi, and Jing. Alleviates fatigue. Calms anxiety and provides rest; nourishes and benefits the skin. It nourishes and restores the musculoskeletal system, addressing liver and kidney deficiency. It promotes Qi flow, releases tension, stops spasms, and alleviates pain. It induces sweating and boosts immunity, dispelling wind/cold.
Avena Sativa is one of the most nourishing and restorative herbs available, both internally and externally. Its sweet taste indicates nourishing and building effects, along with a high-quality protein content. It's considered superfood for infants and beneficial for all ages, especially for the nervous system, skeletal muscles, and skin. It strengthens blood, Jing, and Qi, and also restores the endocrine system, enhancing immune function.
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Nettle
Nettle has anti-inflammatory properties and is used to treat gout, reducing uric acid levels and addressing urinary inflammation. It improves the health of skin and hair, helps with eczema, dandruff, and hair loss. Nettle bolsters the immune system and is rich in vitamins and minerals, including iron and vitamin C.
In TCM:
Properties: Spicy, slightly sweet, salty, cold, dry, nourishing, restorative, astringent, stabilizing, stimulating, and dissolving.
Actions: Enriches kidney Yin, nourishes blood, and alleviates fatigue. It regulates metabolism and restores connective tissue. It restores reproductive, adrenal, and thyroid functions and improves lactation, benefiting hair health.
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Watercress
Known for its numerous health benefits, watercress is rich in vitamins A, C, and K, as well as minerals like calcium and potassium. It is high in antioxidants, supports bone health, enhances immunity, and improves heart health. Including this plant in your diet promotes overall health due to its rich nutritional profile.
In TCM:
Properties: Spicy, slightly bitter, warm, dry, nourishing, restorative, stimulating, softening, and dissolving.
Actions: Nourishes and restores the endocrine, nervous, and immune systems; strengthens blood and Jing. Regulates metabolism and alleviates fatigue. Addresses blood and essence deficiencies, weakness, pallor, and dizziness. Helps with kidney essence deficiency, weakness, depression, and memory decline. It stimulates digestion, promotes bile flow, alleviates congestion, and acts diuretic, detoxifying for eczema and irritation. It helps expel phlegm and alleviate cough.
Watercress is a superfood with nourishing and detoxifying qualities. It builds blood and mediates systemic metabolism.
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American Ginseng
Widely used for its medicinal qualities, American ginseng boosts immunity and reduces colds and flu symptoms. It regulates blood glucose levels, beneficial for type 2 diabetes, and improves cognitive function. It also has anti-inflammatory properties and enhances heart function.
In TCM:
Properties: Slightly bitter and sweet, cold, moist, restorative, calming, and nourishing.
Actions: Strengthens Qi of the spleen (digestion) and alleviates fatigue. Restores the endocrine and nervous systems while boosting immunity. It helps with spleen Qi deficiency, liver, and adrenal Yin deficiency. It is considered a nourishing herb that strengthens Yin and boosts Qi, providing general restorative benefits.
Valuable Info & More Resources For Hair Loss
National Institute of Health's National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH): the NCCIH provides evidence-based information on complementary and alternative medicine, including herbal remedies and acupuncture for hair loss. Their website (nccih.nih.gov) offers research summaries, fact sheets, and links to relevant scientific studies. Look for information on specific herbs mentioned, like saw palmetto, nettle root, and ginseng, as well as acupuncture for hair loss.