Postpartum hair loss is a common concern for new mothers. This article explains from a Traditional Chinese Medicine perspective how qi and blood deficiency and postpartum blood stasis lead to hair loss, introduces common pattern types and care directions, and emphasizes safety principles during breastfeeding to help you understand and navigate this recovery phase.
In TCM, stress-related hair loss is not simply a hair problem but an internal imbalance caused by emotional strain. This article starts with liver qi stagnation and explores the common pathways and regulation ideas of how stress affects hair.
Oily scalp and hair loss are often associated with damp-heat constitution and imbalances in spleen-stomach transportation in TCM. This article outlines directions for clearing heat and dispelling dampness, strengthening the spleen and promoting transportation from the perspectives of diet, daily routines, and emotions. It also introduces applicable scenarios for traditional Chinese patent medicines such as Shen Ling Bai Zhu San and Zhi Bai Di Huang Wan, helping readers understand the approach of cultivating a fresh scalp environment through internal regulation.
Increased dandruff accompanied by noticeable hair shedding often causes anxiety. This article explains three common TCM patterns—wind-heat and blood dryness, upward steaming of damp-heat, and blood deficiency generating wind—and provides dietary and lifestyle recommendations to help improve scalp and hair health.
Dizziness, fatigue, pale complexion, along with dry, sparse, and easily broken hair? This may reflect a deficiency of qi and blood. This article analyzes the relationship between qi and blood deficiency and hair loss from a TCM perspective, helps identify constitutional tendencies, and introduces traditional regulatory approaches.
