Doctor Yu’s Clinical Notes X: Simple Tips to Cure Hair Loss | 治脱发，原来可以这样

According to my experience, 90% of hair loss conditions are related to stress and anxiety. Hair loss patients are usually also subject to various conditions such as insomnia, lack of sleep, headache, neck pain, lower back pain, fatigue, cold limbs, irritation, chronic diarrhea, and indigestion etc.. Therefore, I always tell my patients that hair loss is just a reflection of other problems of the body. If these problems are fixed first, the hair will naturally grow again.

Time by time, clinical results are proving this point. I found that if treatment of hair loss only concentrates on the hair, the effect will take place slowly or even completely ineffective. If the treatment concentrates on the other problems, then the hair loss condition can usually be improved more quickly.

The Traditional Chinese Medicine has thousands of practice treating hair loss, as early as recorded in the 2500 years old medicine classical The Inner Cannon of Yellow Emperor. Many classical formulae for hair loss invented throughout the history, such as “Qibao Meiran Mini Pills”, and “Shengying Yangzhen Mini Pills”, can still be bought in the market today. However, not every patient using these formulae will have good effects. This does not mean these formulae are not effective, but are not chosen correctly. People today are very different from ancient people, who would go to bed after dusk. Most people today sleep very late because they have computers and smartphones to spend time with. Therefore, to treat these people effectively, the classical formulae must be modified.

I treat hair loss conditions with acupuncture, which I learnt from my teachers, Dr. Qingshan Ji and Dr. Cuiping Zhang. This is a complicated acupuncture method to master, but are very effective for all kinds of hair loss.

By the way, I would like to introduce some acupuncture points that are helpful for hair loss problems:

1. Zu San Li

We have covered this point extensively in the previous articles. This point is very versatile. It can strengthen the Qi to increase the Blood, which is essential for hair growth. It can also release stress and anxiety.

2. Shen Men

This point can help with the sleep, and lower blood pressure.

3. Tai Chong

This point has various functions. It can be used to treat stress related hair loss patients. This point also does well protecting the liver.

At last, I would like to tell the friends who are troubled by hair loss: good hair growth requires good sleep. It is necessary to sleep before 11pm.

Hair loss is indeed a complicated topic. Next time we will discover more about this topic.

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上次的文章里，我提到，在我的临床实践中90%的脱发症状与压力、焦虑等有关系。同时，脱发的病人常常伴随失眠、睡眠不足、头痛、颈痛、腰痛、四肢乏力、四肢发凉、易发脾气、慢性腹泻、或消化不良等问题。因此，我总会告诉这些病人，所有脱发问题只是身体问题的一个表现。只要针对身体的问题去治疗，随着身体的好转，头发自然会长出。

临床的疗效亦在不断验证这个理论。我发现在治疗脱发时，如果只针对头发治疗，疗效是较慢的，甚至完全无效，而针对身体问题的治疗往往可以取得较好的效果。

中医治疗脱发有几千年的历史。两千多年前的《内经》上就明确的记载了脱发的治疗。其后几千年的发展中出现了许多用中药治疗脱发的名方，有的现在还可以在市场上买到，如“七宝美髯丹”，“神应养真丸”等。可是很多病人服用这些药物后却没有效果，这并不是这些药没有效，而是用药没有对症：时代不同了，以前的人们没有电脑，每天8、9点钟就睡觉了，而现在的人几乎都有手机或电脑，每天要很晚才睡觉。因此，处方必须要有改变才会有效。

我使用针灸治疗脱发，这门技术是从我的导师纪青山教授和张翠萍教授那里学来的。这种方法较为复杂，同时对各种脱发都有良好的效果。

今天，我想介绍几个我经常用到的穴位，希望可以帮助大家解决脱发的问题：