Hair Loss – Can Herbs Cure Hair Loss?
Introduction
Before the advent of today’s medicines, herbs were used to a great extent to cure many problems that humans encountered with their health. Today, the medicine we take is called conventional medicine, while those that we relied on for centuries is called folk medicine.
Now we are discovering the many benefits of herbal or folk medicine. For example, the American Indians used Saw Palmetto for centuries to cure problems with their urinary tract. For last hundred years Saw Palmetto has been studied extensively in Europe, with some studies in the United States. The studies have shown that the American Indians were on the right track, Saw Palmetto, has been shown to be effective at helping men deal with enlarged prostate.
Saw Palmetto is just one example of folk medicine that is proven to be effective at helping deal with medical problems in humans.
In the area of hair loss, more and more herbs are being found that can effectively deal with hair loss problems in both men and women.
For example, the Japanese have conducted a study on mice that showed that herbs could be effective at encouraging hair growth and preventing hair loss.
Here are some herbs that are taken to encourage hair growth and prevent hair loss:
Ginseng- There are several varieties of ginseng, but the one variety that has been studied the most is the Asian variety. A study conducted in South Korea at the end of the last century, has shown that radiation-induced hair loss, such as that you get when you receive from chemotherapy treatment, can be minimized by daily doses of ginseng.
Of course this study was also conducted on mice, so the effects on humans has not been documented.
Green Tea-Again research on animals has shown that green tea can be a type of DHT blocker.
Substances in green tea can inhibit the 5 alpha-reductase enzyme. This enzyme, when combined with the hormone testosterone creates DHT. DHT attacks the hair follicle causing the hair strands to fallout and the follicles to die.
Horsetail- My first read about horsetail,reminded me of a weed common in California. But it actually is a descendent from a large tree that was common in the dinosaur age. Horsetail has been used since Roman times to treat such ailments as kidney stones and tuberculosis.
It is believed, that much like Minoxidil, it increases the circulation of blood to the scalp, thereby providing more nutrients to the hair follicle and hair strand.
Jimmy Chase started losing his hair when he turned 50. He has done lots of studies on loss of hair, in both men and women, to determine what works and what doesn’t. He has successfully stopped his hair loss and has even re-grown some of his hair. He wants to help other people learn what he has learned, on dealing with loss of hair and re-growing hair.
He operates the web site No Longer Balding
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