Experience of Professor Wei Yue-Gang Treating Androgenic Alopecia
January 2012
in “
Journal of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
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Studysummary This paper discusses Professor WEI Yue-gang's approach to treating androgenetic alopecia with Traditional Chinese Medicine and reports no new clinical results. Our plain-language summary of this paper — not a Tressless recommendation.
Professor WEI Yue-gang applied Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) principles to treat androgenetic alopecia, categorizing it into syndromes such as endoretention of damp heat, blood deficiency and wind dryness, and deficiency of liver and kidney. He emphasized the detrimental effects of damp heat and focused on invigorating the spleen, eliminating dampness, cooling and activating blood, and nourishing the liver and kidney. This approach reportedly achieved considerable clinical efficacy.
