Data Mining on Varieties, Therapeutic Uses and Medicinal Characteristics of Traditional Chinese Medicine Preparations for Treating Hair Loss
January 2020
in “
Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research
”
TLDR Traditional Chinese Medicine uses various herbal preparations to treat hair loss by focusing on kidney and liver health.
The study reviewed the varieties, therapeutic uses, and medicinal characteristics of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) preparations for treating hair loss, identifying 322 different preparations. These included 135 made by medical institutions, 108 Chinese traditional patent medicines, 60 self-produced by doctors, and 19 ethnomedicines. The preparations were primarily decoctions and used 400 medicinal materials, mostly botanical, with common ingredients like Rehmannia glutinosa and Fallopia multiflora. TCM preparations focused on 'toning the kidneys' and 'nourishing the liver' and were mainly used for seborrheic alopecia and alopecia areata.
