MANY herbs can be used to help with hair loss. Many of these may be taken as dried extracts in capsules or powders.
The dried leaves, roots, berries, and their powders are used to make teas with. Other options to consume herbs is as glycerites (glycerine extracts), or tinctures (alcohol extracts). Many herbs and plants (or their oils) can be also applied topically.
How to make tea:
Teas are made with 1 tsp. of herb per cup of hot water. Steep covered 5 to 10 minutes for leaf or flowers, and 10 to 20 minutes for roots. Do not boil these in the water, the water needs to be hot but not boiling. Most the herbs can be taken alone, or combined to make tea recipes.
This article will list the most effective tea recipes I found (based on personal experience and other’s experiences)
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Combine the following in equal parts and use as tea (2 to 3 cups per day) or tincture (20 to 30 drops two to three times per day): ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba), rosemary (Rosemarinus officinalis), prickly ash bark (Xanthoxylum clava-herculis), black cohosh (Cimicifuga racemosa), yarrow (Achillea millefolium), and horsetail (Equisetum arvense)
Green tea (Camelia sinensis), 2 cups per day, and saw palmetto (Serenoa repens), 100 mg twice a day
Hormone imbalance: Chaste tree (Vitex agnus cactus), 200 to 300 mg per day, has a normalizing effect on the pituitary.
Viral origin or immune system cause: Herbs that support immune function can help treat the underlying cause of this type of alopecia. Echinacea (Echinacea angustifolia), astragalus (Astragalus membranaceus), and Siberian ginseng (Eleutherococcus senticosus)
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