gray hair

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Dale writes:

As soon as you mentioned the olive oil you brought back that memory to me. I

thank you for that.

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Hi Dale,

That feels great to know I reminded you of such a wonderful memory without

even meaning to. I often am reminded of wonderful times through just a scent of

essential oils. I think that is why I am so drawn to them. For me they are a

very spiritual path.

Here's to reminiscing.

Carol

 

 

 

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Black sesame seed is also mentioned as being useful for gray hair.

 

" VARIANT NAMES Huma, Jusheng, Dog Louse, Wuma, Wumazi, Youma, Jiaoma,

Jushengzi, Xiaohuma.

 

NATURE, FLAVOR AND CHANNEL TROPISM Sweet in flavor and neutral in

nature,

acting on the channels of the liver and kidney.

 

EFFICIENCIES AND INDICATIONS Invigorating the liver and kidney,

moisturizing the

five viscera. It is used as a cure of deficiency of both the liver

and the kidney, dizziness due to

endopathic wind of deficiency type, migratory arthralgia, paralyses,

dry stools and difficult

defection, weakness during the convalescence, early graying of air,

lack of lacatation in women.

 

DIRECTIONS To be decocted, or made into gruel along with polished

round-grained rice,

or used as an ingredient of boluses, powder for internal use. It can

also be decocted for bathing or

pounded for external application. It should be avoided by those who

suffer from loose stools due

to insufficiency of the spleen. "

 

(Taken from the materia medica portion of _Chinese_Medicated_Diet_)

[Guest guest]

>early graying of air,

 

Just a little extra info on early graying of hair: In families where

one or more members have early graying of hair, there is a greater

than normal likelihood that other family members may suffer from

certain thyroid problems (Graves' disease and Hashimoto's disease),

pernicious anemia, patchy hair loss (alcopecia areata), diabetes

mellitus, protruding eyes, and vitiligo (white patches on the skin).

 

As far as I know no one knows why there is a greater than normal

statistical chance of these things also occuring in families where

there is early graying of hair.

 

If one family member has early graying of hair, one might also

consider checking other family members and seeing if they have the

same (or different) TCM imbalance(s) as the person with early graying

and considering treatment with black sesame seeds or He Shou Wu

(which translates as Mr. Black Hair).

 

Victoria

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In a message dated 11/29/02 9:54:59 PM Eastern Standard Time,

penel writes:

 

> She suggested in her books that grey hair was sometimes a sign of

> folic acid defiency

 

Interesting about the folic acid, patients with a folic acid deficiency

usually have loose stools and maybe other Spleen defic. signs.

 

Stan

 

 

 

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Does anyone here remember the nutritionist Adell Davis? She was very

popular back in the late 60s early 70s.

 

She suggested in her books that grey hair was sometimes a sign of

folic acid defiency.

 

I long forgot this until a friend who takes massive amounts of

pharmaceuticals for rheumatoid arthritis related that he'd read in

some magazine that the type of medicine he took also flushed his body

of folic acid. He was upset because his doctor hadn't considered

suggesting folic acid suplimentation until he asked about it.

 

I asked him if taking folic acid made him feel any better. His answer

was basically not that he'd really noticed but, then he got a strange

look his face and leaned close and shared, he didn't know if there was

any relationship but he thought his hair was coming in less grey than

before.

 

Not much later I met the wife of one of another one of my friends who

had given birth to a child with spinabifida.

 

What a glorious head of grey hair the woman had!

 

I mentioned later to my friend that maybe he'd want to run a google on

folic acid for the mrs.

His reply was they weren't going to suppliment with anything until she

got the all clear from her doctor following her up coming cataract

surgery.

 

<sigh>

 

I'd be curious to know if polygonum muliflorum or black sesame seeds

were high in folic acid.

 

Penel

[Guest guest]

> Does anyone here remember the nutritionist Adell Davis? She was very

> popular back in the late 60s early 70s.

 

Adell Davis was one of my first introductions to alternative

healing. I got a lot of help from her books. I still have two of

her books though they are still packed up from the move.

 

> She suggested in her books that grey hair was sometimes a sign of

> folic acid defiency.

>

> I long forgot this until a friend who takes massive amounts of

> pharmaceuticals for rheumatoid arthritis related that he'd read in

> some magazine that the type of medicine he took also flushed his

body

> of folic acid. He was upset because his doctor hadn't considered

> suggesting folic acid suplimentation until he asked about it.

 

I forgot to mention it in the original post, but rheumatoid arthritis

and morning stiffness are two of those things like premature graying,

patchy hair loss, white patches on the skin, protrusion of eyes,

diabetes mellitus, and pernicious anemia (due to B12 deficiency) that

tend to occur with greater than normal frequency in families where

one or more members have Graves' disease or Hashimoto's thyroiditis.

(When I was on the B12 shots for the CFIDS, I also had to get my

folic acid level checked regularly along with my B12 level. They

wanted to make sure that the B12 shots had not lower the folic acid

level. The folic acid level was always good in my case. Which may

have been because this was still in my craving leafy greens period.)

 

> I asked him if taking folic acid made him feel any better. His

answer

> was basically not that he'd really noticed but, then he got a

strange

> look his face and leaned close and shared, he didn't know if there

was

> any relationship but he thought his hair was coming in less grey

than

> before.

>

> Not much later I met the wife of one of another one of my friends

who

> had given birth to a child with spinabifida.

>

> What a glorious head of grey hair the woman had!

>

> I mentioned later to my friend that maybe he'd want to run a google

on

> folic acid for the mrs.

> His reply was they weren't going to suppliment with anything until

she

> got the all clear from her doctor following her up coming cataract

> surgery.

>

> <sigh>

 

Aren't things like this frustrating?

 

> I'd be curious to know if polygonum muliflorum or black sesame seeds

> were high in folic acid.

 

I'll do a post on the little bit of info I have on major chemical

ingredients in the herbs which are used in cases of premature

graying. I did notice that Wasting and Thisting Disease also gets

mentioned for some of them. Some cases (not all) of diabetes are

Wasting and Thirsting, but not all cases of Wasting and Thirsting are

diabetes.

 

Victoria

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In a message dated 11/30/02 2:01:20 PM Eastern Standard Time,

chirokid writes:

 

> Would someone fill me in on which brand of he shou wou to get??

> is there a standardized version? let me know. I might undergo the tx, and

> fill you guys in on how it progresses for me.

>

> thanks,

>

> Paul.

>

 

He Shou Wu capsules also as Shou Wu Zhi as a juice it comes in a 7 oz. bottle

both are in Plum Flower Brand

 

If you wish a gerneral tonic that has He Shou Wu as part of the ingredients

then Shou Wu Bu Zhi from Pangaoshou Pharmaceutical this is a liquid as well 1

tsp, 3 x per day.

 

KPC and Herbal Times has it as a single herb pills, as well.

 

I would use it for a 3 months let us know how it works.

 

Stan

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Would someone fill me in on which brand of he shou wou to get??

is there a standardized version? let me know. I might undergo the tx, and fill

you guys in on how it progresses for me.

 

thanks,

 

Paul.