1 Combing the hair and massaging the scalp

Combing the hair can promote qi flow and blood circulation, dispel wind, improve eye sight, tonify the brain, refresh people, make the hair lustrous and consolidated, relieve headache, prevent common cold, promote sleeping and reduce blood pressure. The correct method to comb the hair is as follows. Comb the hair from the front to the back, then from the back to the front, from the left to the right, then from the right to the left. Comb the hair this way for dozens of times or hundreds of times. The hair can be combed in the morning, during the lunch break and before bed time. Massage with the fingers may be cooperatively applied during combing the hair. The ten fingers of the both hands are apart from one another naturally. Knead circularly with the palmar sides or tips of the fingers from the anterior hairline to the posterior one. Then, knead and massage the scalp from the two sides to the vertex with even force. Repeat the process for 36 times until the scalp gets warm.

2 Diet

The diet should be various to maintain the balance between the acid and base inside the body. People may eat a proper amount of natural foods rich in protein, iodine, calcium, vitamins B, A, E, etc. such as fresh milk, fish, eggs, beans, green leafy vegetable, melon, fruit and coarse food grain. Simultaneously, people may select the nutritious foods to make the hair healthy.

The Immortal's Gruel Decoct a proper amount of Heshouwu (Radix Polygoni Multiflori ) and nonglutinous rice in an earthenware pot. Drink the gruel regularly. The gruel has the actions of tonifying the liver and kidney, benefiting qi and blood, making the hair black and people remain young.

Zhima Hetao Candy (Candy of Semen Sesami and Semen Juglandis) 500g of Chishatang ( Saccharum Rubrum), 250 g of Heizhima ( Semen Sesami) and Hetaoren (Semen Juglandis ) respectively. The three ingredients are made into candy. Eat several pieces a day. The candy can tonify the brain and the kidney, make the beard and hair black. Prolonged use can also prevent and cure neurasthenia, amnesia, premature grey hair, and baldness, etc.

3 Drugs

Drugs for external application

These drugs have the actions of making the hair moist, clean, fragrant, dense and black, preventing and curing baldness.

Washing Method with the Pig's Bile One pig's gallbladder. Take out the bile and pour it into water, or soak the gallbladder in the frankincense oil for more than seven days. Wash the hair with the water. When the hair is dry, apply a proper quantity of the pig's bile and the frankincense oil on the hair. This method has the actions of clearing away heat, expelling wind, making the hair moist and lustrous.

Hair-Aromatizing Powder 30 g of Linglingxiang (Herba Lysimachiae Foenigraeci), 15 g of Xinyi (Flos Magnoliae), 15 g of Meiguihua ( Figs Rosae Rugosae), 18 g of Tanxiang (Lignum Santali), 12 g of Dahuang (Radix et Rhizoma Rhei ) , 12g of Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae ), 12 g of Mudanpi ( Cortex Moutan Radicis ), 9 g of Shannai (Rhizoma Kaempferiae), 9 g of Dingxiang (Flos Caryophylli), 9 g of Xixin (Herba Asari), 9 g of storax oil and 9 g of Baizhi (Radix Angelicae Dahuricae). Grind all the ingredients except storax oil into fine powder. Then, mix the powder with the storax oil evenly and dry it in the shade. Apply the powder on the hair and comb the hair with a double-edged fine-toothed comb. The prescription has the action of making the hair clean and fragrant. The prolonged application can make the exfoliated hair grow again and people free from grey hair for a lifetime.

Baldness-Preventing Prescription Three Chinese torreyanuts, two walnuts and 30 g of Cebaiye (Cacumen Biotae ). Pound the ingredients to paste. Then, soak the paste in snow water. Wash the hair with the liquid. The prescription has the actions of preventing baldness, making the hair black and moist. It is especially very effective for baldness due to blood heat.