What injection should I take for alopecia areata

Patients with alopecia areata suffer from long-term hair loss, which not only affects people's appearance, but also prevents people from working and living normally. Alopecia areata develops very rapidly, and the longer the time, the more difficult it is to cure. Therefore, if you find that you have alopecia areata, you must treat it as soon as possible in the early stages. Alopecia areata can be treated with topical medications, oral medications or injections and infusions. So what injections can be used for alopecia areata?

Conventional treatment

1. Nerve blockade therapy: After the greater occipital nerve is blocked, the skin temperature in the area it innervates rises, which is beneficial to hair regeneration in female patients with alopecia areata.

2. Photochemotherapy: Apply 0.5% 8-methoxypsoralen (8-MOP) tincture or cream to the alopecia areata. After 30-45 minutes, irradiate with long-wave ultraviolet rays for 15-30 minutes each time, 2-3 times a week. Gradually increase the dose of ultraviolet rays. When new hair grows, gradually reduce the number of treatments.

3. Physical therapy: local massage, ultraviolet irradiation, resonance sparks, audio electrotherapy, wax therapy, etc. can be used as appropriate. It can improve the skin of female baldness.

4. Tissue therapy: tissue burial, local burial of catgut, or intramuscular injection of placental tissue. It plays a certain role in controlling alopecia areata in women.

Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that alopecia areata is mainly caused by heat in the blood generating wind, liver and kidney deficiency, and blood stasis blocking the collaterals. The classification and treatment are as follows:

(1) Hair loss caused by heat in the blood and wind occurs suddenly and develops rapidly. Most of them are young and strong people, accompanied by irritability, or itchy scalp, insomnia and nightmares, red lips and tongue, and stringy and rapid pulse. The treatment is to cool blood, clear heat, nourish yin and calm the mind.

Prescription: 15 radix rehmanniae, 12 moutan bark, 10 cicada shell, 10 angelica root, 12 julibrissin bark, 10 poria root, 10 turmeric root, 15 cypress seed, 6 schisandra fruit, 15 oriental cypress leaf, 12 mulberry fruit

(ii) The liver and kidney deficiency type is characterized by a yellow scalp, or graying of the scalp, hair falling out in clumps, accompanied by a sallow complexion, dizziness, tinnitus, soreness in the waist and knees, a pale tongue and a thin pulse. Treatment should be aimed at tonifying the liver and kidney, nourishing yin and blood.

Prescription: Rehmannia glutinosa 18, White Peony Root 12, Chuanxiong 9, Cornus Fruit 15, Cuscuta chinensis 15, Lycium barbarum 12, Gastrodia elata 8, Notopterygium incisum 9, Papaya 8, Polygonum multiflorum 10, Ligustrum lucidum 12

(III) Blood stasis and obstruction of collaterals type is characterized by hair loss over time, with scalp tingling, dull complexion, ecchymosis on the tongue, and sluggish pulse. The treatment is to promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis, and dredge the meridians and collaterals.

Prescription: Peach kernel 12, safflower 10, red peony root 10, Chuanxiong 6, Radix Rehmanniae 15, Salvia miltiorrhiza 12, Polygonum multiflorum 15, Curcuma 10, Angelica sinensis 12, Atractylodes macrocephala 18, Astragalus 24.

Skin acupuncture

(I) Acupuncture points

Main acupoints: Ashi point, positive reaction points, Fengchi, Baihui.

Associated points: Taiyuan, Neiguan, neck, sacrum, and waist.

Ashi point location: the hair loss area (same below).

Location of positive reaction points: mostly located on both sides of the spine, or there are positive reaction substances such as cord-like, nodular, blister-like soft substances when touched, or there is a positive reaction of soreness, numbness and swelling when pressed.