Introduction to the method of washing hair with Platycladus orientalis leaves

Using Platycladus orientalis leaves to wash your hair is quite effective in treating hair loss, and the method is relatively simple. First of all, you must choose real Platycladus orientalis leaves, that is, they must be wild, not the artificially cultivated ones in the park. Then select the leaf part, boil the water, and then soak the leaves in it for a while. When the water is clear, you can wash your hair. It has a certain effect in preventing and treating hair loss.

Introduction to the method of washing hair with Platycladus orientalis leaves

1. First of all, you must make sure that you are using real arborvitae leaves (wild), not the artificially cultivated ones in the park.

2. When washing your hair with Platycladus orientalis leaves, select only the leaves and try to remove the branches of the Platycladus orientalis leaves.

3. First boil the water, then soak the Platycladus orientalis leaves in the hot water. Do not boil the Platycladus orientalis leaves with water again. Wait until the water is clear and warm before washing your hair.

The role of Platycladus orientalis leaves

1. Dissipate swelling and poison

Platycladus orientalis leaves are bitter and cold. The bitterness can relieve constipation, the lightness can disperse, the coldness can clear away heat, and they enter the liver and spleen meridians, so they can disperse swelling and toxins.

2. Hair growth and darkening

Platycladus orientalis leaves are bitter and cold, and enter the liver meridian. The liver governs wind and stores blood, and hair is the residue of blood, so it can cool blood and blacken hair.

It is often used for hair loss due to blood heat or premature graying of hair.

"New Medicine" reported: Soak fresh Platycladus orientalis leaves in 60% ethanol for 7 days, and apply the liquid to the areas where hair has fallen out.

Apply 3 times a day to treat hair loss in various parts of the body. New hair will start to grow after 20 to 30 days. It is black and shiny, and some hair will grow sparsely.

3. Lung heat cough

This product is bitter and can relieve downward pressure, and its coldness can clear away heat. It is good at clearing lung heat, resolving phlegm and relieving cough.

It is suitable for patients with lung heat, cough and asthma, and thick phlegm that is difficult to cough up. It can be used alone or in combination with Fritillaria thunbergii, processed Pinellia ternata, etc.

4. Cooling blood and stopping bleeding

Platycladus orientalis leaves are bitter and slightly cold, and enter the lung, liver, and large intestine meridians. The astringency can astringe, while the bitterness and coldness can clear away heat and cool the blood, so it is an astringent, cooling blood and hemostatic drug.

It is used for symptoms such as vomiting blood, coughing up blood, blood in the stool, hematuria, and metrorrhagia caused by excessive heat in the blood.

5. Antibacterial and antiviral effects

Liang Tong et al. demonstrated that the alcohol extract of Platycladus orientalis leaves had a strong inhibitory effect on the biosynthesis of leukocyte LTB4 and 5-HETE (5-lipoxygenase), and also showed a strong inhibitory effect on cyclooxygenase.

In addition, there are many reasons for hair loss, and using Platycladus orientalis leaves to wash your hair to treat hair loss is only suitable for people with a hot constitution. If hair loss is hereditary, this method is not feasible because the hair follicles are allergic to the male hormones in the body, which leads to hair follicle atrophy and hair loss. This type of hair loss has nothing to do with kidney deficiency or blood heat. Therefore, if you want to treat hair loss, the best thing to do is to first understand the situation and then take appropriate measures.