Hair Loss Herbs That Work
February 24, 2008
Medications are not your only option to consider when looking for ways to treat your hair loss. Herbs are often overlooked and they have an added benefit of being sold over the counter, so you can get them at a local drug store. These herbs are being used everyday by people who are looking for alternatives products and treatments for there hair loss. We will look at a couple of the more common hair loss herbs that are used to treat hair thinning and baldness.
Please be aware that these are not medications and should be treated as such. With these herbs there are no guarantee’s on if or how well they will work for you even if you read about them working for someone else. The plus side is you should not have to worry very much about side effects from using them.
All the herbs, which we are suggesting for a hair loss treatment, work in a variety of different ways. Below we look at what some of these are and how they affect the way your hair looks and grows.
1. Chamomile - This is not only a great herb for helping to promote healthy new hair growth but is superb for helping to reduce stress levels. In some cases, the cause of hair loss can be that a person is under extreme pressure, which causes their stress levels to rise.
2. Catnip or Burdock - Both of these herbs are ideal for promoting strong and healthy hair growth, which far reduces the risk of hair loss. In many cases, ideally these are in the forms of shampoo and conditioner, which can be applied directly to the hair.
3. Saw Palmetto - One herb that seems to be having more written about in than many other herbs used for treating hair loss is this one. It helps to promote health growth by reducing the levels of DHT, a hormone in the body that if produced in excess amounts eventually weakens the hair follicles.
4. Green Tea - There was a study done in Japan that showed a benefit by drinking green tea. The tea helped by increasing the sex hormone binding globulin. The effects of this are that testosterone production is lowered; a major cause of hair loss in women is testosterone.
These are by no means the only herbs for hair loss you will find. There are many other herbs available that have been shown to help, in some form or another, with this condition. A few of these are Apple Cider vinegar, Sage Tea, and Psoralea Seeds, all of these herbs would be applied directly to your affected area. Some others are Ginger and Liquorice Extract. The results you will see from any of these will very greatly, you will have to try each out to see how they will work for you.
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