What are the benefits of Polygonum multiflorum for hair?

Polygonum multiflorum is a common Chinese medicinal material. It is sold in most pharmacies, and is also sold by some traveling doctors or at street stalls. The prices vary. Some people choose those sold at street stalls for the sake of cheapness, but ignore the efficacy and properties of the medicinal material, which can easily lead to poisoning. However, after purchasing the genuine product, its efficacy is obvious, and it also has obvious benefits for the treatment of black hair and hair loss. So what are the benefits of Polygonum multiflorum for hair?

Polygonum multiflorum is the dried root of the Polygonum multiflorum plant of the Polygonaceae family. It is bitter, sweet, astringent, and slightly warm in nature, and enters the liver and kidney meridians. Processed Polygonum multiflorum can nourish the liver and kidneys, benefit the essence and blood, strengthen the tendons and bones, and can also astringe the semen and stop leukorrhea. It is a good tonic medicine and is used for symptoms such as weakness of the waist and knees, dizziness, premature graying of hair, spermatorrhea, metrorrhagia, and leukorrhea caused by deficiency of both liver and kidneys and deficiency of essence and blood. Raw Polygonum multiflorum has weak tonic effect, but is good at detoxifying, stopping malaria, moistening the intestines and promoting bowel movements. It can treat sores, scrofula, long-term malaria, dry intestines and constipation. "Compendium of Materia Medica" records that Polygonum multiflorum "nourishes blood and benefits the liver, consolidates the essence and benefits the kidneys, strengthens the tendons and bones, and blackens the hair. It is a good tonic, is neither cold nor dry, and is better than Rehmannia glutinosa and Asparagus cochinchinensis." "Kaibao Materia Medica" says it "stops heart pain, benefits the blood and qi, blackens the hair, brightens the complexion, and long-term use can grow tendons and bones, benefit the essence, and prolong life." Pharmacological analysis shows that Polygonum multiflorum contains anthraquinone compounds, mainly chrysophanol and rhein, followed by rhein (the roasted product does not contain rhein), physophanol methyl ether and rhein anthraquinone, starch, crude fat, lecithin, etc.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that hair is the residue of blood. Adding Polygonum multiflorum to shampoo takes advantage of its effect of nourishing essence and blood, so it is said that Polygonum multiflorum can blacken hair. But as for the content of Polygonum multiflorum in shampoo, it is not enough to have the effect of blackening hair. What's more, the reasons for gray hair are different for each person, and how can Polygonum multiflorum cure all patients? Although it is non-toxic, it cannot cure all diseases.

Polygonum multiflorum, also known as black-liver stone, red-shou stone, and night-blooming vine, belongs to the Polygonaceae family. A perennial twining herb with hollow stems up to 300-400 cm long, slender roots ending in enlarged and irregular tubers, dark brown outer skin, alternate leaves, acuminate at the apex, cordate at the base, and entire margins; panicles, terminal or axillary. Small white flowers bloom in July and August, and triangular achenes are produced in August and September. Polygonum multiflorum has obvious effects of nourishing the liver and kidneys, improving essence and blood, strengthening tendons and bones, blackening hair, calming the nerves, and stopping semen. People often pick its tender stems and leaves in spring and stir-fry them, and pick its tubers in autumn, wash them and cook them into porridge, which has excellent health benefits.

Polygonum multiflorum generally grows wild in bushes, hills, slopes, shaded or semi-shaded areas at the foot of mountains, and in rock crevices. It has strong adaptability and grows better under warm and humid conditions, in sandy soil with good drainage, loose soil structure and rich humus. It is widely distributed in the west of Beijing, mostly in shallow mountains, low mountains, barren slopes and wastelands.

Polygonum multiflorum can be used as medicine. It is slightly warm in nature, bitter and sweet in taste, and enters the liver and kidney meridians. According to "Compendium of Materia Medica", Polygonum multiflorum can "eliminate scrofula, eliminate carbuncle, treat wind sores on the head and face, treat five types of hemorrhoids, stop heart pain, benefit the heart qi, blacken the hair, and improve the complexion. Long-term use can strengthen the tendons and bones, benefit the essence and marrow, prolong life, and also treat women's postpartum and leucorrhea diseases. Long-term use can make one fertile, and treat all chronic diseases of the abdominal organs, cold air and intestinal wind." A good Chinese medicine practitioner can use Polygonum multiflorum to prepare many effective prescriptions to cure many diseases.

What are the benefits of Polygonum multiflorum to hair? The article explains the many benefits of Polygonum multiflorum to hair. Blackening hair is one of the most obvious effects. There are many hair care products based on Polygonum multiflorum on the market, and their prices are significantly different. However, the effect of black hair can be achieved by using regular products. However, it also depends on the cause of the patient's gray hair. Some people are born with gray hair, and if no product works, they can dye their hair for treatment.