What are the medicinal effects of Shouwu, Rehmannia glutinosa, and Licorice?

Everyone is generally familiar with Shouwu, which has the effects of delaying aging, maintaining brain health and preventing memory loss. In fact, it also has a good effect on the maintenance of hair quality. It has a good conditioning effect on hair growth and hair benefit. Rehmannia glutinosa and licorice enhance this effect. At the same time, it has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, and benefiting the spleen and kidneys. Therefore, it can be said that regular consumption of these soaked water is beneficial to the effect of black hair.

Both processed Polygonum multiflorum and Rehmannia glutinosa are blood tonics. It enters the liver and kidney meridians. Both have the effect of nourishing the liver and kidneys. Cooked rehmannia is used to treat spermatorrhea, night sweats, weakness in the waist and knees, deafness, tinnitus, premature graying of hair, etc. caused by liver and kidney yin deficiency. Processed Polygonum multiflorum is also good for replenishing essence and blood, and is often used for symptoms such as premature graying of hair and beard, dizziness, etc. The two can be used together to strengthen the treatment of gray hair. Adding licorice can strengthen the spleen and replenish qi, and harmonize the two medicines. The effect of Chinese herbal preparations is not obvious if taken orally for a short time. These medicines can be soaked in water and drunk for a long time. It has a tonic effect.

The growth of gray hair is due to the reduction of melanin granules in the medulla and cortex of the hair or their filling with air. Under normal circumstances, there are abundant blood vessels in the hair papilla, which provide sufficient nutrition to the hair papilla and hair bulb, so that melanin granules can be synthesized smoothly. Gray hair occurs when the formation of melanin particles in the hair papilla and hair bulb is obstructed, or when they are formed but cannot be transported to the hair due to some factors, causing the melanin particles in the hair medulla and cortex to decrease or disappear.

Hair is an appendage of the skin and, like other organs and tissues in the body, requires adequate nutrition. Different races have different hair colors. Caucasians have golden hair, brown people have reddish-black hair, and we yellow people have brown-black hair because our hair pigment particles contain copper, cobalt, and iron. If our diet lacks inorganic salts such as copper, cobalt, and iron for a long time, it will naturally affect the synthesis of melanin and turn hair from black to white. In addition, medical clinical observations have shown that if the body lacks protein, vegetable oil, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, and vitamin B6 for a long time, the hair will turn from black to white.

Many people have premature graying of hair, which is very distressing. There are many reasons for gray hair, such as vitamin deficiency, poor endocrine system, etc. Polygonum multiflorum, Rehmannia glutinosa, and licorice have very good conditioning effects, and they also have a good regulating effect on the kidneys and stomach. They have a certain effect on growing dark hair and benefiting hair, and can promote the production of melanin in hair. Therefore, people with such needs are recommended to drink some appropriately.