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tx
cutaneous system
alopecia
Nutrition

dietary guidelines

therapeutic foods:
• foods that tonify the Kidney, Qi and Xue (Blood) tonifying foods
• foods rich in Silicon: alfalfa, comfrey, young horse tail, nettles, onions, kelp (Airola, 49.)
• whole grains, seeds, nuts, oats, buckwheat, barley, sesame seeds, rye, millet, rice, goat milk as yogurt or kefir, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, almonds, brewer's yeast, wheat germ (Airola, 49.)

fresh juices:
• steep oat straw tea ten minutes then add one tbsp. cherry concentrate (Jensen)
• nettles, spinach, carrot, red beet, alfalfa with a little onion juice (Airola, 50.)

specific remedies:
• peel fresh ginger, dip into brandy and rub all over the scalp, twice daily (Butt and Bloomfield, 136.)
• sting balding area with fresh stinging nettles (Shefi)
• mix onion juice and castor oil and apply to scalp, cover and leave it on overnight, every night for 2 weeks (Shefi)
• mix 3 oz. cayenne pepper with 1/5 Romanoff Vodka or pure alcohol. Tincture 2 weeks shaking bottle every day, then strain through cheese cloth. Rub small amount into scalp twice a day. Keep away from eyes! (Airola, 51.)

avoid:
• salt, sugar, alcohol (Airola, 49.)


supplements

» general:
Essential Fatty Acids, 2 Tbsp per day safflower or flaxseed oil
• Vitamin B-complex daily
• Vitamin B3, 100 mg daily
• Vitamin B6, 100 mg daily, especially if female hair loss due to birth control pill; monitor if used over 6-8 weeks
• Vitamin E 400 IU once or twice daily; some practitioners use up to 2,000 IU daily
Biotin 300 mcg to 5 mg three times daily
Folate 800 mcg per day, until hair loss stops
• Vitamin B12 5 mg per day
• Chromium picolinate, 400-800 mcg per day
• Selenium (Bastyr), 1200 mcg per day
• Zinc picolinate 30 mg one to three times daily, balance with Copper 1-2 mg daily (Marz)
• Cysteine 3-6 g per day
• Digestive enzymes
• Thyroid protomorphogens if needed

» for Androgenetic alopecia:
Vitamin B6, 100 mg daily; monitor if used over 6-8 weeks
Zinc picolinate 30 mg one to three times daily, balance with Copper 1-2 mg daily (Marz)
Gamma-linolenic Acid (GLA) 1,000 mg twice daily to inhibit the enzyme 5-alpha reductase, which combines with testosterone in the hair follicles and leads to atrophy

» for Alopecia due to hormone imbalance or deficiency:
Vitamin B6, 100 mg daily, especially if female hair loss due to birth control pill; monitor if used over 6-8 weeks
Vitamin E 400 IU once or twice daily
Magnesium 200-300 mg twice daily
Essential Fatty Acids 1,000 mg twice daily

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