How to tell health from hair?

Many people tend to think that hair is just a derivative of human beings, which only serves to decorate the human face and has no other great use. In fact, you can tell a person's physical condition by the amount of hair, changes in color, different hair qualities, severity of hair loss, etc. So, how can we judge whether a person is healthy by looking at his hair?

1. Changes in hair color

When teenagers develop gray hair, we should consider whether there are genetic factors, serious mental trauma, or severe neurasthenia. In addition, attention should be paid to gastrointestinal diseases, tuberculosis, aplastic anemia, etc. The other extreme of color change is the sudden darkening of hair. You should pay attention to whether there is potential cancer in your body, especially malignant tumors like melanoma.

2. Changes in hair properties

Increased brittleness, dryness, breakage, and lack of luster in hair may indicate thyroid cancer or a tinea-like disease.

3. Changes in hair distribution

Hair loss on the forehead or top of the head in men is caused by kidney deficiency; while women mainly suffer from sparse hair loss, indicating kidney disease. Some hair loss occurs suddenly in a certain part of the body, commonly known as "alopecia areata", which may be severe neurasthenia.

4. Oily hair

Diseases of the spleen and lungs. If the spleen qi is distributed too much, the lung qi's descending function will be insufficient, and the body's oil will float upwards, causing oily hair.

5. Thinning hair

The liver stores blood. If the liver has sufficient blood, the hair will have adequate blood supply. The spleen is responsible for transportation and transformation, and is responsible for transporting nutrients to the whole body, including the hair. The essence in the kidneys is the foundation of the human body. The growth of hair and the maintenance of a healthy state are closely related to the kidneys.

6. Dandruff

Yin is strong and Yang is weak. The kidney essence cannot contain the virtual fire, so the virtual fire floats upward. Over time, the essence and blood decrease, the scalp is not moisturized, and dandruff occurs.

7. Hair loss

It refers to excessive hair loss in a short period of time, like autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves. This is often seen in tumors, anemia, malnutrition, late-stage typhoid fever, severe neurasthenia and drug poisoning.

It can be seen from this that hair not only plays a decorative role. When there is something abnormal with the hair, it is often the case that there is something abnormal in the body, which should attract people's attention. You can see a doctor for examination in time and receive timely treatment after discovering the problem. Never think that changes in your hair are of no concern, be careless and delay the best time to treat the disease.