Treatment Based on Syndrome Differentiation:
1. Liver and Kidney Deficiency Syndrome
Main Symptoms: Sudden loss of hair, in round or ovary form, loss of body hair as welt as head hair in severe conditions, accompanied by dizziness, vexation, tinnitus, poor sleep or insomnia, soreness and weakness of the lumbus and knee, dry mouth, slightly red tongue, scanty coating, wiry, thready and rapid pulse or slow and feeble pulse
Therapeutic Methods: Replenish the liver and kidney, nourish blood and expel wind
2. Syndrome of Obstruction of Meridians and Collaterals due to Stagnation
Main Symptoms: Macular loss of hair, loss of body hair and head hair after long duration, no spontaneous symptoms, dark red tongue or purple tongue, with purple spots on the margin, wiry pulse or hesitant pulse.
Therapeutic Methods: Open the orifice, activate blood, and dissolve stagnation for hair growth.
Cautions: It is necessary to maintain a happy mood and to avoid vexation, pessimism, depression and anger. It is requested to increase nutrition and keep a diet in varieties, and to correct dietary bias and guarantee sufficient sleep.
In Chinese medicine, when treating a disease, the doctors take everything into into consideration, including climatic changes, environmental variations, emotional changes, the diet, the urine and the stool, the sleep, and the disorder of sex life. That is the feature of the Three Pathogens Theory in TCM. This etiology doctrine built on the basis of the macro methodology entirely differs from that of Western medicine. It is on the basis of the microscopic and pathologic anatomy. But it is exactly a biological, psychological, social and new medical model that Western medicine is attempting to pursue. While Chinese medicine established its own system with this medical model two thousand years ago.
Chinese doctor doesn’t considers static anatomy as a starting point for understanding the diseases, and does not rely on detection equipments. On the contrary, Chinese doctor depends on the unique ways of TCM diagnosis to experience and study the human dynamic life information. Also it is based on syndrome differentiation to guide the disease therapy. This method not only can save a lot of examination fees for patients, but also can help doctors exchange with patients more closely, thus reflecting a real humanistic spirit.