Healthy Hair – Depends on Your Blood Quality

In Eastern medicine, hair is said to be an extension of your blood and so is an indicator of your blood quality.  In Chinese Medicine, it is the health of the spleen, pancreas, and kidneys which relates to your blood, and therefore, your hairs quality.

Healthy hair is lustrous and thick.  Hair loss and premature gray can be treated by improving the blood quality and strengthening the pancreas and kidneys. You can strengthen the pancreas and kidneys with diet, exercise, meditation, and/or Qigong medical treatments.

Foods
The foods which are good to help prevent gray hair, and even help prevent hair from falling out, are

• Hiijiki seaweed
  
• Blackstrap molasses
  
• Nettles
  
• Wheat Grass
  

The foods you should reduce or restrict to improve your blood and hair quality are:

• High fat, high protein
  
• Meat and dairy
  
• Sweets and sugar laced foods
  
• Excess salt
  

Source “Healing With Whole Foods” by Paul Pitchford

Exercise
You can do the 15 minute daily basic Qigong Warm-Up exercise along with the Nourish Your Organ exercise.  Pay particular attention to the spleen and kidneys in this exercise.  This exercise will keep your Qi moving as well as increase the energy for your vital organs.

Meditation
One of the meditations to help you keep your inner body and organs nourished is the Microcosmic Orbit Meditation.

Qigong Medical Treatments
You can go online and make an appointment for a medical Qigong treatment. These treatments can help nourish your organs and keep the subtle energy in your organs moving and nourishing your entire body.

Summary
There are things you can do to help improve the health and wellness of your hair.  You do this by improving the wellness of your blood.  You can modify your diet.  You can do Qigong exercises.  You can do Qigong meditations.  You can also have regular Qigong Medical Treatments.  Some, or even all of these changes, can help you to improve your blood and hair quality.