Hair loss in men and hair thinning in women has become a common occurrence, regardless of age. We are use to associating pattern baldness with older men, generally past 40, but it is observable that a growing number of women and younger people show the same hair loss condition. Hair thinning or loss of hair [...]
Before the age of modern medicine and chemical laboratories, healers and medicine men had natural products for hair growth and replacement. Some of these are still used today with varying results. Strictly speaking, all hair loss products could be considered “natural,” as they are produced from elements found on Earth. For purposes of this [...]
If your hair loss begins around the onset of menopause, you can maintain hormonal balance (and hence hair thickness) with herbs containing plant-based estrogens, such as dong quai (Angelica sinensis) or ashwaganda (Withania somnifera), suggests Linda Page, N.D., Ph.D., a naturopath and author of Healthy Healing (Healthy Healing Publications, 1997). Other herbs that exert mild [...]