Blue Water
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Did you ever have success with astragalus + Dong Quai?Here is something that may help as I'm going to order it:
Dang Gui Bu Xue Wan - Tang Kwei & Astragalus Extract
Yes, TCM. It's got two ingredients - astragalus and angelica sinensis, also know as dong quai in Chinese. It is an old Chinese formula, but it's been studied in the West already, if you search Dang Gui Bu Xue Tang.
I didn't specifically look for this formula to improve on my hair, but to treat my hypertension, which is the result of my kidneys having immune complexes which causes macrophage infiltration,, and the macrophages produce cytokines that cause inflammation. But I thought to do a search on this formula with hair loss added to that search, and I came up with this:
11 Best Skin and Hair images | Health tonic, Chinese medicine, Herbalism
As I see it, this formula addresses the cause of my kidney problem - immune complexes. The immune complexes will also plug up the capillaries that feed the scalp, and will cause hair loss. On top of that, it also affects my knee joints, as immune complex tend to accumulate also in the joints. I also have some knee arthritic pain, although it's starting to go away.
Here is something to read on it:
Sci-Hub | Chinese Herbal Medicine in the Treatment of Chronic Kidney Disease. Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease, 12(3), 276–281 | 10.1016/j.ackd.2005.03.007
Sci-Hub | Treatment of Idiopathic Membranous Nephropathy With the Herb Astragalus membranaceus. American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 50(6), 1028–1032 | 10.1053/j.ajkd.2007.07.032
While my case does not apply to all, it is an example of how low blood flow can lead to hair loss. The production of immune complexes is one cause.
Note that the TCM formula can deal with the immune complexes, but to truly fix the cause, I still have to deal with the underlying cause of the production of immune complexes - bacterial infection.