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Premature greying

By Archived User | Updated: Dec 31, 2021 | Published: Dec 31, 2021

My friend aged 25 is having premature greying hair . please tell what causes the change of hair colour &exactly what acupuncture point s can be selected to change the colour in to black or to stop further more greying thanking you

Archived Comments

Comment by Chad J. Dupuis, L.Ac.

Premature greying of the hair can come about for any variety of reasons, so what you will do will depend to at least some extent on the overall condition and related health issues of the patient. There is, of course, a strong hereditary component to greying which is arguable whether or not acupuncture can override.

From a TCM perspective premature greying is almost always due to some kind of Kidney Deficiency (Qi, Yang, or Jing) and results from poor health (either long-term illness, poor diet, overwork, excessive sexual activity, etc.).