Did ancient celebrities comb their hair for health?
According to records, Sun Simiao, a famous doctor in the Tang Dynasty, made a 100-tooth comb to comb his hair as a way of keeping in good health.
Su Dongpo had serious hair loss in the Northern Song Dynasty. Later, he insisted on combing his hair in the morning and evening, and soon recovered, leaving a poem: "Comb your hair for a hundred years, and sleep until dawn."
According to the records of Qing Dynasty, Empress Dowager Cixi ordered eunuch Li to comb her hair with ivory comb and boxwood comb in turn after getting up every day, so that her hair was still full in her 70s.
Is there any advantage in combing your hair?
Keep your hair tidy.
Daily combing can remove dirt from scalp and hair, keep hair clean, promote the secretion of sebaceous glands in the head and improve the metabolism of skin in the head.
Shu Jing promotes blood circulation
Chinese medicine believes that the head is a collection of important meridians and more than 40 acupoints. Regular combing of hair can stimulate the scalp, and achieve the effects of dredging meridians, relaxing meridians and promoting blood circulation.
refreshing
When you use your brain too much or have a bad headache, combing your hair properly can promote blood supply to your brain, strengthen your brain and refresh yourself, and relieve fatigue.
How to comb your hair is healthier?
Full-head comb
When combing your hair, start from your forehead and slowly move to the root of your neck to ensure that every scalp can be combed.
The strength should be moderate
The strength should be appropriate and even. If it is light, you can't massage your scalp, but if you use too much force, you will scratch your scalp. The intensity mainly depends on your own comfort. Oily hair is lighter, and dry hair can be slightly heavier.
You can use your hand instead of a comb.
Comb your hair by hand, but comb it from front to back with your fingertips, not your nails.
Choosing a comb is the key.
It is best to choose natural combs, such as horn combs and red wood combs, which can reduce the friction and pressure caused by combing hair and avoid damaging the scalp. It is not recommended to use plastic combs, which are easy to carry static electricity, which will stimulate the skin of the head and affect the health of the scalp and hair roots; Dry hair will become drier and more fragile.
Remember three things when combing your hair.
Time-morning is the best
In the morning, it is time for the sun to sprout. Combing your hair at this time can promote the germination of yang, help blood circulation and clear your head.
Position-comb your hair in order
It should be combed from the forehead, whether in the middle or on both sides, through the hairline of the forehead and all the way to the hair roots at the back of the neck, so as to effectively dredge the meridians.
Times-More than 50 times
The number of times to comb your hair should not be too small, and at least 50 times must be guaranteed to be effective. The upper limit of combing should be based on your own comfort.