What should one eat if they have severe hair loss after childbirth?

Written by Du Rui Xia
Obstetrics
Updated on April 10, 2025
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Postpartum hair loss is also related to nutritional factors in women. In daily life, it is recommended to eat more nutritious foods, such as those rich in iron, including soybeans, black beans, eggs, lean meat, milk, chicken, fish, and fresh vegetables and fruits like pineapple and carrots, which can supplement iron. Additionally, it is important to supplement protein with foods like black sesame and corn, which contain some methionine, potentially slowing down hair loss. It is also necessary to ensure adequate iodine intake, found in seafood like seaweed, oysters, and kelp. Furthermore, consuming vitamin E-rich foods such as black sesame, leafy greens, and lettuce can help prevent hair loss and combat hair aging.

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Written by Zhang Shu Kun
Traditional Chinese Medicine
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How many years can hair loss due to deficiency of Qi, blood, and kidney be recovered?

When conditions of qi and blood deficiency or kidney deficiency occur, no matter how long the hair loss has lasted, the main issue is the lack of timely treatment and care, which leads to the continuous development of symptoms. Generally, helping to supplement qi and blood and address kidney deficiency can significantly improve hair loss. Firstly, in terms of diet, it is beneficial to eat foods like red beans, Chinese yam, goji berries, and donkey-hide gelatin, as they help replenish qi and blood and nourish the kidneys. It is also necessary to get timely treatment through medication. This can indeed help with a better and faster recovery. Importantly, one should avoid staying up late.

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Written by Zhang Shu Kun
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Hair loss and night sweats, what is going on?

Hair loss and night sweats are mostly considered to be caused by excessive dampness in the body or insufficient kidney qi, among other reasons. For such conditions, timely adjustment is essential. If the issue is dampness, it is beneficial to consume more Chinese yam, barley, adzuki beans, and red beans regularly to help expel the internal moisture; if the issue is insufficient kidney qi, timely treatment is necessary, as severe cases can lead to physical weakness and even symptoms of collapse. Effective improvement can be achieved through medication, and the diet can be supplemented with foods like goji berries and donkey-hide gelatin to help regulate the condition.

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Written by Lin Xiang Dong
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Is night sweats and hair loss due to kidney yin deficiency?

In Chinese medicine, night sweats are considered to be a result of an imbalance between Yin and Yang, with a deficiency in Yin Qi and an excess in Yang Qi. This deficiency in Yin leads to internal heat, which causes the leakage of body fluids, manifesting as excessive sweating during sleep. Hair loss can have many causes, including physiological hair loss, aging-related hair loss, and hereditary hair loss, so it is not necessarily due to a deficiency in kidney Yin. However, if a person experiences both night sweats and hair loss, it is possible to first consider the presence of a kidney Yin deficiency causing these symptoms.

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Is postpartum hair loss related to breastfeeding?

Postpartum hair loss is a normal physiological phenomenon and is unrelated to breastfeeding. It is mainly due to psychological factors, lifestyle, and physiological changes after childbirth. During pregnancy, the level of hormones in the body, particularly estrogen, is relatively high, which can make the scalp the healthiest it has been in one's life. However, after the birth of the child, estrogen levels decrease. This imbalance leads to the shrinking of the skin's hair follicles, resulting in hair loss. In treatment, dietary adjustments are primarily used, such as consuming more protein-rich foods like eggs, milk, walnuts, black rice, and sunflower seeds. Additionally, it is important to have a balanced diet with plenty of fresh vegetables and fruits rich in vitamins, ensure adequate sleep, and maintain a relaxed mood. Managing these aspects of daily life can also help alleviate hair loss.

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Written by Qiu Xin Hui
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Can hair loss due to kidney yin deficiency be regenerated?

Hair loss caused by kidney yin deficiency can be regenerated. Kidney yin deficiency mainly refers to the insufficient manifestation of kidney fluids, and so it can be treated by nourishing the kidney yin. To nourish kidney yin in daily life, one should eat more foods that enrich kidney yin, or take some medicines that bolster kidney yin for conditioning. You can choose an over-the-counter medicine like Liuwei Dihuang Pills, but it needs to be taken consistently for a period before effectively improving the symptoms of hair loss. In daily life, you can also eat more softshell turtle, blackfish, etc., which also helps to improve the state of kidney yin deficiency. (Specific medications should be taken under the guidance of a physician.)