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Hair Raising Remedies from the Past

The desire for a healthy head of hair was just as strong in the 16th century as it is today – and history has at times been particularly tough on the balding man.

You’ll thank goodness for the pharmaceutical revolution when you discover some of the stranger remedies used over the years.

Native American Herbal Remedy

Remedy 1

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Take a 1-quart jar. Fill it with birch leaves. Top the jar up with witch hazel. Cover and let sit for three days. Use the solution liberally on crown and balding area.

Remedy 2

1 cup of nettle leaves, 1 medium onion, six cups of alcohol. Soak the leaves and onion in alcohol for several days and apply liberally.

Laugh, but ask yourself this: when did you last see a bald Indian? As with men of power who more often than not have healthy manes, we think they know something that we don’t.

Music to your ears from web

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There’s hope yet for those with exposed lobes. A leading Japanese pharmaceutical company markets a compact disc of Mozart which, it claims, reverses male baldness.

To date 10,000 units at $16 a piece suggests desperation rules in the land of the sun.

Onion head from web

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There’s miracles from them there onions. Fed to the builder of the great pyramids and sacred as a carved offering in King Tut’s tomb, in 1596 onion juice was purported to restore hair to the bald head.

It was also thought to remedy the bite of rabid dogs. Not to mention cure common colds, clear pimples, relieve arthritis and help digestion. Rosemary oil was also thought to be helpful in curbing premature baldness.

Bald Advertisement 1736

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The Greatest Ornament to the human body is a splendid head of hair.

It has recently been discovered that genuine buffalo oil is a sovereign remedy for baldness, prevents hair from coming off, promotes the growth, continues the luxuriance and improves the head.

It is far superior to any other animal or vegetable oil. And in the case of fever, where the hair becomes dry and falls off, there is no application more effectual in restoring its beauty and rendering it in a healthy state.

It is put up at a low price, that all classes may have access to it. None genuine unless put up in flat bottles with Hair Oil impressed in the glass. Also to prevent imposition, it will be signed by the sole proprietor, W.M. Brown, Boston, 481 Washington. Retail 37.5 cents.

Fish Head

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German scientists report that in trials with a lotion made from fish cartilage, hair was restored to 90% of bald men, even if they’d had no hair for many years. Details are sketchy. Fancy that.

Mushrooms Sprout Hair in Fiji

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Mushroom fever has gripped Fiji with hundreds claiming miracle cures for all kinds of ailments, including baldness, after drinking a fungal tea. Kombucha, as the brew is called, is gaining popularity in other Pacific countries and even as far as the US. Apparently the mushroom, which looks like a bloated glutinous pancake, was brought to Fiji by a solider returning from peace keeping duties in the Middle East.