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Souhakuhi

What is Souhakuhi?

Souhakuhi is another one of Waseda’s treatment that are compounded using all natural plants and herbs. The key ingredient in Souhakuhi is Mulberry bark root. It is very effective in slowing down hair loss. People who use Souhakuhi often report  thicker and denser eyebrows. There are no other side effects associated with Souhakuhi. Waseda recommends using 2-4 ml per day.

How to Make Souhakuhi ?

The following post from Waseda is very detailed and we recommend everyone read this first. 

How to make Souhakuhi extract (repost)

From: waseda
Date: 08 Feb 2001
Time: 12:48:20
Remote Name: 211.132.37.166

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This is a copy of the previous post.

1. Pure water version (for 2 or 3 months use)

a) Add ethyl alcohol 400ml to pure water 100-200ml (In short around 70%-80% ethanol solution is the base). If you cannot find pure ethyl alcohol, it is ok to use about 500ml – 600 ml vodka, try to use high proof vodka, the higher the better.
b) Souhakuhi (San(g) Bai Pi, mulberry bark root) 100g (if possible finely crush )
c) Kanzo (Gan Cao, Chinese licorice, Glycyrrhiza uralensis) 10g-30g
d) Shikon (Zi Cao, Lithospermum erythrorhizon) 10g------Optional

If you cannot get ethyl alcohol due to some laws, vodka can do. As the effective compound is known to fat (alcohol)-soluble, high concentration of alcohol is better but up to 80%.

Though Kanzo is a few in weight, it works as anti-androgenic, anti- inflammatory effects as well as propylene glycol-like sticky effect. It is known this much usage of Kanzo never causes side-effects of lowering too much testosterone or liver damage etc. based on a long experience of traditional medicine. Most herbal treatments use Kanzo 1-2g as one ingredient per day in case of oral applications. 10-30g usage for 2- 3month topically is enough under the level of normal usage (60-180g ).

Shikon is a very safe (it's really a natural anti-cancer, anti-fungal, anti-inflammatory stuff) but potent tissue regenerator and preferable if you suffer from scalp inflammation.

Steep herbs in the alcohol solution for about one week, press and squeeze with cloth, and strain it if possible. Throw the grounds or roots away. The volume may reduce down to 400ml after steeping for one week. The final color of the solution should be like red wine or grape juice if Shikon is included.

NOTE: Once you have finished extracting, you may thin the solution at the concentration of 50-60% if your scalp hates high concentrated alcoholic solution. But remember that the effective compound is highly fat-soluble, and too low concentration of alcohol may cause mal-penetration.

Apply the extract 2ml-3ml once and twice a day *topically*. The most possible side effect is thickening of eyebrow. We don't hear of facial hair thickening different from minox. I think this might explain the fact that Souhakuhi is also applied to female clinically.

2. Perilla leaf extract version (for atopic or inflammatory scalp)

Replace pure water with the same amount of perilla leaf extract in the above treatment. Perilla leaf extract is made of boiling perilla leaf in the hot water for 30 minutes and throwing away the grounds. The ratio is perilla leaf 1: water 5-8. For example perilla leaf 20g : water 100-160cc. You don't have to think of the rigidity. Perilla leaf is sold as Chinese name: Zi Su Ye.

Caution: Do allergic check before using. Souhakuhi is generally a very safe stuff but it mildly causes blood flow improvement (through slow normalization of vascular lipid ) thus lowers the blood pressure locally. If you feel some abnormal blood pressure or heart disorder, stop immediately applying and consult your home doctor.

3. Using with spironolactone ethanol solution and/or minox

Many use Souhakuhi extract along with topical spironolactone solution and/or minox without troubles. There have never been bad side effects that we know of. There are no side effects even if you add procyanidin. It is recommended that you make Souhakuhi separately and then add the solution to topical minoxidil or Xandrox.

Vendors

But if you wish to compound Souhakuhi yourself, Waseda listed the following vendors

Souhakuhi-----mulberry ( MORUS ALBA) bark root, Sang Bai Pi at for example

http://herbalchemy.com/BULK1.HTM 
http://www.herbtrader.com/837.html

Kanzo------Gan Cao, Chinese licorice
There are many sellers on Gan Cao on the web net.

Shikon-----Zi Cao(Lithospermum erythrorhizon) at for example as the name of 'lithospermum root zi cao powder (5678)' at at http://herbalchemy.com/bulk1.htm#jkl

Perilla leaf-----Zi Su Ye at for example

The resources are relatively inexpensive and making is easy. As the results appear comparatively fast, for instance hair-loss slowing, to try it is worthy.

Many users make use of it along with the zinc oxide therapy. Some try drinking a little (0.5ml-1ml per day) instead of Loniten (oral minox). Side effect in case of oral intake is unknown. Check the heart disorder if you take it orally. In fact this tastes like a kind of cocktail.

Finer Details

2) You can add GSE directly to the premade Souhakuhi formula from Ancientway.

3) If you do not wish to formulate Souhakuhi with alcohol, you can boil the herbs in low heat for a very long time instead.

4) Steeping vs Boiling Herbs:

In making Morehairin, you need not steep herbs in ethanol solution for a long time because GSE is *water-soluble*.

The effective constituents of mulberry bark root and bayberry bark root are *fat-soluble* and bayberry bark root is easier to dissolve into ethanol than mulberry bark root.

Licorice and Shikon is fat-soluble as well as hot water-soluble. Perilla leaf is hot water-soluble. Senburi is basically fat-soluble, but can be dissolve into hot water.

Thus,
1) mulberry ------steep in high concentrated ethanol solution for a relarively long time (one week).
2) bayberry-------steep in 50% concentrated ethanol solution for 24-48 hours if it is powdered.
2) licorice, Shikon-------(i) boiling for extract, or (ii) steeping in ethanol is OK.
3) perilla leaf----boiling for extract only.
4) Senburi--------it is preferable to extract in 100% ethanol for one month(for long time).

Research and Clinical Studies

I found a patent for hair growth where Mulberry also is the main ingredient. The inventors of this patent is the same as the patent Waseda refer to. But this patent is done on both mice and human.

Here is a part from the patent which I found interesting (especially 2. sentence)

"It is apparent from the results given in Table 3 that a higher rate of improvement was obtained when the mulberry bark extract, persimmon leaf extract, paulownia leaf extract or the mixture of these extracts was used as compared with that obtained when the control (furozin solution or 70% ethanol solution) was used. It was also found that the mixture of the extracts exhibits a more excellent effect than that obtained by using the extract singly. Particularly, the mixture of three extracts from mulberry bark, persimmon leaves and paulownia leaves has an excellent effect. In the course of the test, no side effect supposedly caused by the sample was recognized in any group."

You can get the full paper at: http://164.195.100.11/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=/netahtml/search-bool.html&r=1
&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=ft00&s1=''5,674,497''.WKU.&OS=PN/"5,674,497"&RS=PN/"5,674,497"

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