Medications are not your only option to consider when looking for ways to treat your hair loss. Herbs are often overlooked and they have an added benefit of being sold over the counter, so you can get them at a local drug store. These herbs are being used everyday by people who are looking for alternatives products and treatments for there hair loss. We will look at a couple of the more common hair loss herbs that are used to treat hair thinning and baldness.

What is important to remember if you choose to try any of the herbs we suggest in this article is that they are not actually medications. Therefore, you have no real guarantee that they will work for you, even if they have worked for others. However, there is very little chance of them harming you if you do decide to try them.

All the herbs, which we are suggesting for a hair loss treatment, work in a variety of different ways. Below we look at what some of these are and how they affect the way your hair looks and grows.

1. Chamomile - The ability of this herb to help with healthy hair growth as well as being a great stress reliever, says much about its potential. This being the case, stress is often linked to hair loss, so if you reduce stress this should help you if that is something you suffer from.

2. Burdock or Catnip - These two herbs can help with making your hair more healthy. This will help with making your hair stronger and thus less likely to suffer the effects hair loss may cause. These two herbs are usually found within a solution like, Hair loss shampoo or conditioner. Then all you would do is use them like you would normally use one of these products.

3. Saw Palmetto - One herb that seems to be having more written about in than many other herbs used for treating hair loss is this one. It helps to promote health growth by reducing the levels of DHT, a hormone in the body that if produced in excess amounts eventually weakens the hair follicles.

4. Green Tea - There was a study done in Japan that showed a benefit by drinking green tea. The tea helped by increasing the sex hormone binding globulin. The effects of this are that testosterone production is lowered; a major cause of hair loss in women is testosterone.

Along with these hair loss herbs we have mentioned here, you will find that there are plenty of other herbs that are suggested to treat this condition. Some of these are apple cider vinegar, sage tea, and psoralea seeds; you would apply these directly to the scalp. A few others would be ginger or liquorice extract. Remember your results will very and you will have to evaluate how well they work for you.