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About Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis

Privides clues for the blood pressure management

Essential hypertension(high blood pressure) is referred to as an usual type of hypertension, the cause of which cannot be identified by the procedures of conventional investigation. Blood test and other screenings are not able to determine what causes the hypertension. In this regard, the hair tissue mineral analysis provides valuable information to both practitioners and clients. In the evaluation of the hair tissue mineral analysis, we decide what kind of factors contribute to the occurrence of hypertension. For example, heavy metals that reside in the bloodstream may cause damage in the internal walls of blood vessels, decreasing the flexibility of vessels and hardening the arterial walls. Nutritional imbalances and dysfunctions of internal organs, which we can measure through hair tissue mineral analysis, certainly are the major culprits causing hypertension in the sense that that they can affect blood circulation and vasodilation.

How to Cut A Hair Sample

◆ Hair preparation

Some say that hair samples are inaccurate due to hair treatments and environmental contamination.  However, our experience indicates that shampoo, conditioners, rinses, light sweating and air pollution generally do not significantly affect hair readings.  Most people wash their hair frequently.  Most hair products do not contain many minerals that remain in the hair after the product is used.  Therefore the test is not affected.  Hair is not very porous, about 10% in men and 15% in women.  Most contaminants do not remain within the hair.

◆ Cut several small snips of hair as close as possible to the scalp. You may cut the samples from along the sides, top or back of the head. Place the samples on a clean table with the cut end facing you. Now cut off any long ends of hair that are over 1 inch (or about 2 centimeters) long. The long ends of hair are older and are not as good for sampling. The new hair, near the scalp, is much better.

◆ Relationship between hair test and high blood pressure: Hair test interpretation reveals many metabolic types that help us treat the high blood pressure more effectively and precisely. This is the key to attaining better results. Mineral immbalances, heavy metal toxicity, depletion of nutrients, biochemical and emotional upsets, dysfuctional organs, which we know from hair mineral test, certainly and usually the contributor to the development of high blood pressure. Removing or fixing these problems usually help improve the disease a lot better than other approaches. With these informations, we can provide more delicate and correct method that goes to the heart of the high blood pressure.

◆ INSTRUCTIONS FOR  HAIR SAMPLING:

The requirements for getting an accurate representation of the present trace mineral levels from a hair analysis include taking a proper sample. Thess instructions describe the correct procedure to follow:

1. sampling : Hair should be clean and dry when it is being sampled. The sample should be taken between four and twenty fourhours after washing. For the bestqual-ity results the sample should not be dyed, bleached, or permed . Retest samples should be taken from the same area as the orginalsample if at all possible .
2. sampling Location : Head hair taken from the nape of the neck ( see illustration below) will provide the best sample . The growthe of the hair here is relatively steady and should give good, consistent results. As an option,axillary hair,pubic hair,or other body hair may be used. The growht pattern here varies and is rather sporadic but it producs adequate results. Note , however, that samples from the head and different parts of the body should not be mixed together. Sampling axillary or pubic harr is alos avery good way to confirm that elevated toxic minerals which have been found in the head hair are present in the whole system
3. Equipment Needed : A standard rat-tailed comb and a rearlar stainless steel scissors are all  that is basically needed. For shorthair,thinning shearsmay be used to keep from disturbing   the hair style as much as possible . With long hair, a hair pin or  clip  may also be useful.
4. Cutting a Sample : Comb and lift a section of hair at the nape of the neck. Either pin or clip the section or have the patient hold it up out of the way . Separate a smaller section (as shown in photo A) and cut the hair off as close to the scalp as possible . For shorthair - 1 1/2" inlength, or less - use the entire sample .For long hair - over 1 1/2 " in length - cut off and use 1 "to 1 1/2 "of the hair from the end that was next to the scalp(the root end, as shown in Photo B). Discard the rest. Take several small samples from different spots and combine them. This Will help assure an accurate,repre sentative sample on the average,while leaving no noticable "bald“ placs in the hair style.
5. Weighing the samples : Set up the provided card weight scale , following the instructions printed on it. Placing the small samples in side  the circle on the card,continue sampling until the scale tips,indicating that there is approximately 125mgs in the total sample. This should  be about one heaping tablespoonful. Once an adequate sample is accumulated , put the hair into the provided  sampling envelope and enclose it and the completed order form in the attached order envelope .

◆ Accurate results depend on cutting hair samples correctly.  A small hair sample (about 125 mg for most labs) is all that is needed.  This can be cut from anywhere on the scalp or even from other parts of the body, although these are not as accurate in most cases.  Thinning shears may be used if the hair is short.  If thinning shears are used on long hair, it may be hard to tell which end was cut.
         The hair must be cut as close as possible to the scalp to reveal the most recent metabolic activity.  The long ends of the hair strands, any length greater than about 1 inch long, must be cut off and thrown away so that the sample is only about 1 inch long or less.  Shorter hair is excellent and can be cut with a razor if the hair is very short.  The most common sampling errors are leaving the sample over one inch long, or not sending in enough hair.
        The hair sample is placed in a clean paper envelope.  The sample is sent to a federally licensed clinical laboratory for analysis.