Botanical actives
生姜、人参、何首乌、迷迭香、侧柏叶。每一味你都能在中药铺买到，也讲得出它是什么。这是刻意的。Ginger, ginseng, he shou wu, rosemary, cypress leaf. Every one of them is something you could buy at a herbal shop and could describe to your mother. That is deliberate.
强根健发。用起来有温热感，按摩时最明显。Strengthens the root. You’ll feel the warmth while massaging.
中药铺里最常见的那味，姜辣素带来的温热感就是它在头皮上的存在感。NiiU 把它放在精华和泥膜两条线，是全系列里「有感」的那一支。The herbal-shop staple. That warm tingle is the gingerol making itself known on your scalp. NiiU runs it through both the essence and the clay — it is the one you actually feel.
滋养发根，头顶稀疏那一类主要靠它。Feeds the root — the main one for a thinning crown.
温和路线，适合长期用。跟生姜相反，它不给你刺激感，所以敏感头皮也吃得下。The quiet one. Unlike ginger it gives you nothing to feel, which is exactly why a reactive scalp can take it long-term.
乌黑亮泽，顾的是还有颜色的那些发丝。Depth and shine — for the hair that still has pigment.
华人讲头发一定会提到的一味。要讲清楚的是：它顾的是发丝的光泽和状态，不会把白的变黑。谁跟你说会，那是在骗你。The one every Chinese household names when hair comes up. To be clear about what it does: shine and condition on hair that still has pigment. It does not turn white hair black. Anyone telling you otherwise is selling you a story.
控油舒缓。出油型头皮的常客。Balances oil and calms. The oily-scalp regular.
这几年被讲得很多的一味，用在控油和舒缓上。NiiU 把它放在草本泥膜里，配出油又敏感那种难搞的头皮。The one that has had a lot of attention lately, used here for oil balance and calming. It sits in the herbal clay — built for the awkward scalp that is oily and reactive at once.
滋养头皮，中药铺里那味，用在洗护上。Scalp nourishment — the herbal-shop staple, put to work in a wash.
传统上就是拿来顾头发的一味，气味偏草本。放在洗护线里做基底，不抢戏但一直在。Traditionally a hair herb, with a green, herbal smell. It sits in the wash line as a base — never the loudest note, always there.
草本不是魔法。它只是头皮保养的一部分，而头皮保养又只是头发状况的一部分——遗传、荷尔蒙、睡眠、铁质、压力全都在里面，任何一瓶东西都碰不到那些。Herbs are not magic. They are one part of scalp care, and scalp care is one part of why hair behaves the way it does — genetics, hormones, sleep, iron levels and stress are all in there too, and no bottle reaches any of them.
所以：生姜不会把已经没有的发际线长回来，何首乌不会把白发变黑，这里没有一样东西能处理鬼剃头。有牌子跟你讲会，你叫他写下来。So: ginger will not regrow a hairline that is gone. He shou wu will not turn white hair black. Nothing here treats alopecia areata. If a brand tells you otherwise, ask them to put it in writing.
把毛囊口保持通畅、把出油控制在合理范围、让爱反应的头皮安静下来、让还在长的头发状态好一点。这是实实在在的事，值得做——只是比这个行业的广告讲的小很多。Keep the follicle openings clear, keep oil in a reasonable range, calm a scalp that overreacts, and leave the hair that is growing in better condition than it would otherwise be. That is a real job and it is worth doing — it is just smaller than the advertising in this category suggests.