To provide an excellent hair growth effect as an external preparation. In addition, it has an effect that the extra shochu oil contained in shochu sake can be used effectively without being disposed of.SOLUTION: Shochu oil obtained by floating during the cooling of sake during the process of producing single-distilled distilled spirit under atmospheric pressure or reduced pressure distillation distillation is used as an active ingredient of a hair growth agent.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION【課題】外用剤として優れた育毛効果を発揮することができる。また、焼酎原酒に含まれる余分な焼酎油を廃棄せずに有効活用ができるという効果を有する。【解決手段】単式蒸留焼酎の製造過程において、常圧又は減圧焼酎蒸留を行った際の原酒の冷却中に浮上して得られる焼酎油を育毛剤の有効成分とする。【選択図】図1