#headliningcreationchallenge# With the arrival of winter, many people are deeply troubled by nose problems: dry nasal cavity, frequent red bloodshot eyes, frequent sneezing, nasal congestion, and snot agglomeration, accompanied by symptoms such as nasal itching and foreign body s

1. Invasion of external evils

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the fundamental cause of the disease is insufficient righteousness and invasion of external evils into the body, resulting in dystrophy of the nasal orifice. Such as heat evil, cold evil, wind evil, etc. can cause nasal orifice dystrophy.

2. Climate reasons, air quality

The dry weather in winter leads to an increase in particulate dust in the air. After the human body inhales the dust, it adheres to the nasal mucosa. It often feels like a foreign body in the nose, the nose is unbearably itchy, and the nose undergoes a stress response, such as sneezing, congestion and rupture of nasal capillaries, and increased secretions. Therefore, nose rubbing, nose picking, nosebleeds, etc. may occur.

3. rhinitis

caused by various rhinitis, such as allergic rhinitis, atrophic rhinitis , dry rhinitis, etc.

(1) Allergic rhinitis: manifests as nasal itching, continuous sneezing, excessive mucus, and nasal congestion, which may be accompanied by loss of smell, itchy eyes, itchy throat, etc., and some patients occur seasonally.

(2) Atrophic rhinitis: manifests as dryness of the nose and nasopharynx. The patient's nasal cavity is abnormally enlarged, causing hyperventilation, causing dryness of the nasal cavity, scabbing of the nasal cavity, and nasal bleeding. It may be accompanied by hyposmia, nasal congestion, dizziness, headache, etc.

(3) Sicca rhinitis: manifests as dryness in the nasal cavity, foreign body sensation in the nasal cavity, epistaxis, nasal congestion, and may be accompanied by symptoms such as dizziness and dizziness. Patients are more common in young and middle-aged people, and a few patients can cause suppurative sinusitis , otitis media , etc.

What should you do if the above symptoms occur?

1. Prevent the invasion of external evils and enhance your own immunity. You can exercise moderately and breathe fresh air, such as doing Tai Chi , Baduanjin , etc.

2. Improve air quality and increase air humidity. When the weather is dry in winter, you can use a humidifier to increase the humidity of the air. Pay attention to the cleanliness of the environment to avoid the accumulation of a large amount of dust causing stress rhinitis.

3. Eat less spicy food, quit smoking and alcohol. Spicy and spicy food can cause dilation and congestion of blood vessels in the nasal cavity, causing various problems in the nasal cavity, causing imbalance in the internal environment of the nasal cavity, and creating a vicious cycle.

4. Actively treat the primary disease to improve the occurrence of nasal congestion, nasal dryness .

(1) It can massage Yingxiang point to promote blood circulation in the nose. Yingxiang point is located on the face, next to the midpoint of the outer edge of the nose, that is, in the depressions on both sides of the nose.

(2) You can use erythromycin eye ointment , chloramphenicol ointment, etc. to apply to the nasal cavity to reduce inflammatory symptoms.

(3) Peppermint oil, cooling oil, etc. can be applied to the nasal cavity to improve the symptoms of nasal congestion.

(4) You can rinse the nasal cavity with physiological saline or physiological seawater to clean the nasal cavity and improve the symptoms of dry nasal cavity.

(5) You can apply Zilian ointment, the in-hospital preparation of Yunnan Provincial Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, to the nasal cavity to lubricate the nostrils and promote the repair of nasal mucosa.

(6) Traditional Chinese medicine atomization method can be used to improve the dryness of the nasal cavity. When you feel your nasal cavity is dry, you can use the Nose and Throat Recipe for atomized inhalation of traditional Chinese medicine.

(7) Nasal spray can be used to improve symptoms such as nasal congestion and nasal mucosa congestion. Such as budesonide spray, mometasone furoate nasal spray, fluticasone propionate nasal spray, etc.

5. Maintain personal hygiene and get rid of bad living habits. Although frequent nose picking can remove dirt from the nasal cavity, it can easily cause unnecessary damage to the nasal mucosa, causing damage to the nasal mucosa, bleeding, etc.

source 丨Yunnan Provincial Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital