In fact, allergies are not the patent of modern people. There are many related records in ancient China, such as The Book of Rites and the Moon Order: "During the summer solstice, when the autumn solstice comes, the country will be flooded, the winter storage will be destroyed, and the people will sneeze", "The source of miscellaneous diseases and nasal diseases" and "The nose is full of tears, and the lungs will be bitter.
Allergic rhinitis is called "nasal congestion" in Chinese medicine. The main symptoms are nasal congestion, sneezing, runny nose, itchy eyes, nose and throat. It is an allergic disease in which the body is sensitive to allergens (such as dust mites, temperature, dust, mold, etc.). ) increased, leading to nasal mucosal lesions. According to statistics, about 1 person in every 3 ~ 4 people in Taiwan Province province may suffer from allergic rhinitis; Most of the patients with this disease are children and adolescents, but they can actually occur at any age, often accompanied by asthma or atopic dermatitis, and often alternate with sinusitis in clinic.
What is allergic rhinitis? The main symptoms are sudden nasal congestion, itchy eyes and nose, followed by frequent sneezing and a lot of runny nose. Temporary hypoesthesia may occur during the attack, or symptoms such as cough, runny nose, hoarseness, nervousness and irritability may occur. Prolonging it for a long time may also lead to sinusitis, yellow nose and forehead pain. The symptoms of allergic rhinitis often appear after getting up in the morning or before going to bed at night, and will be aggravated when patients are exposed to allergens. In addition, due to subcutaneous vein dilatation caused by poor local blood circulation, we often see cases of dark circles and lower eyelid edema in allergic patients.
According to the viewpoint of modern medicine, nasal allergy belongs to the first kind of allergic reaction, which can usually be divided into seasonal allergic rhinitis and perennial allergic rhinitis according to its occurrence or frequency at a specific time of the year. The allergens of the former are mainly trees, grass and pollen; The common allergens of the latter are dust mites, cockroaches and molds. Taiwan Province Province has a humid island climate, so perennial allergic rhinitis is the biggest allergic patient.
Traditional Chinese medicine divides the causes of nasal congestion into internal and external factors. The internal cause is mostly visceral dysfunction (deficiency of lung, spleen and kidney), which is related to family inheritance or personal congenital constitution. The external causes are mostly caused by the invasion of pathogenic factors such as cold and evil spirits (such as bacteria, viruses, molds, seasonal alternation, temperature and humidity changes, etc.) into the nasal orifices. This is also the reason why Chinese medicine pays special attention to the conditioning and warmth of viscera when dealing with allergic rhinitis (besides wearing warm clothes, it is also necessary to drink less cold drinks).
According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, the lung governs the respiratory syndrome and the spleen governs the digestive syndrome, while the kidney not only governs the reproductive and urinary syndrome, but also governs our innate constitution. These three seemingly independent systems, in the view of Chinese medicine, have intensive and complex interaction. Therefore, when Chinese medicine recuperates the allergic constitution, it will almost sort out and adjust these three systems, so that the relationship between them can be restored to harmony, and the allergic symptoms will naturally subside and it is not easy to recur.
Lung qi deficiency
Patients with this constitution often get up very early in the morning, sneeze repeatedly when the wind blows slightly, and their nose keeps dripping and they often catch a cold. This kind of patients need to pay special attention to keep warm, especially to wear more clothes as soon as possible after getting up, and it is best to wear a mask in public. Clinically, the TCM treatment strategies for this kind of patients are mainly to replenish qi, consolidate exterior and dispel cold, such as Yupingfeng powder, Xanthium sibiricum powder, Xinyi powder and Xiaoqinglong decoction.
Weakness of temper
Such patients usually have poor physical strength and loss of appetite. When allergic attacks occur, the nasal congestion is swollen obviously, and the nasal mucus is thin and the amount is particularly large. In addition, they are often prone to diarrhea and dizziness. If it is a child, it may also be complicated with growth retardation (neither tall nor fat). Traditional Chinese medicine often chooses Buzhong Yiqi Decoction, Xiangsha Liujunzi Decoction, Shen Ling Baizhu Powder and other prescriptions to tonify qi and spleen, and to eliminate dampness and phlegm.
Deficiency of kidney qi
Such patients are usually older, or children who have allergic symptoms since birth, showing cold hands and feet, and nasal allergic symptoms (especially itchy nose and runny nose) are particularly serious in the morning and evening or when encountering cold air. Clinically, Chinese medicine often chooses Zuogui Pill, Jisheng Shenqi Pill and other prescriptions when treating patients with this kind of constitution.
Many patients with allergic rhinitis belong to deficiency-cold constitution from the point of view of traditional Chinese medicine, so they should avoid eating cold food at ordinary times, and the diet is mainly based on flat ingredients. Especially watermelon, pineapple, kiwi fruit, orange, pear, shrimp, crab, radish, mushroom, Chinese cabbage, bamboo shoots, tea and so on. They are all cold foods. Allergic patients with weak constitution should try to avoid eating, so as not to cause recurrent allergic symptoms.
What can Chinese medicine do to help allergic patients who don't want to take medicine? Chinese medicine has a great therapy called "three-volt patch".
Whenever summer comes and the weather is hot, according to the traditional principle of "treating winter diseases in summer", Chinese medicine treats diseases that are easy to occur in winter, such as asthma and allergic rhinitis, and carries out "dog days acupoint sticking therapy" (commonly known as dog days sticking) in the hottest three days of summer to adjust physical fitness, which can obviously reduce the probability and severity of allergic rhinitis in winter.
The so-called "dog patch" is based on the principle of tonifying yang in spring and summer of traditional Chinese medicine. In the dog days when the human body is full of yang, the skin is completely open, and the drug absorption effect is the best, Chinese herbal medicines with the effects of warming the heart-yang, eliminating phlegm and dispelling cold, desensitizing and relieving asthma, eliminating phlegm and relieving cough are selected and made into medicinal cakes, which are applied to acupuncture points on the back of patients every 7 ~ 10 days. The most commonly used acupoints in Sanfutie are Dazhui, Dingchuan and) ***3 times, which not only achieves the local * * * effect on specific acupoints, but also enables the medicinal properties to penetrate into acupoints and meridians through the skin, and reach the diseased parts of internal organs through the operation of qi and blood in meridians, thus achieving the effect of strengthening the body resistance and eliminating evil.
This therapy is especially suitable for children who are not easy to cooperate with drugs and elderly patients who use a lot of drugs. In dog days, it is generally recommended to apply it for 3-4 hours each time (the actual implementation time should be evaluated by qualified Chinese medicine practitioners and determined according to the patient's physical condition). During the application process, the skin may have a slight itching or burning sensation. In rare cases, if the pain is too strong, you can take out the medicine cake in advance.
According to the research, more than 60% patients with allergic rhinitis have obviously improved their symptoms, especially sneezing, stuffy nose and runny nose.
In view of the high prevalence of allergic rhinitis in China and the limitations of western medicine treatment at this stage, in recent years, more and more people in society know how to seek the assistance of Chinese medicine in addition to the routine treatment of western medicine. With the help of traditional Chinese medicine, three-volt patch, acupuncture and other treatment methods, not only can allergic symptoms be gradually relieved, but if patients can strictly cooperate with the diet and rest guidance provided by traditional Chinese medicine, they will have the opportunity to completely drive away this annoying and intractable allergic rhinitis and never sneeze again after getting up.
The prescriptions of traditional Chinese medicine and three-volt patch therapy provided above are only for patients' self-care. If you have medical needs, it is recommended to seek qualified Chinese medicine diagnosis and treatment to ensure good health!
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