Good medicine to cure otitis media

According to Oriental medicine, the cause of otitis media is due to wind heat and heat toxins. Here are some remedies for each condition.

Otitis media is a partial or complete infection of the middle ear, manifested by the continuous secretion of inflammatory fluid from the middle ear. If not treated promptly, it will lead to acute mastoiditis, which is very dangerous. According to Oriental medicine, the cause is due to wind heat and heat toxins. Here are some remedies for each type.

Acute form: Due to wind-heat and heat toxins invading the liver and gallbladder. The patient has symptoms of fever, chills, headache, tinnitus, earache, thick yellow ear discharge with blood, yellow tongue coating, and a deep and rapid pulse. Treatment: dispel wind and clear heat; eliminate damp heat in the liver and gallbladder meridians. Use one of the following prescriptions:

Recipe 1: Modified Saiko Thanh Can Decoction: Saiko, Gentian, Scutellaria, Gardenia fruit, Arctium lappa, each 12g; Peppermint 6g, Honeysuckle 20g. If there is bleeding or pus, add 16g Rehmannia glutinosa, 12g Danbi. Boil and drink 1 dose per day.

Phellodendron bark (charcoal bark of Phellodendron tree)

Recipe 2: Modified Longdan Ta Can Decoction: 12g each of longdan thao, scutellaria baicalensis, mu tong, sinh dia, cassia seed, alisma; 8g gardenia fruit, 8g angelica, 4g licorice. If there is high fever, thick pus with blood, red face, red tongue, add 16g honeysuckle and 12g forsythia.

If constipated, add 6g rhubarb. If fever is low, ear pain is severe, and pus is little, remove rehmannia root and add 16g coix seed, 6g cyperus rotundus, 6g gypsum root, and 6g atractylodes macrocephala. Boil and drink 1 dose per day.

Chronic form: if the pain lasts for a long time without fever, it is due to kidney fire deficiency; if the pain lasts for a long time with digestive symptoms such as poor appetite, weight loss, and diarrhea, it is due to spleen deficiency and damp heat. In treatment, it is divided into 3 forms as follows:

Liver meridian damp heat syndrome: Patients have symptoms of earache, thick, sticky pus, foul smell, and large amount. Treatment: clear liver and benefit dampness. Use Long dom ta can thang (as above).

Kidney deficiency and inflammation: Patients have symptoms of frequent ear discharge, thin pus, tinnitus, hearing loss, dizziness, little sleep, back and knee pain, thin and rapid pulse. Treatment: nourish yin and clear heat, nourish the kidneys and clear the orifices. Use one of the following formulas:

Recipe 1: Tri ba dia hoang thang: 12g rehmannia root, 16g Chinese yam, 8g each of cornus officinalis, alisma, peony bark, poria, anemarrhena, phellodendron bark. Boil and drink 1 dose per day. Or grind into powder and make pills, drink 18g per day, divided into 3 times.

Codonopsis pilosula

Lesson 2: Great Yin Tonic Pill: Phellodendron bark 12g, Anemarrhena rhizome 12g, Rehmannia glutinosa 16g, Turtle shell 16g. Boil and drink 1 dose per day, or make pills, drink 16g per day divided into 3 times, take long term.

Spleen deficiency: Often seen in children with chronic otitis media. Children show symptoms: prolonged ear discharge, yellow complexion, poor appetite, slow digestion, loose stools, fatigue, weak pulse. Treatment: strengthen the spleen and transform dampness. Use one of the following formulas:

Recipe 1: Thanh ty thang with modifications: coptis chinensis, white bean, white peony, poria, and coc nha each 8g; alisma 12g, yam 12g, and boat thoai 4g. Boil and drink 1 dose per day.

Lesson 2: Modified ginseng and white atractylodes powder: 12g codonopsis, 8g white atractylodes, 8g poria, 4g licorice, 16g yam, 16g sea bean, 8g coptis, 12g coix seed, 8g amomum, 12g lotus seed, 8g phellodendron, 8g tangerine peel, 8g platycodon. Grind all into powder, take 20g per day, divided into 3 doses.

Lesson 3: Modified Bu Zhong Yi Qi Decoction: 12g Codonopsis pilosula, 12g Astragalus membranaceus, 12g Bupleurum, 8g Cimicifuga, 12g Atractylodes macrocephala, 8g Angelica dahurica, 4g Licorice, 6g Tangerine peel, 8g Phellodendron bark, 8g Coptis chinensis, 12g Poria cocos. Grind all into powder, take 20g per day, divided into 3 times.

According to Traditional Medicine Practitioner Nguyen Minh - Health and Life