Treatment of otitis media with traditional Chinese medicine decoction

Chinese medicine believes that otitis media is caused by too many pathogenic factors in the body. The child is yang and his immunity is very low. They are vulnerable to wind, dampness, heat and other pathogens, or liver and gallbladder are damp and hot, which will block the ear points when patrolling the meridians. After a long time, they will cause qi deficiency, liver and kidney yin deficiency, virtual fire, inflammation, and accumulate heat in the ears to cause disease. Traditional Chinese medicine calls this disease "ear pus" and "ear abscess". Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) treats otitis media with deficiency and excess, and the main treatment methods are clearing away heat and toxic materials and purging liver fire. The main symptoms of the syndrome are ear swelling, earache, redness, hearing loss, tinnitus, and yellow and thick pus in the ear canal. More common in acute suppurative otitis media. Specific medication should be carried out in accordance with the doctor's advice. Commonly used traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions for the treatment of otitis media are:

1. Add and subtract Puji Disinfection Drink: 9 grams of Fructus Forsythiae, 9 grams of Scutellariae Radix, 4.5 grams of Radix Isatidis 12, 4.5 grams of fried insects, 6 grams of honeysuckle 12, 6 grams of peach kernel, 9 grams of Radix Scrophulariae, 3 grams of Ligusticum Chuanxiong, 9 grams of Coicis Semen, 4.5 grams of dried tangerine peel, 4.5 grams of fried Fructus Xanthii and cicada slough. The effect is to promote blood circulation and qi circulation, and clear away heat and toxic materials. Can be used for treating acute otitis media.

2. Tongfengfucong Decoction: Bupleurum, Fructus Aurantii, Rhizoma Chuanxiong, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Radix Aucklandiae, Radix Paeoniae Rubra and Poria each10g, Rhizoma Acori Graminei and Radix Platycodi each 6g, Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae15g and Radix Glycyrrhizae 3g. Regulate qi, activate and restore vitality. Indications: secretory otitis media.

3. Sanren Decoction: almond, bamboo leaf, Pinellia ternate 10g, cardamom, magnolia bark, medulla tetrapanacis 6g, talc and coix seed 20g. Its effects are: activating qi, eliminating dampness and resolving turbidity. Indications: Acute secretory otitis media.