There is no clear clinical basis to show that loofah vine can treat sinusitis, loofah vine for sinusitis, not true.
Loofah vine is a traditional Chinese medicine, which is slightly cold in nature, bitter in taste, and belongs to the heart, spleen and kidney meridians. Its efficacy is to soothe the tendons and activate the blood, relieve cough and resolve phlegm. It is mainly used to treat numbness of the limbs, irregular menstruation, cough and phlegm.
Sinusitis is an inflammation of the mucous membrane of the sinuses caused by bacterial or fungal infections, with nasal congestion, runny nose, headache, loss of smell as the main symptoms. Clinical often divided into acute sinusitis and chronic sinusitis, treatment is also different.
Acute sinusitis patients can use penicillin, budesonide, cetirizine hydrochloride and other drugs to treat, can also use saline rinse nasal cavity, remove nasal secretions, relieve nasal congestion symptoms.
Chronic sinusitis can choose to use dexamethasone, clarithromycin, mometasone furoate nasal spray and other medications, accompanied by polyps, can be endoscopic sinus surgery, to remove nasal polyps.
It is recommended that patients go to the hospital in a timely manner, under the guidance of the doctor standardized treatment, so as not to delay the condition.