Swollen and painful gums belong to the category of “dental carbuncle” in Chinese medicine. Clinically, it is mostly divided into the evidence type such as the accumulation of filth and poison (gathering), wind-heat and poisonous invasion, spleen and stomach fire. Swollen gums chrysanthemum and honeysuckle can be treated, but the two tea is different from decoction, can not give full play to its efficacy. Patients with swollen and painful gums are advised to undergo formal treatment under the guidance of a doctor.
Chrysanthemum is sweet, bitter, slightly cold in nature, and belongs to the lung and liver meridians. It has the effect of dispersing wind and clearing heat, calming the liver and improving eyesight, and clearing heat and removing toxins (removing heat and toxicity). It is mainly used in the treatment of wind-heat and cold, headache and dizziness, redness and swelling of the eyes, sores and canker sores.
Honeysuckle is sweet in flavor, cold in nature, and belongs to the lung, heart and stomach meridians. It has the effect of clearing heat and removing toxins, evacuating wind-heat. It is mainly used in the treatment of carbuncle and furuncle, laryngeal paralysis (pharynx is red, swollen and painful, or dry, with a foreign body sensation, or pharyngeal itching and discomfort, difficulty in swallowing), dengtoxin (acute infectious disease, the skin can be seen to be red like paint), pyrexia and dysentery (dysentery caused by feeling the heat and poison, and blood is seen in the stools), wind-heat colds and fever of warm diseases.
When the patient has swollen gums and pain, the evidence of wind-heat evil attack, chrysanthemum and honeysuckle due to the efficacy of wind-heat evacuation of the two drugs, the adverse effects and contraindications are not yet clear, the two tea is different from the decoction, can not give full play to its efficacy, and can not replace the medication to treat the disease.
If the patient is not feeling well, it is recommended to treat under the guidance of a physician, do not self-medicate, so as not to delay the condition.