The term “fire” is a folk saying, and in Chinese medicine, it mostly belongs to the range of heat evidence. If your nose is swollen and painful due to fire, you can take Five Flavors Sterilizing Drink or Clearing Summer Heat Soup under the guidance of your doctor.
Swelling and pain in the nose are usually considered to be “boils” caused by heat-toxicity or summer-dampness, which are usually characterized by localized redness, swelling and pain in the skin, and may be accompanied by fever, chills, dry mouth, constipation, and dark-colored urine, etc. The symptoms may be treated by taking Wu Wei Disinfecting Drink or Qing Yu Tang. It can be relieved or treated by taking Wu Wei Sterilizing Drink or Clearing Heat Soup.
Wu Wei Disinfecting Drink has the effect of clearing heat and removing toxins and dispersing boils, and is often used in the treatment of carbuncle ulcers and boils (localized redness, swelling and heat pain of the skin), accompanied by fever and coldness, etc. It is not recommended to be used in those with weak spleen and stomach and dilute stool, and not to be used in those who suffer from swelling and pain in yin gangrene (a kind of slow-acting yin sores and ulcers), and Qing Summer Soup can be used in the treatment of summer fever and boils, but not recommended to those with rising liver yang.
Wu Wei Sterilizing Drink and Qing Shi Tang are Chinese herbal formulas and are contraindicated for those who are allergic to their ingredients. It is recommended that patients in need of treatment be guided by a doctor for the identification and use of medication.