Atrophic rhinitis is a chronic inflammatory disease of the nasal cavity that develops slowly and is regional in onset. The disease is more frequent in women, mostly in young adults, and those with poor health and living conditions are susceptible to the disease, which has shown a gradual decrease in recent years.
Characterized by dryness and atrophy of the nasal mucosa, enlargement of the nasal cavity, impaired sense of smell, and the formation of a large number of yellow-green pus crusts in the nasal cavity, with a foul odor is called odoriferous nose.
Chinese medicine diagnosis: 1, dryness of the nasal orifice: nasal dryness and discomfort, nasal breath heat, smell insensitivity, no snot or blood in the snot, obvious nasal odor, dry red nasal mucosa, more pus crusts on the surface, bitter mouth and dry throat, dry cough with little phlegm, drowning yellow and knotted, red tongue, thin yellow coating, pulse number.
2.Yin deficiency nasal orifice loss of moistening evidence: dryness and burning in the nose, decreased sense of smell, blood often in the snot, atrophy of the inner nasal muscle membrane, wide nasal cavity, more demented skin, or pharyngeal itching, dry cough, mute voice, red tongue with less coating, thin pulse.
3, qi deficiency nasal orifice loss: nasal dryness and discomfort, decreased sense of smell, little nasal snot and fishy odor, often slightly yellow scabs, nasal mucosa atrophy more, dry and light-colored, more scabs and slightly yellow or light green, and dizziness and less voice low, fatigue and weakness. Poor nausea and abdominal distension, light tongue, thin white coating, slow and weak pulse.