Nowadays, it is common to see children with adenoid hypertrophy, a disease that causes nasal congestion, snoring and open-mouth breathing, especially at night, which is often very painful for children and very anxious for parents.
Adenoid hypertrophy
Adenoid hypertrophy is a pathological enlargement of the adenoids due to repeated stimulation by inflammation. The adenoids are located at the top of the nasopharynx and the back wall of the pharynx and are lymphoid tissue that grows gradually with age after birth.
Western medicine advocates surgical treatment for this disease. Many parents are still skeptical about surgery for children. Yes, there is, and that is Chinese medicine!
The effect of Chinese medicine on the treatment of adenoid hypertrophy in children is very significant, not only to cure the disease, but also to further improve the overall health of the child, to truly achieve both the symptoms and the root cause.
It is a result of the development of the disease that the adenoids become enlarged and swollen, thus blocking the airway. Finding the cause and mechanism behind it and correcting it is the only way to treat the disease at its root.
From the perspective of Chinese medicine, the pathological factors that cause adenoid hypertrophy include gas, fire, phlegm, dampness, water, stasis, etc.; its pathogenesis is different from external and internal injuries; the nature of the disease is different from deficiency; the lung, spleen, liver, kidney and other internal organs may be involved.
It can be said that: although the disease is small, all encompassing; disease in the local, treatment from the whole body, this is the characteristics of holistic thinking in Chinese medicine.
The following is a brief example of the most common cases of the disease for the reader to develop ideas for a more comprehensive understanding of the disease.
Causes of adenoid hypertrophy
1, adenoid hypertrophy is often induced after multiple external sensations, and in some cases even as a sequel to improper treatment of external sensations.
2, there are also more of the miscellaneous internal injuries.
3, the prolongation of the external sensation for a long time, the deficiency of positive energy.
4, poor diet, phlegm and dampness within the growth.
5.Emotional and mental disorders, liver depression and qi stagnation.
6, congenital kidney deficiency, etc., need to be considered from different internal organs, from internal regulation of internal organs function to heal.
Treatment direction for each type of adenoid hypertrophy
1, external sensation of evil qi type
The external wind and cold are not properly relieved, resulting in the table evidence into the lane, is deficient in the evil into the water and moisture stagnation, prolonged condensation, is a chronic disease. Some adenoids have been enlarged for a long time, and still have the pulse of unresolved superficial evidence, still need to relieve superficial, dispel cold and dispel dampness. This is a good formula for such cases. In some cases of Yang deficiency and cold, warming the Yang and relieving the exterior should also be considered, such as Ephedra with Phyllanthus and Fine Pine Soup and Ge Gen plus Ling Art and Phyllanthus Soup.
Of course, there are also cases of external wind-heat and damp-heat that have not been resolved, with wind-heat stagnation in the upper jiao and damp-heat obstruction, which require clearing heat and promoting the lung, dispelling dampness and opening the orifice. Formulas such as Elevation San, Yin Qiao San and Shang Jiao Xuan Piao Tang can be used to clear the heat and promote the development of the lung. This type can also be said to be a case treated from the lung.
2, phlegm and dampness condensation type
The most intuitive consideration for adenoid hypertrophy is phlegm-damp condensation, especially in children who tend to eat and drink inappropriately, resulting in stagnation of diet, internal growth of phlegm-dampness, and dampness containing heat, resulting in adenoid hypertrophy.
If the spleen and stomach are not deficient in proper qi, then the method of resolving phlegm, dispersing nodules, dispelling dampness and clearing heat can be applied directly. If dampness and heat are sticky, the weight of dispelling dampness and clearing heat should also be considered according to the relative relationship between dampness and heat. In this case, Er Chen Tang, Wenzhi Tang, Bao He Wan, San Ren Tang, etc. are all effective.
If the spleen and stomach are deficient in qi, clear yang does not ascend, turbid yin does not descend, and the pivot of qi in the middle jiao does not move, it will cause dampness and phlegm, which will block the qi channels. In this case, there must be qi deficiency pulse evidence, the key is qi deficiency as the basis, phlegm condensation as the standard, if not to strengthen the spleen and benefit the qi, the effect is not good simply to resolve phlegm and disperse the knots. Li Dongyuan’s famous prescriptions such as tonifying Zhong Yi Qi Tang and Yi Qi Smart Tang can be considered, with the addition of phlegm dispelling and dampness relieving products as appropriate.
3.Liver depression and qi stagnation type
The liver meridian passes through the deep part of the nasopharynx (fly down), so liver depression and qi stagnation can cause water stagnation in the liver meridian, ascending but not descending, which can also cause adenoid hypertrophy. In this case, the liver must be dredged to relieve depression, in order to eliminate the swelling and disperse the nodules, such as Si Wei San, Chai Hu Daxie Liver San, Da Chai Hu Tang, Chai Hu Gui Zhi Tang, etc. are useful.
4.Kidney Qi deficiency type
The kidney is the master of water, and the kidney meridian also passes through the throat area. If the kidney is insufficient, the water will flood the plateau, and the kidney must be tonified in order to promote water, and the swelling will disappear only when the water goes away. This type of child is usually accompanied by delayed development, urine loss, difficulty sleeping and other symptoms, and is slightly deficient in congenital constitution.
5.Blood stasis type
If the disease has become chronic for a long time, blood stasis is often present, and it is often not effective if blood stasis is not invigorated. If the stagnation is long lasting and hard to be dissolved, it must be accompanied by products to soften and disperse the stagnation.