Chronic rhinitis, weak and cold

‍‍ Henan College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital, Department of Cerebral Diseases, Lu Yongkun Zhang Moumou, female 23 years old 2007-11-26 initial consultation. The patient had nasal congestion, runny nose and headache for several years after repeated exposure to cold, diagnosed as “sinusitis”, easily attacked after exposure to cold in fall and winter, and again attacked after exposure to cold a week ago, and her headache was aggravated by the application of qi, pungent and warming antidote three days ago, and her face was swollen and painful, so she came to my outpatient clinic for medical treatment. Nasal congestion, runny nose, headache, facial swelling and pain, pale red tongue, floating and slow pulse. The patient’s previous prescription was light on the amount of qi-benefiting medicines and heavy on the amount of pungent, warm, and antidepressant medicines. The diagnosis was that the patient was suffering from external Qi deficiency. The treatment is mainly to benefit the qi and relieve the epidermis, and also to promote the lung and resolve phlegm. Prescription: Radix Codonopsis pilosulae 25g, Radix Astragali 45g, Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae 12g, Citrus aurantium Citri Reticulatae 12g, Radix Qianhu 15g, Radix Chaihu 12g, Poria 15g, Rhizoma Ligustici Chuanxiong 10g, Rhizoma Platycodonopsis 10g, Cortex Cinnamomum Cassiae 10g, Paeonia lactiflora 15g, Qianghao 6g, 3 doses of decoction with water, one dose per day, divided into two doses, served warm. Second diagnosis (2007-11-29), serving the above 3, headache, nasal congestion and runny nose to reduce the facial swelling and pain disappeared, still with the prescription, go to Platycodonopsis, Citrus aurantium. Prescription: Radix Codonopsis pilosulae 25g, Radix Astragali 45g, Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae 12g, Radix Panax Quinquefolii 15g, Radix Bupleurum Chinense 12g, Poria 15g, Rhizoma Ligustici Chuanxiong 10g, Cortex Cinnamomum Cassiae 10g, Paeonia lactiflora 15g, Qiangwu 6g. Commentary: The patient had nasal congestion and runny nose and headache after repeated exposure to cold, and the diagnosis was qi deficiency and exopathogens. The treatment was based on benefiting qi and relieving the symptoms, and at the same time promoting the lung and resolving phlegm. The addition and subtraction of Ginseng Defeating Toxin Dispersion from Taiping Huimin Hejian Burei Fang was used to benefit qi and relieve epidemics, and disperse wind and dispel dampness. The original formula treats typhoid fever, headache, headache, cold, body pain, and cold cough, nasal congestion, wind and phlegm headache, retching, cold and heat. Convenient Readings: The formula must first be supplemented with ginseng but evil. Qiang Wu goes to the surface to dissipate the evil, only live in the line to declare the evil, Chai Hu, Platycodonopsis to dissipate the heat to rise clear, Hovenia Citriodora, the former Hu eliminates phlegm to lower the gas, Chuanxiong aroma to line the blood in the gas, Poria light seepage in order to facilitate the gas in the wet, licorice and the drugs, so that it does not compete, ginger to eliminate the filth and eliminate the evil, so that it is not stagnant. So each build its own long, to collect the full effect, all rely on the ginseng’s strong, driving between the ear. The patient had a deficiency of qi, and the addition of astragalus benefited qi and solidified the surface, and gui zhi and bai shao were used to harmonize the Ying and Wei, and to relieve the muscles and publish. Keywords: chronic rhinitis, deficiency and cold, ginseng sepulchral powder, benefiting qi and relieving surface ‍