Tinnitus is a common clinical symptom in which the patient feels a ringing in the ear, such as the sound of a tidal wave, a cicada, or a machine roaring, with a fine or violent sound, and can be triggered by a variety of diseases.
As early as the Warring States period, tinnitus has been described in traditional Chinese medicine. Since then, for thousands of years, scholars of traditional Chinese medicine have used prescription medicine, acupuncture and moxibustion, and dietary therapy to treat tinnitus under the guidance of a holistic concept and the principle of evidence-based treatment, and have achieved promising results. The following are some of the common types of tinnitus and their symptomatic treatment and management.
1. Kidney essence deficiency type
Symptoms: Cicada sound in the ears and low sound, aggravated at night, accompanied by soreness and weakness of the waist and knees, dizziness and dizziness, with red tongue and little coating. Most often seen in old and weak people.
Remedy: The treatment is to tonify the kidney and fill the essence, nourish Yin and submerge Yang. Use Jin Kui Kidney Qi Pill. Water honey pill 4-5 grams at a time, large honey pill 1 pill at a time, taken orally, 2 times a day.
Acupuncture and moxibustion: take the hearing Palace, cataract, Kidney Yu, Liver Yu, Zhongzhu, Taixi, Sanyinjiao, Taichong, and Feosanli, acupuncture is mainly tonic method, stay for 20 minutes, once a day.
Food therapy formula: loin flower congee. A pair of pork loin and 100 grams of round-grained rice. Wash the pork loin with the shameful glands removed, cut into loin flowers and cook the congee with japonica rice, adding 2 white onions. Take it every morning and evening.
Sesame porridge: 50 grams of fried black sesame seeds and 100 grams of round-grained rice are cooked together and taken every morning and evening.
2.Phlegm and fire stagnation type
Symptoms: Constant tinnitus, accompanied by coughing and phlegm, heavy head, chest tightness, etc., with red tongue and yellow coating.
Remedy: Treatment is to clear the fire, resolve the phlegm, and relieve depression and clear the orifices. The formula is based on Er Chen Tang combined with Tong Qiao Wu Xing Tang with an addition of 15 grams of Fa Han Xia, 6 grams of Chen Pi, 12 grams of Fu Ling, 15 grams of Red Peony, 9 grams of Chuan Xiong, 10 grams each of Tao Ren and Safflower, 12 grams of Angelica dahurica, 9 grams of ginger, 12 grams of Bile South Star, 20 grams of Salvia miltiorrhiza, 12 grams of Yu Jin, 10 grams of Acorus calamus and 5 jujubes. Take a decoction with water, one dose a day.
Acupuncture and moxibustion: take the hearing palace, hearing meeting, cataract, Yinlingquan, Fenglong, Nei Ting, Xingma, Taichong and Qiu Hui, acupuncture is mainly diarrhea method, stay for 20 minutes, once a day.
Food therapy formula: Hawthorn orange peel drink: 20 grams of raw hawthorn sliced, orange peel 20 grams of shredded, soak water to drink as tea.
3.Liver fire disturbing type
Symptoms: ringing in the ears like hearing tide, suddenly aggravated after anger, accompanied by bitter mouth and dry throat, chest and dullness, etc., with red tongue and yellow fur.
Prescription: To clear the fire in the liver, open the orifice and relieve depression. Use Gentian and Liver Pill. Water honey pills 3-6 grams at a time, taken orally, twice a day.
Acupuncture and moxibustion: take the hearing, cataract, Tai Chong, Tai Xi, Man Xi and Qiu Hui, acupuncture with diarrhea as the main method, leave the needle for 20 minutes, once a day.
Food therapy: Chrysanthemum and horse’s feet porridge: 10 grams of dried chrysanthemum, 50 grams of fresh horse’s feet, cook porridge with 100 grams of round-grained rice and take it every morning and evening.
4.Wind-heat invasion type
Symptoms: Tinnitus with obstruction in the ear, hearing loss, headache, fever and cold, red tongue with thin yellow coating.
Prescription: It is advisable to disperse the wind and disperse the evil, clear heat and open the orifice. Use Yin Qiao San. Disperse 6 grams once, orally, 3 times a day.
Acupuncture and moxibustion: take Horn Sun, Hearing Hui, Cataract, Feng Chi, Hegu, Waiguan and Zhongzhu, acupuncture with the method of flat tonic and flat diarrhea, stay for 20 minutes, once a day.
Food therapy: chrysanthemum snow pear drink: 10 grams of dried chrysanthemum and snow pear half (cut into pieces), make water and drink as tea.
5.Weak spleen and stomach type
Symptoms: Tinnitus persists, often after too much thinking or excessive fatigue, accompanied by loss of appetite, fatigue and weakness, with thin and greasy tongue coating.
Remedy: It is recommended to tonify the spleen and benefit the stomach, nourish blood and fill essence. Use Ginseng Ling Bai Zhu San. Water honey pill 6-9 grams once, orally, three times a day.
Acupuncture and moxibustion: take the hearing gong, hearing meeting, ear gate, cataract, outer gate, middle zhu, Yanglingquan, feet three miles, and three yin jiao.
Food therapy formula: lotus seeds and red dates and lentils porridge: 10 grams of dried lotus seeds, 10 red dates, 20 grams of fresh white lentils, 100 grams of round-grained rice and cook the porridge together, take it every morning and evening.
Red date and millet porridge: 10 red dates, 50 grams of millet together with porridge, take it every morning and evening.
Warm tip: When actively regulating tinnitus, patients should also have an open and optimistic attitude towards life, avoid contact with noise, quit smoking and limit alcohol, and do more ear kneading and massage. Eat more foods rich in vitamin D, zinc, iron and calcium, such as millet, beans, black sesame, lean meat, fish, nori, fungus, mushrooms, various green leafy vegetables, tomatoes, bananas, watermelon, etc.