The TCM diagnosis and treatment of sinusitis are damp-heat type, heat-toxin type, damp and turbid type, and deficiency fire type.
1. Damp-heat type: burning and severe pain or itching in the anus, redness and swelling of the sinuses. Accompanied by heartburn and bitterness in the mouth, dry stools. The tongue is red, the moss is yellow, and the pulse is slippery. Treatment should be to clear heat and eliminate dampness, the formula is gentian diarrhea liver soup.
2. Heat-toxin type: irritable heat (irritable and sultry), thirst, red urine, hot pain in the anus, red nipples, overflowing pus, yellow moss, and number of strings in the pulse. The treatment is to clear away heat and detoxification, and the formula is Neishu Huanglian Tang plus subtractions.
3. Dampness type: erosion of anal sinus skin, anal itching, accompanied by abdominal distension and dullness (no appetite, reduced food intake). The tongue is reddish, the moss is white, and the pulse is smooth. It is advisable to dispel dampness, using castor seed and dampness seepage soup plus subtractions.
4. Deficiency fire type: slight pain in the anus, redness of the sinuses, constipation. Red tongue, stringy pulse. It is advisable to nourish the yin and clear the deficiency heat, and the formula adopts the addition and subtraction of the liquid-enhancing soup.
For sinusitis, treatment should be tailored to the individual. It must be carried out under the guidance of the doctor, but also can be appropriate to take fumigation method, coating method, enema method and other treatments.