Vertigo of the inner ear belongs to the category of vertigo of the middle ear in Chinese medicine, which can be mainly divided into the evidence of external attack of wind, obstruction of phlegm in the middle, internal movement of liver wind, and deficiency of kidney essence, etc., and can be treated by traditional Chinese medicine, body acupuncture, scalp acupuncture, and so on.
1. Traditional Chinese medicine: Generally, it is necessary to recognize the evidence and discuss the treatment. For example, those with external attack of wind can be treated with Sangju Drink, those with phlegm obstruction can be treated with Semixia, Atractylodes Macrocephala and Tianma Tang, those with internal movement of liver wind can be treated with Tianma and Hook Teng Drink, and those with kidney essence deficiency can be treated with Qiju, Chrysanthemum, and Di Huang Pills.
2. Body acupuncture: the main points are Baihui, Touwei, Fengchi, Fengfu, Shenmen and Neiguan. For external attack of wind, with Gu, Waiguan; for phlegm obstruction, with Fenglong, Zhongkou, Xiexi; for internal movement of liver wind, with Xingma, Manxi, Liver Yu; for deficiency of kidney essence, with Sanyinjiao, Guanyuan, Kidney Yu. For solid cases, diarrhea is used, and for deficiency cases, tonic method is used, and moxibustion can be used as well.
3. Scalp acupuncture: generally choose bilateral halo hearing area acupuncture.
Chinese medicines should be prescribed by professional TCM physicians on the basis of identification of evidence, and acupuncture should be operated by professional TCM physicians. It is recommended to consult a doctor when discomfort occurs.