Rhinitis can be effectively controlled through traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) treatment. Commonly used medicines include Tongjiao Tang, Yin Qiao San, and Warm Lung Stop Flow Dan. The efficacy varies according to the condition and individual constitution.
1. Tongjiao Tang: This medicine mainly targets symptoms such as nasal congestion caused by wind-cold attacking the lungs, frequent sneezing, runny nose, redness and swelling of the nasal mucous membrane, cold (fear of cold) fever, headache and so on. The medicine includes ephedra, qiangwu, ligusticum, chuanxiong, dahurica, and xinxing.
2. Yin Qiao San: This medicine is mainly used for symptoms of wind-heat, such as nasal discharge of sticky yellow mucus, redness and swelling of nasal mucosa, fever, slight wind, headache, thirst, sore throat, cough with yellow sputum, etc. The medicines include honeysuckle, forsythia, peppermint, thorns, burdock, tamarind, platanum, tempeh and so on.
3. Warm the lungs to stop the flow of Dan: the drug is mainly aimed at the nasal congestion is light and heavy, snot white and sticky, symptoms worsened by the cold, tiredness and fatigue, lack of breath and lazy (lack of strength, do not want to talk), windy and self-sweating (daytime involuntary sweating, sweating aggravation of a little movement) and other lung qi deficiency symptoms.
The medicines include thorns, fine pungent, ginseng, licorice, chebula, and so on.
Patients with rhinitis need to seek prompt medical attention, the contraindications of the above drugs and other unclear, it is recommended to consult a doctor after using the drug.