Herbal Treatment for Enlarged Nasal Turbinates

Nasal turbinate enlargement can be seen in chronic rhinitis and other diseases, which can be categorized as “nasal stifling” in traditional Chinese medicine, and needs to be treated with traditional Chinese medicines according to the different types of symptoms, such as lung meridian-embedded heat with Scutellaria baicalensis Tang plus subtractions, and deficiency of the lungs and spleen and qi with Warming Lungs and Stopping Flowing Dan plus subtractions and tonifying the middle and benefiting the qi Tang plus subtractions, and so on. Nasal turbinate enlargement generally belongs to the category of “nasal stifling” in Chinese medicine, which needs to be treated with differentiated medicines. Commonly, it can be caused by heat embedded in the lung meridian, deficiency of the lung and spleen qi, or qi stagnation and blood stasis (stagnation of blood due to the lack of qi flow), and so on. 1. Heat embedded in the lung meridian: swelling of the inferior turbinate, smooth surface, soft and elastic to touch, intermittent or alternating nasal congestion, yellow nasal mucus, cough with yellow phlegm. Available scutellaria soup plus reduction treatment, commonly used drugs have scutellaria, gardenia, mulberry white skin, forsythia, mint, jingzhi, red peony, maitake, platycodon and so on. 2. Lung and spleen qi deficiency: nasal mucous membrane is swollen and reddish, nasal congestion is intermittent or alternating, aggravated by cold, nasal mucus is white and sticky or thin and clear. If the lung qi deficiency is the main person, can use the warm lung to stop the flow of Dan plus flavor, drugs have ginseng, licorice, chebula, fine Xin, Jingbao, Platycodonopsis, fish brain stone, atractylodes macrocephala, astragalus and so on. If the spleen qi deficiency is the main person, can be used to replenish the middle and benefit the qi soup plus reduction, the drugs have astragalus, ginseng, atractylodes macrocephala, licorice, angelica and so on. 3. Qi stagnation and blood stasis: heavy or persistent nasal congestion, enlarged and hard nasal turbinates, heavy speech, or loss of sense of smell, headache and head swelling, accompanied by distended and stuffy ears, hearing loss and other symptoms. Use Tongjiao and blood circulation soup plus reduction, commonly used drugs are peach kernel, safflower, red herbs, chuanxiong, calamus and so on. The above medicines should be used under the guidance of a doctor, and should not be taken blindly by oneself. If there is any discomfort, it is recommended to consult a doctor promptly.