What should I do if my ears are ringing? Tinnitus Try this!

The ear is a relatively important organ in the human body. The ear transmits the sounds heard to the brain nerves to enable the brain to function normally. If the ear is severely injured or hit, tinnitus will occur. This may be caused by the vibration of the eardrum. Tinnitus should be treated promptly.

When the cochlea in the human inner ear receives a strong impact, it will produce idiopathic vibrations, which will cause symptoms of tinnitus. Generally, no treatment is required and it can recover on its own. However, if you feel that the tinnitus is getting louder and louder and the frequency is increasing, it may be that there is substantial damage to the cochlea. You should go to the ENT department of the hospital for a check-up as soon as possible. Do not delay the treatment and affect your hearing.

What is tinnitus?

Wind-heat attack

For this type of patients, the onset is acute, but the symptoms are usually not very severe. The tinnitus has a low pitch, and there is a feeling of fullness and blockage in the ear, and it is often characterized by increased self-talk. It is often accompanied by lung meridian symptoms such as nasal congestion, runny nose, and cough. The tympanic membrane is seen to be congested and sunken, the tongue is pale red, the tongue coating is thin white, and the pulse is floating and rapid. The treatment of this syndrome should focus on the lungs, using methods of dispersing wind, promoting lung function, and opening the orifices. Prescriptions such as Yinqiao Powder can be used. Commonly used medicines include double flower, forsythia, platycodon, apricot, schizonepeta, saposhnikovia, cicada shell, and calamus. If there is excessive phlegm, add trichosanthes kirilowii, and if there is nasal congestion, add magnolia, Xanthium sibiricum, and Angelica dahurica.

Liver fire disturbance type

This type of patient often develops suddenly, with severe symptoms and loud tinnitus, which is closely related to emotional changes and often occurs or worsens after anger. It is often accompanied by symptoms of liver fire rising, such as bitter taste in the mouth, irritability, dizziness, headache, impatience, etc., with a red tongue, yellow coating, and a stringy and rapid pulse. This type is caused by liver fire disturbing the clear orifices. The treatment should be to clear the liver, drain heat and open the orifices. The prescription should be Longdan Xiegan Decoction with modifications. Commonly used medicines include: dandelion, scutellaria, gardenia, angelica, oriental water plantain, raw rehmannia, akebia, bupleurum, calamus, vitex rotundus, and magnetite.

Phlegm and turbidity type

This type of disease generally has a long course, with symptoms such as tinnitus, dizziness, heaviness, and stuffiness in the head, as well as an obvious feeling of fullness and blockage in the ears. It may be accompanied by chest tightness, poor appetite, a fat tongue with teeth marks on the edges, thick and greasy tongue coating, and a wiry and slippery pulse. This type of syndrome is caused by phlegm and turbidity blocking the clear orifices. The treatment should be to resolve phlegm and turbidity, harmonize the stomach and open the orifices. Erchen Decoction with modifications is often used. Commonly used medicines include: Pinellia, dried tangerine peel, Poria, Bombyx batryticatus, Acorus calamus, raw coix seed, and Angelica dahurica. You can appropriately choose 1 to 2 blood-activating and blood-stasis-removing medicines, such as Salvia miltiorrhiza, peach kernel, safflower, and Angelica sinensis root, to help open the orifices by removing blood stasis, which is also in line with the theory of traditional Chinese medicine that long-term illness is often caused by blood stasis. If there are signs of phlegm and turbidity turning into heat, add Scutellaria baicalensis, Coptis chinensis, Trichosanthes kirilowii, and Citrus aurantium.