What to do with otitis media and deafness? Chinese herbal medicine is effective

Otitis media is a relatively common ear disease. Although it is not an incurable disease, it can cause serious harm to patients and may even cause deafness in severe cases. In the field of traditional Chinese medicine, there are many effective folk remedies for treating otitis media.

1: Ingredients for silver chrysanthemum tea: 10 grams of silver flowers, 10 grams of chrysanthemum. Usage: Brew with boiling water and drink as tea. Efficacy: Clears away heat and detoxifies. Indications: suppurative otitis media, which is caused by excessive liver and gallbladder fire and external invasion of pathogenic heat. It has an acute onset, with pain in the ear, tinnitus, hearing impairment, a feeling of fullness and stuffiness in the ear, accompanied by chills and fever, headache, nasal congestion and runny nose.

2: Cabbage, mint and reed root soup Ingredients: 3-4 cabbage roots, 10 grams of reed root, and 3 grams of mint. Usage: Boil the above three ingredients in water for 15 to 30 minutes, and take it in two doses while still hot. Efficacy: pungent, cool and dispersing, dispelling wind and clearing heat. Indications: suppurative otitis media, which belongs to the type of liver and gallbladder fire and external invasion of pathogenic heat. It has an acute onset, ear pain, tinnitus, chills and fever, headache, bitter mouth and dry throat, yellow and red urine, and constipation.

3: Ingredients for sparrow meat pie: 5 sparrows, 200 grams of lean pork, appropriate amounts of rice wine and cornstarch. Usage: Chop sparrow meat and pork into puree, add rice wine and cornstarch, mix well, make into round cakes, place on rice and steam until cooked. Efficacy: Nourishes the kidney and replenishes the essence. Indications: suppurative otitis media, which belongs to the type of kidney deficiency and accumulation of evil toxins. Pus discharge from the ear and mouth does not heal for a long time. The amount is not very large, or it is dirty or lumpy and has a bad smell. The hearing loss is often obvious.

4: Ingredients for pigeon meat and black fungus soup: 1 pigeon (weighing about 500 grams), 100 grams of soaked black fungus. Usage: Kill the pigeon and remove the internal organs, add water to soak the black fungus, put in soup to stew until crispy, season and serve as a side dish. Efficacy: Nourishes the kidney and replenishes the essence. Indications: suppurative otitis media, which is of the type of kidney deficiency and accumulation of evil toxins, with pus discharge from the ear that does not heal for a long time, with a small amount of pus, or it may be dirty or in lumps.

5: 6 eggs. After cooking, put the egg yolks into an iron pan (spoon), simmer over low heat until oil comes out, set aside. When using, first disinfect as usual, then drip the egg yolk oil into the ear (if solidified, heat to melt), 3-4 drops each time, 2-3 times a day. Generally, symptoms will be relieved after 4-6 consecutive uses, and recovery will occur in 7-16 days. This prescription has the function of clearing away heat and reducing swelling, and is suitable for acute and chronic otitis media.

6: 30g of Beehive, 15g of Phellodendron chinense, 6g of Alum, and 3g of Borneol. Roast the first two ingredients on tiles until they turn yellow, grind them into powder, then add the last two ingredients, grind them into fine powder together, and bottle them. When using, first disinfect as usual, then use a wheat (straw) tube or small paper tube to blow the medicine powder into the ear, or mix it with sesame oil, and drop 3-5 drops into the ear, twice a day. Generally, it can be cured within 2-3 days after medication, and chronic cases can be cured in 5-10 days.

7: 6 grams of alum, 1.2 grams of borneol, and 1.5 grams of gallnut. Grind together into fine powder. When using, first disinfect according to the previous method, then use a wheat (straw) tube or a small paper tube to blow the medicine powder into the ear, 3 times a day. It is reported that 30 cases of acute and chronic suppurative otitis media were treated with this prescription, and most of them were cured with a short course of treatment. Even those who were not cured showed improvement.

Keep the ear canal and the skin in front of the ear clean. If there is purulent secretion, it should be cleaned up in time; and pay attention to rest and regular inspections.