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Allergic rhinitis had been bothering me for in 3 seasons of a year. From spring to autumn, in three months of a year, I used to sneeze again and again because of pollen in the air.

Allergies cause a lot of nasal discharge, which also affects night sleeping quality. Insufficient sleeping also brings many negative effects to my daily life, such as inattention, poor memory, bad temper, and bad appetite, etc.

Allergic rhinitis is the non-infectious chronic inflammation of the nasal mucosa after contact with allergens (such as dust mites, pollen, animal fur, etc.).

It causes by the immune system being affected by allergens in the air.Manifested as sneezing, clear water nasal mucus, nasal itching, nasal congestion, etc..

It can also cause hypoosmia, eyes Itching, conjunctival hyperemia and other manifestations.

Allergic rhinitis also has complications such as sinusitis, pharyngitis, allergic cough, asthma, and otitis media.

Allergic rhinitis is not a trivial problem. So it is better to treat it as soon as possible.

Types of is Allergic rhinitis

1. Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis Seasonal allergic rhinitis is usually related to seasonal pollen.
  There are rich pollen in Summer and Autumn causes allergic rhinitis onset badly. This type of allergic usually does not onset in Winter.
  The symptoms of allergic rhinitis often repeat and last for a long time.
  Sometimes it can last for several weeks, months, or even all year round.
  There will have a lot of nasal discharge, a series of sneezing, extremely itchy nose, itchy eyes and hyposmia.
  It becomes more obvious when hot and cold alternates and air pollution is serious, and it has a significant relationship with contact allergens.
  The cold is contagious. Symptoms such as nasal blockage, sneezing, and clear water nasal mucus are similar to allergic rhinitis, but there will also be fever, sore throat, and yellow mucus, which usually get better in about a week.
  Allergic rhinitis is not contagious. It is said there has a certain genetic predisposition. If parents have allergic diseases (including allergic rhinitis, asthma, dermatitis, food allergies, etc.), the probability of the child developing allergic diseases is as high as 75%.
  For traditional Chinese therapies, the allergic rhinitis can be improved or healed by physical therapies combine with food therapy to enforce the physical body immunity.
   
   
   
   

2. Perennial Allergic Rhinitis

Perennial allergic rhinitis is mainly related to house dust mites, mold, pet dander, etc., and the symptoms persist.

It attacks regardless of season and can attack at any time, and it repeat for a long time.

Due to the weakened body’s immunity, allergic rhinitis symptoms will be repeated. To cure it, it is necessary to improve diet and work and rest together to relieve or cure it in a short time.

3. Clinical differentiation of seasonal and perennial allergic rhinitis

1). In a year, perennial allergic rhinitis can occur at any time, regardless of cold or heat, regardless of the season, or be immersed in the pain every day, only light or worse.

In any case, it is the most serious moment of sneezing is the morning after get up in the day.

2) The seasonality allergic rhinitis is basically similar to the perennial one, but it has the following five characteristics:

a. there is a certain attack period in each year, such as in Spring, Summer or Autumn.

b. the general symptoms are more severe than the perennial.

c. local symptoms, in addition to the nose, there are also the eyes symptoms include itching and tearing of the eyelids, and itching of the throat and trachea.

d. systemic symptoms, coughing, and sometimes asthma.

e. rapid onset and rapid recovery, and it is not difficult to heal than perennial procrastination.

Pathogenesis of Allergic Rhinitis

About 750 years ago, in ancient China, allergic rhinitis was known and treated by traditional Chinese therapies.

Heart Fire: “Sneeze, the nose is the lung orifice, and itching is cremation. The heart is hot, dry in Yangming, and itchy in the nose, then the sneeze is attacked.”

Wind-heat: “The nose is itchy, and heat causes wind.”

Lung heat: “Sneeze, … the nose is the lung orifice, the itching is cremation, then the nose is itchy and sneezing.”

Lung cold: “Those who clear tears are caused by brain cold and lung cold.”

Deficiency of Yang Qi: “If Yang Qi was deficient, then Yin Qi would gather together, making the heart chill and clear tears.”

At present, the following situations are common in clinical practice

  1. Lung Heat

Sneezes incessantly, less sensitive to cold stimuli, nose is yellow and watery. The nasal mucosa is normal, even with hyperemia.

Once exposed to any irritation, such as gas, cigarettes, hot air, etc., it will happen immediately.

2. Lung cold:

Sneezing, clear tears are thin and clear like tap water. Usually easy to catch a cold.

Most of the time when a wind and cold are encountered, it will happen immediately, so when you get up in the morning, you will inevitably sneeze.

On examination, the nasal mucosa was pale.

3. Defensive qi is not solid:

Easy to sneeze but few sneezes are not crazy, contact with the smallest external stimulus, can also attack immediately, runny nose is more clear and thin, the general course of the disease is longer.

The systemic symptoms are unhealthy transportation, chills in winter, mental fatigue and severe nasal congestion in colds all the year round.

The examination showed pale or slight edema of the nasal mucosa.

4. Insufficiency of kidney yang:

The course of the disease must be long, regardless of winter and summer, always in a sick state.

All local symptoms are more serious than those with weak qi.

The systemic symptoms even showed weakness, low back pain, cold vertebrae, low temperature at the fourth end, loose stools, clear urine and frequent desire for relief.

Treatment for Allergic Rhinitis

  1. Moxibustion therapy

 

2. Feet bath therapy

 

3. Diet therapy

Care of allergic rhinitis:

1. Exercise more to strengthen immunity.

2. Be careful not to enter and exit an environment with a wide disparity between cold and hot.

3. Massage on both sides of the nose.

4. If you know the source of allergies, try to avoid it.

5. Keep warm during the attack.

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