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Drinking mint tea and washing your nose with salt water can relieve your nose sensitivity? Chinese and western medicine teach you the correct coping methods. People with sensitive noses will have a runny nose and sneeze all the time, which is quite troublesome. There are many soothing methods circulating in the workshop, such as drinking mint tea and washing your nose with salt water. Are these methods really well-founded and effective? Hong Kong pediatrician Li and Chinese medicine doctor Li Guoshou deconstructed these misunderstandings and provided us with suggestions on how to deal with nasal sensitivity correctly. Myth 1: wash the nasal cavity with normal saline. Dr. Li pointed out that normal saline can wash away allergens and secretions in the nasal cavity to relieve nasal allergic symptoms, but it is best to use normal saline prescribed by prescription, because it is difficult to control the concentration with warm water and salt.

Myth 2: Take a hot bath.

Dr. Li pointed out that keeping your body moist and warm can make your nose comfortable, relieve your nose sensitivity in a short time and make your breathing smoother.

Myth 3: Drink mint tea.

Dr. Li pointed out that if you drink a cup of mint tea when your nose is blocked, the menthol component in mint tea can make the nasal blood vessels contract and the steam of hot tea can also be relieved, but this method has a short effect.

Myth 4: Eat spicy food such as pepper, mustard and garlic.

Dr. Li admits that the active ingredients in garlic have a temporary decongestant effect, but this only applies to the case of controlling multiple variables in the laboratory. Eating spicy food will dilate blood vessels, but it will aggravate the symptoms of nose sensitivity.

Dr Li Guozhong pointed out that spicy food is too * * * for children, so you can make good use of simple diet soup. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, nose sensitivity can be classified as a kind of cold, that is, wind hurts the nose and upper respiratory tract. It is characterized by runny nose, stuffy nose, itchy eyes, nose and face, and even mild eczema. Nose sensitivity is seasonal, and the methods of relief and treatment are different. At this time, everyone is faced with a sensitive nose in spring and summer, and the following dietotherapy methods can be adopted according to their physique:

1. Dry-hot jasmine chrysanthemum water

Materials:

A handful of jasmine flowers

Five or six chrysanthemums

Appropriate rock sugar

Exercise:

Use a 250-300ml water cup, add jasmine and chrysanthemum, bake with hot water, and add a proper amount of rock sugar to taste.

2. Cold constitution-ginger and onion chicken soup

Materials:

Five to six slices of ginger

Four or five onions

Appropriate amount of chicken

* Ginger and onion are the main drugs, and the amount should not be too small.

Exercise:

Boil 3 ~ 4 bowls with 3 ~ 4 liters of water for 2 hours each time.

3. Neutral constitution-Xinyi Zhu Bi Decoction

Materials:

One or two magnolia flowers

Pig nose

Exercise:

Use one or two pieces of Flos Magnoliae to make soup with pig nose. If the pig nose is unacceptable, lean meat can be used instead, but the effect is poor.

Mint sauce is pressed at the big cone point.

In addition, Dr. Li Guoshou suggested that parents can apply mint cream to the big cone (the position of the seventh cervical cone) before their children go to bed, which will be a little hot.

Myth 5: Change sheets, bedding and filter frequently.

Dr. Li pointed out that if the nose sensitivity is caused by dust mites, we can start with controlling the environment, change sheets and bedding frequently, and wash them with hot water above 60 degrees Celsius to kill dust mites and mold. In addition, the filters of air conditioners and air fresheners must be replaced regularly.

Parents are advised to seek medical help according to their children's age and the severity of nose sensitivity. "Unless the situation is very serious, children under 2 years old will not receive medication. Most of them will let him adapt to the surrounding environment first, observe and find out the source of allergies first. 」

After 2 years old, children's immune system becomes active, and their nose sensitivity will become more and more serious. If it is so serious that it is difficult to breathe, affecting the quality of sleep and unable to concentrate on daily life, it is recommended that they receive treatment. For treatment, children must undergo different sensitivity tests to find allergens. Drugs are divided into oral and nasal antiallergic drugs, and even nasal steroids. If the nasal membrane is swollen enough to become a lymph node, you need to go to the otolaryngology department to remove the lymph node.

* The article is reproduced from "Hong Kong 0 1" with authorization. The original article was published in "0 1 parent-child".

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