Folk prescription 1: cold water for sinusitis 1975 I have sinusitis, which is very serious. A bottle of nasal drops is not enough for two days. As long as the drug is stopped, the nostrils will be stuffy immediately. It can't be cured for a long time. At this time, a doctor Zhang said a folk prescription: wash your face without hot water, use cold water, hold the cold water released from the tap water pipe in your hand, cover your nose, suck the cold water into your nostrils, then take it out, then use water to suck it in, and then take it out, several times in a row, every day. I used this cold water therapy 10 days, and the sinusitis was cured. For more than 20 years, I have never stopped using cold water therapy, and sinusitis has never happened again. Expert analysis: Sinusitis is an inflammatory disease of sinus mucosa, which is caused by respiratory infection, allergic reaction of respiratory tract, abnormal anatomy of nasal cavity and sinus. , leading to swelling of nasal cavity and sinus mucosa, obstruction of sinus ostium and abnormal discharge of secretions in sinus. Cold water nasal washing can promote blood circulation, make the turbinate and sinus mucosa contract, which is beneficial to ventilation and drainage of nasal cavity and sinus, and promote the rehabilitation of sinusitis to some extent. Folk prescription 2: Luffa rattan is used to treat paranasal sinusitis. I am a patient with paranasal sinusitis. I have used various methods to treat it, and the effect is not good. After that, I got it once in a while and achieved good results. The method is: find an old loofah vine several meters long, dry it, cut it into small pieces, then bake it on a tile until it is semi-burnt (don't burn it), then grind it into powder on the panel and put it in a bottle for later use. When in use, clean the nose, wipe the nasal cavity with a clean cotton ball, then use a thin plastic tube (such as a small tube for drinking yogurt), ask your family to help blow the loofah vine powder into the nasal cavity, and then plug the nostrils with a dry cotton ball. This method is best applied before going to bed at night. It will be cured in a few days. Expert analysis: Sinusitis is an inflammatory disease of nasal mucosa. At present, it is considered that respiratory infection, respiratory allergy, abnormal anatomy of nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses are the three major causes of sinusitis. The main clinical manifestations are runny nose, stuffy nose, decreased sense of smell, headache and facial pain. Sinusitis is called "nasosinusitis" in traditional Chinese medicine, and it is said in Huangdi Neijing that "sinusitis with turbid nose" can be divided into deficiency and excess. Excess is mostly caused by damp-heat pathogen, while deficiency is mostly caused by deficiency of both lung and spleen. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that loofah vine tastes bitter, slightly cold and slightly toxic, and enters the heart, spleen and kidney meridians, with the functions of relaxing muscles and tendons, promoting blood circulation, invigorating spleen and killing insects. In the true story of treating a real person, "yellow water sometimes appears in the nose, and even the brain hurts: the loofah vine is three to five inches near the root, and its burning property is acceptable, so it should be taken with wine." The practice of doctors in past dynasties has proved that Luffa rattan has a good effect on sinusitis. Modern research has found that the main component of Luffa rattan is Luffa rattan containing saponin, which has antitussive, expectorant and antibacterial effects. It is worth mentioning that pharmacological studies have found that the powder decoction and alcohol extract of Luffa rattan have weak inhibitory effect on common bacteria in respiratory tract, while the fresh juice of Luffa rattan has no bacteriostatic effect. Therefore, we suggest that the treatment of sinusitis should be heated or roasted with loofah rattan as far as possible, so as to give full play to the efficacy of loofah rattan.