Health tips: allergic rhinitis, also known as allergic rhinitis, is an allergic disease of nasal mucosa and can cause many complications.
Allergic rhinitis is characterized by runny nose, sneezing, stuffy nose, itchy eyes, and itchy palate when getting up in the morning. When it is cold or windy, it will aggravate the disease. The viewpoint of traditional Chinese medicine should focus on warming and tonifying. At ordinary times, it can be drunk with dried longan or ginseng tablets.
Don't drink ice water. When you get up in the morning, you should drink hot water first, and massage Yingxiang, Bitong and Hegu points on the nose, and then brush your teeth and wash your face with warm water to keep the lung meridian and Du Meridian warm. You can often press Baihui (the top of the head) and Zusanli (three inches below the eyes of both knees) on the top of the head to improve nasal allergy.
In recent years, saline nasal washing is a new method highly recommended by European and American countries. It uses normal saline to remove the allergens, bacteria, inflammatory secretions and other dirty things in the nasal cavity, so as to reduce nasal mucosal edema, restore the nasal cavity's own detoxification function, so as to eliminate the symptoms of rhinitis. This method has good effect on allergic rhinitis, chronic rhinitis and chronic sinusitis.
The best way to wash the nose with saline is to use normal saline for injection. One is to clean the nose, and the other is to have proper concentration. If you make your own salt water, you can add 4 to 500 ml of water. Five grams of salt, you get salt water. The pure salt without iodine in the market should be selected, and pure water or distilled water should be selected for water.
If nasal mucosa edema is serious, 2% - 3% high concentration saline can be used. After washing with high concentration of saline, it can promote the rapid exudation of fluid in the nasal mucosa with edema, eliminate edema and relieve nasal congestion. Generally, the nasal flushing with high concentration saline should not exceed 7 days. Do not use high concentration saline if there is no stuffy nose, dry nose or nosebleed.
The best way to wash the nasal cavity is to use a special tool - electric nasal washer. In addition, large capacity medical syringe, nasal spray bottle and yoga nasal rinse can be selected.
When washing, put your head down first, and pay attention that the nose should not be lower than the mouth. With the left nostril down, fill the right nostril with salt water. The water will flow out of the left nostril. Repeat several times. Turn your head and rinse the other side of the nose. In the process of washing nose, open your mouth to breathe. If there is water coming out of your mouth, don't swallow it. Let it flow naturally. It is safe for children and pregnant women and can be used for a long time. Generally speaking, wash your nose 1-2 times a day.
In the cold season, it is better to heat the water before washing the nose with salt water. The water temperature and body temperature are about the same, and the effect will be better. This is particularly important for patients with allergic rhinitis, because many patients are very sensitive to temperature changes, if you use cold water, it will induce symptoms.