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Ear sore, the name of Chinese medicine. Ear sore is called "Surgical Essentials". "Earth Diseases" said ear sores. Ear ulcers are caused by internal heat burning, poisonous fire, inflammation of the ears, or digging ears to damage the ear canal. The ear pain is more severe, the auricles refuse to press, and the ear canal is swollen. This disease is more common in diffuse external auditory canalitis referred to by Western medicine.

Chinese name: Ear sores
Disease site: External auditory canal
Related Western Medicine Diseases: Diffuse external auditory canalitis

Multiple groups: Everyone
Other name: Ear sores
Disease classification: Otolaryngology-Otology
Contagious: no

Ear sore nouns explained

Ear sores refer to diffuse redness, swelling and ulcers in the external ear canal, which are characterized by diffuse redness, ulcers, and exudates in the external ear canal. It is equivalent to diffuse external auditory canalitis in western medicine.

Relationship between ear sores and western medicine names

Western medicine's "diffuse external auditory canalitis" can be treated dialectically with reference to this disease.

Causes of Ear Sores

External causes are mostly sewage immersion, ear damage, ear canals, etc., rheumatism and hot evil, causing ear tips; internal causes are mostly liver and gallbladder dampness and heat, steaming, attacking ear tips; if the disease is long, blood deficiency and dryness, ear tips loss support.

Ear sore machine

1, wind heat dampness evil, commit ear tips

Most of the ear canal damages the skin of the external auditory canal, wind-heat-wet evils take advantage of the opportunity to invade, or because the ear canal is unclean, sewage enters the ears, or the pus is impregnated with pus, moistening heat, wind-heat-wet evil ears, and blood and blood Beat, causing ear ulcers.

2. Liver and gallbladder dampness and heat

The damp and hot poison spreads, causing the liver and gallbladder to become hot, committing ear ailments through the meridians, steaming the ear canal, suppressing the meridians, and producing ear sores against the skin.

3. Blood deficiency and dryness, itchy ears

Long-term illness does not heal, yin and blood are consumed, blood is dehydrated, and ears and skin are lost to support and cause illness.

Checkpoints for ear ulcers

Diagnosis of ear ulcers

1. Frequently occur in hot or humid seasons or regions.

2. More history of pus ears, ear digging, or swimming, bathing sewage into the ear before onset.

3. The pain in the ear is mild or severe, and the pain becomes worse when talking, chewing, and mouth opening, or with itching in the ear.

4. Examination revealed diffuse redness, swelling and erosion of the external ear canal skin, a little sticky purulent secretion, and the lesions can extend to the external ear canal opening. May be accompanied by skin swelling or pain before and after the ear.

5. Chronic patients have a longer course of disease. Examination shows that the external auditory canal is narrow, the external auditory canal is rough, thickened, mildly eroded, and crusted. Lesions can spread to the mouth of the external ear canal; if the affected eardrums can be accompanied by tinnitus, hearing loss, disappearance of the light cone, and the eardrum signs are unclear.

Identification of ear sore syndromes

Ear ears: refers to the edema that occurs in the external ear canal, which is characterized by ear pain, local redness and swelling of the external ear canal, and protrusions such as pepper eyes.

Ear sores: refers to wet sores that come around the ears or around the ears, and are characterized by flushing, itching, yellow water dripping or scaling, and chapped ear skin.

Ear Sore Exam

Ear examination: tragus tenderness, auricle stretch pain, diffuse redness and swelling of the external ear canal, with a little secretion. Anti-relapse authors can see that the external auditory meatus has thickened, cleft palate, desquamation, and even narrowed external auditory meatus.

Dialectical Treatment of Ear Sores

Ear sores dialectical points

The rheumatism is hot and evil, and the ear canal is red and swollen; the wind and heat is strong, the ears are itchy, burning, and pain; the damp and hot is cold, and the ear is sore and exudate; headache, fever, cold, red tongue, and moss Thin yellow and pulse floating numbers are evidence of wind and heat attack. Damp heat from the liver and gall bladder steams the ear canal, which burns the skin, so the ear canal is diffusely red and swollen; damp and hot, the skin is eroded, and the ear canal exudates; The number of pulse strings is evidence of liver and gallbladder dampness and heat. Chronic illness due to Qi and blood loss, ear itch itch, and long-term evil poison, so itching, ear pain recurrence; blood deficiency ear itch itch, so the ear canal skin thickened, cracked, crusted; pale tongue, moss White and pulse counts are evidence of qi and blood deficiency.

Ear sore treatment principles

Relieves fire, detoxifies, and relieves pain.

Ear sore syndrome classification

Internal rule

(1) Wind heat and dampness

Symptoms: ear pain, itching, burning sensation in the ear canal, headache, fever, and chills. Red tongue, thin yellow fur, floating pulse. Examination showed tragus tenderness, auricular stretch pain, diffuse redness and swelling of the external ear canal, or wet ear canal with a small amount of exudate.

Governing Law: Shufeng Qingre, detoxification and dampness.

Recipe: Yinhua Jiedu Decoction.

Commonly used medicines: honeysuckle, forsythia, ground ding, coptis, prunella vulgaris, rhododendron, rhino horn, Poria.

(2) Damp heat of liver and gallbladder

Symptoms: earache, headache on the ipsilateral traction, bitter mouth, dry throat, and may be accompanied by fever. Red tongue, yellow greasy fur, number of pulse strings. Examination showed tragus tenderness, auricular stretch pain, diffuse redness and erosion of the external auditory canal, and exudation of yellow fat.

Governing Law: Qingxie liver and gallbladder, dampness and swelling.

Recipe: Longdan Xiegan Decoction.

Commonly used medicines: gentian, gardenia, scutellaria baicalensis, diarrhea, plantain, angelica, bupleurum, habitat, licorice.

(3) Deficiency of blood and ear itch

Symptoms: long course, recurrent ear itch, ear pain, systemic symptoms are not obvious, pale tongue, white fur, and pulse count. Examination showed flushing, thickening, and cleft palate on the external auditory canal, and the surface may see palate.

Governing Law: nourishing blood and moistening.

Recipe: Dihuang drink plus or minus.

Commonly used medicines: raw land, mature land, Shouwu, Angelica, Danshen, black ginseng, white tribulus, dead silkworm, safflower, licorice.

Foreign rule

1. External application: It can be applied topically with Huanglian cream, purple gold ingots, etc.

2. Ear drops: ear drops can be made from traditional Chinese medicine that clears heat and detoxifies.

Acupuncture treatment

For ear pain, acupuncture points such as Hegu, Neiguan, Shao shang can be used to clear the meridians, relieve fever and relieve pain.

Ear sore other treatments

Can be combined with local ultra-short wave physiotherapy or microwave physiotherapy.

Ear sore outcomes

The prognosis is generally good.

Ear Sore Prevention

1. Avoid ear digging and sewage entering the ear.

2. Treat pus ears in time to prevent the pus from being dipped into the ear canal for a long time.

3. Pay attention to ear hygiene and clean up ear canal secretions and skin in time.

4. During the illness, avoid food that is dry and dry, and use fire-proof heat and damp-heat content to aggravate the illness.

Ear Sore Literature Abstract

1. "Surgery Authenticity · Volume Four": "In the bath and water tank, the ears also treat pain and pus." ^[1]

2. "Guidelines for Syndrome Treatment, Ulcer Doctor, Volume III": "Ear sores are caused by hand Shaoyang triple burner meridian or foot jue yin and liver meridian blood deficiency and wind-heat, or liver meridian dry and wind-heat, or kidney meridian deficiency and fire. Fever and pain are Shaoyang Jue Yinfeng fever, use Chaihu Zhizi powder; if the internal heat and itching and pain belong to the blood deficiency of the first two meridians, use Angelica Chuanxiong powder; if the cold and heat pain are liver and wind fever, use Xiao Chaihu Tang plus mountain , Chuanxiong; If the internal heat is dry, it belongs to the deficiency of the kidney meridian. Use Jiawei Dihuang Wan, if not, use Jiawei Bawei Pill. The rest should be treated with the syndrome. " ^[2]

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