Bi Yuan in Chinese Medicine
Hayfever is due to an antigen-antibody reaction in the nasal mucosa in response to pollen particles (Giovanni, 1994). Individuals experience higher IgE levels, sneezing, nasal secretion, and nasal blockage and Western medical treatment uses antihistamines. In Chinese medicine, hayfever is a deficiency in patients in the lung and kidneys, a defensive qi mechanism, retention of wind in the nose, and deficiency of the spleen, and the gallbladder channel (Giovanni, 1994).
Treatment in Chinese medicine is acupuncture of the lung channel and local acupuncture around the facial area, nose, cheeks, forehead, head points.
Chinese herbal medicinal prescriptions, for example can be,
Xiao Qing Long Tang (small green dragon decoction) that contatins 7 chinese herbs to release the exterior, expel wind cold and stop sneezing and resolve phlegm.
Cang er zi wan, stops sneezing, expels wind and damp
Also western herbalism recommends the herb plantago for sinusitis found in your local healthstores in Europe i.e. ‘A. Vogel range’
