Rhinorrhea

Concept In traditional Chinese medicine,rhinorrhea is mainly mainly characterized by turbid nasal discharge,also known as Nao Lou(sinusitis with purulent discharge).It is divided into two types.The excess syndrome results from the flaring-up of stagnant lung heat affecting the nose due to chronic common cold,or from the upward inflammation of excessive fire in the liver and gallbladder.

Etiology and Pathogenesis Excess syndrome Deficiency syndrome Accumulated heat in the lung meridian Excessive fire of the liver and gallbladder Deficiency of the lung qi Deficiency of the spleen Flaring-up of lung and liver fire damaging the nose Failure of clear Yang in ascending Dysfunction of the spleen in transportation and transformation Failure of turbid Yin in descending Rhinorrhea