Wednesday 12 December 2012

SINUSITIS - A CHINESE MEDICINE APPROACH - Health - Jamaica Gleaner - Wednesday | December 12, 2012

SINUSITIS - A CHINESE MEDICINE APPROACH - Health - Jamaica Gleaner - Wednesday | December 12, 2012 http://alternativemedicinebushdoctor.blogspot.com/

SINUSITIS - A CHINESE MEDICINE APPROACH

Published: Wednesday | December 12, 2012 1 Comment
Tracey-Ann Brown, Contributor

Chronic sinusitis is a common condition in which the sinus cavities around the nasal passages become inflamed and swollen, causing mucus to build up.


Common symptoms include:
  • Nasal congestion and difficulty breathing through the nose.
  • Pain, tenderness and swelling around the eyes, cheeks, nose or forehead
  • Drainage of a thick yellow or greenish discharge from the nose or down the back of the throat.
Fortunately, Chinese medicine offers a number of avenues for sinus relief.
How does acupuncture help sinusitis?
In the treatment of sinusitis, acupuncture points are selected which boost the body's natural defence system, preventing susceptibility to the many environmental elements which may trigger the flare up of sinus infections, all while supporting the respiratory system and drying mucous in the head.
Acupuncture points selected are primarily on the face, back and hands and are gently stimulated by the insertion of very thin needles with minimal to no discomfort. Suction cups are often placed on the points on the back to create a more vigorous treatment; this is called cupping. Additionally, points on the ear may be added which help with the treatment of allergies.
Herbal remedies
In addition to acupuncture, herbal prescriptions are usually given. These herbs are used primarily to dry excess mucous 'cold' and reduce or eliminate excessive mucous production in the sinuses. They are used to address sinus-related symptoms such as: nasal congestion, puffiness and heaviness in the face, frequent ear infections, post-nasal drips, headaches, watery eyes and phlegm expectoration.
Home remedies - STEAM INHALATION
1. Simply fill a small basin with four to six cups warm water.
2. Add two to three drops eucalyptus, rosemary, thyme, basil, tea tree, lavender, marjoram or peppermint essential oil or the fresh herb.
3. Hold the face over the basin approximately an arm's length away and place a towel over the head to prevent the escape of the aromatic vapours. Be careful not to bring your face too close to the water.
4. Close your eyes and inhale deeply for five to 10 minutes.
This can be done once a day. Caution, eucalyptus steam inhalations should be avoided by persons with: heart conditions, central nervous system disorders and pregnant women. Children and elderly people should exercise caution.
Face massages can also be done to relieve sinus congestion.
Dietary recommendations
As with any health-care programme to resolve disease, diet and lifestyle play an important role.
Some useful foods to include in the diet or increase the intake of are: celery, scallion, onions, garlic, corn, pumpkin, vinegar, papaya as they help to resolve phlegm in the body. Drinking lots of distilled water also helps to resolve phlegm drainage.
Avoid/minimise the following:
  • Excessive amounts of raw and/or cold foods.
  • Mammal meats, eggs and dairy products.
  • Oily and fatty foods
  • Peanuts
  • Simple sugars from sweeteners. Raw honey or stevia leaf is a good alternative.
  • Soy products: tofu, soy sauce, miso, soy
  • Pineapple
  • Salt
  • Highly processed foods
  • Environmental elements which trigger sinuses (for example, polluted air and perfumes).
Dr Tracey-Ann Brown is an oriental medicine practitioner, herbalist and doctor of acupuncture; email: yourhealth@gleanerjm.com.

1 comment:

Search 2.0

Popular Posts

Jamaican Folklore

#covid19 #yoni #yoni steam #yonisteam ackee Ackee Oil Ackee Soap Acne Acne Remedies Affirmation Almond Almond Leaves Almond Tree Aloe Vera Aloe Vera Beauty Regimen Aloe Vera Oil anti-inflammatory Anti-Inflammatory plants antioxidant Asthma remedies Aunt Riti's Jamaian Roots Wine Aurelia B Vitamins Bad breath Bannabis Bannabis Beans Barnabas Bed sores Bee pollen Beef Mint beeswax Beetroot Recipe Beetroot Salad Benefit of Bissy benefits of ackee benefits of bee pollen Benefits of Okra Benefits of Spirit Weed Bissy bizzy blood pressure Blue Vervain boils Breadfruit Leaf breadfruit leaf tea Breadfruit Tree Cactus Plant calalloo Callaloo camphor block can ackee poison Cannabis Soap Cashew Cashew Banana castor oil Celery Certified Jamaican Farm Chest Pain chest pain remedy Chikungunya Christmas Drink Clammy Cherries cleansing Cleansing the Liver and Kidneys Cleopatra of Eygpt Cocoa Beans Cocoa Pods Coconut Water Cola Nut Cold Sores Colic comfrey Comfrey for flu Constipation Corona Virus Covid-19 covid-19 home remedies Cracked Heels Cucumber Curcumin Cure for Colic Curry Curry Powder Dandelion Devil's Horse Whip Diabetes dieffenbachia DIY Face Serum DIY Facial Serum dizzy spells Dog Blood dragon stout Egg Eggs Eucalyptus Female Hair Loss Fenugreek Fenugreek for long hair Fenugreek Spray Fire Water flaxseeds Flu Potion Flu Remedy Food Poisoning French Thyme Ganja Ganja Soap garlic Gleaner Article green ackee Green Juice Green Juices Guinea Hen Weed guinea hen weed hot sits Guinea Hen Weed Roots Guinea Hen Weed Tea Gum Arabic Hair Growth Hair Growth Serum Hair Loss Hair loss Remedy hair loss tonic Hair Loss treatment Hair Rinse headaches Healing properties of Water healthy vagina Heather Little-White Herbal Scalp Tonic Herbal Steam high blood pressure Home Remedies home remedies for flu Home remedies for Hair Loss Home Remedy for Back Pain Home Remedy for Flu Home Remedy for Food Poisoning Honey Horse Tonic Hot Sits Hot Sitz How to get rid of Liver Spots how to get rid of rats naturally How to Grow Aloe Vera How to Grow Aloe Vera in a Pot How to grow long hair How to Lower Blood Pressure naturally How to Make a Fowl Dance how to make ackee soap How to Make Bissy Tea How to Make Coconut Oil How to Make Guinea Hen Weed Tea How to Make Marijuana Soap How to Make Moringa Soap How to Make Soap how to make sorrel ginger tea How to tell the Real Irish Moss hymenaea courbaril hypertension Icing Gloss inducing labor with thyme leaf tea Inflammation Weed Irish Moss Irish Moss Recipe jack in the bush Jackini Bush Jamaica Jamaica Fire Water Jamaica Observer Jamaican Almond Tree Jamaican Blogger Jamaican Folk remedy Jamaican home remedies for corona virus Jamaican Roots Wine Jamaican Spirit Weed Jamaican YouTuber Jelly Kerosene Oil King of the Forest King of the Forest for Liver Spots Kola Nut Kola Nut Powder Laughter Laxative Lettuce Lime Lime Water Linseeds Liver Spot Remedy Liver spots Locust Fruit Losing Weight Love Bush marijuana Medicinal Plants Medicinal Property of Tumeric medicine for the spirit Medina Meditation. Menstrual Cramps Miss Mary Moringa Moringa Blossom Moringa Plant Moringa Seed Moringa Seeds Moringa Soap Moringa Tree Mucus Producing Foods natural hair loss tonic natural remedies for hair loss natural treatment for hypertension nausea Neem Neim Night Fever NONI Noni Leaf for Pain Relief. Noni Production Obesity oil nut Okra Oregano otahetti apples Papaya leaf peanut porridge pepper leaf Pepperilda Photo of Spirit Weed Picture of Spirit Weed Pineapple plant Nurturing Positive Affirmation Pregnant Pumpkin Porridge Pussley Rat Soup Raw Beet Root Raw Food Raw Pumpkin Recipe Raw Salad Reading Real Irish Moss red label wine relief from chest pains Remedies for Yeast Infections Remedy for Cold Remedy for Flu Remedy for Hair Loss Rice and Peas Bush rice bush Ripe Banana Rosemary Plant Sasaparilla Scalp Tonic Scorpion Bites Sea Moss Shampoo for Bee Sting Shilling Oil Sinus Sinusitis sorosi sorosi tea Sorrel sorrel ginger tea Soursop Soursop Juice Soursop Leaf Tea Soursop Tree Spicy Foods Spirit weed Spiritual and Emotional Growth Stamina Stamina for Men State of Mind stinking toe String Beans Strong Back Stuffiness Sugar susumber The Mind thyme leaf tea Thyme tea Timeless Secret tinking toe treating bad breath treating boil treating hypertension treatmenet of worm infestation treatment for yeast infection treatment of disease Tumeric Tumeric Soap Tuna tuna plant Turnip Urinary tract Infection Uses of Bissy Uses of Spirit Weed Vagina Vagina Steam vaginal steam Vegan Vegetarian Vervain Virtuous Vagina Vitamin C Wart Removal Warts Water Water Remedies Wax and Cannon Weed weight loss Well Being White Sorrel Whooping Cough Wood Ford Market Garden Worm Infestation worm infestation/ papaya seeds worms Wray and Nephew Yeast Infection Yoni yoni herbs yoni steam