In our post-modern industrial polluted stress-filled bad-diet culture, no one’s health is simple. Especially if they’re long-term. But people still need to leave the physician’s office with a prescription, a magic-bullet. Needless to say, sometimes the issue is which antibiotic is the most appropriate one. They do not all work for everything.
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If the sinusitis has not responded to antibiotics, then either the wrong ones were prescribed, or you will need to try another sort of treatment. Chinese Herbal Medicine can address the entire spectrum of complaints and causes; we often treat the conditions that aren’t responding to conventional treatments like antibiotics. A woman wrote me about how antibiotics were not solving her diarrhea problem- this can happen when the disease is cold in nature.
Antibiotics are cold and bitter; these qualities help it fight the dampness and heat of bacterial infections. But they’re more of the same damage when the disease is cold or deficient in nature. If the mucus is clear or white, then it’s more likely cold in nature. That fits with a Spleen-system deficiency and dampness. That would fit with the pulse she felt.
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You would have lowered appetite, feel fatigued, have loose stool, and possibly feel cold easily. Antibiotics would not help here, and might even make matters worse. The classic acute sinusitis symptoms are nasal congestion, green nasal phlegm, facial/dental pain, eye pain, headache, and a cough at night. Some patients also complain of fever, feeling ill, bad breath and a sore throat.
Chronic sinusitis
It is more difficult to diagnose. You can have the same symptoms above in a milder form. Chronic means long-term; it is not usually thought of as chronic unless it has been going on for two months or more. Sinus problems can be caused by many things- you need to consider environmental and food allergies (allergic sinusitis), chronic sinus infection, and chronic colds. Without more information, it is tough to be specific.
Sinusitis often develops after colds, and can become a chronic issue. And we can not forget about mold! While some folks seem to be more sensitive than others, fungus can cause fungal sinusitis. Mold can grow in the walls of homes and offices, and isn’t always easy to discover. Decongestants are often prescribed. They work by drying you out. Unfortunately, they do not just dry the mucus. Long-term use of decongestants can cause other issues, like the dry or heat types of sinus inflammation.
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This is the reason, in Chinese Medicine, we always balance an herb with other herbs- if we are drying the phlegm, we also moisten at the same time. Moisture helps the sinuses drain- you remember that Crocodile-Dundee-put-your-head-under-the-steaming-pot-thing? Likewise, there are chinese herbs whose function it is to moisten and transform phlegm. For those who have chronic sinusitis, tests have to be performed to rule out the serious things. Sinusitis can be just a simple end-of-your-cold complication, but it can also appear as part of: nasal tumors, fungal infections, and HIV or other immunodeficiency. What about the sinusitis surgery? I would see an herbalist first.
