What causes a dry and itchy nose?

According to experts, there are many causes of dry and itchy nose, the most common ones are wind-heat, lung dryness, kidney yin deficiency, yin deficiency and lung dryness. In the face of these causes and symptoms, in addition to active treatment, we must also do a good job of preventive health care, develop reasonable living habits, eat more foods rich in vitamins, and insist on proper exercise.

1. Causes of dry nose:

1. Caused by wind-heat. Symptoms include headache, fever, dry nose and floating pulse. It is suitable to use spicy and cool herbs to relieve exterior symptoms, and use Ma Xing Shi Gan Decoction with modifications.

2. Caused by lung dryness, symptoms include dry nose without mucus, accompanied by dry cough, hemoptysis, etc. It is advisable to nourish yin and clear the lungs, and use Qingzao Jiufei Decoction with modifications.

3. It is caused by deficiency of kidney yin, with symptoms such as dry nose, hot flashes, red tongue with little fluid, etc. It is advisable to nourish yin and moisten dryness, and use Liuwei Dihuang Pills with Ophiopogon japonicus and Scrophularia ningpoensis.

4. If it is caused by Yin deficiency and lung dryness, the symptoms include dry mouth and nose, sore throat and mouth erosion; the fifth is restlessness and heat, it is advisable to nourish Yin and clear the lungs, and use Yangyin Qingfei Decoction with modifications.

It is related to the wind, dryness and strange air invading the lungs, and the alcohol, dampness and heat fumigating the nose. The pathogenesis is that the body fluid is damaged and the nasal cavity loses moisture.

1. Dryness damages body fluids and causes the nasal orifices to lose moisture: The lungs are connected to the sky, and the nose is the external orifice of the lungs and the key point for breathing in and out. Wind is a yang evil, and when wind prevails, it causes dryness. The climate is dry and cold. When it blows, the wind evil attacks the outside, spreads to the lungs, and goes up to the nose. The strong wind dries up the body fluids, and the nasal orifices lose moisture, resulting in dry nose. Dryness is a heat evil and can easily damage body fluids. The environment is hot, smoky, and dusty, and the dryness can invade the lungs and damage the body fluids. This can easily lead to loss of fluid in the lungs and nose, and dryness of the nasal passages.

2. Severe stomach heat, burning the nasal orifices: Addicted to spicy, roasted, warm, dry, fried, and stir-fried food, which generates internal heat and burns the body fluids; or external pathogens enter the body and turn into heat, resulting in heat accumulation in the stomach, which goes up the Yangming meridian to the lungs, causing the nose to be smoky, dry, and lose moisture.

2. Prevention and health care of dry nose:

prevention:

1. Improve living and working environment, strengthen personal protection, and avoid inhaling dry and dusty air.

2. Quit smoking, drinking, and the bad habit of picking your nose.

3. Keep the nasal cavity clean and moist.

4. Eat more foods rich in vitamins to keep bowel movements smooth.

5. Do not use decongestant nasal drops.

6. You can put one or two drops of oily substances in the nasal cavity, such as sesame oil, peppermint oil or olive oil.

7. You can use a cotton swab dipped in saline to rinse your nasal cavity. Remember to use warm water, the temperature of which should be similar to that of the human body.

8. This method is the simplest. Pour a cup of hot water and let the steam fumigate your nasal cavity for about 5-10 minutes.

9. Squeezing a small amount of erythromycin eye ointment into the nasal cavity can also have an anti-inflammatory and moisturizing effect, and it has no toxic side effects.

Prognosis:

Symptoms can usually be controlled, but relapse is easy, so daily prevention and care are very important.