Ear infections

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Hi All,

 

There is a nasty virus going around here that goes to the ears and

sticks around for months seeming to get better and then coming back.

I have several patients with varying degrees of this virus. It seems

to be a windheat that moves to the ears and becomes toxic heat.

Interestingly, none of them have much in the way of phlegm. For the

most part their noses are clear. However, there has been neck pain and

headaches, and in one case a sore throat. Anyone have any ideas to

share on treating this? I'm looking for a base formula to use. I'm

thinking about using Long Dan Xie Gan Tang and adding some herbs for

toxic heat like Ban Lan Gan, Da Qing Ye, and Zi Hua Di Ding. Then I

will add herbs like Ge Gen and Man Jing Zi and Ju Hua for the head and

neck.

 

Any ideas? One thing I'm wondering about is whether to add phlegm

resolving herbs, and if so, what herbs? It seems that there must be

phlegm, but its really not very apparent. I'm thinking it must be a

liver/gallbladder phlegmheat thing rather than being in the

lungs...does that make sense? If so, what herbs?

 

I'm not particularly advanced at treating colds and flus past the

first stage with herbs, so any ideas at all would be greatly

appreciated. By the way--its definitely a virus rather than a

bacteria as evidenced by the fact that one of them has been on two

different antibiotics without clearing it up.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Laura