Traditional Chinese Medicine can treat tinnitus:
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The patient came to see me for chronic tinnitus and migraines, from June 5th to July.
Original tinnitus: High-pitched tones lasting almost all day, and tinnitus that had persisted for years.
Original migraines: Widespread, migraines + frontal headaches + pain around the eyes.
After medication and acupuncture treatment,
Current tinnitus: Attacks have significantly shortened, sometimes lasting only a dozen minutes a day, and no longer persist.
Current headaches: Significantly improved, with only a few occasional attacks a week, short-lived, and much smaller in area.
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What causes tinnitus?
1. Allergic rhinitis, sinusitis, nasal congestion, cold, flu.
2. Meniere's disease.
3. Ear infection, ear canal obstruction, ossicular disease (such as otosclerosis), Eustachian tube dysfunction. 4. Stress, excessive mood swings, autonomic nervous system disorders, depression, and anxiety.
5. Inner ear muscle spasms, inflammation (wear and tear) of the temporomandibular joint, and other issues.
6. Stiffness in the head and neck muscles causing tinnitus.
7. Head and neck tumors or acoustic neuromas.
8. Gastroesophageal reflux, bloating, and stomach pain.
9. Vascular disease: Conditions like hypertension and atherosclerosis increase blood pressure through the ears. Pulsatile tinnitus may be related to abnormal brain blood vessels (arteriovenous ducts, arteriovenous malformations).
10. Medications: Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, antibiotics, anticancer drugs, diuretics, and antidepressants.
Methods for improving tinnitus:
1. Avoid stimulants such as coffee, tea, cola, tobacco, and alcohol.
2. Foods containing salicylic acid may also aggravate tinnitus symptoms, such as apples, grapes, tomatoes, strawberries, cucumbers, cream, and pudding cakes. Avoid these foods.
3. People prone to tinnitus, migraines, and dizziness should avoid the 4C foods: cheese, chocolate, citrus fruits, and coffee. These foods contain tyrosine, which can cause vasoconstriction and potentially trigger tinnitus, headaches, and dizziness.
4. Drinking teas that stabilize the nervous system, such as chrysanthemum tea, rose tea, chamomile tea, mint tea, and poria cocos tea, can reduce anxiety and indirectly improve tinnitus.
5. Calming and relaxing essential oils: lavender, chamomile, ylang-ylang, cedarwood, patchouli, jasmine, and basil.
6. Exercise or ear massage can help alleviate tinnitus symptoms. 7. Approximately 70 to 80% of tinnitus sufferers experience varying degrees of hearing loss. For patients with moderate or severe hearing impairment, appropriate hearing aids are recommended. Hearing aids help receive clearer external signals, allowing the auditory central nervous system to process these signals and thereby "ignore" the internally generated tinnitus.
Tinnitus Acupoints:
1. Fengchi Point: Located at the lower edge of the occipital bone at the back of the neck, in the depression at the hairline. Press the Fengchi points on each side with your thumbs, while the other four fingers rest on the back of the head. This can relieve dizziness, tinnitus, headaches, and dizziness. It can also relieve cervical pain, promote sleep, alleviate eye fatigue, and calm the mind.
2. Tinghui Point: Located in front of the lower edge of the tragus, in the depression when the mouth is open, Tinghui Point has the effects of improving hearing, clearing heat and relieving pain, and dispelling wind and unblocking the meridians. It is primarily used to treat headaches, dizziness, mandibular arthritis, tinnitus, and deafness. 3. Taichong Point: Located on the dorsum of the foot, between the 1st and 2nd metatarsal bones, in the depression just anterior to the metatarsal junction. Alternatively, press Taichong with the tip of your thumb to detect an arterial pulse. This can help relieve dry eyes, high blood pressure, tinnitus, and insomnia.
4. Zhongzhu Point: Located on the dorsum of the hand, between the 4th and 5th metacarpal bones, in the depression proximal to the 4th metacarpophalangeal joint. It primarily treats tinnitus, ear congestion, otitis media, headaches, sore throat, neck pain, back pain, and stiff neck.
Foods that Help with Tinnitus:
1. Vitamin B12: This is an important nutrient for maintaining the nervous system, promoting its health and aiding red blood cell formation. A deficiency in B12 can interfere with nerve conduction in the inner ear, leading to tinnitus. B12 foods include liver, meat, eggs, milk, and dairy products. Plant-based sources contain less B12, so long-term vegetarians are more likely to be deficient in B12. (However, seaweed and shiitake mushrooms are among the few vegetarian foods that naturally contain vitamin B12.)
Vitamin D: Assists in the growth and development of bones and teeth and helps maintain normal nerve function. Insufficient vitamin D intake can lead to otitis media or infection and worsen tinnitus symptoms. Vitamin D foods: black fungus, dried shiitake mushrooms, eggs, milk, yogurt, cheese, soy milk, tofu, oyster mushrooms, salmon, papaya, pineapple, citrus fruits, avocado, spinach, amaranth, broccoli
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