Company logo
Home Help Home View Cart Checkout
Rhinitis, atrophic
DESCRIPTION Atrophic rhinitis (AR) is characterised by squamous metaplasia followed by atrophy. The nose becomes filled with foul smelling crusts. The smell from these crusts may cause the child to be ostracized.
HERBS OF CHOICE Herbs are often used in combinations when combating an illness. Some of the most frequently used herbs are listed below. These nine herbs were picked up from different herbal combinations and are not meant to form a recipe. Our reference code for the different combinations of herbs used for this condition is JRS. This listing is not meant to diagnose, only to inform. This is of course not a complete list and is not meant to be used in the place of a doctor's advice. Click the image of each herb for a brief introduction in terms of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
CLINICAL SUCCESS IN CHINA Chinese herbal doctors have reported some successful applications of these herbal combinations. During observation on 86 patients receiving treatment with herbal remedy, 28 cases were judged as significant improvement, 49 cases other moderate improvement. Physicians judged the clinical efficacy to be good or excellent in 89.5%. During other observation on 58 patients receiving treatment with herbal remedy, 20 cases were judged as significant improvement, 35 cases other moderate improvement. Physicians judged the clinical efficacy to be good or excellent in 94.8%. Check the table below for details.
Cases

Significant improvement
Moderate improvement
Total
cases
%
86
28
49
77
89. 5
58
20
35
55
94. 8
In other comparative study on 96 patients random divided into two groups:
  • Herb-treated group: receiving treatment with herbal remedy
  • Control group: receiving conventional treatment with chemical medicines
the therapeutic effect in the herb-treated group was much better than that in the control group (P<0.01) as a result. Besides, no obvious adverse reactions were found in the herb-treated group. Check the table below for details.
Cases
Total effective
cases
%
Herb-treated
60
60
100
Control group
36
27
75.0
HERBAL REMEDY BEST FOR YOU The most powerful feature of Traditional Chinese Medicine is that it allows you to easily combine multiple ingredients to form a recipe to suit the specific need of individual. The list below are to give you an idea of why you can get the herbal remedy best for you from here with us.

Authoritative Oriented Recipes: All these well chosen herbal combinations source from experienced and authoritative experts, and have been most commonly recognized by the practitioners in this field. When you choose a herbal remedy there are two important things among your concerns: a good recipe and a correct way to cook it. A good recipe is half the good results.
Custom-made with Unique Technology: When you order a herbal remedy at this website you can figure out your symptoms by using our online questionnaire system. In this way a basic herbal recipe could be customized and optimized by adding or removing some herbs to address the individual symptoms exactly. Chinese herbs should not be used in form of standard industrial products manufactured in bulk to cope with all body issues. Only custom-made is the traditional and professional way to use Chinese herbs. All the herbal remedies available at this website are purposed to be custom-made on each single order base. With our unique technology called Low-temperature Concentration the active ingredients of herbs could be survival as much as possible while being concentrated. Eevery 8 ml of the extracts, as one dose, might equal to about 50 grams of raw herbs.
Safe and Side Effect Free: All these herbs have been being used in China for thousands of years, and have been proven to be safe. In fact most Chinese herbs are tonics without side effects. What important is that experienced practitioners should know how to use herbs to avoid possible side effects.
Easy-to-Take Dosage Form: You do NOT need to cook these herbs at all. We get everything ready for you. The herbal remedy comes with the preparation in an easy-to-take dosage form, typically an oral dosage form namely Liquid Herbal Extracts created on a single order base. If necessary other dosage forms, such as pills, capsules, tablets, powder, tea bag, agar gel, rinse, lotion, spray, tincture, liniment, ointment, suppositories, etc., might be used depending on how to use the herbs correctly. And herbal remedy kit, consisting of two different herbal formulae typically one for oral administration and another for external use, is often used for the skin conditions.
Low-cost Customized Service: Two month's supply of this custom-made herbal preparation created on a single order base costs US$299.95 only. It is the average duration to take the remedy for an effect recommended for most individuals with different responses. Shipping charges are not included in the purchase price and will depend upon the shipping method that you choose. Please read our Shipping Policy for details. No any other hidden fees. Click the button below to go to questionnaire and order this herbal remedy.
In the early stages there are small dry areas with crusting, either with viscid secretions or without secretions. In later stages the nasal passages become enlarged and have a foul smell, progressing to ozena. It is sometimes the result of trauma, and vascular damage by radiation therapy, environmental irritants, and disease has also been implicated.
The cause of atrophic rhinitis is unknown, although bacterial infection frequently plays a role. The mucous membrane changes from ciliated pseudostratified columnar epithelium to stratified squamous epithelium, and the lamina propria is reduced in amount and vascularity. Anosmia results, and epistaxis may be recurrent and severe. Atrophic rhinitis is differentiated from other forms of chronic rhinitis by the abnormal patency of the nasal cavities, caused by atrophy of the blood vessels and the seromucinous glands in the lamina propria.
Atrophic Rhinitis is an uncommon disorder in modern societies. Atrophic rhinitis is one of many terms used to describe a clinical entity. Other names have included dry rhinitis, rhinitis sicca, open-nose syndrome, or ozena.
The findings of atrophic rhinitis are easily recognizable. The first sign often is the smell of the patient. In some cases, this can be severe. Paradoxically, this likely will cause distress to everyone except the patient, due to the prevalent finding of anosmia. Patients may relate that others have informed them of the smell. Some patients have also been noted to have clinical depression at presentation due to the social implications of the disease. Another prominent finding is nasal crusting. The crusts are often extensive, filling the entire nasal cavity, and may be present even if the patient reports recent sinus irrigations. Removal of these crusts may induce bleeding. Once the crusts have been removed, several other features may be noted. The mucosa is generally atrophic, with elements of squamous metaplasia present. The volume of the nasal cavity may appear large, either due to absence of turbinate tissue, or lateralization of the lateral nasal walls. Purulent discharge and septal perforations are not uncommon.
Once the diagnosis of atrophic rhinitis is made, an etiology should be sought. The causes are generally separated into two categories: primary and secondary. Primary AR is the classic form of the disease, and is felt to arise de novo. In modern society, this is often a diagnosis of exclusion, and any precipitating factors such as sinus surgery, nasal trauma, or radiation are considered exclusions. The causative agent in almost all cases of primary AR is Klebsiella ozenae.
Secondary AR is the most common form of the disease in developed countries. The most common cause is sinus surgery, followed by radiation, trauma, and granulomatous or infectious diseases. Sinus surgery alone comprises almost 90% of secondary AR in some studies. Common procedures implicated include partial and total turbinectomies (80%), sinus surgery without turbinectomy (10%), and maxillectomy (6%). Granulomatous diseases which may result in AR include sarcoid, leprosy, and rhinoscleroma. Infectious causes include tuberculosis and syphilis. While infection was once the most common etiology of AR, it is now rather rare in developed nations, comprising only 1-2% of cases. Although infection may not be the causative agent in secondary AR, superinfection is uniformly present, and is the cause of the crusting, discharge, and foul odor. In these cases, K. ozenae comprises a small proportion of secondary infections. Other known causes are radiation therapy to the nose and sinuses (2-3%), and nasal trauma (1%).
SYNONYMS N/A
SYMPTOMS
  • Nasal crusting
  • Widening nasal cavities
  • Loss of smell
© 2000 - 2008 HERB CHINA 2000 INC All rights reserved
.