GAO Shuzhong's experience in treating nasosinusitis in children
Nasosinusitis in children is one of the refractory diseases in rhinology.Professor GAO Shuzhong holds the view that the function of spleen and stomach in children is weak.Dysfunction of middle-jiao makes the generation of dampness and heat,humidity promoting gallbladder heat is the main pathogenesis of nasosinusitis.Diagnosis is the prerequisite for syndrome differentiation.The course of the disease is continuous and the symptoms are complex.During clinical practice,attention should be paid to the combination of four diagnostic methods,such as facial examination,hand examination,and tongue examination,to assist in syndrome differentiation.On the basis of seeking the root cause of the disease,attention should be paid to protecting the spleen and stomach of children.Professor GAO often uses traditional Chinese medicine internal treatment combined with acupoint external treatment to achieve the therapeutic goal of reducing medication dosage and synergistically increasing efficacy.Xiaochaihu Decoction combined with application of cantharides and Auricular points plaster therapy,has a significant clinical effect in treating the gallbladder heat and spleen dampness syndrome of pediatric rhinorrhea.