We reviewed the literature related to the treatment of purulent tonsillitis in children by traditional Chinese medicine in the past 5 years,and summarized it from the aspects of etiology,diagnosis and treatment,and staging.The etiology of the disease was mostly related to the fire of exogenous infection,the fire of food accumula-tion,the fire of dampness-heat,the fire of yin deficiency,etc.,and the treatments were characterized by their own features,with remarkable clinical efficacy.It is pointed out that it is necessary to increase the large-sample,random-ized,double-blind,multi-center clinical research in the future,in order to seek for a more standardized diagnosis and treatment guidelines,and to guide the clinical treatment scientifically.
purulent tonsillitisnon-specific inflammation of the palatine tonsilschildrentraditional Chinese medicinereview