Nose will bleed when it is hot.

Hu Shangjiao, Oncology Department, Shanxi Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Nose bleeding in summer is related to hot weather and dry nose. Nosebleeds caused by excessive heat are all empirical, such as lung heat, stomach heat and liver heat.

Excess heat of lung meridian

Exogenous wind-heat invades the lungs first, and pathogenic heat is confined to the nasal orifices along the meridians, hurting the veins, and blood heat overflows in the nose, so it is called "epistaxis"-nosebleed.

Excess of liver fire

Unhappy mood, stagnation of liver qi, prolonged fire, or liver injury due to rage, liver fire rushing up, blood being forced out by nasal cavity with fire, blood overflowing, nosebleeds. Therefore, the summer weather is hot and dry, and when people are angry, angry, or even have a bad rest, it is possible that qi and blood are not smooth, leading to nosebleeds.

Excessive stomach heat

The accumulation of stomach heat, or binge drinking strong liquor and overeating spicy food, leads to excessive stomach heat, intense internal heat, ascending along meridians, damaging yang collaterals in the nose, and leading to blood surge and epistaxis. Therefore, excessive drinking, eating spicy food, moving in the blood, blood overflowing in the gas, causing epistaxis.

All "nosebleeds" are not caused by excessive heat-getting angry. Spleen and stomach weakness can also lead to nosebleeds. Spleen and stomach weakness is a deficiency syndrome of traditional Chinese medicine, which is caused by deficiency of vital qi and blood out of control, mainly manifested as liver and kidney yin deficiency and spleen failing to control blood. Weak temper, unable to take blood, leading to blood can not follow the meridian, overflow blood vessels, leading to nosebleeds.

1. Yin deficiency of liver and kidney

Long-term illness impairs yin, liver and kidney deficiency, water does not contain wood, liver does not store blood, deficiency fire gets angry, and blood overflows, which is epistaxis.

2. Spleen does not control blood

Chronic illness, fatigue, improper diet, temper damage, weakness of temper, uncontrolled blood volume, qi failing to take blood, blood failing to follow menstruation, leaving pulse to pass, and nasal overflow leading to epistaxis.

Generally speaking, according to the doctor, the amount of epistaxis caused by excess syndrome is more, accompanied by dry stool or constipation, while the amount of epistaxis caused by deficiency syndrome is less, intermittent and thin stool. Nosebleeds caused by deficiency syndrome are more common in the elderly and children, and epistaxis caused by excess syndrome is more common in young people.

If it is nosebleed caused by excessive heat, you can take some traditional Chinese medicines for clearing heat and relaxing bowels, such as Niuhuang Jiedu Pill and Niuhuang Qingxin Pill, to purge fire and relax bowels. You can also eat some food for purging fire, or drink some herbal tea for purging fire. However, the taste of herbal tea is cold, which is easy to damage people's yang and body fluid, and can also damage people's spleen and stomach function. So drink it on the doctor's advice.

If it is a nosebleed caused by deficiency syndrome, what is needed at this time is not to "reduce fire", but to strengthen the spleen and replenish qi. You can take some drugs to invigorate the spleen and qi, replenish blood and stop bleeding and regulate the spleen and stomach.

It is not advisable to look up to stop bleeding. It's just that you can't see the blood flowing out, but in fact the blood continues to flow in, which can't stop the bleeding. If you look up when you have a nosebleed, the blood will be swallowed into the feeding passage and gastrointestinal tract, which will stimulate the gastrointestinal mucosa to feel uncomfortable or vomit. When the amount of bleeding is large, it is easy to inhale and choke into the trachea and lungs, blocking the respiratory airflow and causing danger.

Therefore, when nosebleeds, don't look up, but keep your head upright or slightly forward, so that the blood that has flowed out can be discharged out of your nostrils, so as not to stay in the nasal cavity and interfere with breathing; You can also apply a cold towel to your head and press your nose with your fingers for 3-5 minutes. You can also dip the sterilized cotton in 0. 1% adrenaline or Yunnan Baiyao, plug your nose for 10 minutes, and gently take out the cotton until it doesn't bleed.