Question
Treatment and Diet Recommendations for Chronic Tonsillitis
Answer
For chronic tonsillitis, it is recommended to strengthen the body’s constitution and immunity, and to fully treat the acute phase. Treatment can include the use of Manqian Shu Shu Ling granules combined with medications such as Amoxicillin. Chronic tonsillitis often arises from repeated infections during the acute phase or from poor drainage of crypts, often accompanied by bacterial and viral infections within the crypts. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the disease is caused by incomplete treatment of Wind-Heat Goiter or residual heat after warm disease, leading to Lung and Kidney Yin deficiency and Fire rising upwards. Treatment is categorized as follows: 1. Lung Yin Deficiency, characterized by dryness and slight pain in the throat, enlargement of the tonsils, and surrounding erythema. Treatment drugs may include raw earth, Scrophularia, Ophiopogon, Hedysarum, White Peony Root, Moutan Bark, Fritillaria thunbergii, and Licorice.