Withered nose

Also dried-meat nose. Dryness and withering of the interior of the nose. Because the interior of the nose is dry and withered like cured meat, it is also called dried-meat nose. Withered nose is attributed to lung vacuity failing to nourish the nose.

Biomedical correspondence: atrophic rhinitis.

Medicinal therapy: Use Dryness-Clearing Lung-Rescuing Decoction (清燥救肺汤 qīng zào jiù fèi tāng) minus gypsum (Gypsum Fibrosum, 石膏 shí gāo).

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