Two Patent Medicines Combined Resolved a Nasal Polyp Within a Week

Originally written May 13, 2013.

About a month ago, I accidentally discovered a very hard nodule growing inside my nasal cavity. Because I had been studying cancer in recent years, my first worry was a nasal tumor. I went to Air Force General Hospital, registered for a specialist visit, to rule out nasopharyngeal carcinoma. The doctor told me it was a nasal polyp—a benign, nodular tumor. Because it was not yet large enough to require surgery, this Western specialist advised me just to leave it alone.

Then, about ten days later, I suddenly developed retronasal bleeding—a hallmark early symptom of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. The nodular mass in my nasal cavity had also grown a bit. So I made another trip to Air Force General Hospital. After examining me, the doctor ruled out nasopharyngeal carcinoma and diagnosed nasal polyp and rhinitis. He prescribed some mint nasal drops for the rhinitis, which cleared up in a day or two. But the nasal polyp remained as it was. The Western professor I found told me not to bother with such a polyp; carrying it for a lifetime would be no big problem. Unless it grew to the point of obstructing breathing, there would be no surgery.

Though its presence was no disfigurement, it was always a lingering shadow in my mind. I decided to treat it myself. Based on my recent symptoms of vexing thirst, especially severe toward evening, I judged myself to have deficiency fire flaming upward with exuberant lung and stomach fire, so I went to the pharmacy to find medicine.

Although I myself study TCM, I greatly dislike brewing decoctions, so I searched the pharmacy shelves for a suitable patent medicine. I finally found Qingwei Huanglian Wan (Stomach-Clearing Coptis Pill) and Zhibai Dihuang Wan (Anemarrhena-Phellodendron and Rehmannia Pill). The former clears fire from the lung and stomach; the latter descends the deficiency fire flaming upward in the lower burner. Together they exactly matched my needs. So I bought one box of each.

Before I had even finished the two boxes, the nasal polyp shrank rapidly; by this morning it had basically completely disappeared, and the knot in my heart was untied. Now there was no worry at all about a malignant tumor.

What is regrettable about Western medicine is that in treating such diseases it readily resorts to surgery, with few internal-medicine options. Yet according to TCM theory, a treatment plan that drains fire and reduces swelling can achieve results.

TCM's "fire" is in fact a tangible, objective burning-from-within sensation that patients themselves genuinely feel. The ancients prescribed on this basis and achieved remarkable results.

Author's note: I myself possess professional TCM knowledge, so I am capable of pattern differentiation and treating myself. Ordinary patients should not simply copy this for themselves.