Blind spots in TCM?

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Hi All, & Marty

 

Talking about blind spots, how many of you ever heard that chronic otitis

interna/media in babies could be due to ST acid reflux getting into the

inner ear via the Eustacian tube?

 

I had not known this until, prompted by Marty's note " Is butterbur safe? " ,

I browsed http://www.drgreene.com/21_924.html and then drifted to

another one of Dr. Greene's pages:

http://www.drgreene.com/21_923.html

 

It says: " Big News: Reflux and Ear Infections? !!! Chronic ear infections

are a frustrating problem for many young children. A study published in

the February 9, 2002 issue of The Lancet suggests a dramatic new

approach to dealing with ear infections. The researchers analyzed the

fluid in the ears of 54 children with ear infections (OME). Surprisingly, 45

of the children had digestive enzymes from the stomach (pepsin and

pepsinogen) at concentrations 1000 times higher than expected. It

appears that when a young child is lying in his back, the acidic liquid

from the stomach can flow to the back of his throat and then drip into

the Eustachian tube. This would cause irritation and swelling (ear

burn?), thus setting up an ear infection. I look forward to seeing if

measures to control reflux prove effective for preventing ear infections. I

suspect they will. "

 

Wow!

 

What TCM Pattern would that be? How would one have diagnosed it

without WM research on the composition of the ear fluid?

 

 

 

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