How does Chinese medicine explain rhinitis?

Hello, rhinitis is called nasal smothering in Chinese medicine, and "smothering" means suffocation. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the lung governs the nose, and the nose is the opening of the lung. When lung qi is abundant, when lung qi comes out of the nose, natural diseases such as wind, cold, dampness and heat will be excluded from the nasal cavity, making the nose smooth and breathing smooth. On the contrary, nasal smothering is caused by lung qi deficiency and exogenous pathogens staying in the nasal orifices, so the root of nasal smothering lies in the lungs.