Progress in Treatment of Chronic Subjective Tinnitus with Anxiety by Traditional Chinese Medicine
MA Yuping
JIANG Yan
MA Yan
Abstract：Chronic subjective tinnitus with anxiety has become a significant burden on patients,affecting both their work and daily life.As the exact pathogenesis has not been fully clarified,the effectiveness of western medicine in treating this condition has been limited.Guided by the thoughts of holism and syndrome differentiation and treatment,traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)employs Chinese medicinals,TCM formulas,acupuncture,moxibustion,tuina,and various treatment methods internally and externally to treat this disease,which have demonstrated notable advantages in managing this disorder.In this paper,viewpoints from the literature was summarized,and it was held that the occurrence chronic subjective tinnitus with anxiety state is closely related to heart,liver,spleen,kidney and other zang-fu organs,and the fundamental disease mechanism is mixed deficiency and excess.The excessive syndromes usually involve liver fire up stirring and liver qi stagnation,while the deficient syndromes involve deficiency of heart and spleen,heart and kidney failing to communicate,and deficiency of kidney essence.The literature was reviewed from Chinese medicinals treatment,integrated treatment by TCM and western medicine,and external treatment,totally 3 aspects,so as to provide a reference for the clinical treat and medicinal research of this disease,and to improve the clinical efficacy.A total of 41 research papers are cited in the references.
Keywords：chronic subjective tinnitusanxiety stateliver fire up stirringtraditional Chinese medicine therapyreview
Publication Date：2025-02-04
Online Publishing Date：2026-05-22(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：6( 236-241 )