Deafness affects normal life and work, makes the patients susceptible to psychic disturbances, with the manifestations of impetuosity, irascibility, passivity and pessimism. This may aggravate the state of illness. For some patients the onset of disease is just related to emotional factors. Therefore, importance should be attached to regulating emotions.

Straightening out the patients: Get ready for explaining the situation to the patient and the family members so that they have better understanding of the onset and prognosis of deafness. As for impetuous and irascible patients, it is advisable to tell them the protracted nature of the course of disease and rehabilitation treatment. Ask them to cultivate the mind, overcome impetuosity and irascibility and be patient and perseverant in treatment. For those patients who are passive and pessimistic, encourage them positively, build up their confidence, bestir themselves, overcome their mental burden. Ask the patients to appreciate music, practice calligraphy and painting, watch fish and raise flowers. These activities may make people have ease of mind and overcome bad emotions. More information about Meniere's Diseas, please go on reading Meniere's Disease Pills.

1. Sports Guide
(1) Daoyin for Deafness
Sit on the ground with the feet crossed. Then, extend the hands into the place where the feet bend. Mterwards, lower the head and put crossed hands on the back of the neck. Do the exercise twice a day, 5 to 10 minutes each time.

(2) Taijiquan and Eight-section Brocade
The two events may be done respectively every day in the morning and evening. Increase the amount of exercise gradually. The games are to strengthen physique and cultivate the mind.

(3) Self-control Therapy
After getting up in the morning and going to bed in the evening, stand in a place with fresh air with the eyes closed and attention concentrated. Then, place the tongue tip against the upper palate, and concentrate the mind on the inner part of the ear. Assume abdominal respiration and keep silent for 2 minutes. After that, rub the two hands against each other until they get warm. Next, press the external auricular tract with the palms and rotate clockwise for 100 times. More information, please go on reading TCM Diagnosis for Enlarged Spleen.

Afterwards, press the auricles and cover the auricular tracts with the middle fingers of the both hands. Snap the middle finger with the index finger downwards and strike the mastoidea of the ear root for 100 times. At this moment, the sound of "ge! ge!" (cluck! cluck!) can be heard to reach the auricular drum membrane directly. Finally, swallow the saliva in the mouth slowly and move the mind to Dantian.

2. Self-massage
Adopt the methods of Ming Tian Gu, Besides, knead and press Tinggong. Namely, knead and press Tinggong (SI 19) acupoints with the two index fingers, with the middle fingers overlapping on the index fingers until there appears the feeling of the sound "rumble" inside the ears. Knead and press the part upwards while inhaling, knead and press the part downwards while exhaling. This is a cycle. Repeat the cycle for 8 times continuously. More information, please go on reading Chinese medicine Treatment for Enlarged Spleen.

The method is advisable for those who have otopiesis of covering the ears and drawing the air from the ears with the palms. Namely, press the two ear roots with the two palms respectively, with the palm root facing the front and the fingers pressing close to the back hairline. First, Apply force into the ears with the two palms. Then pull away the palms quickly from the ears to draw air inside the ears. Do the exercise for 5 to 10 times. Afterwards, adopt the method of bulging the mouth with air. Namely, the patient holds the nose between the fingers and close the mouth. Then bulge the mouth forcefully with air. Do the exercise once a day to promote the normal changes of the ear with otopiesis. More information, please go on reading Causes of Peptic Ulcer in TCM.

3. Health care with the diet
It is advisable for deafness patients to eat more kidney-strengthening foods like black-bone chickens, animal kidneys and black beans.

(1) A proved recipe
The recipe includes a pair of pig kidneys (with the fasicae removed and the meat cut into slices), 200 g of Jingmi (Fructus Oryzae Sativae), 2 segments of Congbai ( Bulbus Allii Fistulosi) , 7 segments of Xiebai (Bulbus Allii Macrostemi), 5g of Renshen (Radix Ginseng) and 3g of Fangfeng (Radix Ledebouriellae). Grind all the ingredients into powder. Cook gruel with the powder. It is especially applicable to asthenic deafness. More information, please go on reading Radix Saposhnikoviae (Fangfeng). More information, please go on reading Symptoms of Peptic Ulcer in TCM.

(2) Deer Kidney Gruel (cited from Taiping Shenhui Prescriptions, or Peaceful Holy Benevo. lent Prescriptions)
The Gruel includes a deer kidney, 30 g of Roucongrong ( Herba Cistanchis ), 100 g of Jingmi ( Fructus Oryzae Sativae), a proper amount of Congbai (Bulbus Allii Fistulosi), pepper powder and table salt respectively. First, remove the fasciae and wash the deer kidney clean. Then cut the kidney into pieces. Next, soak Roucongrong (Herba Cistanchis) in yellow rice wine for a night.

After that, remove the creased hark and from Roucongrong (Herba Cistanchis) and cut it into pieces. Afterwards, wash the nonglutinous rice clean and put it in a pot. Cook the rice until it is half-done. At this time, add the deer kidney, Roucongrong (Herba Cistanchis), Congbai (Bulbus Allii Fistulosi), pepper powder and salt to cook gruel. The gruel has the actions of strengthening the kidney yang, benefiting essence and supplementing marrow. It is applicable to weakness, internal injury due to physical overstrain, deafness and tinnitus. More information, please go on reading Herba Cistanchis (Roucongrong).

Deafness patients should moderate the diet and avoid craputence. It is advisable for them to have bland diet, more melons, fruits and vegetables, to drink less wine and quit smoking.

4. Health care with drugs
Prolonged administration of the following proved recipes has better protective effects on hearing.

(1) The recipe includes 30 g of Huangqi (Radix Astragali seu Hedysari),  15 g of Baijili (Fructus Tribuli), 15 g of Qianghuo (Rhizoma seu Radix Notopterygii) and a pair of sheep kidneys. Dry all the ingredients over a fire and grind them into powder. Make the powder into pills with honey with the size of a Chinese parasol seed. Take the pills before the meal with the soup of stewed green Chinese onion and salt, 3 g each time. It is applicable to deafness due to asthenia of the kidney. More information, please go on reading Radix Scutellariae (Huangqin).

(2) Grind 45 g of Qiuyin (Pheretima seu Allolobophora) and Chuanxiong ( Rhizoma Ligustici Chuanxiong) into powder. Take the powder with Maimendong Decoction (Decoction of Radix Ophiopogonis), 6 g each time and one dose a night. After the administration, bendover the desk to sleep with the head lowered. It is applicable to deafness with concurrent the symptoms of blood stasis.

5. Nursing in daily life
Keep the living environment comfortable, regular schedule of work and rest and plentiful sleep. Attach importance to physical training to enhance physique. As for senile deafness, it is in particular advisable to avoid fatigue; as for noise-induced deafness, it is advisable to reduce or control noises so as to avoid aggravating the disease. It is forbidden to pick the ears so as to keep the ear tract clean. In the case of deafness due to drug poisoning, greatest effects should be exerted to avoid further use of these drugs. More information, please go on reading Intestinal Obstruction in TCM.