What medicine is better for mumps

Generally speaking, mumps occurs in densely populated areas, such as schools, because children's immunity is not high and the mumps virus is easily spread. The treatment of mumps is actually quite simple. You just need to use the right medicine and pay attention to hygiene in your daily life.

1. Mumps - Heat and Toxin Type

It usually presents as swelling of the cheeks, which is painful with the slightest touch. Eating, chewing and swallowing are all difficult, the throat is red and swollen, the bowel movements are hard and difficult, the urine is short and yellow, the tongue is red, and the tongue coating is thick and yellow.

The treatment prescription for this type of symptoms is: Scutellaria baicalensis 12g, Picrorhizoma Ceratilis 8g, Phellodendron chinense 6g, Taraxacum mongolicum 32g, Puffball 4.5g (wrapped in cloth and decocted), Raw Pollen 3.3g (wrapped in cloth and decocted), Prunella vulgaris 18g, Bupleurum 6g, Scrophularia ningpoensis 12g, Arctium lappa 10g, and Licorice 6g. Add water and boil into 400ml, take warm twice a day. Take 1 dose per day for 3 consecutive days.

2. Mumps of wind-heat exogenous type

This type of mumps has similar symptoms to a cold, with common symptoms including headache, fever, sneezing, runny nose, swollen and sore cheeks, and uncomfortable pain in the cheeks when eating and chewing. The tongue is red with a thin yellow coating. Treatment should focus on clearing away heat and toxic substances, and dispersing the nodules.

Available: Mint 5g (added later), Forsythia suspensa 12g, Local honeysuckle 15g (locally produced honeysuckle), Scrophularia 12g, Prunella vulgaris 15g, Polygonum cuspidatum 12g, Schizonepeta tenuifolia 6g, Isatis root 25g, Burdock fruit 9g, Scutellaria baicalensis 8g, Phellodendron chinense 6g, Licorice root 6g. Add water and boil into 400ml, take warm twice a day, and can take 3 to 4 doses in a row.