Honeysuckle aggravates pharyngitis

Honeysuckle is very common in daily life, especially in the hot summer. It is good to have honeysuckle at home to clear away heat and relieve summer heat. Everyone should know that honeysuckle not only has the effect of clearing away heat and detoxifying, but is also very effective in treating some sore throats. However, some people are still skeptical about the effect of honeysuckle in treating pharyngitis. Some even believe that drinking honeysuckle water frequently aggravates pharyngitis. So is honeysuckle effective in treating pharyngitis?

1. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the lesions of pharyngitis are in the throat, but its pathological formation is closely related to the lungs, liver, stomach, and kidneys. Therefore, you should not rush to treat pharyngitis and use some western anti-inflammatory medicines. The etiology and pathogenesis of chronic pharyngitis are often due to internal organ deficiency, loss of yin, and virtual fire ascending to the throat, or due to repeated attacks of wind-heat throat pain, retention of residual evil, or stimulation by dust, turbid air, addiction to smoking, drinking and spicy food, excessive fatigue, etc. Lung yin deficiency leads to insufficient body fluid, lack of nourishment to the throat, and virtual fire ascending along the meridians. Kidney yin deficiency, the kidney meridians are connected to the lungs, kidney yin deficiency often leads to lung yin deficiency, virtual fire ascending, and then throat pain. In addition, the virtual fire rises and turns the body fluid into phlegm. In addition, the blood vessels are blocked and the Qi flow is unfavorable, which leads to Qi stagnation, phlegm coagulation, and phlegm-fire stagnation.

2. In modern clinical medicine, the application of traditional Chinese medicine to treat pharyngitis is based on the theory of TCM syndrome differentiation, and its main therapeutic objectives are to nourish yin and increase fluid, nourish the lungs and kidneys, clear away heat and resolve phlegm, and moisten the throat and relieve sore throat.

3. Honeysuckle has been praised as a good medicine for clearing away heat and detoxifying since ancient times. It is sweet, cold and aromatic. It can clear away heat without hurting the stomach. Its aromatic fragrance can also dispel evil. Honeysuckle can not only dispel wind-heat, but also clear blood toxins. It is used to treat various febrile diseases, such as fever, rash, spots, heat and toxic sores, sore throat, etc., and the effect is significant. Drinking honeysuckle tea can effectively relieve the symptoms of pharyngitis with excellent results.

4. In addition, singers, actors, announcers, teachers and other professionals may experience dry, sore and itchy throat and hoarseness due to long-term singing and rapping. If they use honeysuckle with appropriate amounts of sterculia lychnophora, Ophiopogon japonicus and licorice, brew it with boiling water and drink it as tea, or add a small amount of honey for flavoring, it can clear the throat and protect the voice.