Chinese medicine for chronic pharyngitis

Chronic pharyngitis is called "chronic throat paralysis" in traditional Chinese medicine. In addition to lozenges, some Chinese medicine preparations are also the favorites of patients with chronic pharyngitis and a panacea for preventing pharyngitis. Patients with chronic pharyngitis should quit smoking and drinking, be careful about their diet, eat more light-tasting and easy-to-digest foods, and supplement them with some fresh, heat-reducing, tender and juicy foods.

Chinese herbal medicine for chronic pharyngitis

1. Savory

We all know savory as a candy bar or a highlight in dishes, but it actually has many benefits when used to make tea. It can relieve sore throat, relieve headaches and fever at the beginning of a cold, and improve blood circulation. It is particularly important to note that mint is not suitable for pregnant women and babies and should be used as little as possible.

2. Jasmine

Since ancient times, jasmine has been loved by people in Asia and even the Mediterranean coast. Not only is it beautiful in appearance, it is also one of the traditional Chinese medicines. It has an inhibitory effect on various bacteria. It is most effective for oral and external application for sore throat, relieving pain, clearing heat, detoxifying and anti-inflammatory. People with chronic bronchitis and other vocal organ diseases should eat more of it.

3. Monk Fruit

It is suitable for hoarseness caused by lung heat, sore throat, etc. After pharyngitis, itchy throat and chronic pharyngitis, drinking tea boiled with monk fruit can produce body fluid and quench thirst, relieve cough and reduce phlegm, nourish yin and moisten the lungs, and effectively avoid discomfort such as dry throat. It is common to brew 3 to 5 pieces in boiling water, or make ocean rock sugar drink, or make ocean platycodon tea with platycodon and honey. However, experts remind that Luo Han Guo and Poria have the function of promoting body fluid and moistening the body, and are not suitable for long-term drinking. They are not suitable for people with weak spleen and stomach, spleen and kidney yang deficiency, chronic colitis, and loose stools. In addition, Luo Han Guo is mainly suitable for sore throat and hoarseness caused by wind-cold, wind-heat and lung dryness, so it is not suitable for hoarseness caused by cold syndrome and lung and kidney yin deficiency.

4. Chrysanthemum tea

It tastes sweet and cold, and does not hurt the spleen and stomach. You can add yellow chrysanthemum and honeysuckle to make tea and drink it in water. You can also add rock sugar for seasoning. Honeysuckle tea is suitable for people with a calm constitution or those with internal heat. It has the effects of removing toxins, stopping diarrhea, dispersing blood and relieving sore throat for damp-heat blocking the throat, sore throat, etc. It can treat influenza, acute and chronic tonsillitis and other diseases. However, people with weak spleen and stomach (such as frequent stomach pain, diarrhea, cold abdomen, cold hands and feet) are not suitable for soaking honeysuckle in water. In addition, soaking honeysuckle in water is similar to making tea, and it only needs to be brewed two or three times. It is not suitable for consumption after overnight. It should be noted that honeysuckle is cold in nature and should not be consumed for a long time, especially during menstrual period.

5. Licorice

It can dispel heat and toxins, moisten the lungs, relieve coughs and reduce phlegm, and is used to treat symptoms such as sore throat. Those diagnosed by TCM as suffering from dampness obstruction, fullness in the middle, nausea, and edema should not take the medicine, so it is best to consult a TCM doctor before taking it. If the patient has weak spleen and stomach and sinking of qi in the middle, it is often used together with ginseng, scutellaria baicalensis, and coix seed. When used for sore throat and pharyngitis, it can be taken alone or used together with Platycodon grandiflorum to enhance the effect of detoxification and relieving throat.