What to do if you have a sore throat due to a cold

Colds are often accompanied by some inflammation. Since colds are mostly caused by upper respiratory tract infections, cold patients often find that their throats are uncomfortable. If it is just a common cold, most people will drink more boiled water, have a good rest, and they will recover quickly. At the same time, you can also take some soups that nourish yin and moisten the lungs, such as Tremella and Adenophora egg drink, mulberry nectar tea, rock sugar and snow pear, to help relieve throat discomfort.

1. If you have a sore throat caused by a cold, you can drink Yin-nourishing and heat-clearing drinks

Ingredients: 12 grams of Asparagus cochinchinensis, 12 grams of Ophiopogon japonicus, 9 grams of Platycodon grandiflorum, 6 grams of Sophora flavescens, 30 grams of Rhizoma Cyperi, and 6 grams of Licorice.

Preparation: Decoction in water, 1 dose per day.

Efficacy: It has the effects of nourishing yin, clearing heat, detoxifying and relieving sore throat. Suitable for treating sore throat, acute pharyngitis and tonsillitis, etc.

2. If you have a sore throat due to a cold, you can drink Luo Han Guo Li Mei Jian

Ingredients: 1 snow pear or 30 grams of dried snow pear, half a monk fruit, 20 grams of Gangmei.

Method: Decoction in water or drink as tea, 1 dose per day.

Efficacy: It has the effects of nourishing yin, clearing heat and detoxifying. It can treat acute and chronic pharyngitis.

3. If you have a sore throat caused by a cold, you can drink Tremella, Adenophora and Egg Drink

Ingredients: 10 grams of Tremella fuciformis, 10 grams of Northern Adenophora, and one egg.

Method: Boil the above ingredients in water to extract the juice, then beat in the eggs. After the eggs are cooked, add appropriate amount of rock sugar and drink.

Efficacy: It has the effects of nourishing yin, clearing heat, and moistening the lungs. It is suitable for treating symptoms such as dry throat, sore throat, thirst, etc. caused by yin deficiency and lung dryness.

4. If you have a sore throat caused by a cold, you can drink the decoction of Adenophora, Polygonatum, and Radix Ophiopogonis.

Ingredients: 15g Adenophora sibiricum, 10g Polygonatum odoratum, 10g Ophiopogon japonicus, 3g Radix Trichosanthis, 6g Lycium bark.

Method: Take before water, 1 dose per day.

Efficacy: It is very effective in relieving vocal cord fatigue and preventing and treating hoarseness; it is also effective for cough after illness, persistent fever due to yin deficiency, etc.

5. Drink Wumei Drink for sore throat caused by cold

Ingredients: 5 black plums.

Method: Crush the black plums, put them in a cup, soak them in appropriate amount of boiling water for 15 minutes, remove the residue, and swallow them slowly, once a day.

Efficacy: It has the effects of nourishing yin and promoting body fluid. Suitable for treating chronic sore throat and hoarseness.

6. Drink mulberry honey tea for sore throat caused by cold

Ingredients: 5 grams each of mulberry leaves and chrysanthemum, 3 grams of mint, 10 grams of loofah flowers, and 15 grams of honey.

Preparation method: Boil mulberry leaves, chrysanthemums and loofah flowers together for about half an hour, take the juice and add mint to boil for a while, add honey and mix well, and drink it warm instead of tea.

Efficacy: Clears away heat and dissipates wind, relieving exterior symptoms. It is suitable for symptoms such as fever, slight aversion to wind and cold, headache, no sweat or little sweat, cough, slight thirst, red tips of the tongue, and floating and rapid pulse.